5 Feb 2016
CHRISTINE DIAZ also known as CHRISTINE SAMSON v. CHOI JEFFREY TSE FU
- Citation
- CHRISTINE DIAZ also known as CHRISTINE SAMSON v. CHOI JEFFREY TSE FU
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1323/2013
The court held the defendant's statements in the Original Recording were defamatory in their natural and ordinary meaning; although the occasion was one of qualified privilege, the privilege was defeated because the defendant acted with dominant improper motive or recklessness (malice) and lacked a factual basis for assertions about the plaintiff, so the defendant is liable for the Original Recording; however the defendant is not liable for the Edited Recording because he could not reasonably have foreseen republication or substantial adverse editing that changed the meaning.