5 Aug 2014
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF HIU TSUI COURT AND ANOTHER v. LAI SING ON
- Citation
- THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF HIU TSUI COURT AND ANOTHER v. LAI SING ON
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1008/2012
The court dismissed plaintiffs' claims. Key holdings: (1) the 1st plaintiff (owners incorporated) is incapable in law of maintaining a defamation action and, in any event, plaintiffs failed to prove publication to third parties in respect of the 1st plaintiff; (2) on the merits the defendant established qualified privilege (communications to fellow owners on matters of common interest, with honest belief), and alternatively justification and fair comment were made out for the imputations found to be complained of; accordingly defendant is entitled to judgment and plaintiffs' claims are dismis…