31 Oct 2024
BRETON JEAN v. HK BELLAWINGS.JET LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 1695
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ4000/2021
Although the court found the emails were defamatory and met the seriousness threshold, defendants failed to prove justification; however the communications were made on an occasion of qualified privilege and the plaintiff failed to plead or prove malice sufficient to defeat that privilege; accordingly the plaintiff's claims against the 1st and 4th Defendants were dismissed. The question of vicarious liability was unnecessary to decide, and if addressed the court would not have imposed vicarious liability on the employer on the facts.