19 Jul 1996
JOHN HO HUNG CHIU AND ANOTHER v. THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- JOHN HO HUNG CHIU AND ANOTHER v. THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV9/1996
The Committee owed a limited duty of fairness — to give sufficient notice of issues and an opportunity to present evidence — but this did not extend to providing appellants with a draft report or a pre-finalisation opportunity to rebut criticisms where they were merely witnesses/prosecutors in an inquiry into another's conduct; there was no error of law and the appropriate remedy for gratuitous defamatory criticism is an action for defamation since such reports have only qualified privilege unless defeated by malice or unjustified wider publication.