16 Jul 1987
LOW CHUNG SONG AND OTHERS v. TARGET NEWSPAPERS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LOW CHUNG SONG AND OTHERS v. TARGET NEWSPAPERS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA5581/1986
The appeal is allowed in part: rolled up pleas need not be struck out merely because they are rolled up (they may be reduced to a simple fair comment plea), pleading criminal intent is not improper even where the offence is of absolute liability, discovery will not generally precede particulars in libel cases but the court has discretion, the particulars served (including those in the draft amended defence) were in substance sufficient except for one deficient reply (Request 5(2)), and the proper remedy is to allow 14 days for defendants to serve that particular further and better particular…