25 Aug 2010
AU YEE MING IVAN v. NG FEI TIP
- Citation
- AU YEE MING IVAN v. NG FEI TIP
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ4595/2008
The court held the pre-trial written concessions in the consent order were binding and refused the late withdrawal absent exceptional circumstances; the spoken Statement was defamatory in its natural and ordinary meaning as imputing incompetence/unsuitability in the plaintiff's office and was actionable per s23 DO; defendant's pleas of justification and fair comment failed for want of proper particularisation and evidential support and were rejected; defendant held liable and awarded damages totaling HK$25,000 (HK$15,000 general, HK$10,000 aggravated), interest, and a prohibitory injunction;…