Liang Jing (梁京) Ordered To Pay Exemplary Damages for His Outrageous Conduct in Chow Wing Kai (周榮佳) v Liang Jing (梁京) [2021] HKDC 609

Liang Jing (梁京) Ordered To Pay Exemplary Damages for His Outrageous Conduct in Chow Wing Kai (周榮佳) v Liang Jing (梁京) [2021] HKDC 609

Date of Judgment: 21 May 2021

https://defamation.law.blog/2021/05/22/stocker-v-stocker-2020-ac-593-applied-in-hong-kong-libel-case-chow-wing-kai-%e5%91%a8%e6%a6%ae%e4%bd%b3-v-liang-jing-%e6%a2%81%e4%ba%ac-2021-hkdc-609/

https://legalref.judiciary.hk/doc/judg/word/vetted/other/en/2019/DCCJ001258_2019.docx

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