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 (1984)30 FLR 119}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10638916\charrsid15942287 
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid4158491 Kini }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid10105031 Marawai for the plaintiffs}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5845676\charrsid4158491 

\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4158491 Grahame E. Leung}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4158491\charrsid10105031  for the 2}{\i\fs18\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid4158491\charrsid10105031 nd}{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid10105031  defendant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 19 May, 2000.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5845676 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Don Quixote tilted at windmills. In my opinion in so far as their Statement of Claim concerns the 2nd Defendant the Plaintiffs are copying Don Quixote. I shall elaborate.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 By l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446 etter dated 7th July 1998 the 1}{\fs18\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid10105031 st}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Plaintif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4158491 s employment with the 1st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
Defendant was terminated with effect from the 8th of July 1998.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446 In its letter, the 1}{\fs18\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid10105031 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446  }{
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leadership capacity. It was with regret that the Board in endorsing appointments to the new structure recognised that your competency profile was not a close match with the profile required for the new leadership team."
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\par The Plaintiff was unhappy with his dismissal and so issued a Writ against the Native Land Trust Board, Coopers & Lybrand, the Permanent Secretary for Fijian Affairs and the Attorney-General.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Defendant in the instant proceedings published a report of the dismissal of the Plaintif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 f}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s claim against the thre}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1000582 e Defendants on February the 11th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 1999. That article read as follows:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 "An attempt by a former Native Land Trust Board employee to claim damages for 
defamation of character after his termination was yesterday rejected by the High Court in Suva.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 And Justice Daniel Fatiaki orde}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 
red Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
pay $150 each as costs to Coopers and Lybrand, Permanent Secretary for Fijian Affairs and the Attorney-General for making a frivolous and vexatious allegation.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Ratu Nai}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446 qama}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 , who was the NLTB Divisional Estate Manager Western,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
was made redundant in July as part of the NLTB}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s restructuring programme.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 

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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 He was among three others who had their services terminated.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Ratu Naiqama, through his lawyer Penaia Samusamuvodre claimed he was unhappy with board}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s decision.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
He claimed the board colluded with accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand, Permanent Secretary for Fijian Affairs and t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 he Attorney-General and wrote hi}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s termination letter.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8326204 However, Graham Leung, acting}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
 on behalf of the NLTB and Coopers and Lybrand, and Siteri Tabaiwalu on behalf of the Fijian Affairs Permanent Secretary and the A-G, objected to his claims.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 They said there was not a shred of evidence to suggest that the lette}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 r contained any defamatory sente}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 nce.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 There was a strong possibility that he may hav
e misread the letter and made an unfounded allegation, they said.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Justice Fatiaki agreed with Ms Tabaiwalu and }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 Mr }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Leung}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s submission and struck out the defamation claim against Coopers and Lybrand, Permanent Secretary }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 
for Fijian Affairs and the Attorn}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 ey-General."}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid9124397 On the 16th of November 1999 the Plaintiffs issued a Writ claiming damages for defamation against the Defendants.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid9124397 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid9124397 On the 17th of November 1999 the 2nd Defendant issued a Summons which is now before me seeking to have the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8326204\charrsid9124397 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid9124397  claims against it struck out on the grounds that they:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 

\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 disclose no reasonable cause of action;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 (b)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 are scandalous and or vexatious;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 (c)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 are otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 The Plaintiffs allege that in its natural and ordinary meaning the article was understood to mean:}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 That the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
st Plaintiff through, and together with his solicitor, the 2nd Plaintiff, were and are of poor reputation to claim damages for defamation because the 1st Plaintiff was terminated;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446 (b) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 That the 1st Plaintif}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 
 defamation claim against the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st Defendant was rejected by the Court, which is false;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7543446 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 (c)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 That the Court had heard the evidence about the subject letter, and did not find any defamatory sentence, which is false. But the article did not discl
ose the alleged defamatory words of the said}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7543446  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 letter, implying that the defamation actio}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 n was frivolous as far as the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st Defendant is concerned;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 (d)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 That "strong possibility that he may have misread" i
mplies low mental capacity in failing to read and understand the termination letter of the 1st Defendant which was addressed to the First Plaintiff, the s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 ubject letter in civil action }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 HBC}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  No. 557}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 /}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 98S;
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 (e)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 That the 1st Plaintiff, inter alia, in that case, was c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 laiming defamation against the 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st Defendant, the claim which the Court is yet to determine. That was not disclosed;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 re calculated to disparage the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st and 2nd Plaintiff in their persons, character, status and standing;
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15692935 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423 (g) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 In con}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 sequence, the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st and 2nd Plaintiffs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  reputation was seriously damaged, and they suffered humiliation distress and embarra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423 ssment}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 .
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\par The 2nd Defendant denies these allegations and in support of its Summons has filed an affidavit by Samisoni Kakaivalu who i
s the Editor of the 2nd Defendant. Mr. Kakaivalu deposes among other things that the report published was neither defamatory nor intended to be defamatory of the Plaintiffs and that it was simply fair comment in the public interest.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Mr. Kakaivalu also says that the reportage of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423 the earlier case involving the 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8326204 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  Plaintiff was made in good faith by a then employee of the 2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8326204 nd}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Defendant. It purported to accurately report on a story perceived to be of public interest.
\par 
\par I have received helpful submissions from the parties but cannot accept that the article complained of is in any sense defamatory. I consider that a reasonable, ordinary and intelligent reader would have read the article to mean no more than that as part}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423  of the re-structuring of the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8326204 st}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 Defendant, a number of employees, including the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12014963 st }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
Plaintiff lost their jobs.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 In my view the article, read as a whole, does not state that the 1st Plaintif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 f}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s claim against the 1st Defendant for defamation was rejected. The }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12014963 
article clearly}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 states that the defamation claim against Coopers & Lybrand, }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 the Permanent Secretary for Fiji}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
an Affairs and Attorney-General was struck out but does not make any such allegation concerning the 1st Defendant. I do not agree that because the article did not disclose the alleged defamatory words of the letter it implied that the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12014963  defamation action against the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 st Defendant was frivolous. Likewise I reject the meaning attributed by the Plaint}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12014963 iffs in allegation (d). To put}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 such a construction on the article is 
in my opinion unjustified and evidence only, if that, of the fact that the 2nd Plaintiff has an unreasonable sensitivity. Like Don Quixote it seems to me the 2nd Defendant in claiming such an implication is simply imagining a grievance where none exists o
r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 reasonably could not be considered to exist.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
The complaint in (e) in my view goes only to the fullness of the report. The fact that the article could possibly have been better written does not mean that a story with gaps is defamatory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid10748133 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara v. Fiji Times Ltd}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  (1984) 30 FLR 119 Court of Appeal said at p.131:
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10748133 "We remind ourselves also that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
where Judge (sic) is sitting alone to try a libel action without a jury the only questions he has to ask himself are }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
Is the natural and ordinary me}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8879066 aning or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  the words that which is alleged in the statement of claim?}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  and: (If not) what, if any, less injurious defamatory meaning do they bear?"
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
\par I have read the various cases cited by the Plaintiffs in opposing the Summons and say that they are distinguishable on the facts from those in the instant case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 The power to strike out a Statement of Claim must always be used sparingly - for example }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1464016 AG v. Shiu Prasad Halka }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid817770 &}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid1464016  PSC}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
 18 FLR 210 and many other cases too numerous to mention in this judgment. However in so far as the Plaintiffs seem to place some reliance on }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid1464016 Shiu Halka}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  it must be observed that that case is distinguishable from the present because the question in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid1464016 Shiu Halka}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  concerned the right of the Crown to dismiss its servants at will whereas the present case is an action in defamation.
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\par In }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid817770 Gatley on Libel and Slander Ninth Edition}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 , paragraph 26.42, page 675 the author states:}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
"If it appears to the Judge that none of the words complained of are capable of bearing the meaning or meanings attributed to them, he may dismiss the claim}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1464016  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 ..."
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
\par The Plaintiff complains in its submissions that the 2nd Defendant in relying on the affidavit
 of Samisoni Kakaivalu is attempting to allege evidence which is forbidden under Order 18 Rule 18(2) of the High Court Rules. In my opinion there is no merit in this complaint. In the note to the equivalent rule in the 1993 Supreme Court Practice at p.332
 it is said:
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
"On an application to strike out an originating summons on the ground that it discloses no reasonable cause of action, the prohibition in para. (2) against adducing evidence on the application itself does not apply to an affidavit already put 
in as supporting the originating summons."}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12209423 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14899449 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 In my judgment the Plaintiffs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449  Statement of Claim is an abuse of the Court process because it discloses no reasonable cause of action, is misconceived and has no basis in law. I am also satisfied that any amendme
nt will not cure the Plaintiffs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 
 claim against the 2nd Defendant of its inherent weakness because in my view their case is plainly unarguable.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 For these reasons I grant the Orders sought in the 2nd Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s Summons and Order the Plaintiffs to pay the 2nd Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9124397 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid14899449 s costs which I fix at $300.00.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid14899449 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15692935 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12209423\charrsid12209423 Application granted.}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11358857\charrsid11358857 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15692935 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15692935 Marie Chan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14899449\charrsid15692935 
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