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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 CIVIL APPEAL NO. CBV0005 of 2009}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 (Fiji Court of Appeal No. ABU0035 of 2007)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 BETWEEN:}{
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 DR GANESH CHAND}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 1. FIJI TIMES LIMITED
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 2. MARGARET WISE
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Respondent}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Coram:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 The Hon Justice Saleem Marsoof, Judge of Supreme Court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 The Hon Justice Sathyaa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Hettige, Judge of Supreme Court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 The Hon Justice William Calanchini, Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Thursday, 31st March 2011, Suva
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Mr. V. Mishra for the Appellant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Mr. J. Udit with V. Prasad for the 1st Respondent, with the 2nd Respondent absent and unrepresented.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par Date of Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Friday 8 April 2011, Suva
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT}{
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal (Byrne JA, Hickie JA, and Bruce JA) which affirmed the judgmen\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
t of the High Court sitting in Lautoka (Philips J) that the action instituted by the Appellant, Dr. Ganesh Chand against the Fiji Times Limited claiming damages for defamation should stand dismissed. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The fact
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ual background to the case \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 may be summarized as \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 follows:}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Factual \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 M\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 tri\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 x}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In May 1999, the Fiji Labour Party led Peoples Coalition was elected into parliament. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Appellant, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Dr. Chand\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  was appointed Minister for National Planning, Local Government, Housing and Environment.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 His appointment entitled him t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o State residential accommodation.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Public Service Commission (PSC) allocated 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Appellant g\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 overnment quarters at 18 Richards Road\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , Suva\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (the premises).}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The premises was formerly used as offices for the Ministry of Environment, Renovation and mainten\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ance work on the property including the provisions of furniture and other chattels was carried out prior to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Appellant}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 moving in\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 occupation of the premises in November 1999.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 3.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Appellant\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  was amongst the group of politicians held hostage following \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the 19
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 May 2000 attempted coup.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  also\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 not in dispute that the period of 56 days that the Appellant endured as a hostage was a very traumatic experience \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 for \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 him and his family.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
He was released on 13\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 July 2000\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , and it was an agreed fact \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t the tria
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 l that upon his release, the Appellant went to his family residence in \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lautoka\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 to rest and recuperate. It was also an agreed fact that despite the Appellant opting to go to Lautoka upon his release, his possessions remained in the government quarters at 18\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , Richards Road, Suva on 26
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  August 2000, which was the date of the publication of an\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  article in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Fiji Times}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 under the heading }{
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  which the Appellant claimed was defamatory. }{
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 4.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The High Court found, and it was not disputed on appea\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 l, that on \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 August 2000, during a routine inspection of the premises, the PSC quarter clerk, Mr. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Vilitati \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mataitini\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, who also had with him for service on the Appellant, a notice requiring him to vacate the premises, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 discovered that the premises had been\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  broken into and a number of items were missing from t
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e premises.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Mr. Mataitini reported the break-in to the police.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
The missing property was reported as belonging to the State.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
The police opened a file\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and commenced investigations. }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The article \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 which \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
constituted the subject matter of the action, and the contents of which were alleged to be defamatory of the Appellant, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was published on 26 August 2000\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Fiji Times}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, a daily newspaper circulating throughout Fiji\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 article \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 which was published with t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 he caption }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces theft probe}{
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\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of the newspaper\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , and it }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 inter alia}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  stated that the Appellant}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s Lautoka residence will be subjected to a search\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is pertinent to note that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the High Court found, and this too was\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  not disputed on appeal, that 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 on the very day the above quoted article was published, but after the newspaper was made available to the public, a \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 search warrant was executed by the police at \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
the Appellant}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s then \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
place of residence in Lautoka\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , but the searc\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 h was fruitless\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 On 29\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 August 2000, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Appeallant
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  was interviewed under caution by the police.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Charges were never filed due to insufficient evidence against him.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In 2001 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Appellant \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was again elected to the Lautoka Indian Communal Seat with an inc\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 reased majority from 1999.}{
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\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Trial and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Appe\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 llate Proceedings
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The action filed by the Appellant against the Respondent\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 seeking damages for defamation and certain other relief, was taken up for \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 trial in the High Court of Lautoka, on 4\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  September 200\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 6
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the trial \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was concluded with oral submissions on 18\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  September 2006. }{
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 At the trial, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Appellant himself, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Subash Verma, the Co-ordinator of the Fiji Labour Party, who had been the Appellant}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 campaign and constituency manager, testified for the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Appellant\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . On behalf of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Respondent, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Russel Douglas Hunter, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 who had served as the Editor in Chief of the Fiji Times \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 some time 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 prior to the 2000\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  attempted\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  coup, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 could not continue to function in that capacity at times relevant to this case due t
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o the non-renewal of his work permit, testified\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  along with Rajesh Kumar, Assistant Superintendant of Police, Hari Shankar, Director of Office Accommodation of the Public Service Commission, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Vilitati Mataitini, Civil Servant attached to the Public Serv\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ice Commission, gave evidence. }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is important to note that in the course of the testimony of Russel Douglas Hunter, it was elicited that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
both Alan Robinson, who functioned as the Editor in Chief of Fiji Times at the relevant time, and Margaret Wise, who \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was the reporter who authored the impugned article, and the 2\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 nd
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Respondent to this case, were no\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  more \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in Fiji\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , and could not be called to testify.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 10.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 On 13\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 April 2007, the High Court entered judgment dismissing the action with an order for cost in a sum\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  of $2500.00 in favor of the 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 Respondent, Fiji Times Limited. The learned High Court Judge concluded that the article, viewed as a whole, was not defamatory of the Appellant, and that in any event, the Appellant had failed to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 specifically 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 plead\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  those pa\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ssages or parts of the article alleged to be defamatory of him. The decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Fiji by its decision dated \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 26\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 November 2008\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
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\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Special Leave to Appeal}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Since the Appellant, having \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 not applied for leave \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 to appeal from the Court of Appeal, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 has \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 sought special leave to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal dated 26\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  November 2008\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, it is at the outset necessary to decide whether this is a proper case to grant special leave to appeal. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Section 8(1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
) and 8(3) of the Administration of Justice Decree 2009, make it clear that in the exercise of its exclusive appellate jurisdiction, the Supreme Court }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 has power to review, vary, set aside or affirm decisions or orders of the Court of Appeal and may make s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
uch orders (including an order for a new trial and an order for an award of costs) as are necessary for the administration of justice.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 provided in Section 8(3) of the said decree that an }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 appeal gives leave to appeal on a question certified by it to be of significant public importance;}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the Supreme Court gives special leave to appeal.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 T\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 he Appellant has sought special leave to appeal against t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 he decision of the Court of Appeal in
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  terms of Section 8(3)(b) of the Administration of Justice Decree on the basis of several questions set out in paragraph 3.4 of the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal dated 27\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  March 2009. It is pertinent to note tha\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t Section 7(3) of the Supreme Court Act\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  No. 14 of 1998,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  sets out \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 several c
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 riteria \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 for the grant of special leave to appeal in the following manner: \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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 must not grant special leave to appeal unless the case raises-}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a matter of great general or public importance;}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (c)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a matter that is otherwise of substantial general interest to the administration of civil justice. }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In applyin\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 g these provisions, the Supreme Court of Fiji has adopted in decisions such as }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Bulu v Housing Authority}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  [2005] FJSC 1 }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
CBV0011.2004S (8 April 2005)\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 criteria enunciated by the Privy Council in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Daily Telegraph Newspaper Company Limited v McLaughlin{\*\bkmkstart _ftnref21} }{
\cs16\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 [1904\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ] AC 776, }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 {\*\bkmkend _ftnref21}
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 which was the first case in which special leave to appeal from a decision of the High Court of Australia had been sought.\~
Lord Macnaghten, at page 779 of his judgment, after observed that the same principles should apply as they did for an appeal\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  from the Supreme Court of Canada, referred to the case of\~}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Prince v Gagnon}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 {\*\bkmkstart _ftnref22}\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  [1882
\hich\f0 \endash \loch\f0  83] 8 AC\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 103{\*\bkmkend _ftnref22}, }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
in which it was stated that appeals would not be admitted\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
"save where the case is of gravity involving a matter of public interest, or some important question \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
of law, or affecting property of considerable amount, or where the case is otherwise of some public importance or of a very substantial character."}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 As noted by Lord Macnaughten at pages 778\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 779, even in such cases special leave would be refused if what \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 is canvassed is the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 decision on the facts of a particular case, where the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 judgment sought to be appealed from was plainly right, or not attended with sufficient doubt to justify the grant of special leave.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008  In the later decision of }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Albright v. Hydro-Elect
iric Power Commission}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008  [1926] AC 167 at page 169, it was stated that a question involving the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 construction}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 of a particular agreement did not warrant the grant of special leave.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\loch\af0\hich\af0\dbch\af0\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 13.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr. V. Mishra, who appeared for the Appellant indicated that it would be suffi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
cient if only the questions set out in paragraphs 3.4 sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and (v), sub-paragraphs (b) (ii) (v) and (vi) and sub-paragraph (c)(i) of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
are considered for the purpose of the grant of special leave to a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ppeal.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 On the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 threshold issue of whether special leave ought to be granted in the circumstances of this case, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 aving heard the submissions of Mr.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mishra for the Appellant as well as those of Mr. J. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Udit\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , who}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 submitted on behalf of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Respondent\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  tha\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t special leave should be refused, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 we\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 hold that the requirements of justice would be sufficiently met if special leave is granted with respect to the following \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 two \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 questions:-}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (i)\tab}}\pard\plain \s15\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 
\fs22\lang1033\langfe1033\loch\af37\hich\af37\dbch\af37\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Whether\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 the Court of Appeal was obliged to follow the decision of }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Fiji Dai\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ly Post}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Company Limited & O\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 thers
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 v. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Sakiusa Rabuka & Ano\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ther}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 Fiji Court of Appeal Civil Appeal No. ABU 0061 of 2005 as to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 adequacy of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 pleadings\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and findings \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in a defamation action 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (paragraphs 3.4(a)(ii) and paragraph 3.4(b)(v)\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of the Petition of Appeal\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 )\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ;\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (ii)\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Whether it is defamatory to allege or imply that a person is suspected of an offence, and whether \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Court of Appeal properly considered and decided on the same in its decision (paragraphs 3.4(a)(i) and 3.4(c)(i) of the Petition of Appeal)\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  co\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 nsider that both these are far reaching question of law of general or public importance, and are matters of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
substantial general interest to the administration of civil justice\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  within the meaning of Section 7(3) of the Supreme Court Act\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 \fs22\lang1033\langfe1033\loch\af37\hich\af37\dbch\af37\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Adequacy of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 P\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 leadings}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 For the purpose of considering question (i) above, in the formulation of which the decision of the Court of Appeal of Fiji in }{
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\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 pleadings}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 in a case on the basis that it did shed some light on the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 issue of adequacy of pleadings that looms large in this appeal, it will be instructive to refer to the pleadings in th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 is 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 case.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 15.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The original Stat\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ement of Claim filed on 25\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 September 2005 on behalf of the Appellant was amended on 8\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  November 2005, and in paragraph 6 of the Amended Statement of Claim \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 it was pleaded as follows:
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 6. On the 26\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  day of August, 2000, which fell on Saturday, the first\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 defendant published an article on its front page, as the lead story of the day, written by the second defendant titled: }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces theft probe}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  which stated and/or alleged and/or implied that:}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Police were investigating the theft of Government owned \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
furniture and household items after the Public Service Commission had lodged a complaint with it from a house previously occupied by a }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 deposed Cabinet Minister}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The plaintiff who was the previous occupant would be questioned in respect of the same.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (c)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls6\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The P\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 laintiff was suspected of having stolen the said furniture and items.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Investigations into the theft had revealed that funds used to renovate the home were almost double the reported $47,000.00 used by the Public Works Department and that the Housing Minist\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ry had also spent $54,000.00 on improving the house.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 As a result the proposed new occupant Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was reluctant to move into the house.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 

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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Police investigations would include a search of the plaintiff}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s private home.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Paragraph\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  7\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  10 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the Amended Statement of Claim w\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ere \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 as follows:- }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
7. The natural and ordinary meaning of the article published by the first defendant and written by he second defendant, the text of which is produced below, meant and were understood to mean and by way of\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 innuendo meant and understood to mean:-}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces theft probe}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\f0 \endash \loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Fiji Times Saturday August 26, 2000 - State quarters stripped of items}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 by Margaret Wise:-}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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Police are investigating the theft of government-owned furniture and other household items from the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  home previously occupied by a deposed Cabinet minister.
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Former housing, environment and national planning minister Dr Ganesh Chand will also be questioned, said SSP Emosi Vunisa, head of the Criminal Investigation Department.
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\par }\pard \ql \li2160\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Public Service Commissi
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 on lodged a complaint with police after it found the residence at Richards Road stripped of all household furniture, including the air conditioning system, washing machine, stove and refrigerator.
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And investigations into the theft revealed that funds used\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to renovate the home was almost double the reported $47,000 used by the Public Works Department. The Housing Ministry has revealed it also spent $54,000 on improvement.

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The building was formerly the Environment Ministry}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
s headquarters before it was conve\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 rted into a residence to be used by Dr Chand.
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PSC secretary Anare Jale said the commission only found out about the missing items when government officials went to inspect the quarters and prepare it for the new occupant \hich\f0 \endash \loch\f0  former President Ratu Sir Kamise
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 se Mara.}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
He is now reluctant to move there.
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This means his successor Ratu Josefa Iloilo will have to wait a while longer before he can move in to Government House, the official residence of the Head of State.
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\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s Offic\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
e Luke Ratuvuki referred all queries to PSC, saying he has submitted his report on the matter.
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{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He said police investigations would include a search of Dr Chand}
{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s private home.
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\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Nothing has been recovered a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 nd investigations are continuing.}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We will carry out a search of Mr Chand}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s private residence,}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Mr Vunisa said.
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Dr Chand asked for written question when contacted earlier this week.}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Yesterday he still had not responded to questions sent to the People}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s C\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 oalition Office in Samabula.
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Housing Ministry permanent secretary Rishi Ram said he was not aware of the theft.
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He said he did not know which items were missing as he had only visited the quarters once, while renovations were being carried out.
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aid the ministry spent $54,000 on renovations, of which $35,000 was provided by the Finance Ministry and the remaining $18,590 was used from funds allocated to the Housing and Environment Ministry - $15,000 from the minister}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s overseas travelling vote and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
$3590 from supply and service.
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Mr Chand was also responsible for the Ministry of National Planning where he was entitled to another $15,000 for overseas travel.
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Mr Jale could not put a figure to the value of the missing items because improvements were ma\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 de without the PSC}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s approval.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li2160\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Everything is gone, stove, fridge, furniture, air conditioning and washing machine.}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The quarters is bare,}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  he said.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li2160\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We are now asking the Housing Ministry to furnish us with an inventory of things bought or items that we\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
re in the house while the former minister lived there.}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (a)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The plaintiff\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (now Appellant) is a thief and crook.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (b)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He had stolen valuable goods and items from the Government of Fiji which he is a Minister.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (c)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He was a dishonest person and not a law-abiding citizen.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (d)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He was guilty of abuse of Office.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (e)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
He had spent a great deal of unauthorized government money to improve a premises where he himself was residing and/or that he had spent a great deal of government money on his own personal house.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (f)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He was deceitful and dish\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 onest and unworthy of respect.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (g)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
He had stripped all the furnishings and fittings from a government house which he occupies and has converted the same to his own use and/or unjustly enriched himself.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 8. On the same day of the said publication the plaintiff}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s residence at Lautoka, Fiji was raided and /or searched by the Police searching for furniture and various items.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 9. As a result of the above, the plaintiff has been seriously injured in his normal character, credit and reputation and has been brought into\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  public scandal, odium and contempt.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 10.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The plaintiff}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
s reputation as an economist, an intellectual, politician and as a reliable and decent person has been gravely affected and / or destroyed, and his reputation as a Doctor of Philosophy in Economic, as \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
an intellectual and politician has been affected and he has been brought into public scandal, odium and contempt.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It need\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to be noted that apart from the aforesaid paragraphs \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 6 to 10, there were some other paragraphs of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Amended Statement of Claim\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  wh\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 erein certain aggravating circumstances had been pleaded, such as \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 paragraphs \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
15 to 16 which made reference to certain comments being made in the House of Parliament, the proceedings of which were regularly televised, and paragraph 23 which contained partic\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ulars of subsequent \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
articles which had been p\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ubli\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 shed\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  in the same newspaper after defamation notice had been issued to the Respondent\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, which literally added fuel to the fire. In my view, these were not intended to be, and were not, separate causes of acti\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
on, and were at best only aggravating circumstances which had relevance to the question of quantum of damages.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 17.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 primary \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 question that arises for consideration is\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 whether the pleadings contained in the Amended Statement of Claim\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  have adequately met the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  standards of pleadings required in a an action for defamation. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
In the Republic of Fiji, Order 18 of the High Court Rules generally deals with pleadings, and Order 18 Rule 6(1) lays down that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 as a general rule\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ev\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ery pleading 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 must \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 contain\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and contain \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 only\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 a statement in a summary form of the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence, as the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
case may be, but not the evidence by which those facts are to be proved, and the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 statement shall be as brief as the nature of the case\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  admits.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Order 18 Rule 11 requires that }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
every pleading must contain the necessary particulars of any claim, defence or other matter pleaded}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  except when such particulars exceed 3 folios, which may \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 be \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 then }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 set out in a separate document referred to in th
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e pleading}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 18.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 objective \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of pleadings is to narrow the issues between the parties and limit the scope
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of the trial. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 However, it is trite law that p\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 leadings in a defamation action are in a special category\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and must be prepared with great care and scruti\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ny\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 The rationale for this difference of treatment is the recognition that libel and slander are committed primarily with the use of words, and as Oliver Wendell Holmes once put it: "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a l
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 iving thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used". \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
What this means is that the meaning of a word will differ from time to time, nation to nation, culture to culture, and according to t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
he context in which it is used, and the subtleties of such usage must be highlighted in the pleadings in a defamation suit. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 See, }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  [1964] AC 234\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 19.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Another cardinal rule of pleading in defamation cases is that the Statement of Cl\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
aim generally must set out verbatim the precise words alleged to have been used by the perpetrator, and where the defamatory words are said to be contained}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in a lengthy document, identify the part or parts of the document that is or are alleged to be defa\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 matory. 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Of course\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  there may \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 be cases, such as }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Churchill Forest Industries (Manitoba) Ltd. V. Finkel}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , [1971] 1 W.W.R. 745 (Man. C.A.),}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in which it may be possible for a plaintiff to legitimately plead an entire document by reproducing it or attaching it t
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o the Statement of Claim. In that case, it was observed by Court at page 749 as follows:- }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
The Appellant says "Here is the whole matter alleged to be defamatory. Read as a whole, and not out of context, I aver that it is defamatory of me. Look at the thre\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e schedules. You published them. I didn}{
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t. It does not lie in your mouth to ask me to pin myself down to some little point and to exclude the rest." I cannot see where the defendant is taken by surprise, or can pretend to be taken by surprise.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Such cases \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 may be exceptional, but in the generality of cases, the c\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ourt\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 have \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ot allowed a \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 plaintiff \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 to plead an entire document\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 of considerable length as defamatory, and have frequently relied on the sentiments expressed \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 by Lord Denning in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 DDSA
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Pharmaceuticals Ltd\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . v. Times Newspaper}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, [1972] 3 All E.R. 417 at 419 (C.A.), \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 where he was faced with a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  extremely lengthy document which contained \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a great deal of 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 information regarding various persons and matters along with what were claimed to be words defamatory of the pl\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 aintiff\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 I\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n that case,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lord Denning reacted to this with the following words:-}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \loch\af0\dbch\af37\hich\f0 \'85\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ...the pleading is defective because it throws \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and I use that word deliberately\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 on to the defendant a long article without picking out the parts said to be\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 defamatory. S
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ome of the article is not defamatory of anyone at all. It describes\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 only the method of importing drugs. Other parts of the article are defamatory of
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 some unnamed chemists, but not of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Appellant\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s at all. Yet other parts may be\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
defamatory of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Appellant\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s. To throw an article of that kind at the defendants and\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 indeed at the court \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  without picking out the particular passages, is highly\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 embarrassing.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 20.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 While the 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 Respondent relied heavily on the above quoted words of Lord Denning, as did the High Court a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
nd the Court of Appeal in upholding its contention that the pleadings in the case were woefully inadequate and embarrassing, it was strongly contended by Mr. Mishra on behalf of the Appellant that the lower courts were obliged to follow the decision of th
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Court of Appeal in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Fiji Daily Post\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Company Limited & Others v. Sakiusa Rabuka & Another}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supra}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ) in regard to the question of 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 adequacy of pleadings\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  The pleadings in the}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Sakiusa Rabuka}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
case were similar to those in the instant case, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 former, the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 entirety of a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 relatively short\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  article that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 appeared in the front page of }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Sunday Post}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  of 22\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 nd\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  October 2000 under the caption }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 EX DIPLOMATS WIFE FOUND IN HOME RAID}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  was pleaded as being defamatory without any attempt at highlighting the allegedly defam\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
atory words contained therein. Unlike in the instant case, in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Sakiusa Rabuka\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 no objection was taken to the inadequacy of pleading, and the court did not encounter any difficulty in holding that the entirety of the article was defamatory and awarding damag\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 es.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 21.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Udit\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 has submitted that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
the decision in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Sakiusa Rabuka}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 related to the findings of the judge, and did not deal with the issue of adequacy of pleadings. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He has invited the attention of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Court to paragraph [19] of the judgment of the Court of Ap\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 peal, wherein it was observed that:- }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr Lajendra suggested that }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
the judge ought to have specified}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the exact words in the article which he found to be defamatory. We do not agree\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
While the Judge did, in fact, make it clear that he found that the most da\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
maging aspect of the article to be the allegation that the second Respondent had been found in the raid, when in fact she was not present at all, we do not think that it was incumbent upon him to do more than fairly look at the whole article and its conte
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ts from the view point of the reasonable Fiji reader and come to a conclusion that the article either was, or was not defamatory. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 (}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 emphasis added by me}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 )}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 focus of the judgment, no doubt, was on the }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 findings of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 judge}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  on what was before him\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , and }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 not}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n the}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 adequacy of pleadings}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, which was in fact a point noted by the Court of Appeal which was constrained to observe in paragraph [7] of the judgment that\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We are moved to observe\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  at this point that although the meaning of the pleadings is sufficiently c\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
lear, counsel drafting them might have taken rather greater care to express themselves precisely and grammatically}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 any event\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the decision of the Court of Appeal in the }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Sakiusa Rabuka\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 case\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
cannot be considered as \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  binding\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  authority for the propositio\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
n that was advanced by Mr. Mishra that the entirety of an article may be pleaded irrespective of its length and variety of content, without the parts thereof which are alleged to be defamatory\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
being separately identified. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 A judicial decision cannot be \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 cons\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 idered as a binding authority \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 under the rules of }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 stare decisis}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
with respect to a proposition of law that was not argued in the case\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  at all\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  As the Supreme Court \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of India \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
observed in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Arnit Das v. State of Bihar}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, 2000 (5) SCC 488}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (2000\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 )
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  AIR SCW\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 2037}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  AIR \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 2000 SC 2264}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  2000 Cri LJ 2971\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 -}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 A \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 decision no\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
expressed, not accompanied by reasons and not proceeding on a conscious\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 consideration of an issue cannot be deemed to be a law declared to have a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 binding effect as is contemplated by Article 141. That whic\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 h has escaped in\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the judgment is not the }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ratio decidendi}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . This is the rule of }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 sub silentio}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , in the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 technical sense when a particular point of law was not consciously\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 determined.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  see no merit in the submissions of Mr. Mishra on this point.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in thi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s context, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 necessary to stress that there is no real conflict between decisions such as }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 DDSA Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Times Newspaper}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supra}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ) on the one hand, and the decisions in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Churchill Forest Industries (Manitoba) Ltd. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 v\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 . Finkel}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , [1971] 1 W.W.R. 745 (M
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 an. C.A.) (}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supra}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ), and 
}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Fiji Daily Post Company Limited & Others v. Sakiusa Rabuka & Another}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supra}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
) on the other, and they are easily \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 reconcil\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 able on the basis that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 each \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 line of decisions \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 represent
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 an end of a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 spectrum. At one end, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 there is \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the publication\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 which\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  is long, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and contain\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ing\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 along with material which are allegedly defamatory of the plaintiff, other material that are no at all defamatory, or do not even relate to the plaintiff, where it is incumbent on the part of the plaintiff to set out very cle\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
arly in his pleadings the part or parts of the publication which is or are allegedly to be defamatory, and on the other end there is the very brief article, which is in its entirety defamatory of the plaintiff, where the aforesaid rule of pleading could h
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ve no application. The question is, on what side of the spectrum did the facts in this case fall.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 23.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 For this purpose, it is necessary \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
look closely at paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Amended Statement of Claim, which \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 constituted the main cause of action, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was described by the learned High Court Judge as }{
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\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Paragraph \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 6 of the Amended Statement of Claim simply refers to the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 article 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 publi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 shed \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Fiji Times}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 with \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the caption }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 heft \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 p
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 robe}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 and seeks to set out in sub paragraphs (a) t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o (f) the various allegations and/or implications as \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 understood by\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 the appellant, without referring to the various parts of the said article from which those allegations and\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 /\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 or implications arise.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The difficulty with this manner of pleading is that both
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the respondent as well as the court in which the pleadings \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 were \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 filed\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  ha\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 d
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  to undertake the task of picking parts from the article which would fit in to the various \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 imputations \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 set out in sub paragraphs (a) to (f).}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Such an approach is unacceptable as it \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
would \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 not only \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 prejudice the appellant but also the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 1\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 st\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 respondent who 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 had, rather blindly, sought \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 to include in\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  is \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Statement of Defence\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , certain\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 justifications \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 other defences with respect to the allegation of defamation.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 What Salmon L.J. said in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Slim \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 v Daily Telegraph Ltd.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 [1068] 2 QB 157 about the failure of the plaintiff to indicate what meanings he sought to attribute to particular words used in an allegedly defamatory statement might apply equally to the case of a plaintiff who does not set out wha
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t parts of a document are alleged to be defamatory,\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  as the defendant in both instances, is kept guessing. The problem is, as Salmon L.J observed at page 185 \hich\f0 \endash \loch\f0  }{
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He might guess wrong and thus not only waste a great deal of time and money in raising a defenc\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
e of justification or fair comment which would prove to be wholly irrelevant at the trial but he might also come to court wholly unprepared to meet the actual case sought to be made against him.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Paragraph 7 of the Amended Statement of Claim begins by re\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ferring to }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 he \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 atural \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 rdinary\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  meaning of the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 rticle}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and then refers to the understanding that is sought to be established by way of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 innuendo
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and then \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 quotes\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  verbatim the entity of the article published in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
The Fiji Times}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Thereafter the appellant \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 has set out in sub paragraphs (a) to (g) the various allegations and\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 /\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  or \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 implications that appellants seeks to attribute to the entity of the article.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 This form \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of pleading\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 is also defective as no attempt is made to indicate what parts of the article are\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  alleged by the appellant to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 be defamatory\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
, whether in its plain meaning or by reason of any innuendo, and no external material which could sustain any innuendo have been pleaded.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Thus, in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Allsop v Church of England Newspaper Ltd. and Others}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 [1
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , obviously as slang, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in a context which made its meaning imprecise, and it was held that i\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
n the absence of the extraneous material}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 necessary to
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  establish that it was defamatory, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 particulars of any innuendo \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 relied upon by the p\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 laintiff \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 must be
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  pleaded or \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supplied.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is for this reason that in }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  [1964] AC 234, at page 280, Lord Devlin took pains to instruct that-}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In consequence of all this, I think, that there will have to be three paragraphs in a s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
tatement of claim where previously two have served. In the first paragraph the defamatory words will be set out as hitherto. It may be that they will speak for themselves. If not, a separate paragraph will set out those innuendoes or indirect meanings whi
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 c\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 \hich\f0 
h go beyond the literal meaning of the words but which the pleader claims to be inherent in them. Thirdly, if the pleader has the necessary material, he can plead a secondary meaning or legal innuendo supported by particulars\'85\'85\loch\f0 
.The essential distinction b\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 tween the second and third paragraph will lie in the fact that particulars under the rule must be appended to the third.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 That is, so to speak, the hallmark of the legal innuendo.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  [1998] \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 193 CLR 519\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , the High \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Court of Australia took the view that a party will be considered bound by the innuendo pleaded by him. }{
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\par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It is clear \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
from a reading of the impugned article that certain parts of it are clearly and obviously statements of fact which are not defamatory of any\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  person.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
It also contains certain allegations about overspending of funds for renovating and improving the official government quarters, but nothing is pleaded which makes any reference to the appellant in regard to those allegations.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 One cannot but have\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 sympathy for Judge Madam Phillips who presided at the trial at Lautoka High Court for the difficulties that she would have faced with such \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 inadequate or d\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 efective pleadings. }{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 27.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 However, it appears that despite such difficulties\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the learned Judge had endeav
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ored to consider the article as a whole and had come to the conclusion that it was not defamatory of the appellant.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 This is an aspect of this appeal which will be considered fully in the next section of this judgment.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 However, the fact remains that havi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ng found that the article, considered as a whole, was not defamatory of the appellant, the learned Judge went on to add that had she arrived at a different finding in respect of the alleged defamatory imputations from the article, she would have }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 struck ou\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
t the pleadings as embarrassing and defective}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Court of Appeal, very rightly considered th
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 is conclusion of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the High Court as sound, and\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 we \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 see\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
no reason to defer.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Defamatory Nature of the Article}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The second question on which special leave to appeal w\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
as granted as set out in paragraph 13 (ii) of this judgment is whether it is defamatory to allege or imply that a person is suspected of an offence. The question arises in the context that the learned High Court Judge has found, on an examination of the a
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ticle as a whole, on the basis of the natural and ordinary meaning of the words used therein, that the article was not defamatory of the Appellant, and the Court of Appeal has affirmed the said finding. }{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr. Mishra has submitted that the Appellant has suff\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ered considerably because of the portrayal of him by the Respondents as a thief and a crook who had stolen valuable goods and items from the government quarters allocated to him as his official residence.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 He has also submitted that the caption }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  theft \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 p\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 robe}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  along with the statement in the second paragraph of the article that the appellant }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 will be questioned}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  by the Criminal Investigation Department and the subsequent statement that as a report on the theft had been lodged, the Police investigat
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ions }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 would include a search of Dr. Chand
}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s private home}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , portrayed the appellant as a suspect.}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He contended that such an impu\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
tation was by itself defamatory.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 As against this, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Udit\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  has relied heavily on the decision in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  (}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 supra}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ) for the proposition that the reference in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Fiji Times}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  report to the }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 probe}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  against the Appellant was not defamatory in the context of present day social norms, particularly in 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 view of the fact that\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the life, work and conduct of a public figure w\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ere matters of public \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 concern\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
. In that case, Mr John Lewis former Socialist M.P. for Bolton, complained of certain news reports that revealed that officers of the City of London Fraud Squad were inquiring into the affairs of a holding company and its subsi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
diaries in which Mr. Lewis had considerable financial interest and managerial involvement.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The House of Lords\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , however, took the view that what mattered was the impression the report made on the mind of an ordinary reasonable man, and held that the report\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 was not necessarily defamatory. Lord Reid, at page 260 of the judgment observed that-}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 What the ordinary man, not avid for scandal, would read into the words complained of must be a matter of impression\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
. I can only say that I do not think that he would in\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 \hich\f0 fer guilt of fraud merely because an inquiry is on foot\'85\'85\'85\loch\f0 
.To my mind, there is a great difference between saying that a man has behaved in a suspicious manner and saying that he is guilty of an offence, and I am not convinced that you can only justify th\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 former statement by proving guilt.}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 31.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mr. Mishra sought to distinguish }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lewis}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 case\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  on the basis that while the Appellant, Dr Chand, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 projected in 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a negative manner by the or\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 dinary and natural meaning of the words used in the article\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , particularly the ve\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ry blatant caption }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Chand faces theft probe}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 "}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , all that the report \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 in }{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Lewis}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 case stated was that an inquiry 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 was \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 being conducted in\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 to\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 affairs \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of Mr Lewis}{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 '}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s company by the fraud squad. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 We are
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  not at all convinced by the subtlety of the distinction, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 re\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 inclined to the view that the mere portrayal of a person as a possible suspect of a crime or \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 other \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 offence, does not \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 by itself \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
make the publication defamatory. \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 As already noted in this judgment, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the meaning of a word will differ from time to time, nati\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
on to nation, culture to culture, and according to the context in which it is used, and whether any particular word or words are defamatory would depend on the surrounding circumstances. }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 32.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The complex nature of modern society carries with it the possibility\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  that the conduct of any individual may for various reasons 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 such as national security\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and the\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  prevention of terrorism, money laundering \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 and\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  other such crimes or offences are 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 subjected to scrutiny by the relevant authorities\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 , and such matters are \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 generally \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 taken for granted\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and the fact that there is some investigation \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 about \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 some \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
crime or offence would not necessarily tarnish the reputation of the person subjected to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 such\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  investigation. N\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ot only \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the affairs of 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 terrorist\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s and other criminals, but even those \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 of \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 corporations, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 professionals, businessmen, and politicians 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 are \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 increasingly \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 subjected to scrutiny\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  and comment, and modern society is sophisticated enough not to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
be overly sensitive to these intrusions or to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 look down upon such persons wh\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ose affairs are s\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ubjected to scrutiny and comment. }{
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af37\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 33.\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {
\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In the result, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 we
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  hold that the High Court and the Court of Appeal\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 did not err in law in holding that \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 it is\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  not
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 per se}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 defamatory to allege or imply that a person is suspected of an offence, and \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 conclude that the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Court o\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
f Appeal properly considered and decided on the same in its decision\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 .
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Conclusion\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 s}{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\i\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
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\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 For the aforesaid reasons, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 we\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 hold that both questions on which special leave to appeal was granted by this Court have to be decided in favor of the Respondent, and the ap\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 peal should be dismissed\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 and the decisions of the High Court of Lautoka and the Court of Appeal of Fiji\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ,}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 affirmed.\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  In all the circumstances of this case, \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 we\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 do not make any order for costs. 
\par }\pard\plain \s22\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 \fs24\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
Dated at Suva this 08th day of April 2011.
\par }{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \s22\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Saleem Marsoof}{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Judge of the Supreme Court}{\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \s22\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \s22\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Sathyaa}{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008  }{
\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Hettige}{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Judge of the Supreme Court}{\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \s22\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard \s22\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 {\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 William Calanchini}{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008 
\par }{\b\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 Judge of the Supreme Court}{\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9197008 \fs22\lang1033\langfe1033\loch\af37\hich\af37\dbch\af37\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {
\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }{\b\f0\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Solicitors:
\par }{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Mishra Prakash & Associates, Solicitors for the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Appellant
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Howards Lawyers, Solicitors for the \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 First \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Respondent}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9197008\charrsid9197008 
\par }}