plaintiff:
- Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
defendant:
- Oriental Daily Publisher Limited
- The Sun News Publisher Limited
jurisdiction_code: null
jurisdiction_name: null
case_location:
- 香港特別行政區
case_reason: "Plaintiff, a celebrity couple, claims damages from defendants for the publication of photographs\
  \ in "
case_object:
- distress damages
judgment_result:
- charge: Indecency of the Oriental article (liability issue)
  result: Found indecent. The photographs were given prominent effect and showed a half-naked body of
    a model with gratuitous portrayals of her body and breasts, which are considered indecent.
- charge: Indecency of the Sun article (liability issue)
  result: Found indecent. Similar to the Oriental article, the Sun article showed titillating and seductive
    photographs of a half-naked model with gratuitous portrayals of her body and breasts, which are considered
    indecent.
judgment_summary: >-
  In this case, the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (plaintiff) sued
  Oriental Daily Publisher Limited and The Sun News Publisher Limited (defendants) for publishing indecent
  photographs of a celebrity couple without their consent. The core issue was whether the photos
involved_entities:
- entity_name: Mr W LEUNG Esq
  reason: Presiding Magistrate in OAT Tribunal
- entity_name: Ms LAM Koon-kun and Mr Tse Wun-shuen, Edward
  reason: Adjudicators in the case
- entity_name: Miss Agnes Chan, SGC
  reason: Counsel representing the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA)
- entity_name: Mr Cheng Huan and Mr Paul Leung, instructed by Messrs Iu, Lai & Li
  reason: Counsel representing the defendants
- entity_name: Oriental Daily Publisher Limited
  reason: Defendant in the case
- entity_name: The Sun News Publisher Limited
  reason: Defendant in the case