[1] This is a defamation case. The plaintiff is the chairman of an organization known as Syria Care, which was estab-lished under the Societies Act 1966 (the SA ) and is filing the action in this suit in her capacity as the public officer of Syria Care under s 9(c) of the same.

[2] Before I proceed in deliberating the evidence given at the trial and the liability of the parties herein, let me dispose a preliminary issue, even though it has not been canvassed by the parties. It is this. Can the plaintiff, being a society un-der the SA , institute an action in defamation? In other words, does Syria Care have the necessary locus to maintain this action?

[3] The short answer to this can be found in proposition of law as expounded by the Court of Appeal in the case of Amber Court Man