TIONG YONG JIE STANLEY v LEE JIAN XUN
7 cases cited
(0 SG, 7 foreign)
Catchwords
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal- Whether appellate court should interfere with findings of fact-Whether Sessions Court Judge had erred in principle, misapprehended facts, or failed to take into consideration relevant facts in arriving at decision, thus warranting appellate interference TORT: Defamation-Defamatory words- Statements made in Telegram group-Plaintiff claimed defendant had maliciously libelled him-Whether the statements made were defamatory in nature-Whether the statements complained of capable of defaming plaintiff as a matter of law- Whether the statements complained of referred to or reflected upon the plaintiff’s reputation-Whether the statements complained of had been published to a third person by the defendant TORT: Defamation-Defence-Qualified privilege-Whether occasions protected by qualified privilege TORT: Defamation-Defence-Fair comment- Whether the statements were comments not assertions of fact- Whether the comments based on true facts- Whether the comments concerned matters of public interest
Judges (1)
Counsel (6)
Cases Cited (7)
UK (1)
[2001] 2 AC 127
MY (6)
[1989] 1 MLJ 315 [1999] 1 MLJ 371 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2006] 2 MLJ 700 [2018] MLJU 472 [2020] 12 MLJ 67
Judgment
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