LAU KOK GUAN @ LOW KOK GUAN v Cheah Chia Hsing

ja-22ncvc-70-05-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 4 June 2024 • JA-22NCvC-70-05/2021 • 42 min read

38 cases cited (1 SG, 37 foreign)

Catchwords

Defamation—Complaint to Disciplinary Board—Qualified privilege—Malice—Advocate and solicitor—Pupil-master relationship—Withdrawal of complaint—Caveat against petition for admission—Consent judgment—Abuse of process—Counterclaim—Whether complaint to disciplinary body constitutes publication — Whether a complaint was made in performance of legal duty — Whether malice defeats privilege — Whether institution of defamation suit amounts to abuse of process – Res judicata – Estoppel – Abuse of process – Consent judgment – Finality of litigation – Multiplicity of proceedings – Whether parties barred from re-litigating same issues — Statement of Claim — Pleading evidence instead of material facts Mandatory compliance under O. 92 r. 1 Rules of Court 2012 — Non-compliance fatal to claim—Statement of claim held defective and incurable—Abuse of process—Elements of tort—Whether proceedings instituted for collateral or improper purpose – Absence of cogent evidence – Allegation of revenge and intent to injure a third party’s reputation – Failure to prove dominant improper purpose.

Judges (1)

Noor Hisham bin Ismail Delivered

Parties (2)

Cheah Chia Hsing Defendant Lau Kok Guan @ Low Kok Guan Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Legal Profession Act 1976 (Cap 166)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (38)

SG (1)

[2008] SGCA 8

UK (11)

[1892] 1 QB 431 [1894] 2 QB 54 [1917] AC 309 [1944] AC 116 [1969] 1 AC 350 [1975] AC 581 [1979] AC 411 [1981] 3 WLR 906 [1999] 3 WLR 1010 [2008] 1 WLR 823 [2014] AC 266

MY (26)

[1961] 1 MLJ 17 [1982] 1 MLJ 320 [1988] 1 CLJ 771 [1989] 1 CLJ 152 [1989] 3 MLJ 360 [1997] 5 MLJ 523 [1998] 2 CLJ 340 [1999] 1 CLJ 89 [1999] 1 MLJ 65 [2006] 6 MLJ 328 [2007] 1 CLJ 611 [2007] 2 MLJ 229 [2009] 7 MLJ 681 [2010] 5 CLJ 32 [2013] 7 MLJ 437 [2016] 3 CLJ 676 [2016] 5 MLJ 754 [2016] 8 CLJ 211 [2017] 10 CLJ 657 [2017] 8 CLJ 369 [2018] 2 MLJ 133 [2019] 3 CLJ 729 [2019] 5 CLJ 139 [2021] 10 CLJ 1 [2021] 5 CLJ 331 [2024] 9 CLJ 884

Judgment

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