Goh Chok Tong; JB Jeyaretnam
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1989 |
| Date | 1989 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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16 cases
- Datuk Harris Mohd Salleh v Datuk Yong Teck Lee
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MRA INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD vs SPC DIATECH, LLC
...of the defence of fair comment [140] The Defendant relied on the Privy Council decision in Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam v Goh Chok Tong [1989] 3 MLJ 1 in submitting that there are four elements to the defence, namely the words complained of are comment, though it may consist of or include inf......
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DATO' HAJI MAHFUZ BIN HAJI OMAR vs MUHAMMAD SANUSI BIN MD NOR
...do not exist, then this defence fails, as opined by the Privy Council in Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam v. Goh Chok Tong [1989] 1 LNS 34; [1989] 3 MLJ 1, 3. Context would therefore be On this issue, I am also guided by the decision of Abdul Malik Ishak JCA in S Ashok Kandiah & anor v Dato’ Yalu......
- Ratus Mesra Sdn Bhd v Shaikh Osman Majid and Others
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1 firm's commentaries
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is This Comment Fair At All?
...(i.e. the Plaintiffs in the lower court). In deciding so, the four elements in established in Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam v Goh Chok Tong [1989] 3 MLJ 1 was scrutinised in detail. For convenience, parties will be referred to as they were in the High Court. BACKGROUND FACTS Some time in Novem......