Mahomed Syedol Ariffin v Yeoh Ooi Gark
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1916 |
| Year | 1916 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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13 cases
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Public Prosecutor v Teo Heng Chye
...Penang, then part of the Straits Settlements, and concerns the Evidence Ordinance (now Act). In Mahomed Syedol Ariffin v Yeoh Ooi Gark [1916] 2 AC 575 at p 581, the Judicial Committee said that: ... it is the duty of a court of law to accept, if that can be done, the illustrations given as ......
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Re Will and Codicil of Tan Tye, deceased (British and Malayan Trustees Ltd, applicants)
... ... In Mohamed Syedol Ariffin v Yeoh Ooi Gark , the Privy Council held that an ... ...
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Ratnam v The Law Society of Singapore
...Bank v Turner (1860) 2 De GF & J 502; 45 ER 715 (refd) Marsh v Marsh [1945] AC 271 (folld) Mohamed Syedol Ariffin v Yeoh Ooi Gark [1916] 2 AC 575; 1 MC 165 (folld) Treacy v DPP [1971] AC 537 (folld) Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 113, 1970Rev Ed)s 171 (1) Legal Profession Act (Cap 217, 1970Re......
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5 books & journal articles
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THE CASE FOR DEPARTING FROM THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE AGAINST PRIOR NEGOTIATIONS IN THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS IN SINGAPORE
...Pinsler, “Approaches to the Evidence Act: The Judicial Development of a Code”(2002) 14 SAcLJ 365 at 382–384. 98[2008] 2 SLR(R) 239. 99[1916] 2 AC 575. 100Law Society of Singapore v Tan Guat Neo Phyllis[2008] 2 SLR(R) 239 at [117]. 101Law Society of Singapore v Tan Guat Neo Phyllis[2008] 2 S......
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REFLECTIONS ON S 2(2) OF SINGAPORE EVIDENCE ACT AND ROLE OF COMMON LAW RULES OF EVIDENCE
...they differed from the common law”. 119 This is what the UK Privy Council meant when it stated in Mahomed Syedol Ariffin v Yeoh Ooi Gark[1916] 2 AC 575 at 581 that: The rule and principle of the Colony must be accepted as it is found in its own Evidence Ordinance, and … the acceptance of a ......
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APPROACHES TO THE EVIDENCE ACT: THE JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CODE
...the Indian Evidence Act, 1872”. 6 See Bank of England v Vagliano(1891) AC 107, 144—145. 7 See, for example, Jayasena v R[1970] AC 618. 8 (1916) 2 AC 575, at p 581. 9 Also see Bank of England v Vagliano (note 6). 10 [1969] 2 MLJ 219, at 222. 11 (1891) AC 107, 144—145. Although Vagliano was c......
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RESOLVING AMBIGUITY THROUGH EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE
...Evidence Rule (Law Com No 70), it had divided the rule into the three sub-rules mentioned. 31 [1970] AC 618 at 625 per Lord Devlin. 32 [1916] 2 AC 575 at 581 per Lord Shaw of Dunfermline. 33 [1969] 2 MLJ 89. 34 (Butterworths Asia, 2nd Singapore and Malaysian Ed, 1998), pp 244—246. 35 China ......
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