Aaron and Others v Cheong Yip Seng and Others
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Judgment Date | 27 February 1996 |
| Date | 27 February 1996 |
| Docket Number | Civil Appeal No 63 of 1995 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Singapore) |
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...you are not satisfied that it does, then it falls within the allowed limit, and there is no libel at all. 49.In Aaron v Cheong Yip Seng [1996] 1 SLR 623 at p 650, this court said: We refer to the very concise and oft-quoted passage of Diplock J`s direction to the jury in Silkin v Beaverbroo......
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Administrative and Constitutional Law
...recognize an interest in the public strong enough to give rise generally to a duty to communicate in the press’: Aaron v Cheong Yip Seng[1996] 1 SLR 623 at 651—652, quoted in Review Publishing, at [179]. This test to be satisfied was an ‘onerous one’ as L P Thean JA noted in Chen Cheng v Ce......
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Tort Law
...Ean J in Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party[2007] 1 SLR 675 and also endorsed by the Court of Appeal in Aaron v Cheong Yip Seng[1996] 1 SLR 623 and Chen Cheng v Central Christian Church[1999] 1 SLR 94, which was that special facts must be shown before a newspaper publication may b......