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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66 cases
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Lee Hsien Loong v Review Publishing Company Ltd
...submitted that the general test of whether particular words are defamatory is set out by the Court of Appeal in Aaron v Cheong Yip Seng [1996] 1 SLR 623 (“Aaron”), adopting the views of Lord Atkin in Sim v Stretch (1936) 52 TLR 669, as follows (at … [W]hether words are defamatory must be de......
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Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party and Others and Another Suit
... ... Seng Choon [1980-1981] SLR 381 at 382, [5]. This court has also pointed out, in The Melati [2004] ... ...
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Chen Cheng and Another v Central Christian Church and other appeals
...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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Oei Hong Leong v Ban Song Long David and Others
...in question or every detail of fact. It suffices that the substance or the gist of the libel has been justified: Aaron v Cheong Yip Seng [1996] 1 SLR 623; s 8 of the Defamation 95 In seeking to show obstructive and irrational action or conduct on the plaintiff’s part, the defendants highlig......
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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......