Dow Jones Publishing Company (Asia) Inc. v Attorney General of Singapore
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Judgment Date | 16 May 1988 |
| Date | 16 May 1988 |
| Docket Number | Originating Motion No 135 of 1987 |
| Court | High Court (Singapore) |
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5 cases
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Chee Siok Chin and Others v Minister for Home Affairs and Another
...review, as the remedies for such an application are limited to the prerogative orders: Re Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) Inc’s Application [1988] SLR 481. The AG rightly points out that, if anything, the proper procedure for the applicants to adopt is to seek a declaration to commence proceedi......
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Han Hui Hui v AG
...of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 (refd) Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) Inc's Application, Re [1988] 1 SLR(R) 418; [1988] SLR 481 (refd) Gobi a/l Avedian v AG [2020] 2 SLR 883 (refd) Inland Revenue Commissioners v National Federation of Self Employed and Sm......
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Chee Siok Chin and Others v Minister for Home Affairs and Another
...review, as the remedies for such an application are limited to the prerogative orders: Re Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) Inc’s Application [1988] SLR 481. The AG rightly points out that, if anything, the proper procedure for the applicants to adopt is to seek a declaration to commence proceedi......
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SGB Starkstrom Pte Ltd v Commissioner for Labour
...the scope of the court’s intervention has been thought of as a limited one: Re Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) Inc’s Application [1988] 1 SLR(R) 418 (“Re Dow Jones Publishing”) at [20]. Two important distinctions have played a role in explaining the court’s limited role in judicial review. Firs......
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1 books & journal articles
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STATUTORY INTERPRETATION IN SINGAPORE
...by Laycock and Ong[1954] MLJ 41. 32 The two cases were Annathurai v AG[1987] SLR 375 and Re Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) Inc v AG[1988] SLR 481. For discussion, see Robert Beckman & Andrew Phang, “Beyond Pepper v Hart: The Legislative Reform of Statutory Interpretation in Singapore”(1994) 15......