Jeyaretnam JB v Lee Kuan Yew

JurisdictionSingapore
Date1979
Docket NumberSuit No 218 of 1977
Year1979
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
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12 cases
  • Review Publishing Company Ltd v Lee Hsien Loong
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 7 October 2009
    ...757 (refd) Lee Kuan Yew v Davies Derek Gwyn [1989] 2 SLR (R) 544; [1989] SLR 1063 (refd) Lee Kuan Yew v Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin [1979-1980] SLR (R) 24; [1978-1979] SLR 429 (refd) Lee Siew Chun v Sourgrapes Packaging Products Trading Pte Ltd [1992] 3 SLR (R) 855; [1993] 2 SLR 297 (refd) L......
  • Lee Hsien Loong v Ngerng Yi Ling Roy
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 17 December 2015
    ...of the defamer, the greater will be the impact of the defamation and degree of injury. In Lee Kuan Yew v Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin [1979-1980] SLR(R) 24 (“LKY v Jeyaretnam (HC)”), Chua J noted at [70] that the slander in that case was “spoken by the principal opposition speaker and a promi......
  • The Wellness Group Pte Ltd and another v OSIM International Ltd and Others and another suit
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 April 2016
    ...if the response is published bona fide and is “fairly relevant to the accusations made”: Lee Kuan Yew v Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin [1979-1980] SLR(R) 24 (“LKY v JBJ”) at [49]; Gatley at para 14.51. The requirement that the response must be fairly relevant to the accusations made is meant to......
  • The Wellness Group Pte Ltd and another v OSIM International Ltd and others and another suit
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 April 2016
    ...if the response is published bona fide and is “fairly relevant to the accusations made”: Lee Kuan Yew v Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin [1979-1980] SLR(R) 24 (“LKY v JBJ”) at [49]; Gatley at para 14.51. The requirement that the response must be fairly relevant to the accusations made is meant to......
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