Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan
Jurisdiction | Singapore |
Judgment Date | 04 April 2003 |
Date | 04 April 2003 |
Docket Number | Suit No 1459 of 2001 |
Court | High Court (Singapore) |
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Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party
...had some negative effect on their reputation was not dispelled. 99 In a previous defamation action (viz, Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan [2003] 3 SLR 8), CSJ had given an undertaking to LKY not to repeat or publish the libellous statement that LKY was dishonest and unfit for office (id at [12......
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Ling Yew Kong v Teo Vin Li Richard
...2 SLR 332 (refd) Gay Choon Ing v Loh Sze Ti Terence Peter [2009] 2 SLR (R) 332; [2009] 2 SLR 332 (refd) Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan [2003] 3 SLR (R) 8; [2003] 3 SLR 8 (refd) Poh Soon Kiat v Desert Palace Inc [2010] 1 SLR 1129 (refd) Quek Chiau Beng v Phua Swee Pah Jimmy [2000] 3 SLR (R) 7......
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Real Estate Consortium Pte Ltd v
...Ltd [2002] 2 SLR (R) 136; [2002] 3 SLR 488 (folld) Jayawickreme v Amarasuriya [1918] AC 869 (refd) Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan [2003] 3 SLR (R) 8; [2003] 3 SLR 8 (refd) Litchfield v Dreyfus [1906] 1 KB 584 (refd) Mak Chik Lun v Loh Kim Her [2003] 4 SLR (R) 338; [2003] 4 SLR 338 (refd) Mil......
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Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd v The "Bunga Melati 5"
...interlocutory stage. In the context of considering an application for summary judgment, the High Court in Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan [2003] 3 SLR(R) 8 endorsed (at [24]) the following principle from Microsoft Corporation v Electro-Wide Limited [1997] FSR 580 (at 594): [T]he mere fact tha......
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Contract Law
...supra, with regard to building contracts); Ong Pang Wee v Chiltern Park Development Pte Ltd[2003] 2 SLR 267; Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 8 (also referred to at para 9.74 infra, with regard to ‘Duress’); Sincere Watch Ltd v Bakery Mart Pte Ltd[2003] 3 SLR 345; Bakery Mart Pte L......
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VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
...of justice and fairness, see Part VIII of the main text below entitled “On Justice and Fairness”. 191 See Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 8 and Goh Chok Tong v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 32. And see generally Phang, supra n 161, at para 9.74, from which I do draw for the brief ana......
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Civil Procedure
...has a case which ought to go to trial (see Goh Chok Tong v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 32 at [29] and Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 8 at [28]). In both cases, the High Court also reiterated the observation of Ackner LJ in Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Suisse) SA v Costa de Nar......
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Tort Law
...$30,000 and $20,000 respectively. 20.40 The cases of Goh Chok Tong v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 32 and Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan[2003] 3 SLR 8 can be reviewed together as they involve essentially the same facts, subject matter and issues. In these cases, the court considered the issue o......