Chee Siok Chin v Attorney-General

Chee Siok Chin v Attorney-General [2006] SGHC 153 (Belinda Ang J) held that there is no constitutional right to a full trial in open court in defamation actions, and that the 1991 deletion of O 14 r 1(2) of the Rules of the Supreme Court (which had barred summary judgment in defamation suits) was validly made and did not breach natural justice or the Constitution. The stated public-order/Article 14/proportionality principle does NOT belong to this case; it is the holding of the SEPARATE decision Chee Siok Chin v Minister for Home Affairs [2006] 1 SLR(R) 582 ([2005] SGHC 216, V K Rajah J).