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Goh Chok Tong v Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin

[1998] SGCA 25; [1998] 2 SLR(R) 971 (also reported [1998] 3 SLR 337)

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

Year1998

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In defamation the court should award a single lump sum encompassing general and aggravated damages rather than separate awards, calibrated to the gravity of the imputation and the conduct of the parties.

Area of Law

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