Old familiar faces...
You rubba my back, I rubba yours..
I think it's a disgrace for the taxpayers judiciary to entertain old man and son time and time again..
waste of everybody's time on this frivolous lawsuits, especially when there are so many important cases queuing up
Nov 18, 2009
Feer to pay PM, MM $405k
Consent order for damages and costs after publication defamed leaders
By Zakir Hussain
These sums were agreed to after the Court of Appeal last month upheld an earlier High Court decision that Feer had defamed both leaders in a 2006 article. -- PHOTO: AFP
THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) has agreed to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew a total of $405,000 in damages and costs for defamation.
Lawyers for the Lees told The Straits Times that a consent order to this effect was entered in the High Court on Friday.
Review Publishing Company, which publishes Feer, and Feer editor Hugo Restall, have consented to pay PM Lee $200,000 in damages and $30,000 in legal costs.
They also agreed to pay MM Lee $150,000 in damages and $25,000 in costs.
These sums were agreed to after the Court of Appeal last month upheld an earlier High Court decision that Feer had defamed both leaders in a 2006 article.
The appeal was heard by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Appeal Judge Andrew Phang and Justice Judith Prakash.
[email protected]
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
You rubba my back, I rubba yours..
I think it's a disgrace for the taxpayers judiciary to entertain old man and son time and time again..
waste of everybody's time on this frivolous lawsuits, especially when there are so many important cases queuing up
Nov 18, 2009
Feer to pay PM, MM $405k
Consent order for damages and costs after publication defamed leaders
By Zakir Hussain
These sums were agreed to after the Court of Appeal last month upheld an earlier High Court decision that Feer had defamed both leaders in a 2006 article. -- PHOTO: AFP
THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) has agreed to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew a total of $405,000 in damages and costs for defamation.
Lawyers for the Lees told The Straits Times that a consent order to this effect was entered in the High Court on Friday.
Review Publishing Company, which publishes Feer, and Feer editor Hugo Restall, have consented to pay PM Lee $200,000 in damages and $30,000 in legal costs.
They also agreed to pay MM Lee $150,000 in damages and $25,000 in costs.
These sums were agreed to after the Court of Appeal last month upheld an earlier High Court decision that Feer had defamed both leaders in a 2006 article.
The appeal was heard by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Appeal Judge Andrew Phang and Justice Judith Prakash.
[email protected]
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
