There are 2 types of deafamation case. 1 is criminal and the other is civil. Criminal case is police matter. Civil case, plaintiff has to prove the statements and more cans of worms will be dug out and when more witnesses are called in the case become more murky. At the end of the day plaintiff lose more money than getting back from the defendant.
There was a case in Malaysia the Toto owner Vincent Tan sued someone and was awarded RM1 miillion but end of the day he said was a waste of time and he lost more than 1 million plus all the shits of attending court cases and bad publicity. His advice was let people say what they want and let time will heals the wound. Soon people will forgitten about it.
In the case of CSJ and JBJ it was about getting into election and enter parliment, not about 'face-saving'. Getting CSJ and JBJ out of parliment is LKY priority to solve LKY and his son problems in parliment. So it was an all out war.
Let the 2 sons of Lee sue TRE editor Richard Wan and other readers. They are not politically inclined to run for MPs or enter parliment. They are not interested in becoming MPs or holding state appintment. 放马过来。
Learn not to fear civil defamation suit and in Australia the limit to claim court cost from the other party is limit to $200,000. Gone are the day one can claim ridiculous millions of dollars court cost in Australia. I think Australia has had enough of these BS defamation claims and now you see not so money cases in Australia, quiet down a lot.
Claiming costs depends on the lost of income of the person result from the case if he/she loss his job because of this. For example, becos of the slander the planitff was sacked and become unemployed etc then the result is loss of income for X years. If there is no loss court can do nothing to help you build your wealth through legal case. Don't go to court for free lunch.
For the defendant sell all your physical properties now can turn into cash. Cash is disposable and mobile. Stay as tenant and rent and enjoy screwing the plaintiff and go to court and smile at him and let the plaintiff himself open more cans of worms.
I have seen defamation suit played out in court and I was amazed so much childish accusations fly about and lawyers can only get more confused and end of the day it is about one side foot all the bills and lawyers pocket all the money and lawyers become wealthy. $6,000 per day for Senior Counsel represent you in court. So adds up the sum and do you think it will take a hundred day in court for frivolous defamation case? Nah! give and take 3 days and the case is over.
Don't settle in private cause you might not know the actual court cost outcome. Let the judge worked hard for you to determine the costs and you might surprise there is $0 to give to the winner or $max. Court and judge time are 'free or little' as they are paid by tax payers money.
Then there is Appeal, and that lagi funny, and the winner might lose the case and bills send back to him to pay. By then you age faster and older and less energy to follow the case. And when the plaintiff lost the case in Appeal then the palintiff have to seel his properties and run road too.
Other than said above, just do more research and you decide what you want to do in your case. Don't panic and you will see the plaintiff panic also if they have no court case experience and his/her family may feel dramatised and in duress in this case too.
WP - Why Pay, SDP - So don't pay.
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Lee Hsien Yang sends lawyer's letter to TR Emeritus
Mr Lee Hsien Yang, the chairman of listed conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N), has sent a lawyer's letter to sociopolitical website TR Emeritus (TRE), asking it to remove an allegedly defamatory comment on its site about him.
Mr Tan Chuan Thye from Stamford Law, acting on behalf of Mr Lee, sent the letter on Tuesday to Mr Richard Wan, one of TRE's five editors.
In the letter, Mr Tan told TRE that a netizen had left a defamatory remark about Mr Lee in the comments section for one of its articles late last month.
'Mr Lee is determined to protect his reputation and would take all necessary and appropriate steps to do so,' Mr Tan told The Straits Times.
