Case Comment: Golden Season Pte Ltd and others v Kairos Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd and another [2015] SGHC 38

• Main Author: CHAN, Gary Kok Yew
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Commercial Law; Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1516; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3468/viewcontent/20150304_Gary_Chan_Kok_Yew_Case_Comment_Golden_Season_Pte_Ltd_and_others_v_Kairos_Singapore_Holdings_Pte_Ltd_and_another__2015__SGHC_38.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This 111-page judgement has highlighted a number of significant points of law relating to the treatment of Facebook postings, emails and SMS texts in the tort of defamation. They relate primarily to the legal requirements of establishing defamatory meaning, reference to the plaintiff and defences. In addition, the case examines the awards of general and special damages as well as the viability of awarding aggravated damages to corporate plaintiffs. Apart from the plaintiff’s actions in defamation and malicious falsehood, the defendant successfully counterclaimed for copyright infringement but failed in the action based on passing off. This brief case comment focuses on defamation and malicious falsehood.