Mr Jasmin Nisban, formerly the Honorary Treasurer and elected Council member of the Singapore Chess Federation, recently won a defamation lawsuit against 21 defendants and was awarded S$120,000 in damages. In a 427-page judgment in the case of Jasmin Nisban v Chan Boon Siang and 20 Ors [2023] SGDC 158, District Judge Tan May Tee ruled on several noteworthy points of law, including whether a failure to dissociate from the defamatory statements would amount to a retrospective assumption of responsibility for the publication of defamatory statements, as well as the effect of prior settlements on the quantum of damages. This Update provides a summary of the decision and highlights the key points of law.
Mr Nisban was represented by Lau Kok Keng and Edina Lim of Rajah & Tann Singapore’s Intellectual Property, Sports & Gaming Practice.
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