Suzana Muhamad Said JC:

GROUNDS OF JUDGMENT

(ENCLOSURE 9)

INTRODUCTION

[1]This is an application by the Defendant to strike out the Plaintiff’s claim (Enclosure 9) under Order 18 rule 19(1)(a), (b) and (d) of the Rules of Court 2012 ( ROC ). The Plaintiff had also filed an application to strike out the Defendant’s defence (Enclosure 11) under Order 18 rule 19(1)(a), (b) and (d) of

BRIEF FACTS

[2]The Plaintiff and Defendant are both lawyers.

[3]The basis for the Plaintiff’s claim is an action for libel against the Defendant, concerning one letter dated 18.12.2020 from Messrs. Kevin & Co., (the legal firm that was representing the Defendant at that time) to Messrs. Valerie Chong & Co (the legal firm that was representing the Plaintiff at that time) (Impugned Letter).

[4]The Plaintiff in his Statement of Claim (SOC) stated that the Impugned Letter contained impugned defamatory words. The impugned wordings are-

“Our client states that your client took advantage of our client in your client’s office. Our client regrets to have not lodged a police report against your client who portrays himself as a senior lawyer, a committee member of the Catholic’s Lawyers Society and a member of the disci