Matter:
professional bodies - professional engineers - registration as
professional engineer - Tay applied to the Board for
registration - the Board interviewed him & found his
experience at professional level inadequate - the Board then
defered his application for one year - whether the Board has
authority to interview Tay - whether the Board should
deliberate his application based on the papers and documents
he submitted - whether the Board may set up panel of
interviewers consisting of members who are not on the Board.
Matter:
tort - defamation - in an election rally defendant uttered
words that were allegedly defamatory of the plaintiff -
defendant denied defamatory meaning attached by plaintiff -
defendant also said in defence that (a) he was merely
responding to plaintiff's attack made in a press conference
(b) electors had an interest to receive the words and as
candidate in parlimentary election he had a moral duty to
communicate the words - whether the defendant's words are bona
fida and are fairly relevant to the attack by plaintiff on
defendant's personal character - whether damages awarded is
fair.
Matter:
contract - estoppel - waiver - respondent signed
booking proforma & paid property developer booking fee for
a shophouse - developer then unilaterally raise the price -
respondent insisted on
paying the old price - developer refunded booking fee -
respondent accepted the refund & sued for damages -
whether respondent estopped - whether respondent waived right
to sue.
Matter:
building construction - new building - whether addition and
alteration works carried out to an old building were to such
an extent as to give rise to a new building.
Matter:
industrial court - practice & procedure - whether
industrial court has jurisdiction to hear and determine
application made under s 33A of the Industrial Relations Act,
1967 to refer to the High Court certain questions of law that
had arisen out of two awards made by a different panel of the
court.
