31 Oct 2025
LIN WOON FUI DATO' TEH CHEE KIEN
- Citation
- WA-23NCvC-23-03/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-23NCvC-23-03/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court found the matters to be tried were private, familial and sensitive and that extensive media publicity created a real and substantial risk of serious prejudice to a fair trial; balancing the Sierra Club factors and statutory/inherent powers the salutary effects of confidentiality outweighed deleterious effects on open justice, therefore a protective order (in camera hearing) and sealing of cause papers were necessary to prevent injustice and to preserve fair trial rights; consequential orders (confidentiality of transcripts, limited access, costs in the cause, Form 83 endorsement) fo…