Tag: digital evidence
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A case of digital manipulation of a letter
In Chan Kah Lon & Anor v Chin Jia Yee & Ors, the Plaintiffs sought to amend their statement of claim to, among others, bring in a firm and its two partners on the grounds of conspiracy. The conspiracy was on the basis that the law firm had tampered with a letter whereby the letter,…
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A case of a digitally forged will
We are now seeing cases of wills being digitally manipulated creeping into our Courts. In Koh Ah Hwoi @ Kok Ah Hoi v Colum Aiwah McNamara & Anor, the plaintiff claimed that the deceased had executed another will in 2019 which superseded a 2008 will. The 2008 will had left his entire estate to the…
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Can the Court order the disclosure of your WhatsApp personal messages?
In GIIB Holdings Berhad v Wong Weng Yew & Ors, the plaintiff applied for discovery of WhatsApp messages and access to a Google Drive referred to in the WhatsApp messages, among others. The documents came to the plaintiff’s attention after receiving the defendants’ proposed bundle of documents (DBOD), which contained numerous WhatsApp conversations from various…