Audrey Lim

Audrey Lim is a High Court judge in Singapore. She is currently newsworthy due to her recent judgment in a defamation case involving Bloomberg News and two Singaporean government ministers. In her verdict, Justice Lim found that an article published by Bloomberg News defamed the ministers. Consequently, she ordered Bloomberg News and its reporter, Low De Wei, to pay S$460,000 (approximately US$355,734) in damages. The damages are to be split equally between the two ministers, with each receiving S$230,000, comprising general damages and other components. Bloomberg's legal team argued that the ministers had interpreted the article in its most defamatory light and that the reporting involved extensive research and attempts to seek comment. However, Justice Lim's ruling focused on the 'natural and ordinary meaning' of the article as understood by a typical reader. This case highlights the legal recourse available to public figures in Singapore against potentially defamatory reporting and the role of the judiciary in determining the impact of published content.