The apex court has set May 30 to hear Clare Rewcastle-Brown’s application for leave to appeal against a ruling for her to pay RM300,000 in defamation damages to Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

The Federal Court fixed the hearing date during case management of the appeal by the founder of the whistleblower portal Sarawak Report and two others.

When contacted by Malaysiakini this afternoon, lawyers...