In this brief blog, we take a quick look at some of the issues arising in the recent Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) decision of The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic & 2 Ors v Sanum Investments Limited & Anor [2022] SGHC(I) 9 (“GOL v Sanum”)
Read MoreIn RMD Kwikform Singapore Pte Ltd v Ehub Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 129, the High Court had the opportunity to address, among others, the authenticity of internal records which the plaintiff relied on to quantify its claims.
Read MoreUnder the domestic arbitration regime established by the Arbitration Act (Cap. 10, 2002 Rev. Ed.) (the “AA”), the court has a discretion to refuse to stay court proceedings in favour of arbitration. And in CSY v CSZ [2022] SGCA 43, the Court of Appeal reversed the first instance decision and found that there was sufficient reason not to stay the court proceeding and refer the matter to arbitration.
Read MoreIn Seow Fook Sen Aloysius v Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP [2022] SGCA 40, the Court of Appeal took the opportunity to provide guidance on when appeals should be made to the Court of Appeal after the establishment of the Appellate Division of the High Court.
Read MoreIn the recent decision of LBE Engineering Pte Ltd v Double S Construction Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 92, the Court re-iterated that in general, a contractor does not have the right to suspend work for non-payment unless this has been expressly provided for in the parties’ contract.
Read MoreThe High Court in La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Company Ltd v Zhang Lan and others [2022] SGHC 89 considered the discovery of entries in a banker’s book, and specifically, whether the bank’s record of the beneficial owner of an account forms part of its transactional record.
Read MoreIn Soteria Insurance Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 440, the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) dealt with whether an exclusion clause excluded liability for wasted expenditure arising out of wrongful repudiation in addition to excluding liability for loss of profit/savings/revenue.
Read MoreIn Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd (in liquidation) v Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and another appeal [2022] SGCA 28, the Court of Appeal upheld the Judge’s decision to strike out the Injunction Applications brought by the directors in the Companies’ names as they had no authority nor the sanction to challenge the interim judicial managers’ appointment of solicitors.
Read MoreIn Thio Keng Thay v Sandy Island Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 69, the General Division of the High Court dealt with a range of issues concerning claims for damages for defects.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal in Rothstar Group Ltd v Leow Quek Shiong and other appeals [2022] SGCA 25 had the opportunity, for the first time, to consider whether the grant of security for the existing indebtedness of a third party can constitute a transaction at an undervalue within the scope of Section 98 of the Bankruptcy Act (Cap 20, 2009 Rev Ed) (“BA”).
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