Mitsui E&S Power Systems Inc v Neptun International Pte Ltd and another (DBS Bank Ltd, non-party) [2024] SGHCR 3 was an application by the Non-Party, DBS Bank Ltd (“DBS”), for the release of an attached debt from attachment on the basis that the Commercial Affairs Department (“CAD”) had directed DBS not to allow any dealings with the monies standing in Neptun International Pte Ltd’s (“Neptun”) account with DBS (“Account”) (“CAD Order”).
Read MoreIt is important to ensure that work sites are safe places to work in. The recent case of Nagarajan Murugesan v Grand Rich Electrical & Engineering Pte. Ltd. & 2 Ors [2024] SGHC 36 (“Nagarajan v GR”) is a reminder of this.
Read MoreRestraint of trade clauses are often found in employment contracts and they can be contentious. This week’s blog covers Shopee Singapore Private Limited v Lim Teck Yong [2024] SGHC 29, a High Court (the “Court”) case on the enforceability of such restraint of trade clauses in a contract between Shopee Singapore Pte Ltd and one of its former employees.
Read MoreOften, construction contracts in Singapore are subject to arbitration. It is then frequently assumed that as a result of this, all disputes arising from the contract would be dealt with in arbitration. The recent case of Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd v Crystal-Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd [2024] SGHCR 2 is a reminder that this may not always be the case.
Read MoreCan a contractor restrain a call on a performance bond made by the employer on the ground that the architect had failed to take into account the contractor’s application for relief under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020? This issue arose for consideration in Shanghai Chong Kee Furniture & Construction Pte Ltd v Church of St Teresa [2024] SGHC 5.
Read MoreThis week’s blog covers Paul and another (Appellants) v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1, a decision from the United Kingdom Supreme Court (the “UK Court”) which discusses whether, as a question of law, a claimant can claim damages for psychiatric harm suffered as a result of witnessing the death of a close relative from a medical condition which the defendant has negligently failed to diagnose and treat.
Read MoreThis week’s blog covers ICOP Construction (SG) Pte Ltd v Tiong Seng Civil engineering (Pte) Ltd [2024] SGHC(A) 1, a case from the Appellate Division of the High Court (the “Court”) which discusses a variety of issues relating to construction disputes.
Read MoreIn JE Synergy Engineering Pte Ltd v Sinohydro Corp Ltd (Singapore Branch) [2023] SGHC 362, the claimant applied to set aside (among others) two adjudication determinations on the ground of fraud and/or corruption under s 27(6)(h) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (2020 Rev Ed) (“SOPA”). This application was dismissed by S Mohan J.
Read MoreShortly before Christmas, the United Kingdom Supreme Court delivered a judgment which was reported under the headline “AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms”.
Read MoreThis week’s blog covers Lam Wing Yee Jane v Realstar Premier Group Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 344, a High Court case which discusses whether a property agent is liable for negligent misrepresentation to a purchaser when he passed on marketing brochures prepared by the seller to the purchaser.
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