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Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143
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[2008] SGHC 143
General Division of the High Court of Singapore29 Aug 2008OS 2125/2006, NA 49/2008
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“In our view, the appellants are not entitled to claim aggravated damages for breach of contract. Contractual damages are compensatory in nature. In Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143 (“Kay Swee Pin (AD)”), which also involved the wrongful suspension of club membership, the Assistant Registrar”
“ons where the purpose of the contract itself was to provide peace of mind or freedom from distress (see, for example, the Singapore High Court decision of Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143 (“Kay Swee Pin”) – with the possibility that the scope of such an award might possibly be broadened in t”
“ed principles (see, for example, the House of Lords decision of Farley v Skinner [2001] 3 WLR 899, cited in the Singapore High Court decision of Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island County Club and others [2008] SGHC 143 at [68]), there would be a remedial lacuna as the plaintiff would be otherwise confined to an award of n”
“Mr Shepherdson relied heavily on the decision of AR Teo Guan Siew in Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143 (“Kay Swee Pin”), which to the best of my knowledge is the only reported decision in Singapore on the damages payable to a member as a result of the invalid suspension of a club membership.”
“Andrew Phang, “The Crumbling Edifice? The Award of Contractual Damages for Mental Distress” [2003] JBL 341 at p 343; quoted in the High Court decision of Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143 at [61]):”
“Constitution, the plaintiff’s argument based on natural justice is properly founded in a claim for breach of contract. The basis for this was explained in Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143 (“Kay Swee Pin (AD)”) at [33] as follows:”
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Kay Swee Pin v Singapore Island Country Club [2008] SGHC 143
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Case No: OS 2125/2006, NA 49/2008
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Court: General Division of the High Court of Singapore
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Decision Date: 2008-08-29
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