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Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd and another v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd and another suit [2014] SGHC 258
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[2014] SGHC 258
[2014] SGHC 258
General Division of the High Court of Singapore1 Dec 2014Suit No 420 and 822 of 2013
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- CitedOVERSEAS INDUSTRIES SDN. BHD. v 1. ) FORTITUDE ASSET MANAGEMENT SDN BHD (WA-22NCC-260-07/2018)Case
“R 265; Lim Leong Huat v Chip Hup Hup Kee Construction Pte Ltd [2009] 2 SLR(R) 318; The Dolphina, a company (‘Universal’) [2012] 1 SLR 992, Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 258 and PT Sandipala Arthaputra & Ors v STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 2018 [SGCA] 17. Indeed there”
“Lordships took towards non-assignment clauses in Linden Gardens has been accepted in Singapore, though not yet by the Court of Appeal. In Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 258 (“Total English”), Tay Yong Kwang J (as he then was) remarked, “Although [counsel] urged me to depart fro”
“In Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd and another v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd and another suit [2014] SGHC 258 (“Total English”), Tay Yong Kwang J (as he then was) observed, obiter, that “an equitable assignment would generally require the assignee to join the assignor to the action” [emphasis added] (at [51]”
“ress or implied terms which prohibit the defendant from using or disclosing the confidential information (see Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd and another v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd and another suit [2014] SGHC 258 at [82]; Invenpro (M) Sdn Bhd v JCS Automation Pte Ltd and another [2014] 2 SLR 1045 at [155]–[158]). It”
“or disclosing the confidential information: Writers Studio Pte Ltd v Chin Kwok Yung [2022] SGHC 205 at [125]; Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd and another v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd and another suit [2014] SGHC 258 at [82]; Invenpro (M) Sdn Bhd v JCS Automation Pte Ltd and another [2014] 2 SLR 1045 at [155]–[158]. Cla”
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“The Judge disagreed with the Debtor and affirmed the position in Linden Gardens, accepted locally in Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 258 (“Total English Learning”) (at [64]) and by the Singapore International Commercial Court in Arris Solutions, Inc and others v Asian Broadcasti”
“Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd [1994] 1 AC 85 (“Linden Gardens”), a decision which has subsequently been applied in Singapore in Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 258 (“Total English”). Linden Gardens stands for the rule that where there is a contractual prohibition on a”
“Linden Gardens has been accepted and applied in Singapore. In Total English Learning Global Pte Ltd v Kids Counsel Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 258 at [64], Tay Yong Kwang J (as he then was) declined to depart from the position as stated in Linden Gardens:”
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Case No: Suit No 420 and 822 of 2013
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Court: General Division of the High Court of Singapore
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Decision Date: 2014-12-01
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