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Result 15

[2026] SGHC 126

Equation Recycling Pte Ltd v Leading Bio-Energy (S) Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court15 June 2026

Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Objections — Whether the rule against penalties must be pleaded; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Construction of contract — Whether the court may raise a question of construction on its own accord; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Contract — Remedies — Deposits — Functions of deposits; Damages — Liquidated damages or penalty — Whether a clause providing for the absolute forfeiture of a security deposit amounts to a penalty; Landlord and Tenant — Agreements for leases — Security deposits; Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Failure of basis — Recovery of deposits; Contract — Settlement agreements — Compromise of potential disputes

Result 22

[2026] SGDC 150

[2026] SGDC 150

District Court29 April 2026

Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction — Interpretation of contracts — Leasing of Tesla car — Lessee breaching lease agreement — Lessor terminating lease agreement — Whether liquidated damages payable by lessee — Whether contractual clause plain and unambiguous — Whether reference to extrinsic evidence permissible; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Lessee seeking to argue contract infringed rule against penalties — Whether rule against penalties must be pleaded — Whether rule against penalties can be relied on at appeal; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Adducing fresh evidence on appeal — Lessee seeking to adduce fresh evidence on appeal to contend rule against penalties infringed — Whether requirement of relevance under Ladd v Marshall principles satisfied

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