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Contract

Formation, breach, remedies, and construction of contracts.

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Contract decisions

Result 25

[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 32

[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

Result 36

[2026] SGHC 79

Aquilo Shipping Inc v SRTT Marine Trading & Services Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court10 April 2026

Arbitration — Interlocutory order or direction — Injunction; Injunctions — Mandatory injunction — Interim mandatory injunction compelling seller of ship to furnish security; Admiralty and Shipping — Practice and procedure of action in rem — Release — Whether release can be procured by way of an interim mandatory injunction; Admiralty and Shipping — Sale of ships — Clause 9 of the Norwegian Saleform 2012 — Construction; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction — Indemnities; Civil Procedure — Summary determination of question of law — Construction of contract

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