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Contract

Formation, breach, remedies, and construction of contracts.

599 decisions

Principal legislation

Contract decisions

Result 75

[2025] SGHC 190

Nanyang Commercial Management Pte Ltd v Matex International Ltd

General Division of the High Court22 September 2025

Companies — Shares — Allotment; Companies — Members — Rights — Proper plaintiff rule; Companies — Directors — Meetings — Quorum; Companies — Memorandum and articles of association — Effect; Companies — Capacity — Indoor Management Rule; Contract — Contractual terms — Common law rectification; Civil Procedure — Discontinuance — With leave

Result 84

[2025] SGHC 160

Ka Shin Technologies (S) Pte Ltd v The estate of Tan Kiat Lan, deceased ( Integrated Power Solutions Pte Ltd and others, third parties

General Division of the High Court11 August 2025

Contract — Illegality and public policy; Damages — Rules in awarding — Proof of actual damage — Whether settlement agreement against joint tortfeasor has already compensated plaintiff for loss; Employment Law — Contract of service — Breach; Employment Law — Employees’ duties — Duty of good faith and fidelity and duty to act in the interests of the company; Intellectual Property — Law of confidence — Breach of confidence] [Restitution — Unjust enrichment; Tort — Negligence — Breach of duty; Tort — Negligence — Causation; Tort — Conspiracy; Tort — Conversion

Result 86

[2025] SGHC 150

Straco Leisure Pte Ltd v Sumitomo (Shi) Cyclo Drive Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court5 August 2025

Civil Procedure — Trial — Preliminary issues; Contract — Contractual terms — Whether repair works carried out by the defendant were within the contracted scope of works and done with the claimant’s knowledge and authorisation; Contract — Contractual terms — Whether defendant’s standard terms and conditions were incorporated into the contract by virtue of prior course of dealing with claimant

Result 88

[2025] SGHC 142

The “CHLOE V

General Division of the High Court28 July 2025

Contract — Contractual terms — Contractual discretion — Whether clause requiring mortgagee bank’s approval of charterparty subject to a contractual discretion; Contract — Contractual terms — Contractual discretion — Whether mortgagee bank exercised discretion reasonably in refusing to issue letter of quiet enjoyment in favour of charterer; Contract — Contractual terms — Contractual discretion — Whether mortgagee bank in breach of duty in refusing to issue any letter of quiet enjoyment in favour of charterer; Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms — Braganza duty; Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms — Restraints on the exercise of a contractual discretion; Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms — Mortgagee’s duty to not interfere with contractual performance by mortgagor

Result 92

[2025] SGHC(A) 8

Robert Tantular v The Stephanie Karina (administratrix of the estate of Tan Ho Yung, deceased

Appellate Division of the High Court1 July 2025

Contract — Contractual terms — Express terms; Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms; Contract — Formation — Capacity of parties; Equity — Fiduciary relationships — When arising; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care; Trusts — Constructive trusts; Trusts — Express trusts — Constitution; Restitution — Unjust enrichment

Result 94

[2025] SGHC 109

Far East Opus Pte Ltd v Kuvera Properties Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court10 June 2025

Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Contract — Whether actions under Section 2 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 founded on contract — Section 6(1)(a) of the Limitation Act 1959; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Whether actions under Section 2 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 are actions for relief from the consequences of a mistake — Section 29(1)(c) of the Limitation Act 1959; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Whether actions under Section 2 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 are actions for breach of duty where the duty exists by virtue of a provision made by or under any written law — Section 24A(1) of the Limitation Act 1959; Contract — Misrepresentation Act — Whether damages in lieu of rescission can be claimed if rescission is time-barred — Section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967; Limitation of Actions — When time begins to run — Section 24A(3)(b) of the Limitation Act 1959

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