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Contract

Formation, breach, remedies, and construction of contracts.

599 decisions

Principal legislation

Contract decisions

Result 97

[2025] SGHC(I) 12

DMF v DMG and another matter

Singapore International Commercial Court17 April 2025

Abuse of Process — Henderson v Henderson doctrine; Abuse of Process — Inconsistent positions; Arbitration — Arbitrability and public policy; Arbitration — Arbitral tribunal — Jurisdiction; Civil Procedure — Foreign law — Foreign law to be determined by submissions — Order 16 rule 8 of Singapore International Commercial Court Rules 2021; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Res Judicata — Extended doctrine of res judicata; Res Judicata — Issue estoppel

Result 98

[2025] SGHC 66

Lorinet, Pierre Andre Jacques v Helu-Trans (S) Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court10 April 2025

Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Contract; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Tort; Contract — Contractual terms — Exclusion clauses; Contract — Contractual terms — Unfair Contract Terms Act; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care; Tort — Negligence — Breach of duty; Tort — Negligence — Causation; Tort — Negligence — Res ipsa loquitur

Result 100

[2025] SGHC 63

Ren Xin Wu v Lee Kuan Fung and another and another matter

General Division of the High Court9 April 2025

Companies — Directors — Breach of duties; Contract — Breach — Shareholders’ agreement; Contract — Consideration — Sufficiency of consideration; Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms; Contract — Formalities — Affixation of seal; Contract — Intention to create legal relations — Sham; Contract — Remedies — Damages; Legal Profession — Conflict of interest — Representation of both creditor and liquidator; Tort — Conspiracy — Lawful means conspiracy

Result 106

[2025] SGDC 37

Goh King Kwee and another v Liu Shu Ming and another

District Court6 February 2025

Contract — Breach; Contract — Formation — Oral contracts; Contract — Misrepresentation — Fraudulent — Whether Statements of future intentions can amount to representations of fact; Contract — Misrepresentation — Negligent — Duty to adequately plead elements of negligent misrepresentation; Contract — Misrepresentation — Misrepresentation Act (Cap 390); Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Total failure of consideration; Remedies — Recission; Remedies — Specific Performance

Result 116

[2024] SGHC 302

Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Group Lease Public Co Ltd

General Division of the High Court28 November 2024

Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Interim injunctions — Principles — Distinction between prohibitory and mandatory injunctions; Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Interim Injunctions — Ancillary disclosure orders — Whether ancillary disclosure orders may be made in respect of prohibitory injunctions; Insolvency Law — Avoidance of transactions — Unfair preferences — Principles — Whether grant of security and assignment of receivables to parent company constituted unfair preferences — Section 225 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (2020 Rev Ed); Insolvency Law — Administration of insolvent estates — Statutory injunctions — Section 270 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (2020 Rev Ed); Credit and Security — Charges — Non-registration of charges — Charge over shares of subsidiary alleged to be void against liquidator — Whether created security constituted registrable charge — Whether unregistered charge void against provisional liquidator — Whether enforcement of charge rendered charge spent prior to appointment of liquidator — Sections 131(1) and 131(3) Companies Act 1967 (2020 Rev Ed); Contract — Illegality and public policy — Whether alleged breach of Mareva injunction capable of rendering contract void and unenforceable

Result 119

[2024] SGHC 282

The “Maersk Katalin

General Division of the High Court4 November 2024

Admiralty and Shipping — Bills of lading — Delivery of cargo against presentation of bills of lading; Contract — Variation; Equity — Defences — Acquiescence; Agency — Ratification — Conditions; Contract — Waiver; Admiralty and Shipping — Bills of lading — Bills of Lading Act; Contract — Remedies — Damages — Causation; Damages — Measure of damages — Contract — Damages for misdelivery of cargo

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