Contract

[2023] SGHCR 4

Cosmetic Care Asia Ltd and others v Sri Linarti Sasmito and others

High Court Registrar2 May 2023

Civil Procedure] — [Pleadings] — [Striking out; Civil Procedure] — [Pleadings] — [Striking out] — [Whether defendant can rely on unpleaded defence; Contract] — [Contractual terms] — [Interpretation; Contract] — [Breach; Contract] — [Waiver by election] — [Inconsistent rights

[2023] SGHC 114

Full House Building Construction Pte Ltd v Tan Hong Joo and others

General Division of the High Court28 April 2023

Contract — Contractual terms — Warranties; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Companies — Constitution — Directors — Powers; Confidence — Remedies — Injunctions; Injunctions — Purposes for grant — Protection of contractual rights

[2023] SGHC(A) 15

Liu Shu Ming and another v Koh Chew Chee and another matter

Appellate Division of the High Court28 April 2023

Contract — Breach; Contract — Remedies — Damages — Measure of damages; Damages — Measure of damages — Contract — Reliance damages

[2023] SGHC(I) 5

Roll SG Pte Ltd v Cong Ty Co Phan Van Tai Lien Hiep Huy Hoang

Singapore International Commercial Court25 April 2023

Contract — Breach — Rental agreement; Contract — Remedies — Damages

[2023] SGHC 104

2253 Apparel Inc v Medico Titan Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court19 April 2023

Contract — Formation; Contract — Misrepresentation; Restitution — Unjust enrichment; Tort — Conspiracy

[2023] SGHC(A) 13

HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Ltd (as trustee of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT) v DNKH Logistics Pte Ltd

Appellate Division of the High Court14 April 2023

Contract — Contractual terms — Interpretation — Indemnity clause

[2023] SGCA(I) 3

Kiri Industries Ltd v DyStar Global Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another appeal

Court of Appeal (International)14 April 2023

Contract — Breach; Res Judicata — Issue estoppel; Res Judicata — Extended doctrine of res judicata; Contract — Formation — Certainty of terms

[2023] SGHC 92

Amberwork Source Pte Ltd v QA Systems Pte Ltd and another

General Division of the High Court11 April 2023

Commercial Transactions — Sale of goods — Breach of contract; Contract — Formation — Acceptance; Contract — Illegality and public policy; Credit and Security — Money and moneylenders — Illegal moneylending

[2023] SGHC 76

3N Investments Group Ltd and another v Lim Boon Chye Victor and others

General Division of the High Court31 March 2023

Contract — Breach; Damages — Compensation and damages; Damages — Remoteness; Damages — Mitigation — Contract

[2023] SGHC 81

Tan Tien Sek v Tan Tien Sai

General Division of the High Court31 March 2023

Contract — Contractual terms — Oral agreement; Contract — Contractual terms — Parol evidence rule; Contract — Intention to create legal relations — Sham; Contract — Consideration — Failure of consideration; Contract — Formalities — Evidenced in writing — Part performance

[2023] SGHC 71

Maxx Engineering Works Pte Ltd v PQ Builders Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court27 March 2023

[2023] SGHC 69

COT v COU and others and other matters

General Division of the High Court23 March 2023

Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Jurisdiction — Validity of arbitration agreement — Whether validity of arbitration agreement depends on validity of contract; Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Whether tribunal breached natural justice by depriving party of reasonable opportunity to respond to case against it; Arbitration — Arbitral tribunal — Jurisdiction — Matters submitted to arbitration; Contract — Formation — Offer and acceptance

[2023] SGHC 67

Kwek Hong Lim v Kwek Sum Chuan

General Division of the High Court23 March 2023

Contract — Formation — Oral agreement; Contract — Formation — Certainty of terms; Contract — Intention to create legal relations; Evidence — Admissibility of evidence

[2023] SGHC 66

Rio Christofle v Tan Chun Chuen Malcolm

General Division of the High Court22 March 2023

[2023] SGHC 47

Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the administratrix of the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar) and another v Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri and others ( Kwan Ka Yu Terence , third party

General Division of the High Court28 February 2023

Trusts — Breach of trust; Trusts — Express trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts; Contract — Illegality and public policy — Illegality under international and foreign law

[2023] SGHC 49

Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the administratrix of the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar, deceased) v Purnima Anil Salgaocar

General Division of the High Court28 February 2023

Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Enforcement of negative covenant

[2023] SGHC 37

Bhoomatidevi d/o Kishinchand Chugani Mrs Kavita Gope Mirwani v Nantakumar s/o v Ramachandra and another

General Division of the High Court17 February 2023

[2023] SGHC 39

Dialectic PR LLC and another v Brilliante Resources International and ano ther

General Division of the High Court17 February 2023

Contract — Breach; Companies — Incorporation of companies — Lifting corporate veil; Tort — Inducement of breach of contract

[2023] SGHC 34

[2023] SGHC 34

General Division of the High Court15 February 2023

Contract — Breach; Contract — Termination; Confidence — Breach of confidence; Tort — Conspiracy — Conspiracy by unlawful means; Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit; Intellectual Property — Trade marks and trade names — Passing off — Goodwill

[2023] SGCA(I) 1

BCBC Singapore Pte Ltd and another v PT Bayan Resources TBK and another

Court of Appeal (International)10 February 2023

[2023] SGHC(A) 9

Crescendas Bionics Pte Ltd v Jurong Primewide Pte Ltd and other appeals

Appellate Division of the High Court9 February 2023

Building and Construction Law — Damages — Delay in completion; Contract — Remedies — Loss of chance; Contract — Remedies — Damages — Causation; Contract — Remedies — Remoteness of damage; Damages — Assessment; Damages — Measure of damages — Contract; Damages — Quantum; Damages — Remoteness

[2023] SGHC 30

Chng Kheng Chye (in a representative capacity on behalf of Kaefer Prostar Pte Ltd) v Kaefer Integrated Services Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court9 February 2023

Companies — Statutory derivative action; Contract — Contractual terms; Contract — Formation — Oral contracts

[2023] SGHC(A) 6

Asidokona Mining Resources Pte Ltd and another v Alternative Advisors Investments Pte Ltd

Appellate Division of the High Court3 February 2023

Agency — Ratification — Acts; Choses in Action — Assignment; Contract — Illegality and public policy — Maintenance and champerty; Damages — Liquidated damages or penalty

[2023] SGHC 5

Thong Soon Seng v Magnus Energy Group Ltd

General Division of the High Court2 February 2023

Evidence — Proof of evidence — Onus of proof; Contract — Breach; Restitution — Unjust enrichment; Restitution — Mistake — Mistake of fact; Restitution — Failure of consideration — Total failure of consideration; Restitution — Absence of consideration