Tag: Court of Appeal
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Appeals from the General Division of the High Court
In the Court of Appeal judgment of Wei Fengpin v Raymond Low Tuck Loong and ors [2021] SGCA 115 (the “Judgment”), the Court addressed whether appeals from the General Division of the High Court (the “General Division”) should properly be made to the Court of Appeal (the “Court of Appeal“) or to the Appellate Division…
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Restraining Calls on Performance Bonds
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Case Commentary [Contract Law / Performance Bonds / Evidence] In the decision by the #Singapore Court of Appeal (the “SCA“) in Bintai Kindenko P/L v Samsung C&T Corp and Anor [2019] SGCA 39 (the “Judgment“) the SCA upheld the High Court’s decision to discharge an interim *preventing* a party from calling on a performance bond (a “PB“), i.e. the…
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Recoverability Of Damages In The Law Of Tort By A Foreign Employee
Introduction In what must surely be considered to be a sound decision – both as a matter of law and moral principle – the Court of Appeal held that the position of a “foreign employee” is no different from that of a “local employee” insofar as the recovery of special damages arising from a tort…
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