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Contractual anti-set-off clauses
  • 29 Aug 2008

    DUCKCROWN INVESTMENTS LTD v. AUTO PLAZA LTD

    Citation
    DUCKCROWN INVESTMENTS LTD v. AUTO PLAZA LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA724/2008

    The evidence and past course of dealings showed it was highly unlikely a new written or binding oral one-year tenancy was agreed; contemporaneous January 2008 letter and the parties' historical practice supported that DIL occupied as a monthly licencee after expiry of the 2007 Tenancy Agreement. Accordingly APL was entitled to possession and payment of specified arrears; contractual anti-set-off provisions barred DIL from setting off some specified arrears but, absent those provisions, equitable set-off could be relied on against the remaining monetary claims.