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Topic

Corporate authority to bind company

Legal area

Court

26 Apr 2002

RICHIE INTERIORS LTD. v. SANKO AIR-CONDITIONING ENGINEERING LTD. AND ANOTHER

Citation

RICHIE INTERIORS LTD. v. SANKO AIR-CONDITIONING ENGINEERING LTD. AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4366/2001

The acknowledgments of service were invalid or insufficiently evidenced and no affidavit proving due service was filed, so the default judgment was prematurely entered and was irregular; such a judgment must be set aside as of right (ex debito justitiae).
17 Mar 1988

THE CHINA AND SOUTH SEA BANK LTD v. TAN SOON GIN GEORGE

Citation

THE CHINA AND SOUTH SEA BANK LTD v. TAN SOON GIN GEORGE
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV92/1984

The court held that the guarantee, read as a whole, imposed liability for the principal as well as interest (rejecting the appellant's narrow construction), but that the appellant raised arguable equitable and negligence defenses and evidentiary issues such that summary judgment was inappropriate; accordingly the judgment below was set aside and the appellant was granted leave to defend.