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Limitation period postponement under section 26
  • 29 Nov 2001

    GIMEX DEVELOPMENT LTD v. FANG MENG SUNG, JOHN

    Citation
    GIMEX DEVELOPMENT LTD v. FANG MENG SUNG, JOHN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2436/2001

    Section 26(1) and (3) operate to postpone the limitation period where an intentional breach of duty occurred in circumstances in which the breach was unlikely to be discovered, such that the breach amounts to deliberate concealment; on the facts the plaintiff's case that the defendant acted on a full retainer and committed a breach unlikely to be discovered postponed limitation until the 1997 attempted resale, and the defendant failed to establish a credible defence of limited retainer with a real prospect of success, so the application to set aside the default judgment was dismissed.