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Building and construction law [2026] SGHC 82

ZHAO YANG GEOTECHNIC PTE LTD v CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD (SINGAPORE BRANCH)

The High Court held that a review adjudicator may review the entire adjudication determination under s 18(2) SOPA 2020, but remitted the ARD rather than setting it aside.

  • Adjudication review
  • Scope of review
  • Security of payment act 2020
  • Misdirection of law
  • Remission to adjudicator
  • Adjudication-review
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Contract law [2023] SGHC 279

PURE GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v SIONG ANN ENGINEERING PTE LTD

The High Court dismissed an appeal over milestone payments for ramp works, holding that order confirmation was satisfied without a purchase order and that the appellant prevented completion.

  • Milestone payments
  • Order confirmation
  • Third-party engineer approval
  • Breach of contract
  • Damages
  • Suspension of work
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Building and construction law [2021] SGHC 239

DONGAH GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD v JUNGWOO E&C PTE. LTD.

High Court of Singapore declined to set aside an adjudication determination for fraud, but granted a partial stay of enforcement and ordered the undisputed sum released.

  • Security of payment
  • Adjudication determination
  • Fraud
  • Stay of enforcement
  • Winding up injunction
  • Enforcement of adjudication
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Building and construction law [2021] SGHC 72

FRONTBUILD ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD. v JHJ CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD.

The High Court held that the SOP Act’s pay-when-paid prohibition applies even after termination, dismissed the setting-aside application, and upheld the adjudication determination.

  • Building and construction industry security of payment act (sop act)
  • Pay when paid provisions
  • Termination of sub-contracts
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Setting aside adjudication determinations
  • Security-of-payment-act
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Building and construction law [2020] SGHC 212

TRUSTEE OF THE LATE TAY CHOON HUAT ESTATE v SOON KIAT CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE PTE LTD

The High Court held that “day” in the SIA Conditions includes public holidays, making the adjudication application one day late and setting aside the adjudication determination.

  • Contract interpretation
  • Meaning of 'day'
  • Sopa time limits
  • Adjudication application timeliness
  • Setting aside adjudicator's determination
  • Construction-law
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Building and construction law [2020] SGHC 191

RANGE CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD v GOLDBELL ENGINEERING PTE LTD

The High Court dismissed a challenge to an adjudication determination, holding that liquidated damages could be considered under the SOP Act and that no natural justice breach was shown.

  • Setting aside adjudication determination
  • Liquidated damages
  • Retention sums and handing-over certificate
  • Natural justice / fair hearing
  • Interpretation of contractual clauses (clauses 19.1 and 19.2)
  • Set-off for prior payments
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Building and construction law [2019] SGHC 261

STARGOOD CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD v SHIMIZU CORPORATION

The High Court held that a subcontractor may serve post-termination payment claims for work done before termination under the SOPA, but left an invalid-service finding intact.

  • Adjudication determinations
  • Jurisdiction
  • Termination of employment under subcontract
  • Payment claims
  • Subcontracts
  • Security-of-payment-act
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Building and construction law [2018] SGCA 66

GLAZIERS ENGINEERING PTE LTD v WCS ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD

The Court of Appeal held that the adjudicator’s use of “beyond reasonable doubt” did not breach natural justice in the adjudication setting-aside challenge.

  • Setting aside adjudication determination
  • Fair hearing rule
  • Standard of persuasion
  • Burden/standard of proof
  • Prejudice test
  • Building-and-construction-law
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Injunctions [2018] SGHC 191

BINTAI KINDENKO PRIVATE LIMITED v SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION & Anor

The High Court discharged an interim injunction restraining a call on a banker’s guarantee, holding that an exclusion clause barred unconscionability and fraud was not shown.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Unconscionability
  • Fraud
  • Incorporation of contractual terms
  • Disclosure obligations in ex parte applications
  • Performance bond enforcement
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