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Tort [2025] SGHC 258

LEE HSUEH CHING @ FIONA LEE SARGEANT & Anor v LOH KIA HUI

The High Court dismissed negligence claims against a former relationship manager, but held the bank’s terms entitled her to indemnity costs for her successful defence.

  • Negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Voluntary assumption of responsibility
  • Indemnity of agents
  • Contractual indemnity clauses
  • Third party enforcement (contracts (rights of third parties) act)
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Trusts [2024] SGHC 153

HSBC INSTITUTIONAL TRUST SERVICES (SINGAPORE) LIMITED v QUARZ CAPITAL ASIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. & 3 Ors

The High Court held that ESR-related unitholders could not vote on trust deed amendments needed for Sabana REIT’s internalisation because of their material interest in manager fees.

  • Purpose trusts
  • Trustee powers and discretions
  • Trust deed amendment
  • Voting rights and disenfranchisement
  • Conflict of interest
  • Internalisation of reit management
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Intellectual property [2021] SGHC 165

Digi International Inc. v Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd

The High Court refused registration of the later DIGI mark, finding similarity, confusion, passing off and no consent under a 2002 agreement.

  • Registration consent under s 8(9) tma
  • Marks similarity under s 8(2)(b) tma
  • Well-known mark protection s 8(4)(b)(i)
  • Passing off s 8(7)(a)
  • Bad faith s 7(6)
  • Distinctiveness (inherent and acquired)
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Contract law [2021] SGCA 43

CHARLES LIM TENG SIANG & Anor v HONG CHOON HAU & Anor

The Court of Appeal held that a no oral modification clause did not bar an oral rescission of the share sale agreement and upheld the finding of mutual rescission.

  • No oral modification clause
  • Rescission of contract
  • Variation of contract
  • Party autonomy
  • Estoppel
  • No-oral-modification-clause
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Civil procedure [2020] SGHC 53

GOH KOK LIANG (WU GUO LIANG) v GYP PROPERTIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GLOBAL YELLOW PAGES LIMITED) & Anor

The High Court held that Goh Kok Liang’s offer to settle covered costs in the earlier suit, dismissed his costs application, and refused leave to appeal.

  • Offer to settle under o 22a
  • Interpretation of settlement offers
  • Withdrawal and acceptance of offers
  • Indemnity costs
  • Without prejudice save as to costs
  • Offer-to-settle
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Arbitration [2016] SGHC 238

Dyna-Jet Pte Ltd v Wilson Taylor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

The High Court held that an asymmetric option to arbitrate can be an arbitration agreement, but refused a stay because the clause was incapable of being performed for this dispute.

  • Stay of court proceedings
  • Definition of arbitration agreement
  • Incapacity to perform arbitration agreement
  • Unilateral/asymmetric election clauses
  • Meaning of 'null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed'
  • Arbitration-agreement
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Contract [2016] SGCA 19

Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd v Chin Shu Hwa Corinna

The Court of Appeal held that NETS was not “new business” under the sales plan and that final incentive pay was not to be prorated on involuntary termination.

  • Contra proferentem
  • Contractual ambiguity
  • Sales incentive compensation
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Termination pay calculation
  • Post-contractual conduct admissibility
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Construction law [2014] SGHC 72

Rotol Projects Pte Ltd v CCM Industrial Pte Ltd

The High Court held that a construction subcontract was subject to variations and omissions, rejected a detailed implied claims procedure, and dismissed the defendant’s counterclaim.

  • Variations and change orders
  • Lump sum contract interpretation
  • Implied terms and condition precedent
  • Claims procedure and vo practice
  • Estoppel and acquiescence
  • Delay and extension of time
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Contract law [2014] SGCA 5

Fairview Developments Pte Ltd v Ong & Ong Pte Ltd and another appeal

The Court of Appeal held that OOA’s 1983 agreement to act for the whole project was novated to OOPL, and Fairview’s termination was wrongful.

  • Existence of contract
  • Novation vs assignment
  • Wrongful termination
  • Fees for abortive works
  • Quantum meruit vs percentage fee
  • Accrual of cause of action
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Partnership law [2011] SGCA 60

Ang Tin Yong v Ang Boon Chye and another

The Court of Appeal held that retiring partners who assigned all their partnership interests lacked locus standi to seek committal for non-compliance with an accounts order.

  • Locus standi
  • Enforcement of court orders
  • Settlement and deeds
  • Implied terms
  • Accounting in partnership
  • Locus-standi
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