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The case of Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd v Three Sixty Degree Pte Ltd [2013] SGHC 71 is instructive in the law regarding leases, setting out the principles a court would adopt when interpreting a lease.

On 27 May 2016, South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., once the country's fourth-largest shipbuilding firm by revenue, filed for court-supervised rehabilitation, in the Seoul Central District Court.

The Singapore Court of Appeal reversed the ruling of the Singapore High Court and confirmed that the phrase "arbitration in Shanghai" meant that Shanghai was the seat of arbitration, not simply the venue of arbitration.

The recent Supreme Court of Victoria decision of UDP Holdings Pty Ltd (subject to a deed of company arrangement) (rec and mgr apptd) v Ironshore Corporate Capital (No 2) [2019] VSC 645

The recent Singapore High Court decision in Hai Jiang 1401 Pte Ltd v Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd [2020] SGHC 20 marks the first time that a Singapore Court has endorsed the principle.

In the complex landscape of international arbitration, the interplay between seat courts and enforcement courts continues to shape the strategic decisions...

The Singapore High Court's recent decision in Asplenium Land Pte Ltd v CKR Contract Services Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 85 has perhaps finally put to bed the issue as to what constitutes a repeat claim...

Are all professions held to the same standard of honesty? In particular, if a professional is dishonest in his personal life, what is the impact on his professional life?

A case study of Wilson Taylor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd v Dyna-Jet Pte Ltd [2017] SGCA 32

The High Court also held that there was no required mutuality of debts for insolvent set-off to occur, if the debt was charged to another party.

In Chan Siew Lee Jannie v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2016] SGCA 23, the Singapore Court of Appeal was faced with the issue of whether a statutory demand issued to a guarantor would be deemed defective...

The registered designs regime protects new and innovative product designs, but only if designers register those designs.

Singapore's recent enactment of the Choice of Court Agreements Act 2016 (No. 14 of 2016) has given effect to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005...

Performance bonds are an important feature in many construction contracts. In Tradesmen Pte Ltd v Ten-League Corporations Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC 114, the High Court...

In a landmark decision, the Singapore Court of Appeal has adopted a new legal test to determine the standard of care in relation to the provision of medical advice.

In claims against healthcare professionals or institutions for medical negligence or other grounds of medical malpractice, the points of contention are often heavily dependent on questions...

In Deloitte & Touche LLP v Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd [2026] SGCA 33, the Singapore Court of Appeal struck out a US$2.6 billion claim for trading losses brought by Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) ("HLT") against its former auditor, Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte").