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In Grace Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd v EQ Insurance Co Ltd [2016] SGHC 233, the plaintiff was the occupier of a factory unit. Grace Electrical was the insured under a public liability policy...

Pursuant to the terms of a supply contract between Mount Eastern Holdings Resources Co., Limited (Mount Eastern) and H&C S Holdings Pte Ltd (H&C), H&C was obliged to deliver 90,000 wet metric tonnes of iron ore to Mount Eastern.

In the recent decision of LBE Engineering Pte Ltd v Double S Construction Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 92, the Court re-iterated that in general, a contractor does not have the right to suspend work...

Construction contracts often contain detailed procedures for the various aspects of the working arrangement between the parties. These may include the agreed mechanisms...

In arbitration, as with litigation, parties may sometimes need to invoke the assistance of the courts to ensure that proceedings are not derailed by the other party. Common examples of this are Anton Piller orders to protect evidence from being destroyed, and Mareva injunctions freezing the defendant's assets to ensure that they are not dissipated prior to a judgment or an award.

In an ugly corporate divorce related to an online matrimonial website, the Singapore Court of Appeal decided that the arbitrability of a dispute will be determined at the pre-award stage...

Under Section 290 of the Companies Act ("CA"), a company may be wound up voluntarily either (a) on a general resolution of the members, if certain constitutional requirements are met;...

What happens when an employee has acquired his employer's confidential information without consent, but has not made any actual use of the information? Can an employer bring a successful claim...

The Han's Cafe trade mark infringement case concluded not long ago, so it's a great case study of trade mark infringement.

The Singapore Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by a bank seeking to enforce a floating charge against a third party purchaser.

A defence in illegality would have defeated the Receiving Bank's claim.

In creating the web of contractual relationships when structuring a fund, commercial parties often have a fund managed or advised by a party who is in turn advised by a separate party who has no contractual relationship with the fund. This is often done to achieve tax efficiencies or when a 'white labelling' arrangement is envisaged.

Although the sum involved was small, the High Court's decision in One Investment and Consultancy Limited and another v Cham Poh Meng (DBS Bank Ltd, garnishee) [2016] SGHC 208 . . .

In the recent case of I-Admin (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Hong Ying Ting & Others [2020] SGCA 32 involving breach of confidence....

The Appellate Division of the Singapore High Court's decision in DJY v DJZ and another [2025] SGHC(A) 18 highlights the narrow grounds on which calls on standby...

The Appellate Division in Ee Hup Construction Pte Ltd v China Jingye Engineering Corporation Limited (Singapore Branch) & Anor [2025] SGHC(A) 3 (the "Judgment") rendered an interesting decision that, among others, dealt with the effect of withdrawing backcharges from an adjudication and its effect on a subsequent call on a performance bond.

The Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA") sets out the duties of businesses and organisations regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

The Singapore Court of Appeal held that architects and main contractors are not subject to a non-delegable duty in tort to ensure that the building and design of the construction project was undertaken without negligence...