Limitation, Knowledge, And Expert Report

In Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4099 v KTP Consultants Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(A) 32 ("MCST4099"), the Appellate Division allowed the management corporation's ("MCST") appeal against the High Court's decision to strike out the MCST's claim against the structural engineer and Qualified Person (Civil & Structural Works) ("KTP") on the basis of time bar.

The earlier decision. In the earlier decision in Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4099 v TPS Construction Pte Ltd and others [2024] SGHC 149, the High Court had struck out the MCST's claim against KTP on the basis that the claims were time-barred under the Limitation Act 1959 (2020 Rev Ed) (the "LA").

We had previously blogged about the High Court's decision. But in short, one of the key reasons why the High Court allowed the striking out application was on the basis that, upon receipt of an expert report (the "Bruce James Report"), the MCST had the requisite knowledge for triggering the