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Singapore High Court decides arbitration clause within main contract binding on third party which entered into a supplemental contract

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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December 20 2012

In International Research Corp PLC V Lufthansa Systems Asia Pacific Pte Ltd & Anor, the Singapore High Court decided that an arbitration agreement in a

Singapore High Court hods resolution approving bonus entitlements invalid where director not acting in best interests of the company

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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May 31 2010

In Tan Hup Thye v Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd (in members' voluntary liquidation), the plaintiff had sued the defendant for bonus payments which he alleged he was entitled to in respect of his employment with the defendant

Singapore High Court considers whether director in breach

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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July 28 2010

The first plaintiff, Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd ("Zim Shipping"), sued the first defendant, Dafni Igal ("Captain Dafni"), for breach of fiduciary duties owed to the plaintiffs andor of his employment contract

Singapore High Court declines leave to bring common law derivative action

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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July 1 2010

The case of Sinwa SS (HK) Co Ltd v Morten Innhaug 2010 SGHC 157 considered both procedural and substantive issues in connection with bringing a common law derivative action in Singapore on behalf of a non-Singaporean company against a director of the company for breach of the director's fiduciary duties

Singapore Court of Appeal holds co-owners must act together in collective sales

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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July 1 2010

In Goh Teh Lee v Lim Li Pheng Maria & Ors, the Singapore Court of Appeal explained the differences between joint tenants and tenants in common in the context of a collective sale

Singapore Court of Appeal invalidates removal of director due to non-compliance with company’s articles of association

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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April 30 2010

The Singapore Court of Appeal in Thio Keng Poon v Thio Syn Pyn & Ors and another appeal held that non-compliance with a requirement in a company's articles of association to make a request to a director to vacate his office before removing him as a director was a substantive irregularity that had invalidated the removal of the director

English Court of Appeal rules on approach for assessing damages on the basis of “loss of a chance”

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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December 28 2010

In assessing a claim for damages on the basis of "loss of a chance", the English Court of Appeal in Law Debenture Trust Corporation Plc v Elektrim SA & Anor rejected the claimant's proposed approach of considering a range of possible scenarios which might have occurred but for the defendant's action or omission, and taking into account the chance of each in deriving the damages

Singapore Court of Appeal declines ordering specific performance as remedy for breach of sale and purchase agreement of land

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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November 29 2011

In EC Investment Holding Pte Ltd v Ridout Residence Pte Ltd & Ors and another appeal 2011 SGCA 50, the Singapore Court of Appeal declined to order specific performance of an agreement for the sale and purchase of a house for a number of reasons, including that the purchaser was quite content to forego its right to acquire the house if the compensation offered to it was right and that a third party would suffer hardship if specific performance were granted

Parliament introduces Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2012: legal professional privilege for in-house counsel, opinion evidence, computer output, hearsay

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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January 27 2012

The Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2012 (the "Bill") was read the first time in Parliament on 16 January 2012

Singapore Court of Appeal considers application for pre-action discovery

Allen & Gledhill LLP
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Singapore
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October 31 2012

The Singapore Court of Appeal in Ching Mun Fong v Standard Chartered Bank considered an appeal against a decision of the High Court which refused the appellant's application for pre-action discovery

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