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When an innocent party is disallowed from rejecting repudiation (in the context of time charters)

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • June 5 2012

It is a basic principle that, when faced with the repudiation of a contract, the innocent party can choose to accept the repudiation and sue for damages, or reject the repudiation and continue the contract

Contract law - developments in 2011

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • March 16 2012

2011 saw many legal developments in the area of contract law both internationally as well as in Singapore

Arbitration law - developments in 2011

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Global, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • January 26 2012

Through the years, arbitration as a mode of dispute resolution has gained prominence because it promotes party autonomy with minimal court intervention, amongst others

Sinclair v. Versailles: the English Court of Appeal revisits beneficial ownership of bribery moneys in a fiduciary relationship

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • January 9 2012

This Update concerns the issue of whether a principal holds beneficial ownership over a bribe received by a fiduciary

Breaking the chain of causation

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • September 9 2011

In the case of Borcalis AB v Geogas Trading SA 2010 EWHC 2789 (Comm), the English High Court had to determine whether a failure to respond to an alarm on the part of the Plaintiff constituted a break on the chain of causation

"Decisive weight" given to prenumptial agreement in England

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • October 29 2010

When a court grants a divorce, it has the power to divide the matrimonial assets held by the spouses

Do banks owe a common law duty of care to their customers when dispensing financial advice?

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • October 5 2010

Structured products have emerged as a topic of much legal dispute in recent times

Court may grant retrospective sanction for liquidator to act

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • July 6 2010

When a company enters liquidation, the appointed liquidator often needs approval from the Court or a liquidation committee before she can perform certain acts on the company's behalf

Clarifying the application of The Achilleas as limited exception to the rule in Hadley v Baxendale

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • June 17 2010

The test for remoteness of damages in contract has long been accepted to be that in Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Ex 341