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Recent Cases Concerning Building and Construction Law in Singapore

This update discusses 3 recent Singapore High Court decisions that relate to building and construction law – the decisions touch on the issues such as the effect when an extension of time clause is absent, estoppel under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act in relation to jurisdictional objections and whether a call on a performance bond can be made because of alleged claims arising in other projects (when the bond was issued for a different project).

Recent Cases […]


Trade Mark Infringement for Goods in Transit

This case review examines the recent Court of Appeal case of Burberry Limited v Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 01 in which the Court of Appeal held that a freight forwarder which facilitated the transhipment of counterfeit goods was not liable for trade mark infringement.

Trade Mark Infringement for Goods in Transit


A Company’s Liability in Knowing Receipt for the Fiduciary Breaches of its Errant Directors

This update covers the recent decision in Griffin Real Estate Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v ERC Unicampus Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 273. The High Court decided that where directors of the plaintiff company which had wrongfully caused it to extend an unauthorised loan to the defendant company, the defendant company, on the facts, incurred liability as a knowing recipient.

A Company’s Liability in Knowing Receipt for the Fiduciary Breaches of its Errant Directors


Transitioning From a Private To a Public Company

Lee & Lee’s latest article looks at the transitions that
a private company goes through when becoming a publicly traded company.

This article first appeared in the Q1/2019 Issue of the SID Directors Bulletin published by the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Transitioning From a Private To a Public Company


Patent Ambiguities

This article by Tan Tee Jim, S.C. discusses the recent Court of Appeal case of Cicada Cube Pte Ltd v National University Hospital (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 52 in which we acted for NUH.

This article was first e-published by the Singapore Academy of Law in December 2018.

Patent Ambiguities