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This case update covers the recent High Court decision in Prince Restaurant Pte Ltd v Kosma Holdings Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 245, which concerns a landlord tenant dispute.

Landlord Tenant Dispute: Application of Contra Proferentum Rule, Adverse Inference, Right of Peaceful Re-Entry and Right to Appeal to the Court of Appeal for Case Commenced in the District Court

This case update covers the Strata Titles Board’s decision to order the MCST to pay costs after a matter is resolved at mediation.

Strata Titles Board Orders MCST To Pay Costs After Matter Is Resolved At Mediation

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update covers recent amendments made to Singapore’s Patents Act & Rules, Registered Designs Act & Rules and Copyright Regulations, which came into force 30 October 2017.

Singapore IP Legislation Update

This legal update examines the Singapore Court’s decision on repudiatory conduct in relation to Arbitration Agreements.

Singapore Court provides guidance on what constitutes repudiatory conduct in relation to Arbitration Agreements

This legal update examines the impact of the recent decision of the Court of Appeal on obligations of homeowners in relation to construction works, to their neighbours.

Obligation of Homeowners to Neighbours for Construction Works

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update covers a recent High Court case where two defendants were found guilty of contempt of court in respect of their acts of dissipation of assets in breach of a Mereva Injunction Order.

Warning to Take Mareva Injunction Orders Seriously – Businesswoman Sent to Jail for Contempt

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update examines the recent case of The Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 361 v Yap Choo Moi HC/TA 10/2017 (unreported), where the Singapore High Court clarified a management corporation’s powers in relation to common property comprised in a strata title plan, under the present provisions of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act.

A Tale of Two Cooling Towers

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update examines the recent case of  Asia Petan Organisation Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 204, where the Singapore High Court restored a company that had been struck off the Register. The Company had previously been struck off by its own prior application.

The Court’s Power to Restore A Company That Has Been Struck Off

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update comments on the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 29/2017), which was read for the first time in Parliament on 1 August 2017.

Comments on the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 29/2017)