PURE GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v SIONG ANN ENGINEERING PTE LTD

[2023] SGHC 279 High Court (General Division) 4 October 2023 HC/DCA 13/2023

1 cases cited

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

“The appeal is dismissed in whole, and the DJ’s decision is affirmed.”

Source: [2023] SGHC 279, High Court (General Division), decided 4 October 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	4 October 2023
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Contract
Outcome	Appeal dismissed
Counsel	Lee & Lee, Lumen Law Corporation, Chia Swee Chye Kelvin, Tan Jin Yong

Source: [2023] SGHC 279, High Court (General Division), decided 4 October 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Contract — Breach

Practice Areas

Contract

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (4)

Lee & Lee Firm Lumen Law Corporation Firm Chia Swee Chye Kelvin Counsel for the appellant

Tan Jin Yong Counsel for the respondent

Parties (2)

Pure Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd Appellant

Siong Ann Engineering Pte Ltd Respondent

Case Significance

Pure Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Siong Ann Engineering Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 279 is a reserved judgment of Choo Han Teck J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 4 October 2023 in District Court Appeal No 13 of 2023. The matter followed Siong Ann Engineering Pte Ltd v Pure Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 73, which had been remitted to the district court to determine two issues of fact. The appellant, Pure Group, was in charge of a project converting a theatre into a restaurant and nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, with the respondent Siong Ann Engineering as a sub-contractor; the dispute concerned the design, supply and installation of a temporary ramp ("Ramp Works") and how the respondent was to be paid after the appellant's project manager, Mr Jonathan Peter Coney, told it to stop work.

Summary

Pure Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd, contractor for a project converting a Marina Bay Sands theatre into a restaurant and nightclub, appealed in a matter remitted to the district court concerning payment to its sub-contractor Siong Ann Engineering Pte Ltd for temporary ramp works that Pure Group had instructed be stopped. The issue was whether the sub-contractor was entitled to payment for work done up to delivery of materials. Choo Han Teck J found the sub-contractor had made every effort to resume the works after being told to stop, and dismissed the appeal, affirming the district judge's decision.

What was Pure Group v Siong Ann Engineering [2023] SGHC 279 about?

It was a District Court appeal before Choo Han Teck J, decided on 4 October 2023, arising from a Marina Bay Sands project dispute over "Ramp Works" and how sub-contractor Siong Ann Engineering was to be paid after being told to stop work.

How did [2023] SGHC 279 relate to the earlier proceedings?

The matter followed Siong Ann Engineering v Pure Group [2022] SGHC 73, which had been remitted to the district court to determine two issues of fact concerning the design, supply and installation of a temporary ramp for the Marina Bay Sands project.