PURE GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v SIONG ANN ENGINEERING PTE LTD
Outcome
Appeal dismissedThe 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 | |
| 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 — eLitigation. Updated .
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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.
[2023] SGHC 279 explained
PURE GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v SIONG ANN ENGINEERING PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 279) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 4 October 2023. It is categorised under Contract. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHC 279 about?
PURE GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v SIONG ANN ENGINEERING PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 279) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Contract — Breach”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
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.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 279)