[2025] SGHC(A) 6 — CAMPBELL HOSPITALITY PTE LTD & 2 Ors v MARCHMONT PTE LTD

Catchwords

Banking — Appropriation of payments Landlord and Tenant — Covenants — Breach of tenant’s covenants Landlord and Tenant — Termination of leases — Forfeiture — Waiver of right to forfeiture Landlord and Tenant — Recovery of possession — Holding over — Double rent chargeable for duration of holding over Landlord and Tenant — Termination of leases — Forfeiture — Requirements under section 18(1) of Conveyancing and Law of Property Act

Practice Areas

Banking Landlord and Tenant

Judges (3)

Debbie Ong Siew Ling Coram See Kee Oon Delivered Woo Bih Li Coram

Counsel (12)

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Firm Tan Kok Quan Partnership Firm Ang Leong Hao Counsel Appellant Darren Ng Zhen Qiang Counsel Respondent Gitta Priska Adelya Counsel Respondent Koh Ru Hui Counsel Respondent Marina Chin Li Yuen Counsel Respondent Nayo Leong Counsel Respondent Sia Bao Huei Counsel Appellant Tan Hsi Jie Oliver Counsel Appellant Wong Soon Peng Adrian Counsel Appellant Yeap Poh Leong Andre Counsel Appellant

Parties (4)

Campbell Hospitality Pte Ltd Appellant Marchmont Pte Ltd Respondent Fu Yao Appellant Wang Cuirong Appellant

Summary

Cross-appeals from a landlord-tenant dispute over the validity of notices of breach and termination of a hotel lease at 51 Joo Chiat Road. The Appellate Division dismissed the tenant's appeal and partially allowed the landlord's appeal, finding valid forfeiture was effected upon commencement of court proceedings, with the tenant liable for double rent from December 2022.

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act (Cap 43)

s 28(4)

Conveyancing and Law of Property Act (Cap 61)

s 18(1)

Cases Cited (21)

SG (3)

[2022] SGDC 152 [2024] SGHC 108 [2024] SGHC 248

SLR (5)

[1992] 1 SLR(R) 740 [1998] 2 SLR(R) 258 [2006] 1 SLR(R) 888 [2011] 1 SLR 40 [2018] 1 SLR 317

UK (13)

[1897] 1 Ch 271 [1898] 1 Ch 652 [1916] 1 AC 1 [1950] 1 KB 104 [1962] 2 QB 373 [1963] 1 QB 887 [1970] 2 WLR 1133 [1972] 1 WLR 1048 [1973] AC 691 [1976] 1 WLR 845 [1986] Ch 340 [2006] EWCA Civ 1504 [2022] AC 1