Contract

70 cases · January 2025 to February 2026

Case Volume by Year

54
25
16
26
2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Breach 12 Formation — Certainty of terms 4 Contractual terms — Rules of construction 4 Contractual terms — Unfair Contract Terms Act 4 Contractual terms 4 Remedies — Damages 3 Contractual terms — Parol evidence rule 3 Contractual terms — Implied terms 3 Contractual terms — Express terms 2 Consideration — Promissory estoppel 2 Intention to create legal relations — Sham 2 Illegality and public policy 2 Contractual terms — Construction 2 Misrepresentation Act 2 Variation 2 Remedies — Deposit Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Recovery of deposit on grounds of unjust enrichment Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit 1 Implied terms 1 Interpretation 1 Breach — Whether sub-contractor breached its contractual obligations by failing to perform the scope of work required 1 Misrepresentation 1 + 67 more

Remedies — Deposit Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Recovery of deposit on grounds of unjust enrichment Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit 1 case

[2026] SGDC 65 Sunlight Paper Products Pte Ltd v Decorial Pte Ltd
16 February 2026

Breach — Whether sub-contractor breached its contractual obligations by failing to perform the scope of work required 1 case

[2026] SGDC 2 CRIMSIGN GRAPHICS PTE LTD v AMXON CONSTRUCTORS PTE. LTD.
30 January 2026

Illegality and public policy — Unpleaded illegal object — Whether court should make finding of illegality — Whether knowledge of illegal object should be imputed to plaintiff buyer 1 case

[2026] SGHC 14 GC LEASE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. v FONBELL SOLUTION PTE. LTD. & 7 Ors
20 January 2026

Privity of contract — Contacts (Rights of Third Parties) Act) 1 case

[2026] SGDC 23 Miracle Design Studio Pte. Ltd. v Chai Poh Zheng & 2 Ors
13 January 2026

Contractual terms — Implied terms — Whether an agent is the effective cause of a sale 1 case

[2026] SGMC 5 HAMPTON PROPERTY GROUP v MARX AURNHAMMER WERNER JOHANNES
13 January 2026

Sale of land — Vendor causing delay to completion of sale — Whether delay constituted default pursuant to condition 9.2 Law Society’s Conditions of Sale 2020 — Whether vendor liable for late completion interest 1 case

[2026] SGDC 16 ONG HOCK LYE & Anor v CHEW LELIAN (ZHUO LILIAN)
12 January 2026

Variation — Whether term of employee’s remuneration could be unilaterally varied 1 case

[2026] SGHC 2 KANAN PACKRISAMY V HERBAL PHARM PTE. LTD. & 3 ORS
6 January 2026

Key Statutes

Evidence Act (Cap 97)
cited in 17 cases
Misrepresentation Act
cited in 6 cases
Companies Act (Cap 50)
cited in 6 cases
Limitation Act (Cap 163)
cited in 5 cases
Civil Law Act (Cap 43)
cited in 5 cases
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B)
cited in 3 cases
State Courts Act (Cap 321)
cited in 3 cases
International Arbitration Act (Cap 10)
cited in 3 cases
Arbitration Act (Cap 10)
cited in 3 cases
Land Titles Act (Cap 157)
cited in 2 cases
Employment Act (Cap 91)
cited in 2 cases
Estate Agents Act
cited in 2 cases
Penal Code (Cap 224)
cited in 2 cases
Restructuring and Dissolution Act
cited in 2 cases
Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act
cited in 2 cases

Court Distribution

SGHC 83 SGDC 18 SGHC(A) 12 SGMC 4 SGHC(I) 4 SGCA 1 SGHCR 1

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Lee Seiu Kin 5 Debbie Ong Siew Ling 5 Woo Bih Li 5 Sim Mei Ling 4 Chan Seng Onn 4

Top Firms

Allen & Gledhill LLP 8 Drew & Napier LLC 6 Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP 5 Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP 5 TSMP Law Corporation 4

Top Lawyers

Lim Bee Li 3 Thomas Benjamin Lawrence 3 Sharon Chong Chin Yee 2 Kwong Yan Li Callie 2 Cheng Wai Yuen Mark 2

Cases

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[2025] SGHC 114
TRADESMEN PTE LTD v TEN-LEAGUE CORPORATIONS PTE. LTD.
24 June 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 109
KUVERA PROPERTIES PTE. LTD. v FAR EAST OPUS PTE. LTD.
10 June 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 86
Crystal Beauty Pte Ltd v Jasmine Xu & 4 Ors
8 May 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 84
CANSTONE MANAGEMENT LTD v ALLESTARI DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. & 6 Ors
6 May 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 75
CASTILLON SECURITY (S) PTE. LTD. v MUHAMMAD SHAUN ERIC BIN ABDULLAH
25 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC(I) 12
DMF v DMG
17 April 2025
SGHC(I)
[2025] SGHC 64
CROWN CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD v UNIVEL HOSPITALITY PTE. LTD.
10 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 66
Pierre Andre Jacques Lorinet v Helu-Trans (S) Pte Ltd
10 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 63
REN XIN WU V LEE KUAN FUNG & ANOR
9 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 58
OREXIM TRADING LIMITED v MAHAVIR PORT AND TERMINAL PRIVATE LIMITED & 2 Ors
2 April 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 50
Valency International Pte Ltd v JSW International Tradecorp Pte Ltd & 2 Ors
28 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 41
HAYATE PARTNERS PTE. LTD. v RAJAN SUNIL KUMAR
14 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 40
SHIPWORKS ENGINEERING PTE LTD v SEMBCORP MARINE INTEGRATED YARD PTE LTD
13 March 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC(A) 5
J. G. JEWELRY PTE. LTD. v SHREE RAMKRISHNA EXPORTS PVT. LTD. & 7 Ors
6 March 2025
SGHC(A)
[2025] SGDC 37
GOH KING KWEE & Anor v LIU SHU MING & 2 Ors
6 February 2025
SGDC
[2025] SGHC 19
KOK KUAN HWA v YAP WING SANG & 7 Ors
5 February 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 13
ATT SYSTEMS (S’PORE) PTE LTD & Anor v CENTRICORE (S) PTE. LTD. & 7 Ors
23 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 7
CHE'SOM BINTI ABDULLAH v QURRATU AIN BINTI MOHAMED YUSOPE
17 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 4
Jonathan William Glassberg v UBS AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH
10 January 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC(I) 1
MARKETLEND PTY LTD v QBE INSURANCE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
8 January 2025
SGHC(I)