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.l:'i JANUARY 2013 (2013) I SLR 245- 488 Pttrl 2

ISSN 0219 -7812 MlCA (P) 115/0R/21)12 PPS 1091 / 12/2012(022887)

SINGAPORE LAW REPORTS

BUU.DING AND CONSTRUCTION

LAW

CML PROCEDURE

CONTEMPT OF COURT

CRJMINAL LAW

Whether payment claim was valid payment claim under Bu.ildlng and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 3013, 2006 Rev Ed) - Whether payment claim was served ou1 of thne

Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng

(formerly trading as Weng Fatt ConstrucNon Engi11eering)

and a11other appeal ................................................................. CA 401

Costs- Wilhdrdwal of appeal

Attorney-General v Vellama d/o Marie Muthu ..................... CA 439

Whether appcllanl had complied with unless order - Whether appellant's conduct warranled enforcement of unless order against it

Giorgio Ferrari Pte Ltd v Ufebrandz Ltd and others ............ HC 358

Criminal contempt by breach of interim scaling order - Whether nature of interim sealing order different from non-di~closure order - Sentencing

Sembcorp Mari11e Ltd v Aurol Ar~tlrony Sa bastian .............. HC 245

Accused importing drugs for personal consumption - Whether offence of drug importatlun wa.-. established where accused did not import drugs for purpose of trafficking - Section 7 Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185,2008 Rev Ed)

Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor ................................... HC 276

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Confiscation order for proceeds of crime under Corruption, Drug Trnfficking and Other Serious Cnmes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap 65A, 2000 Rev Ed) ("CDSA") - Whether judgmc:nt creditor's right to execute bis Judgment against properties of defendant was "interest" under s 13 CDSA- Whether all properties held by donee of gift from defendant were realisable properties

Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd (formerly known us Ciliraya Industries Ltd) v Public Prosecutor and otlters and anotl1er appeal ............•... CA 444

Division of matrimonial assets - Whether indirect contributions ought to be accorded same weight in relation to each class of malrirnonial assets under classification methodology

AYQ v A YR and arJotlter matter ..................•..............•.......... CA 476

Property insurance - Words and phrase.~ - "Unforeseen and sudden"- "Caused by or arise from"

Ptlci.fic Cl1emicals Pte Ltd v MSJ,G lriSimmce (Singapore) Pte Ltd and anotl1er ............... HC 324

Signing of special agreement which placed insurance company under same obligations as Jocal members to Motor lnsurers' Bureau of Singapore -Whether Malaysian insurance company was contractually obliged to make payment for injury or death to passengers or piUion riders

Pttcijic & Orient Insurance Co Bhd

(jom1erly known as Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Sdn Bhd) v MoMr Insurers' Bureau of Singapore .................................... H C 34J

Whether consent judgment between car driver and motorcyclist for injury to motorcyclist in road accident was res judicata ln later suit by pillion rider for injury caused against both car driver and moton.--yclist from same acddent

Jaiditt bin ]aim an v Loganatltan all Karpaya and anotlter ................................... HC 318

Conspiracy t·o injure - Whether dominant purpose to injure by lawful means existed

Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Ettg Hock Peter and ot11ers and other appeuls ............•.. CA 374

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Table of Cases Referred to [2013] 1 SLR Part 2

Abdul Karim bin Mohd v PP [1995] 3 SLR(R) 514; [1996] 1 SLR 1

Refd Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor ........................................................... 276

ABSA Bank Ltd v Trent Gore Fraser Case No 386/05

Refd Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd (formerly known as Citiraya Industries Ltd) v Public Prosecutor and others and another appeal .................................................................................................. 444

Aegis Electrical and Gas International Services Co Ltd v Continental Casualty Co [2007] EWHC 1762

Refd Pacific Chemicals Pte Ltd v MSIG Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another ...................................................................................................... 324

African Products (Pty) Ltd v AIG South Africa Ltd [2009] ZASCA 27

Folld Pacific Chemicals Pte Ltd v MSIG Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another ...................................................................................................... 324

AG v Guardian Newspapers Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 1248

Refd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

AG v Newspaper Publishing plc [1997] 1 WLR 926

Distd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

AG v Punch Ltd [2003] 1 AC 1046

Folld Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

AG v Times Newspapers Ltd [1992] 1 AC 191


AGfor Hong Kong v Charles Warwick Reid [1994] 1 AC 324


AJR v AJS [2010] 4 SLR 617

Refd AYQ v AYR and another matter ................................................................... 476

Allport Alfred James v Wong Soon Lan [ 1992] 2 SLR(R) 100; [ 1992] 2 SLR 385


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AM Associates (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Laguna National Golf and Country Club Ltd [2009] SGHC 260

Refd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as Weng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal. ................................................................................................. 401

Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co v Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co 333 P 2d 938 (1959)


Angas Law Services Pty Ltd v Carabelas (2005) 226 CLR 507

Refd Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter and others and other appeals .................................................................................................... 3 7 4

AOF v PP [2012] 3 SLR 34

Refd Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor .......................................................... 276

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp [1948) 1 KB 223


Aveling Barford Ltd v Perion Ltd [1989] BCLC 626

Refd Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter and others and other appeals .................................................................................................... 374

BAA v BAB [2012] SGDC 193


Barclays Bank plc v British & Commonwealth Holdings plc [1995] BCC 19


Barrell Enterprises, Re [1973) 1 WLR 19

Refd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aural Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

Baxendale-Walker v Law Society [2008] 1 WLR 426

Refd Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd (formerly known as Citiraya Industries Ltd) v Public Prosecutor and others and another appeal. ................................................................................................. 444

Beckkett Pte Ltd v Deutsche Bank AG [2009] 3 SLR(R) 452; [2009] 3 SLR 452


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Bell v Holmes [1956] 1 WLR 1359

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman vLoganathan a/1 Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Bina Puri Sdn Bhd v MUI Continental Insurance Bhd [2010] 1 MLJ 347


Brodyn Pty Ltd t/as Time Cost and Quality v Davenport [2004] NSWCA 394

Refd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as Weng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal .................................................................................................. 401

Brown v Executors of the Estate of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother [2008] 1 WLR2327


Cartier International BV v Lee Hock Lee [1992] 3 SLR(R) 340; [1993] 1 SLR 616


Changhe International Investments Pte Ltd v Dexia BIL Asia Singapore Ltd [2005] 1 SLR(R) 598; [2005] 1 SLR 598

Refd Giorgio Ferrari Pte Ltd v Lifebrandz Ltd and others .................................. 358

Chase Oyster Bar v Hamo Industries [2010] NSWCA 190


Chew Kong Huat v Ricwil (Singapore) Pte Ltd [1999] 3 SLR(R) 1167; [2000] 1 SLR 385


Chief Assessor v First DCS Pte Ltd [2008] 2 SLR(R) 724; [2008] 2 SLR 724


Chip Hup Hup Kee Construction Pte Ltd v Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co Ltd [2010] 1 SLR 658


Chua Say Eng v Lee Wee Lick Terence [2010] SGHC 333

Refd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as W eng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal .................................................................................................. 401

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Colonial Bank of Australasia, The v Robert Willan (1874) LR 5 PC 417


Commonwealth Smelting Ltd v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Ltd [ 1984] 2 Lloyd's Rep 608


Cosmic Insurance Corp Ltd v Ong Kah Hoe [1996] 1 SLR(R) 469; [1996] 2 SLR 356

Distd Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd (formerly known as Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Sdn Bhd) v Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore .......................................................................................................... 341

Cosmic Insurance Corp Ltd v Ong Kah Hoe [1997] 3 SLR(R) 1; [1998] 1 SLR 1044

Refd Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd (formerly known as Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Sdn Bhd) v Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore .......................................................................................................... 341

Craddock's Transport Ltd v Stuart [1970] NZLR 499

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58


Crown Prosecution Service v Richards [2006] EWCA Civ 849


Customs and Excise Commissioners v A [2003] Pam 55


Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings plc [2009] QB 376

Refd Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd (formerly known as Citiraya Industries Ltd) v Public Prosecutor and others and another appeal. .................................................•............................................... 444

Doo Ree Engineering & Trading Pte Ltd v Taisei Corp [2009] SGHC 218

Not folld Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as Weng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal. ................................................................................................. 401

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Doolan v Rubikcon (Qld) Pty Ltd [2008] 2 Qd R 117


Dualcorp Pty Ltd v Remo Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 69

Refd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as Weng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal .................................................................................................. 40 1

Duomatic Ltd, Re [1969] 2 Ch 365


Federal Lands Commissioner v Neo Hong Huat [1998] SGHC 131


Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102


General Ceramics Manufacturers Sdn Bhd v Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Employees Union [1988] 3 MLJ 474


Goh Nellie v Goh Lian Teck [2007] 1 SLR(R) 453; [2007] 1 SLR 453

Folld Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another. ........................ 318

Grand Union Insurance Co Ltd v Clyde & Co [1988] HKC 464

Distd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

Hastie & fenkerson v McMahon [1990] 1 WLR 1575

Refd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as W eng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal .................................................................................................. 401

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Henry A Kuckenberg, Harriet Kuckenberg and Lawrence Kuckenberg, Doing Business as Kuckenberg Construction Co v Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co 226 F 2d 225 (9th Cir, 1955)


Ho Kok Cheong, Re [1995] SGHC 121


J J Lloyd Instruments Ltd v Northern Star Insurance Co Ltd (The Miss Jay Jay) [1987] 1 Lloyd's Rep 32


fuma'at bin Samad v PP [1993] 2 SLR(R) 327; [1993] 3 SLR 338

Folld Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

Kin Yuen Co Pte Ltd v Lombard Insurance Co Ltd [1994] 1 SLR(R) 964; [1994] 2 SLR 887


Kinsela v Russell Kinsela Pty Ltd (1986) 4 NSWLR 722


Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1


Ko Mun Cheung v PP [1992] 1 SLR(R) 887; [1992] 2 SLR 87


Kurnia Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd v Koo Siew Tai Originating Summons No 383 of 2010

Refd Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd (formerly known as Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Sdn Bhd) v Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore .......................................................................................................... 341

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L'Union des Assurances de Paris IARD v Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd [1995] NSWCA 539


Ladd v Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489

Folld Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aural Anthony Sabastian .................................... 245

Lau Chi Sing v PP [1988] 2 SLR(R) 451; [1988] SLR 106

Folld Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor ........................................................... 276

Law Society of Singapore v Top Ten Entertainment Pte Ltd [2011] 2 SLR 1279


Lee Shieh-Peen Clement v Ho Chin Nguang [2010] 4 SLR 801


Lee Tat Development Pte Ltd v MCST Plan No 301 [2005] 3 SLR(R) 157; [2005] 3 SLR 157

Folld Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Leyland Shipping Co Ltd v Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd [1918] AC 350


Lim Eng Hock Peter v Lin ]ian Wei [2010] 4 SLR 331


Lim Eng Hock Peter v Lin ]ian Wei [2010] 4 SLR 357


Lim Koei Ing v Pan Asia Shipyard and Engineering Co Pte Ltd [1995] 1 SLR(R) 15; [1995] 1 SLR 499


Lim Meng Chai v Heng Chok Keng [2001] SGHC 33


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Macleod v R (2003) 214 CLR 230


Migotti v Colvill (1879) 4 CPD 233


Monex Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd v E-Clearing (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2012] 4 SLR 1169


Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd [1983] Ch 258


New Brunswick Railway Co v British and French Trust Corp Ltd [1939] AC 1

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan a/1 Karpaya and another. ........................ 318

Ng Kwok Chun v PP [1992] 3 SLR(R) 256; [1993] 1 SLR 55


Ng Yang Sek v PP [1997] 2 SLR(R) 816; [1997] 3 SLR 661


NK v NL [2007] 3 SLR(R) 743; [2007] 3 SLR 743


Norris, Re [2001] 1 WLR 1388


North West Water Ltd v Binnie & Partners [1990] 3 AllER 547

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another.. ....................... 318

OBG Ltd v Allan [2008] 1 AC 1


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OCM Opportunities Fund II, LP v Burhan Uray [2005] 3 SLR(R) 60; [2005] 3 SLR 60


Ong Ah Chuan v PP [1979-1980] SLR(R) 710; [1980-1981] SLR 48

Folld Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor ................. .' ......................................... 276

Opennet Pte Ltd v Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore (Civil Appeal No 81 of2012)

Refd Attorney-General v Vellama d/o Marie Muthu .......................................... 439

Pender v Lushington (1877) 6 Ch D 70


Pertamina Energy Trading Ltd v Karaha Bodas Co LLC [2007] 2 SLR(R) 518; [2007] 2 SLR 518


Peters' American Delicacy Co Ltd v Heath (1939) 61 CLR 457


Potash Corp of Saskatchewan and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Sales v Keith Barton 2001 SKCA 56

Distd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sa bastian .................................... 245

PP v Ko Mun Cheung [1990] 1 SLR(R) 226; [1990] SLR 323

Refd Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor. .......................................................... 276

PP v Lau Chi Sing [1987] SLR(R) 617; [1987] SLR 497

Folld Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor.. ......................................................... 276

PP v Low Kok Heng [2007] 4 SLR(R) 183; [2007] 4 SLR 183

Refd Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor.. ......................................................... 276

PP v Majid bin Abdul Rahim [2007] SGDC 222

Overd Adnan bin Kadir v Public Prosecutor. .......................................................... 276

PP v Ng Kwok Chun [1992] 1 SLR(R) 159; [1992] 1 SLR 877


PP v Tan Kheng Chun Ray [2011] SGHC 183


PP v Tan Kiam Peng [2007] 1 SLR(R) 522; [2007] 1 SLR 522


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Precious Wishes Ltd v Sinoble Metalloy International (Pte) Ltd [2000] SGHC 5


Progress Property Co Ltd v Moorgarth Group Ltd [2010] 1 BCLC 1, CA (Eng)


Progress Property Co Ltd v Moorgarth Group Ltd [2011] 1 WLR 1; [2010] UKSC 55, SC (Eng)


Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28


Quah Kay Tee v Ong and Co Pte Ltd [1996] 3 SLR(R) 637; [1997] 1 SLR 390


R (Perinpanathan) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court [2010] 1 WLR 1508


Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter [2010] SGHC 163


Randolph v Tuck [1962] 1 QB 175

Not folld Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134


Revenue and Customs Commissioners vTotal Network SL [2008] 1 AC 1174


Ridge Securities Ltd v IRC [1964] 1 WLR 479


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Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corp [1986] Ch 246


SEF Construction Pte Ltd v Skoy Connected Pte Ltd [2010] 1 SLR 733


Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aural Anthony Sabastian [2012] 2 SLR 645


Snook v London and West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786


Soh Lup Chee v Seow Boon Cheng [2002] 1 SLR(R) 604; [2002] 2 SLR 267

Folld Giorgio Ferrari Pte Ltd v Lifebrandz Ltd and others .................................. 358

Street v Mountford [1985] AC 809


Summit Holdings Ltd v Business Software Alliance [1999] 2 SLR(R) 592; [1999] 3 SLR 197

Refd Sembcorp Marine Ltd v Aurol Anthony Sa bastian .................................... 245

Sungdo Engineering & Construction (S) Pte Ltd v Italcor Pte Ltd [2010] 3 SLR 459

Distd Lee Wee Lick Terence (alias Li Weili Terence) v Chua Say Eng (formerly trading as Weng Fatt Construction Engineering) and another appeal .................................................................................................. 401

Syed Mohamed Abdul Muthaliff v Arjan Bhisham Chotrani [1999] 1 SLR(R) 361; [1999] 1 SLR 750


Tan Beow Hiong v Tan Boon Aik [2010] 4 SLR 870


Tan Chin Seng v Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd [2002] SGHC 278


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Tan Chin Seng v Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd [2003] 3 SLR(R) 307; [2003] 3 SLR 307


Tan Khee Eng John, Re [1997] 1 SLR(R) 870; [1997] 3 SLR 382


Tan Kheng Chun Ray v PP [2012] 2 SLR 437


Tan Yeow Khoon v Tan Yeow Tat [2003] 3 SLR(R) 486; [2003] 3 SLR 486

Folld Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan all Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Tang Liang Hong v Lee Kuan Yew [1997] 3 SLR(R) 576; [1998] 1 SLR 97

Folld Giorgio Ferrari Pte Ltd v Lifebrandz Ltd and others ................................. 358

Thahir Kartika Ratna v PT Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara (Pertamina) [1994] 3 SLR(R) 312; [1994] 3 SLR 257


Tiong Seng Contractors (Pte) Ltd v Chuan Lim Construction Pte Ltd [2007] 4 SLR(R) 364; [2007] 4 SLR 364


Trent Gore Fraser v ABSA Bank Ltd Case No CCT 66/05

Refd Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd (formerly known as Citiraya Industries Ltd) v Public Prosecutor and others and another appeal. ....... _ .......................................................................................... 444

Tse Po Chung Nathan v PP [1993] 1 SLR(R) 308; [1993] 1 SLR 961


Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd v Australian Aviation Underwriting Pool Pty Ltd [1996] ACTSC 123

Folld Pacific Chemicals Pte Ltd v MSIG Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another ...................................................................................................... 324

Vellama d!o Marie Muthu vAG [2012] 2 SLR 1033

Refd Attorney-General v V ellama d/ o Marie Muthu .......................................... 439

Vellama d!o Marie Muthu vAG [2012] SGHC 221

Refd Attorney-General v Vellama d/o Marie Muthu .......................................... 439

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Wall v Radford [1991] 2 AllER 741; [1992] RTR 109

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan a/1 Karpaya and another. ........................ 318

Wayne Tank and Pump Co Ltd v Employers Liability Assurance Corp Ltd [1974] QB 57


Webber v Webber [2006] EWHC 2893 (Fam)


Wellmix Organics (International) Pte Ltd v Lau Yu Man [2006] 2 SLR(R) 117; [2006] 2 SLR 117

Distd Giorgio Ferrari Pte Ltd v Lifebrandz Ltd and others .................................. 358

Wiltopps (Asia) Ltd v Drew & Napier [1999] 1 SLR(R) 252; [2000] 3 SLR 244


Wood v Luscombe [1966] 1 QB 169

Refd Jaidin bin Jaiman v Loganathan a/1 Karpaya and another ......................... 318

Yang Kheng Leong v Panweld Trading Pte Ltd [2013] 1 SLR 173


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