Atang Latiff and Another; Third World Development Ltd and Another

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Three Judges (Singapore)
Date1990
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4 cases
  • Goh Chok Tong v Chee Soon Juan
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 4 April 2003
    ...take into account when assessing the credibility of the defendant’s defence. In Third World Development Ltd & Anor v Atang Latief & Anor [1990] 1 MLJ 385, the defendant had alleged that an undertaking that the plaintiff was seeking to enforce against him had been procured under duress. The ......
  • Lee Kuan Yew v Chee Soon Juan
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 4 April 2003
    ...take into account when assessing the credibility of the defendant’s defence. In Third World Development Ltd & Anor v Atang Latief & Anor [1990] 1 MLJ 385, the defendant had alleged that an undertaking that the plaintiff was seeking to enforce against him had been procured under duress. The ......
  • Total Future Sdn Bhd v Government Of Malaysia, 28-05-2012
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 28 May 2012
    ...Abang Halit, learned counsel for the plaintiff, cited the Singapore case of Third World Development Ltd. & Anor v. Atang Latief & Anor [1990] 1 MLJ 385 as authority for the proposition he that this pressure on his client to sign the said certificate was a commercial pressure that amounts to......
  • Zainol @ Zainol Abidin Bin Mohamedlee Lim Huat v Zainol @ Zainol Abidin Bin Mohamedlee Lim Huat, 21-11-2014
    • Malaysia
    • Session Court (Malaysia)
    • 21 November 2014
    ...learned Judge followed the judgment of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Third World Development Ltd and Anor v Atang Latief and Anor [1990] 1 MLJ 385 (CA) Singapore which in turn referred to On, and held that assuming that there was some pressure — commercial pressure — exerted on the appel......
1 books & journal articles
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal Nbr. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...2 AC 152; and Crescendo Management Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp(1988) 19 NSWLR 40. 181 See [1980] AC 614 at 635—636. 182 See [1990] 1 MLJ 385 at 388—389. 183 Sec Phang, “Economic Duress — Uncertainty Confirmed”(1992) 5 JCL 147 at 151 (emphasis in the original text). 184 See generally Phan......

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