Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
JudgeAndre Maniam JC
Judgment Date31 May 2021
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
Docket NumberSuit No 1126 of 2020 (Registrar's Appeals Nos 65 and 66 of 2021)

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4 cases
  • Leong Quee Ching Karen v Lim Soon Huat
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 9 Diciembre 2022
    ...referred to Ang Xing Yao Lionel v Lew Mun Hung Joseph [2022] SGHC 277 (refd) Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd [2021] 5 SLR 738 (refd) Birchfield v Birchfield Holdings Ltd [2022] 2 NZLR 123 (refd) Chee Siok Chin v Minister for Home Affairs [2006] 1 SLR(R) 582; [2006......
  • POA Recovery Pte Ltd v Yau Kwok Seng and others and another appeal
    • Singapore
    • High Court Appellate Division (Singapore)
    • 3 Febrero 2022
    ...the same legal elements as fraudulent misrepresentation: see Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd and others [2021] 5 SLR 738 at [56], citing Panatron Pte Ltd and another v Lee Cheow Lee and another [2001] 2 SLR(R) 435 at [14]. POA Recovery has not alleged otherwise, n......
  • Paul Jeyasingham Edwards v Loke Wei Sue
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 6 Octubre 2022
    ...inherent jurisdiction may be supported with affidavit evidence: Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd and others [2021] 5 SLR 738; [2021] SGHC 120 at [21]; White Book at para 18/19/5. Since there was no mention of any invocation of the Court’s inherent jurisdiction in t......
  • Jasmine Gowrimani d/o Daniel v Housing and Development Board
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 20 Octubre 2023
    ...and “impossible, not just improbable, for the claim to succeed” (Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd and others [2021] 5 SLR 738, at [21]). Under O 18 r 19(1)(b) read with O 18 r 19(3) of the Rules of Court 2014, an originating summons may be struck out for being friv......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Defences To Payment In Letter Of Credit Transactions
    • Singapore
    • Mondaq Singapore
    • 9 Marzo 2022
    ...interlocutory decision of the General Division of the Singapore High Court in Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd [2021] SGHC 120. Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd [2021] SGHC 120 ("BOC v BOC v BP is a case which relates to Hin Leong Trading ......
1 books & journal articles
  • Banking Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2021, December 2021
    • 1 Diciembre 2021
    ...unconscionable. 28 [2009] 3 SLR (R) 1063. 29 Pender Development Pte Ltd v Chesney Real Estate Group LLP [2009] 3 SLR(R) 1063 at [17]. 30 [2021] 5 SLR 738. 31 Bank of China Ltd, Singapore Branch v BP Singapore Pte Ltd [2021] 5 SLR 738 at [21]. 32 [2008] 3 SLR(R) 261. 33 DBS Bank Ltd v Carrie......