CAA Technologies Pte Ltd v Newcon Builders Pte Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
JudgeJudith Prakash JA,Tay Yong Kwang JA,Steven Chong JA
Judgment Date18 September 2017
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 63 of 2016
Date18 September 2017

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2 cases
  • Zillion Global Ltd v Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 12 July 2019
    ...– a term will not be implied where one party had expressly contemplated the gap (see CAA Technologies Pte Ltd v Newcon Builders Pte Ltd [2017] 2 SLR 940 at [75]); second, it must be necessary in the business or commercial sense to imply a term in order to give the contract efficiency – ie, ......
  • Tractors Singapore Ltd v Pacific Ocean Engineering & Trading Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 26 March 2020
    ...test outlined above was more recently reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal in CAA Technologies Pte Ltd v Newcon Builders Pte Ltd [2017] 2 SLR 940 at [66]. In the present case, the plaintiff’s primary argument is that where a contract for the sale of goods gives the buyer the option of nominati......
1 firm's commentaries
  • No implied obligation to work with due diligence and expedition
    • Singapore
    • JD Supra Singapore
    • 10 October 2017
    ...construction contract has not previously been addressed by the courts of Singapore. CAA Technologies Pte Ltd and Newcon Builders Pte Ltd [2017] SGCA 53 The key facts of the case are as Newcon Builders Pte Ltd ("Newcon"), the main contractor on a medical technology hub project, entered into ......
2 books & journal articles
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...Pte Ltd [2008] 3 SLR(R) 1029 at [131]. 30 [2017] 4 SLR 38. 31 Sembcorp Marine Ltd v PPL Holdings Pte Ltd [2013] 4 SLR 193 at [101]. 32 [2017] 2 SLR 940. 33 [2018] 4 SLR 224. 34 See paras 12.20–12.23 above. 35 [1976] 1 QB 801. 36 [2017] SGHC 201. 37 Creative Technology Ltd v Huawei Internati......
  • Building and Construction Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...Contracts (Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 3rd Ed, 2004) at p 338. 5 Sabic UK Petrochemicals Ltd v Punj Lloyd Ltd [2013] Bus LR D81 at [19]. 6 [2017] 2 SLR 940. 7 CAA Technologies Pte Ltd v Newcon Builders Pte Ltd [2017] 2 SLR 940 at [67]. 8 CAA Technologies Pte Ltd v Newcon Builders Pte Ltd [2017] 2......