DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date24 May 2010
Date24 May 2010
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 19 of 2009 (Originating Summons No 1044 of 2008) and Civil Appeal No 90 of
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

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22 cases
  • Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 30 Septiembre 2010
    ...at [23] above were adopted with approval by the Court of Appeal in DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd and another appeal [2010] SGCA 21 (“DB Trustees”) at [26]. According to the Court’s summary in DB Trustees (at [36]): ... The core consideration in relation to the court’s e......
  • Goh Eileen née Chia v Goh Mei Ling Yvonne
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 16 Julio 2014
    ...that it must, in all circumstances of the case, be just to do so: DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd and another appeal [2010] 3 SLR 542 (“DB Trustees”) at [27], [29] and [36]. In deciding if the Non-Parties should be liable for costs, I took into account the following facto......
  • South East Enterprises (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Hean Nerng Holdings Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 Mayo 2012
    ...Davies v Property and Reversionary Investments Corp Ltd [1929] 2 KB 222 (refd) DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd [2010] 3 SLR 542 (refd) Debtor (No 2 of 1977) , Re A [1979] 1 WLR 956 (refd) Ginsin Holdings Pte Ltd v Tan Mui Khoon [1996] 3 SLR (R) 500; [1997] 1 SLR 553 (refd......
  • Arun Kaliamurthy v PP
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 Junio 2014
    ...2 SLR 681 (refd) Arjan Singh v PP [1993] 1 SLR (R) 542; [1993] 2 SLR 271 (refd) DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd [2010] 3 SLR 542 (refd) Nalpon Zero Geraldo Mario, Re [2013] 3 SLR 258 (refd) Planmarine AG v Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore [1999] 1 SLR (R) 669; [19......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...Globe Legal Services Ltd [1999] BLR 232 (CA); Jackson v hakrar (No 4) [2007] BLR 241; DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd [2010] SGCA 21; Grocon Constructors (Qld) Pty Ltd v Juniper Developers No.2 Pty Ltd [2015] QSC 333; SIC College of Business and Technology Pte Ltd v Yeo P......
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 Diciembre 2012
    ...liability for costs 8.24 The principles formulated by the Court of Appeal in DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd[2010] 3 SLR 542 (‘DB Trustees’) in respect of a non-party's liability to pay costs were considered by the High Court in South East Enterprises (Singapore) Pte Ltd ......
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2010, December 2010
    • 1 Diciembre 2010
    ...issue of whether a non-party to proceedings should be ordered to pay costs arose in DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Ltd v Consult Asia Pte Ltd [2010] 3 SLR 542 (‘DB Trustees’) and Raffles Town Club. Whilst the Court of Appeal and the High Court in both cases respectively applied the principle that ......