Double L & T Pte Ltd v Balwant Singh

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date06 May 1996
Date06 May 1996
Docket NumberCivil Appeals Nos 128 and 129 of 1995
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

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14 cases
  • Fones Christina v Cheong Eng Khoon Roland
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 19 September 2005
    ...juncture we will refer to three cases cited and relied upon by the respondent. First is the case of Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR 726 (“Balwant Singh”) which this court had gone into in some detail in TSM Development. The present case and Balwant Singh are similar in the......
  • City Developments Ltd v Estate of Syed Allowee bin Ally Aljunied, deceased
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 December 2008
    ...representatives of their estates came forward in the present proceedings: at [39] and [40]. Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR (R) 7; [1996] 2 SLR 726 (folld) Fones Christina v Cheong Eng Khoon Roland [2005] 4 SLR (R) 803; [2005] 4 SLR 803 (folld) Hughes v Cork [1994] EGCS 25......
  • TSM Development Pte Ltd v Leonard Stephanie Celine nee Pereira
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 1 March 2005
    ...Act did not apply as the Land in Dispute was not unregistered land as at 1 March 1994. He relied on Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR 726 (“Balwant Singh”) and Liwen Holdings Pte Ltd v Ng Ker San [2001] 2 SLR 533 to support his 20 Mr Gan, counsel for the defendant, on the ot......
  • Dr Lo Sook Ling Adela v Au Mei Yin Christina and Another
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 27 February 2002
    ...March 1994. In other words, the new law does not affect title already acquired by adverse possession: Balwant Singh v Double L&T Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR 726. 6. As far as the respondents were concerned, they had no idea as to the history of the fence. The previous owner, one Mr Tan, from whom ......
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6 books & journal articles
  • STATUTORY INTERPRETATION IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2009, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...Re Ng Lai Wat[1996] 3 SLR 106; Official Assignee v Housing and Development Board[1996] 3 SLR 106; Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd[1996] 2 SLR 726; Aztech Systems Pte Ltd v Creative Technology Ltd[1996] 1 SLR 683; RSP Architects Planners & Engineers v Ocean Front Pte Ltd[1996] 1 SLR 113......
  • CITING LEGAL AUTHORITIES IN COURT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...Re Ng Lai Wat[1996] 3 SLR 106; Official Assignee v Housing and Development Board[1996] 3 SLR 106; Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd[1996] 2 SLR 726; Aztech Systems Pte Ltd v Creative Technology Ltd[1996] 1 SLR 683; RSP Architects Planners & Engineers v Ocean Front Pte Ltd[1996] 1 SLR 113......
  • Land Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...Eng Khiam v Ultra Realty Pte Ltd[1991] SLR 798; Wong Kok Chin v Mah Ten Kui Joseph[1992] 2 SLR 161; Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd [1996] 2 SLR 726 (‘Balwant Singh’); Tan Siok Gek v Ng Kim Neo[1997] 2 SLR 691; Ho Lam Phoh v Tan Swee Beng[1998] 3 SLR 629; Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) ......
  • Land Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...the amendments brought about by the 1993 Act as already noted above, he relied on the case of Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd[1996] 2 SLR 726 which held, inter alia, that s 177(3) of the 1993 Act applied to preserve the right of the adverse possessor in such a situation. He was of the ......
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