Engineering Construction Pte Ltd v Attorney General and Another
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Court | High Court (Singapore) |
| Judge | Lim Teong Qwee JC |
| Judgment Date | 17 September 1992 |
| Neutral Citation | [1992] SGHC 244 |
| Citation | [1992] SGHC 244 |
| Year | 1992 |
| Published date | 19 September 2003 |
| Docket Number | Originating Summons No 527 of 1992,Originating Summons No 768 of 1993 |
| Date | 20 January 1994 |
| Subject Matter | Particulars,Whether plaintiffs' summons contained sufficient particulars to identify cause of action,R0 20 r 7 Rules of the Supreme Court 1970,Whether second defendants as superintending officer had right to act on behalf of government in matter,Building and Construction Law,Civil Procedure,Matters to be included in originating summons,Consequences,Delay in completion,Provision for liquidated and ascertained damages payable by plaintiffs -Whether such damages were payable,Whether such damages deductible from amounts due to the plaintiffs under the contract,Termination,Pleadings |
| Plaintiff Counsel | Philip Jeyaretnam (Helen Yeo & Partners) |
| Defendant Counsel | Khong Swee Lin (Chan Cher Boon & Leong),Soh Tze Bian (State Counsel) |
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Contract administration
...Con LR 26 at 50 [74]–51 [76], per Coulson J (airmed by the Court of appeal). See also Engineering Construction Pte Ltd v A-G (Singapore) [1993] 1 SLr 390 (noted by Powell-Smith, [1993] iCLr 521). 311 Token Construction Co Ltd v Charlton Estates Ltd (1973) 1 BLr 48 at 54, per Edmund Davies L......
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