Esben Finance Ltd and others v Wong Hou-Lianq Neil

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
JudgeSundaresh Menon CJ
Judgment Date10 January 2022
Neutral Citation[2022] SGCA(I) 1
Citation[2022] SGCA(I) 1
Hearing Date05 July 2021
Year2022
Published date13 January 2022
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 3 of 2021
Plaintiff CounselDavinder Singh s/o Amar Singh SC, Pardeep Singh Khosa, Rajvinder Singh Chahal and Sumedha Madhusudhanan (Davinder Singh Chambers LLC)
Defendant CounselFrancis Xavier SC, Jainil Bhandari, Disa Sim, Chia Xin Ran Alina, Kristin Ng Wei Ting, Tay Bok Chong Alvin and Veltrice Tan Yin Rong (Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP)
Subject MatterTrusts,Constructive trusts,Restitution,Unjust enrichment,Limitation of Actions,When time begins to run,Contract,Illegality and public policy

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  • Lee Mei Lan v Derrick Ng Jing Yuan
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 21 May 2024
    ...have discovered it. In respect of ss 29(a) and (b) of the Act, the Court of Appeal in Esben Finance Ltd and others v Wong Hou-Lianq Neil [2022] SGCA(I) 1 stated at [97] that the limitation period would begin to run when there arise “circumstances that would give rise to a desire to investig......