Kwan Im Tong Chinese Temple and Another v Fong Choon Hung Construction Pte Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date06 February 1998
Date06 February 1998
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 100 of 1997
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

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4 books & journal articles
  • Arbitration
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...45; JDC Corporation v Lightweight Concrete Pte Ltd[1999] 1 SLR 615; Kwan Im Tong Chinese Temple v Fong Choon Hung Construction Pte Ltd[1998] 2 SLR 137; Batshita International (Pte) Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter[1997] 1 SLR 241; Aurum Building Services (Pte) Ltd v Greatearth Construction Pte Ltd[......
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    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...6.21 The court referred to the Court of Appeal”s decision in Kwan Im Tong Chinese Temple v Fong Choon Hung Construction Pte Ltd[1998] 2 SLR 137 where it was stated that it was inappropriate for the court to use summary judgment principles to determine whether a stay of summary judgment proc......
  • Arbitration
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...Arbitration Act (Cap 10, 1985 Rev Ed (‘repealed Act’), namely, Kwan Im Tong Chinese Temple v Fong Choon Hung Construction Pte Ltd[1998] 2 SLR 137 for the proposition that the court could apply principles used in summary judgment proceedings in an application for stay under s 7 of the previo......
  • REFLECTIONS ON THE SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS’ CONDITIONS OF SUB CONTRACT (SECOND EDITION)
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    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...clauses as borne out in two recent Court of Appeal decisions in Kwan Imm Tong Chinese Temple v Fong Choon Hung Construction Pte Ltd(1998) 2 SLR 137 and JDC Corporation v Lightweight Concrete Pte Ltd(1999) 1 SLR 615 is that unless the claim is “undisputed or indisputable”, a stay of proceedi......