Sangwon, The (Dong Myong)

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date17 November 1999
Date17 November 1999
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 141 of 1999
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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4 cases
  • The ‘Bunga Melati 5’
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 August 2011
    ...The [2003] 2 SLR (R) 117; [2003] 2 SLR 117 (refd) Rainbow Spring, The [2003] 3 SLR (R) 362; [2003] 3 SLR 362 (refd) Sangwon, The [1999] 3 SLR (R) 919; [2000] 1 SLR 321 (refd) Schwarz & Co (Grain) Ltd v St Elefterio ex Arion (Owners) (The St Elefterio) [1957] P 179 (folld) Seaconsar Far East......
  • The "Bunga Melati 5"
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 August 2011
    ...(5)(b) of s 4(4) had to be proved on a balance of probabilities. Although Tay JC’s decision was reversed on appeal (see The Sangwon [1999] 3 SLR(R) 919), this was because the Court of Appeal disagreed on the facts, and not, as far as I could tell, because it took a different view of the law......
  • The “Min Rui”
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 5 September 2016
    ...SLR(R) 105; [1975–1977] SLR 252 (folld) Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of TaxationUNK [2008] HCA 21 (refd) Sangwon, The [1999] 3 SLR(R) 919; [2000] 1 SLR 321 (refd) Saudi Prince, TheUNK [1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep 255 (refd) Skaw Prince, The [1994] 3 SLR(R) 146; [1994] 3 SLR 379 (refd) Te......
  • The 'Chem Orchid'
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • Invalid date
    ...has been validly terminated. Support for this position may be found in the decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in The Sangwon [1999] 3 SLR(R) 919 which applied North Korean law to determine whether the party who would be liable in personam was the beneficial owner of the arrested vess......
3 books & journal articles
  • Admiralty, Shipping and Aviation Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2010, December 2010
    • 1 December 2010
    ...for example, The Kapitan Temkin [1998] 2 SLR(R) 573) and has proved to be surprisingly resilient since (see, for instance, The Sangwon [1999] 3 SLR(R) 919 and The Halla Liberty [2000] 1 HKC 659). 2.41 This case involved the arrest of an Indonesian flagged vessel, the Makassar Caraka Jaya Ni......
  • Comment
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...at [47]. 68The Andres Bonifacio[1993] 3 SLR(R) 71 at [35]. 69The Andres Bonifacio[1993] 3 SLR(R) 71 at [36]. 70[1998] 2 SLR(R) 537. 71[1999] 3 SLR(R) 919. 72The Kapitan Temkin[1998] 2 SLR(R) 537 at [5]; The Makassar Caraka Jaya Niaga III-39[2011] 1 SLR 982 at [9]. 73The Makassar Caraka Jaya......
  • Admiralty and Shipping Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...LAW Beneficial ownership Of the 3 most recent decisions touching on this point, the most important is undoubtedly The Sangwon[2000] 1 SLR 321. It raises the question of how to determine beneficial ownership of vessels owned by communist states which by virtue of socialist political ideology......