Shanghai Electric Group Company Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesia

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
JudgeLee Seiu Kin J
Judgment Date06 January 2010
Neutral Citation[2010] SGHC 2
Citation[2010] SGHC 2
Hearing Date31 March 2009,09 March 2009,26 May 2009,13 August 2009
Published date14 January 2010
Year2010
Date06 January 2010
Docket NumberOriginating Summons No 273 of 2009
Subject MatterConflict of Laws
Plaintiff CounselChristopher Chuah, Cindy Lim and Joanna He (WongPartnership LLP)
Defendant CounselHri Kumar Nair SC, Tham Feei Sy and Kristine Ang Li Shan (Drew & Napier LLC)

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    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...the procedural law of the jurisdiction in which the injunction is sought: see Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesia [2010] 2 SLr 329. 236 Power Curber International Ltd v National Bank of Kuwait SAK [1981] 3 all Er 607 at 614, per Griiths LJ; United City Merchants (Inve......
  • Case Note
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ... DEMAND GUARANTEES IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE Conflicts and Confusion Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesia [2010] 2 SLR 329 This note considers the implications of the Singapore High Court‘s decision in Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesi......
  • Building and Construction Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2010, December 2010
    • 1 December 2010
    ...traditional position in England. In the second decision, the High Court in Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesia [2010] 2 SLR 329 (‘Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd’) had to consider, inter alia, whether the nature of the relief granted to restrain a call on the bond is a......
  • Conflict of Laws
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2010, December 2010
    • 1 December 2010
    ...The line between matters of substance and procedure are not always clear. Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd v PT Merak Energi Indonesia [2010] 2 SLR 329 explored this distinction vis-�-vis an injunction restraining the defendant from receiving money pursuant to a call on an advance payment o......
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