Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Kartika Ratna Thahir and Others and another matter

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date03 December 1992
Date03 December 1992
Docket NumberOriginating Summons No 308 of 1976
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)

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    ...before me, between the alleged duties and breaches and the contract. 46 Mr Bull also relied on Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Kartika Ratna Thahir [1993] 1 SLR 735 (“Kartika”) where Lai Kew Chai J said from 789 to 790, Courts of equity will apply their own rules to determining whether there is an equi......
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    ... ... The money, the subject matter in both suits, originally belonged to the estate ... [Emphasis added.] ... In another case in the High Court, Eastern Enterprises v ... In Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Kartika Ratna Thahir [1993] 1 SLR ... ...
  • Peng Ann Realty Pte Ltd v Liu Cho Chit
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    ...5 acres would or could be left unacquried. The exception was therefore applicable: at [46]. Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Thahir Kartika Ratna [1992] 3 SLR (R) 638; [1993] 1 SLR 735 (folld) Companies Act (Cap 50, 1990 Rev Ed) ss 157 (1), 157 (3) Limitation Act (Cap 163, 1985 Rev Ed) s 22 (1) (consd);......
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  • SELF-DEALING AND NO-PROFIT RULES: COMPANIES ACT 2016
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    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December - January 2020
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    ...Petra bin Tengku Indra Petra v Petra Perdana Bhd [2018] 1 AMR 517; [2018] 2 MLJ 177. 134 See Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Thahir Kartika Ratna [1992] 3 SLR(R) 638 where Lai Kew Chai J (as he then was) discussed bribes and secret commissions and rejected the decision in Lister & Co v Stubbs (1890) 45......
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    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...v Gulliver[1967] 2 AC 134 at 145. 40Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver[1967] 2 AC 134 at 144–145. 41Sumitomo Bank v Thahir Kartika Ratna[1992] 3 SLR(R) 638 at [241]–[242], per Lai Kew Chai J. The decision was affirmed by the Singapore Court of Appeal in Thahir Kartika Ratna v PT Pertambangan M......
  • UNAUTHORISED FIDUCIARY GAINS AND THE CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...in Equity”[1988] LMCLQ 128 at 133. 17 For the view that a constructive trust was imposed, see Sumitomo Bank Ltd v Thahir Kartika Ratna[1992] 3 SLR(R) 638 at [241] and Attorney-General for Hong Kong v Reid[1994] 1 AC 324 at 338. See also Peter Millett, “Bribes and Secret Commissions Again”(2......
  • UNDUE INFLUENCE, UNCONSCIONABILITY AND GOOD FAITH
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    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1996, December 1996
    • 1 December 1996
    ...AC 127 at 135 (PC). 96 [1985] AC 686 at 709. 97 See Kartika Ratna Thahir v Pt Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara (Pertamina)[1993] 1 SLR 735 (Lai J), affd [1994] 3 SLR 257; Attorney General of Hong Kong v Reid[1994] AC 324 (PC); Lord Napier and Ettrick v Hunter[1993] AC 713 at 738, Bir......
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