The "Sunrise Crane"

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date13 September 2004
Date13 September 2004
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 141 of 2003
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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  • Spandeck Engineering (S) Pte Ltd v Defence Science & Technology Agency
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 8 August 2007
    ...duty from arising. 57 That the “two-stage process” was only applicable to cases of pure economic loss was confirmed in The Sunrise Crane [2004] 4 SLR 715. In that case, the majority (at [31]–[37]) referred to Man B&W Diesel S E Asia Pte Ltd v PT Bumi International Tankers [2004] 2 SLR 300 (......
  • Sunny Metal and Engineering Pte Ltd v Ng Khim Ming Eric
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 15 December 2006
    ...3 SLR (R) 29; [1993] 3 SLR 712 (refd) Stilk v Myrick (1809) 2 Camp 317 (refd) Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923 (refd) Sunrise Crane, The [2004] 4 SLR (R) 715; [2004] 4 SLR 715 (refd) Sutcliffe v Chippendale & Edmonson (1971) 18 BLR 149 (refd) Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 ......
  • Spandeck Engineering (S) Pte Ltd v Defence Science & Technology Agency
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 12 December 2006
    ...on the Caparo three-part test include TV Media Pte Ltd v De Cruz Andrea Heidi and Another Appeal [2004] 3 SLR 543, The "Sunrise Crane" [2004] 4 SLR 715 and PT Bumi (supra Proximity as the determining factor 49 The Court of Appeal based its decision in Ocean Front on the notion of proximity.......
  • Travel Compensation Fund v Robert Tambree T/as R Tambree and Associates
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 16 November 2005
    ...Caparo approach was recently adopted by the Singapore Court of Appeal: see The Owners of the Sunrise Crane v Cipta Sarana Marine Pty Ltd [2004] SGCA 42 per Yong Pung How CJ and Chao Hick Tin JA; Prakash J dissenting; cf Amirthalingam, ‘ The Sunrise Crane — Shedding New Light or Casting Old ......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Case Note: ESTABLISHING A DUTY OF CARE: SINGAPORE’S SINGLE, TWO-STAGE TEST
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...2 SLR 449 at [18]. 63 RSP Architects Planners & Engineers v MCST Plan No 1075 [1999] 2 SLR 449 at [29]—[30]. 64 See The Sunrise Crane[2004] 4 SLR 715; Man B&W Diesel S E Asia Pte Ltd v PT Bumi International Tankers[2004] 2 SLR 300 and United Project Consultants Pte Ltd v Leong Kwok Onn[2005......
  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...AC 660. 152 [1934] 1 KB 191. 153 See, eg, Mohd Sainudin bin Ahmad v Consolidated Hotels Ltd [1990] 2 SLR(R) 787; The Sunrise Crane [2004] 4 SLR(R) 715; Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 2297 v Seasons Park Ltd [2005] 2 SLR(R) 613. 154 [2009] QB 725....
  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...claim, the general rule is that the contractual claim prevails: Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd[1995] 2 AC 145 and The Sunrise Crane[2004] 4 SLR 715. 22.96 The claim against the second defendant was based on several grounds, including fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation, failure to......
  • WRITING A PERSUASIVE APPELLATE BRIEF
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...of framing issues are common to written submissions. 51 Notable exceptions include: PP v Hla Win[1995] 2 SLR 424; The “Sunrise Crane”[2004] 4 SLR 715; Asia Hotel Investments Ltd v Starwood Asia Pacific Management Pte Ltd[2005] 1 SLR 661; Tan King Hiang v United Engineers (Singapore) Pte Ltd......
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