Lawlines Vol 10 Issue 1 - eOASIS - Rajah & Tann LLP

Vol 10 Issue 1 June 2008 • Rajah & Tann LLP’s Bi-Annual Journal on articles of current interest, features, and legal developmentsIN THIS ISSUE:A Round-Up Of LatestDevelopments In TheFirst Half Of 2008Rajah & Tann LLP Hosts9 th Lunchtime SeminarSeriesTax, Private Wealth &Trusts PracticeCourt Of Appeal DeliversJudgment On The LTA-Komoco Motors DisputeInsider Trading And TheVexed QuestionOf General AvailabilityCourts And Arbitration -A Question Of Balance?Recent Developments InSingapore LawDisclosure OfConfidential InformationBy ProfessionalIn The Pursuit Of ItsLegitimate InterestsPublic PrivatePartnership Projects– The ProcessOpen Source In ITContractsset aside. The Plaintiff sought leave to argue the new point on appeal. As this case had not beenpleaded or advanced below, the Plaintiff also filed three applications seeking that the court allowthe Plaintiff to amend her claim, adduce new evidence on the new point and / or grant a re-trial. Itwas alleged that this new angle on the case arose so late in the day because of a document whichhad only been disclosed by the Bank at the trial of the action. The Court of Appeal dismissed thePlaintiff’s appeal and the applications.Gregory Vijayendran and Prakash Pillai are acting for The Stansfield Group Pte Ltd in a claim fora declaration that CASE’s suspension, on or around 20 November 2005, of Stansfield Collegeand Singapore Institute of Commerce from the CaseTrust Membership was unlawful and / orin breach of contract and for damages to be assessed for breach of contract. Kala Anandarajahand Dominique Lombardi from the Competition and Trade Law Practice Group are acting in theconcurrent complaint lodged with the Competition Commission of Singapore.Steven Chong SC and Gary Low from the Admiralty and Shipping Practice Group acted for FarEastern Shipping Co (‘FESCO’), the Owners of the vessel ‘Vasiliy Golovnin’ in respect of an arrestof the subject vessel by Credit Agricole and Banque Cantonale de Geneve for the same claimspreviously adjudicated upon by a Togolese court. The arrest was set aside by the High Court withoutawarding damages for wrongful arrest. The matter went on appeal and cross-appeal before theCourt of Appeal on 18 February 2008, and a judgment is anticipated shortly.Toh Kian Sing SC and Kendall Tan were instructed to advise and act for LIG Insurance Co., Ltd (Seoul)and the Owners of the vessel ‘Duk Young Ho’ in respect of the losses / claims of the Owners of ‘DukYoung Ho’ arising from a collision with ‘MH Thamrin PB 1600’ off Shanghai in April 2006. An arrestof the opponent vessel, foreign government-owned ship ‘MH Thamrin PB 1600’, was effected in thecourse of which interesting considerations of sovereign immunity were raised and dealt with.16 /77