In the corporate world, it is quite common for whole contracts to be transferred to other parties who were not originally parties to the contract. This routinely happens, for example, in major corporate settlements, intellectual property matters, mergers and acquisitions and the construction industry.
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If you sue someone else and that person enters appearance in court, and filed and serves his Defence (sometimes together with a Counterclaim) to your Statement of Claim, you have an opportunity to instruct your lawyers to use order 14 of the Rules of court to apply for a Summary Judgment, if it is clear that the Defendant has no real defence against your claim.
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Party-and-Party costs cover not just legal fees charged by the lawyer for services rendered, but also expenses like disbursements such as filing fees, court fees, transport charges, photocopying charges, etc.
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The Singapore legal system has in recent years come up with toolkits, information, booklets, and webpages dedicated to supporting self-representation in Court. While it is granted that self-representation is the cheaper option, it may not be such a great idea if you do not achieve your desired results and lose the case in Court.
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One of the courses of action open to you to secure your money is taking out Garnishee Proceedings in the courts. Garnishee Proceedings are a good option for Judgment Creditors of the Judgment Creditor is aware of a third party which owes the Judgment Debtor some money, or if the Judgment creditor knows the Judgment Debtor’s bank account details.
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If you are unsure whether the Judgment Debtor has any assets, or you would like to find out where and how his assets are held. Examination of Judgment Debtor proceedings would be advisable. Instead of taking out expensive proceedings.
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If the person or company you want to sue is a foreign, there may be some complications because of an area of law known as the ‘conflict of laws’. This area of the law concerns the following main issues:
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When any Singapore Court orders the defendant to pay the plaintiff money, the winning party is faced with a big problem – the Judgment in the winning party’s favour does not mean that the Court will enforce it. Enforcement of the Judgment is left to the winning party.
This means that if you are faced with a losing party that refuses, fails or is unable to pay according to the court judgment in your favour, you would have to commence enforcement proceedings.
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A Writ of Summons is a formal court document that begins civil legal proceedings (a lawsuit) against you. It is basically a document from someone with a claim against you, launching a lawsuit. If you want to defend yourself against this claim, the Writ of Summons requires you to appear in Court.
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We routinely and sometimes unthinkingly sign off on tenancy agreements, whether we are landlords or tenants. This may be a huge mistake, because some terms are very important, or may have so many repercussions if things go wrong.
Do look out for the following 7 key terms in all tenancy agreements you sign off on.
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