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Alliance Concrete Singapore Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd

[2014] SGCA 35; [2014] 3 SLR 857
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A contract may be frustrated where a supervening event (here the Indonesian sand export ban) renders the source of supply unavailable and radically alters the parties' obligations without fault.

Area of Law

Contract & Commercial

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