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Beluga Chartering GmbH v Beluga Projects (Singapore) Pte Ltd

[2014] 2 SLR 815
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Singapore Court of Appeal applied modified universalism to recognise foreign winding-up proceedings at common law before adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.

Key Principle

Cross-border insolvency; recognition of foreign winding up; common law principles; modified universalism in Singapore before Model Law adoption

Area of Law

insolvency

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