Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners Limited (In Liquidation) & 2 Ors v Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited

Statutory Interpretation — Construction of statute — Purposive approach — Relationship between general and specific purposes of statute; Statutory Interpretation — Construction of statute — Presumption against retrospective operation — Provision expressly restricting temporal application of legislation; Insolvency Law — Cross-border insolvency — Standing of foreign representative to bring statutory claims based on transactions entered into before coming into force of UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in Singapore — Art 23(9) UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency