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BNP Paribas SA v Jacob Agam

[2017] SGHC(I) 10
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore International Commercial Court
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A bank suing on personal guarantees governed by Singapore law may succeed in recovering sums owing even where the defendants allege the choice of Singapore law was not bona fide and assert defences based on French law duties of care, provided the court finds Singapore law is genuinely the proper law and the foreign-law duty relied upon has not been established on the evidence.

Area of Law

commercial

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