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Gimpex Ltd v Unity Holdings Business Ltd

[2015] 2 SLR 686
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2015
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Indonesian government coal export ban considered under frustration and force majeure; court distinguished impossibility from mere impracticability in commercial contracts.

Key Principle

Frustration of contract; force majeure clauses; coal export ban by Indonesian government; impossibility versus impracticability; commercial contracts

Area of Law

commercial

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