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Gimpex Ltd v Unity Holdings Business Ltd
[2015] 2 SLR 686; [2015] SGCA 8
Key Principle
In a dispute over a coal sale contract the Court of Appeal addressed breach of contract, the tort of unlawful means conspiracy founded on fraud, and the consequences of a party's reliance on a forged/fraudulent document, holding that fraudulent conduct in the performance of a contract bears on damages and on the conspiracy claim; the case is NOT authority on frustration or force majeure.
Area of Law
commercial
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