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Singapore
Leading Case
contractual licencerevocabilitylife occupationinstrument construction
Tan Hin Leong v Lee Teck Im
[2001] SGCA 7; [2001] 1 SLR(R) 766
Key Principle
The scope and revocability of a licence to occupy land are determined by construing the terms of the contract creating it; a contractual licence may, on its proper construction, confer a right of occupation for life that the owner cannot unilaterally terminate.
Area of Law
Land & Property
Related Cases
Lim Chin San Contractors Pte Ltd v Shiok Kim Seng [2013] SGCA 6; [2013] 2 SLR 279 (candidate report [2013] 2 SLR 689 was wrong on the page number; the Court of Appeal decision is reported at [2013] 2 SLR 279, as cited in [2017] SGHC 200 and multiple academic sources)