The Star Pty Ltd v Guoxing Cui

Courts and Jurisdiction — Court judgments — Binding force — Stare decisis — Earlier decision of Court of Appeal regarded by subsequent Court of Appeal as incorrect in obiter dicta — Whether High Court bound by earlier decision of Court of Appeal; Conflicts Of Laws — Foreign judgments — Recognition — Judgment given in foreign court on gambling debt — Whether Singapore courts precluded from recognising foreign judgment on grounds of public policy — Section 5(2) Civil Law Act (Cap 43, 1999 Rev Ed) — Section 3(2)(f) Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act (Cap 264, 1985 Rev Ed)