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Ting Siew May v Boon Lay Choo

[2014] SGCA 28; [2014] 3 SLR 609
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A contract entered into with the object of committing an illegal act is unenforceable where, having regard to a proportionality analysis, the contract is sufficiently connected to the illegal purpose to offend public policy.

Area of Law

c

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