Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross?

On 29 October 1998, the House of Lords in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council, and other appeals . . . finally abrogated the rule barring recovery of payments made under a mistake of law in restitution in England. This article seeks to examine whether the Singapore courts should follow the E...

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Main Authors:	LOW, Kelvin Fatt Kin, LOI, Kelry Chit Fai
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
Subjects:	Asian Studies Commercial Law
Online Access:	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/636
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.sol_research-16352010-09-21T08:36:04Z Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross? LOW, Kelvin Fatt Kin LOI, Kelry Chit Fai On 29 October 1998, the House of Lords in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council, and other appeals . . . finally abrogated the rule barring recovery of payments made under a mistake of law in restitution in England. This article seeks to examine whether the Singapore courts should follow the English approach or whether the difficulties which were articulated by the minority in the House of Lords should stand in the way of such a development locally. 1999-09-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/636 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Commercial Law
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description	On 29 October 1998, the House of Lords in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council, and other appeals . . . finally abrogated the rule barring recovery of payments made under a mistake of law in restitution in England. This article seeks to examine whether the Singapore courts should follow the English approach or whether the difficulties which were articulated by the minority in the House of Lords should stand in the way of such a development locally.
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title	Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross?
title_short	Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross?
title_full	Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross?
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Bridging the Great Divide between Mistakes of Law and Fact in Restitution: Is the Bridge Safe to Cross?

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