Economic Duress and a Drop of Fairness: A Singapore Perspective
The Singapore High Court considered the doctrine of economic duress recently in the case Sharon Global Solutions Pte Ltd v L G International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This note considers the issues surrounding the relevant test for economic duress as well as the factors that should be present before a fi...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-16862010-09-21T08:36:04Z Economic Duress and a Drop of Fairness: A Singapore Perspective KOH, Pearlie The Singapore High Court considered the doctrine of economic duress recently in the case Sharon Global Solutions Pte Ltd v L G International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This note considers the issues surrounding the relevant test for economic duress as well as the factors that should be present before a finding of economic duress can be substantiated. It is argued that the test, in the interest if clarity of analysis, should be a bifurated one, and further, that unconscionable conduct, as a factor of duress, has a crucial role to play. 2003-11-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/687 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Coercion Economic duress Singapore Unconscionability Asian Studies Commercial Law Contracts |
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The Singapore High Court considered the doctrine of economic duress recently in the case Sharon Global Solutions Pte Ltd v L G International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This note considers the issues surrounding the relevant test for economic duress as well as the factors that should be present before a finding of economic duress can be substantiated. It is argued that the test, in the interest if clarity of analysis, should be a bifurated one, and further, that unconscionable conduct, as a factor of duress, has a crucial role to play. |
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