Void contracts and the applicability of choice of law clauses to consequential restitutionary Claims: Cimb Bank Bhd V Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd [2008] 4 SLR 543

• Main Author: CHONG, Adeline Swee Ling
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Business Organizations Law; Comparative and Foreign Law; Contracts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/920; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1919/viewcontent/Casenote___CIMB_v_Dresdner.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This note examines the Singapore Court of Appeal’s judgment in CIMB Bank Bhd v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd, focusing specifically on what role, if any, should be played by a choice of law clause contained in a void contract in relation to the restitutionary aftermath of voidness.