Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd v Lion Global Offshore Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 251: Further Issues in Contractual Formation and Duress

• Main Author: GOH, Yihan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1500; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3452/viewcontent/20141211_Goh_Yihan_Siemens_Industry_Software_Pte_Ltd_v_Lion_Global_Offshore_Pte_Ltd__2014__SGHC_251_Further_Issues_in_Contractual_Formation_and_Duress.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For a second time in a month, the High Court decision of Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd v Lion Global Offshore Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 251 (“Siemens Industry Software”) gives us valuable guidance on the application of trite principles of contractual formation to a practical fact pattern. The case also discussed whether enforcing one’s legal right can ever amount to duress.