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12 November 2016
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Adjudication – Clarifying The Scope of the Independent Contractor Defence

Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 3322 v Mer Vue Developments Pte Ltd and others (King Wan Construction Pte Ltd and others, third parties) [2016] SGHC 38

In Summary

The Singapore High Court on 16 March 2016 decided that the Developer, Architect and Main Contractor of a construction project could rely on the defence of being independent contractors in a claim in tort against them for building defects, such that they were not liable for the alleged defects in tort.

Contributed by Emilia Wong, Relevant Legal Trainee at ChangAroth Chambers LLC

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