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Jia Ren Lim is an associate in the dispute resolution team of Baker McKenzie Singapore.
In Anti-suit injunction

Singapore: Anti-suit injunctions and sovereign immunity — injuncting a state-related entity

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In brief In the case of Cooperativa Muratori and Cementisti — CMC di Ravenna, Italy v. Department of Water Supply & Sewerage Management, Kathmandu and other [2025] SGHC(I) 16, the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) considered the intersection between the law of anti-suit injunctions and sovereign immunity. In its written grounds of decision, the SICC clarified the distinct requirements between a contractual anti-suit injunction and a noncontractual anti-suit injunction, as well as the availability of injunctive relief…

In Adjudication

Singapore: The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 — key judgments in 2024

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In brief 2024 saw a number of significant rulings in Singapore that have provided clarity on issues such as the definition of completion for construction works and the limitation period for latent defects, as well as issues surrounding the application and interpretation of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (“SOP Act”). As readers may know, the SOP Act is fundamentally a statutory regime to facilitate cash flow in the construction industry.…