Genting Dream Cruises - World Dream , Genting Dream , Explorer Dream & Global Dream.

[HorLee]

 

[HorLee]

time to ring up Jib Kor

 

[HorLee]

Jip Kor sure can help ....

 

[HorLee]

A Judgment Of Supreme Importance.

The most fulfilling part of a lawyer’s work is when he is able to help resolve difficult issues which are of paramount importance to society.

As all of you will know, many businesses in Singapore have been badly hit by Covid. Many businesses have been forced to close because of the lack of business. But even after the business folds, there are residual issues such as the liabilities under the tenancy agreements for not seeing out the lease.

Recently, I represented a client who had signed a 2 year lease for a premise which was to be used as a pub/ bar/ cabaret/ night club/ discotheque / karaoke lounge only. The lease was executed on 26 December 2019. My client intended to use the premises as a pub and indeed had been operating a pub at the same premises for many years.

As we all know, Covid hit in late January 2020 and on 26 March 2020, the Covid measures led to a closure of bars, cinemas and entertainments. In fact, the premises remain closed until today.

The landlord sued my client for failing to pay outstanding rental which is now in excess of $400 000. They took out what is known as a summary judgment application. A summary judgment application is taken out when the party suing believes that the Defendant has no defence to the claim. If the Court agrees, it will order judgment to be entered instead of prolonging the dispute by allowing it to go to trial.

I defended my client on the basis that the lease agreement had been discharged by frustration and that my client was not liable. The doctrine of frustration discharges parties from their contract by operation of law when, without the default of either party, a supervening event that occurred after the formation of the contract rendered a contractual obligation radically or fundamentally different from what had been agreed to in the contract. The supervening event must have significantly changed the nature of the outstanding contractual rights from what the parties could reasonably have contemplated at the time of its execution, that it would be unjust to hold them to the strict contractual obligations. However, as this is an exceptional doctrine, mere hardship or mere increase in cost to perform the contract will not result in a frustrating event.

Justice Choo Han Teck( below )who heard the application, agreed with my client’s contention that the lease agreement had been frustrated. Justice Choo said in his judgment:-

“On the face of the Tenancy Agreement, it may be said that there was a shared purpose of using the Premises to run a music lounge. At the time of the contract, parties may not have contemplated that the Premises might be prevented by a tiny coronavirus from being used as a music lounge. The fact that the Plaintiff had to write in to the URA subsequently in April 2021 to ask for a temporary permission to use the Premises as restaurant reinforces my view that the Plaintiff had similarly intended the Premises to be used as a music lounge. With the imposition of Covid-19 measures and closure of night-time entertainment venues, it was obvious that this purpose cannot be achieved”.

Justice Choo dismissed the Plaintiff’s application for summary judgment and ordered the dispute to proceed to trial.

I believe this is the 1st reported judgment where a Defendant has successfully invoked the defence of frustration in relation to the pandemic. I am proud of my contribution to Singapore law in this regard.

I believe this decision of Justice Choo Han to be of 1st Rate importance and which will have major ramifications for business and commerce in Singapore.

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[HorLee]

 

[justl00king]

Breaking news! QOTS covided no more CNY cruise


Guests booked on Quantum of the Seas through the Chinese New Year festive season will not be able to board after ‘a few’ crew tested positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.sgcruisesociety.com/blog/qn-crew-cplus-30012022

 

[HorLee]

 

[HorLee]

Update

 

[HorLee]

Hope Application Turn Down ...


https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...files-to-be-wound-up-amid-parent-company-woes

 

[swissbank]

Bro HorLee
Jialat
Where is DW be heading ??
My rewards points how ?

 

[justl00king]

Casinos are money suckers only purpose to suck all your $$$ dry with many lives and families ruined, always music to my ears whenever hear of them winding up or go bankrupt news

 

[HorLee]

Bro HorLee
Jialat
Where is DW be heading ??
My rewards points how ?

 

[HorLee]

 

[justl00king]

Breaking news, DC no more sailing



Dream Cruises’ World Dream will cease operation from 2 March 2022 after the company failed to secure sufficient funding to continue operating the ship, citing “challenging circumstances”.

In a statement released by Genting Hong Kong, they have clarified that the identification of ‘potential remediation plans and facilitating the restructuring of the group including Dream Cruises’, has provided sufficient emergency financing. This has allowed for the completion of an additional 16 scheduled cruises after the appointment of the joint provisional liquidators earlier.

The World Dream will cease operations on 2 March 2022 after disembarking guests on her current cruise in Singapore, as scheduled. There will be no ships operating in Dream Cruises brand after the current sailing concludes.

The appointed liquidators are now accessing the impact of the cessation of sailings, particularly its ability to meet refund claims for guests booked on sailings after 2 March 2022. Guests are advised to submit a refund claim together with their booking confirmation and payment records to the liquidators at [email protected]

The World Dream was the only ship operating in the brands’ fleet up to this moment. World Dream’s sister ship, the Genting Dream, ceased operations in Hong Kong after the recent spike in coronavirus cases in the city. Their smaller fleetmate Explorer Dream backed out of Keelung after falling demand led to the cancellation of its domestic cruise season.

https://www.sgcruisesociety.com/blo...61VtJ0mFvIQxEvhSnYEvDKLTbg3YkaopLZwaMF9H9FIyM

 

[AhLee]

 

[HorLee]

 

[swissbank]

Double confirmed Dr

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Bro HorLee,
Video Gaming ??
Is it like online gaming ?

 

[HorLee]

in the US it is legal ...


take a listen on the Audio below :


https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonath...sino-operator-narrows-losses/?sh=29f81b0946cd

 

[justl00king]

Online gaming no shiok, best still be in the casino enjoy the atmosphere, can press press slot buttons and feel casino chips at table games

 

[AhLee]