SINGAPORE — Workers' Party (WP) chair Sylvia Lim and former party secretary-general Low Thia Khiang are liable for negligence to the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) while WP leader Pritam Singh is not, the Court of Appeal ruled on Friday (July 7).
Any damages to be paid by Ms Lim and Mr Low over the finding that they are liable for negligence to AHTC will be assessed later, along with a decision on who will bear the legal costs.AHTC town councillors Mr Chua Zhi Hon and Mr Kenneth Foo are not liable for negligence over the payments process at the council.managing agent FMSS.
In 2020, STC appointed an independent panel to handle matters over the legal case ahead of a transfer of all assets and liabilities of PRPTC relating to the area of Pasir Ris-Punggol that is now part of Sengkang Group Representation Constituency., the Court of Appeal ruled that Ms Lim, Mr Singh and Mr Low did not owe fiduciary or equitable duties to AHTC. This refers to legal obligations.
Ms Lim was also found to be liable in negligence for AHTC’s award of an electrical contract to Red-Power Electrical Engineering. AHTC also did not cross-examine the trio regarding the control failures and did not submit in its closing submissions that the trio breached any duties regarding the control failures in the system.
As such, it would “unduly prejudice” them for the court to now find them liable to the town council for breach of duty in permitting the control failures to exist.The apex court said that AHTC has asked to make a fresh application to amend its pleading, without prejudicing the town councillors. A pleading is a legal document that outlines the basis for a lawsuit.It added that there must be two primary considerations before allowing an amendment.
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