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Void Contracts and the Applicability of Choice of Law Clauses to Consequential Restitutionary Claims: CIMB Bank Bhd v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd [2008] 4 SLR 543

Adeline Chong

(2009) 21 SAcLJ 545

Abstract:
This note examines the Singapore Court of Appeal’s judgment in CIMB Bank Bhd v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd, focusing specifically on what role, if any, should be played by a choice of law clause contained in a void contract in relation to the restitutionary aftermath of voidness.