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The primary purpose of the doctrine of issue estoppel is to give final and binding effect to court determinations on issues arising from disputes between the same parties. Not uncommonly invoked in the context of purely domestic court proceedings, the doctrine serves in effect to avoid re-litigation of issues that would otherwise be wasteful of parties’ and court resources. Transnational issue estoppel takes the doctrine a step further by training the inquiry on the finality of foreign court determinations in local proceedings between the same parties, bringing with it a host of other considerations many may be less familiar with. The boundaries of the doctrine have also yet to be fully explored and delineated in case law. This report, in reference to a recent decision by the Singapore Court of Appeal, seeks to outline the framework and margins of transnational issue estoppel by highlighting seven key potential outer limits that one should consider when seeking to invoke the doctrine in an appropriate case.
The report addresses the legal treatment of addressing property defects in relation to private residential property. The central concern of the report is whether there is a need for law reform in relation to avenues for redressal of defects in residential property. In this regard, the report sets out some broad recommendations following an analysis of the law in Singapore as well as in other comparable common law jurisdictions.
A significant portion of the report is dedicated to explaining the thorny issues arising in the contest of defects in property and the legal position relevant to addressing them. The report is likely to be of practical significance for residential property owners, management committees of strata developments, developers and contractors.
The Singapore Academy of Law 's subcommittee on Digital Identities is conducting a review of the legal landscape around liability arising from unauthorised use of Digital Identity. This paper attempts to set out preliminary issues to raise awareness and also elicit feedback to enable the subcommittee to shape law reform in this important, yet largely unexplored area of law.