When sparks fly because of your neighbour’s independent contractor: The stricter-liability test of private nuisance in Singapore – PEX International Pte Ltd v Lim Seng Chye and another and another appeal [2020] 1 SLR 373

Authors

Samuel Hzi Xun TAY, Singapore Management University

Publication Type

Case note/Digest

Publication

Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon) (Reissue)

Publication Date

6-2023

Abstract

When your land has been damaged by your neighbour’s independent contractor, who should be held responsible—the contractor or your neighbour? Previously, it was considered by some to be difficult to pin liability on one’s neighbour. 1 This position was criticised for being unfair and unjust, especially in situations where one was unable to obtain recourse from the contractor.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Subject(s)

Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship

ISSN/ISBN

2737-5048

Publisher

SMU Lexicon, SMU School of Law

Version

publishedVersion

Copyright Holder

Singapore Management University

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Format

application/PDF

Citation

TAY, Samuel Hzi Xun. When sparks fly because of your neighbour’s independent contractor: The stricter-liability test of private nuisance in Singapore – PEX International Pte Ltd v Lim Seng Chye and another and another appeal [2020] 1 SLR 373. (2023). Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon) (Reissue). 3, 156-183.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sljlexicon/18

Volume

3

Page

156-183