Emergency legislation 'would help builders deal with delays'

Singapore

THE common standard form contracts in use in Singapore do not specifically identify pandemics or acts of foreign governments as amounting to "force majeure" that provide grounds for performance by the contractor to be modified, or relaxed, said Derek Loh, TSMP Law Corp partner.

He suggests looking to Parliament to enact emergency legislation to help the construction industry as force majeure is not a recognised legal right in Singapore.

"The mere fact of the Covid-19 outbreak or pandemic and the attendant actions of governments worldwide in and by themselves do not automatically give rise to any ex…

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