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About the project The Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform Committee examined the common law rule that a court should apply its own limitation periods even if a claim is governed by a foreign law. It noted that jurisdictions and territories such as Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States had moved away from this approach to one where the limitation period of the foreign law is applied. The Committee thus recommended that there should be legislative clarification that time limitation laws apply as part of the substantive law governing claims, subject to public policy reservations of the forum (including undue hardship to parties caused by the application of foreign limitation laws). Project status: Completed
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Areas of law ◾ Civil procedure Click on the image above to view the report |