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In Hoon Kee Meng and another v Dash Living Pte Ltd and another matter<\/em> [2024] SGHC 27, a judgment released on 30 January 2024, the Singapore High Court dismissed a landlord’s application for a declaration that an option to renew clause in a tenancy agreement was unenforceable and granted the tenant’s cross application for a declaration that the option to renew clause had been validly exercised.<\/p>\n

This decision is the latest in a long line of cases where landlords and tenants have tussled over the enforceability and exercise of option to renew clauses, which are commonly found in tenancy agreements. In this case update, we discuss some takeaways from this case which may be relevant to landlords, tenants and their advisors.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0<\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/a>to view the article.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Hoon Kee Meng and another v Dash Living Pte Ltd and another matter [2024] SGHC 27, a judgment released on 30 January 2024, the Singapore High Court dismissed a landlord’s application for a declaration that an option to renew clause in a tenancy agreement was unenforceable and granted the tenant’s cross application for a declaration that the option to renew clause had been validly exercised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"yoast_head":"\nSingapore High Court Upholds the Enforceability of Option to Renew Clause in Tenancy Agreement - Shook Lin & Bok LLP | Leading Singapore Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shooklin.com\/zh-hans\/singapore-high-court-upholds-the-enforceability-of-option-to-renew-clause-in-tenancy-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singapore High Court Upholds the Enforceability of Option to Renew Clause in Tenancy Agreement - 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