Liberty Engineering Group Pte. Ltd. v Renault SAS

[2024] SGCA(I) 7 Court of Appeal (International) 8 October 2024 CA/CAS 2/2024 60 min read

3 cases cited (2 SG, 1 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

We therefore dismiss the appeal, albeit for different reasons relative to those adopted by the Judge.

Source: [2024] SGCA(I) 7, Court of Appeal (International), decided 8 October 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	Court of Appeal (International)
Decided	8 October 2024
Judges	Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Bernard Rix, Steven Chong
Charges / claim	Foreign Law, Civil Procedure, Contract, Credit and Security
Outcome	Appeal dismissed
Counsel	Alerion Avocats, Ascendant Legal LLC, Vivien & Associes AARPI, WongPartnership LLP, Chew Kei-Jin, Chia Shi Mei, Gilles Podeur, Hannah Alysha Binte Mohamed Ashiq, Laurent Assaya, Lee Chia Ming, Leo Zhen Wei Lionel, Liu Zhao Xiang, T Abirami

Source: [2024] SGCA(I) 7, Court of Appeal (International), decided 8 October 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Foreign Law — France Civil Procedure — Pleadings Contract — Contractual terms Credit and Security — Guarantees and indemnities

Practice Areas

Foreign Law Civil Procedure Contract Credit and Security

Judges (3)

Belinda Ang Saw Ean Delivered Bernard Rix Coram Steven Chong Coram

Counsel (13)

Alerion Avocats Firm Ascendant Legal LLC Firm Vivien & Associes AARPI Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Chew Kei-Jin Counsel Appellant Chia Shi Mei Counsel Respondent Gilles Podeur Counsel Appellant Hannah Alysha Binte Mohamed Ashiq Counsel Appellant Laurent Assaya Counsel Respondent Lee Chia Ming Counsel Appellant Leo Zhen Wei Lionel Counsel Respondent Liu Zhao Xiang Counsel Respondent T Abirami Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd Appellant Renault SAS Respondent

Case Significance

Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd v Renault SAS [2024] SGCA(I) 7 was decided by the Court of Appeal in Civil Appeal No 2 of 2024, with Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA delivering the judgment of the court alongside Steven Chong JCA and Bernard Rix IJ, heard on 30 July 2024 and reserved to 8 October 2024. The appellant guarantor was Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd (LEG) and the respondent lender was Renault SAS (Renault). The appeal (CA/CAS 2/2024) challenged the decision of the judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court in SIC/OA 9/2023.

OA 9 proceeded on undisputed material facts set out in an agreed statement of facts, without factual witness evidence, and was determined on documents and legal submissions from both parties' Singaporean and French lawyers. Singapore law was submitted by Liu Zhao Xiang for Renault and Chew Kei-Jin for LEG, while French law was submitted by Laurent Assaya for Renault and Gilles Podeur for LEG; in the appeal Lionel Leo additionally submitted for Renault on Singapore law. The catchwords identify issues spanning Foreign Law (France), Civil Procedure (Pleadings), Contract (Contractual terms) and Credit and Security (Guarantees and indemnities). The appellant was represented by Alerion Avocats and Ascendant Legal LLC, and the respondent by Vivien & Associes AARPI and WongPartnership LLP.

[2024] SGCA(I) 7 explained

Liberty Engineering Group Pte. Ltd. v Renault SAS ([2024] SGCA(I) 7) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal (International) on 8 October 2024. It is categorised under Foreign Law, Civil Procedure, Contract, and Credit and Security. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2024] SGCA(I) 7 about?

Liberty Engineering Group Pte. Ltd. v Renault SAS ([2024] SGCA(I) 7) is a Court of Appeal (International) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Foreign Law — France”, “Civil Procedure — Pleadings”, “Contract — Contractual terms”, and “Credit and Security — Guarantees and indemnities”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGCA(I) 7 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC(I) 6. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

What was Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd v Renault SAS about ([2024] SGCA(I) 7)?

In [2024] SGCA(I) 7, the Court of Appeal heard Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd's appeal against the Singapore International Commercial Court's decision in SIC/OA 9/2023. LEG was the guarantor and Renault SAS the lender, with issues on contractual terms, guarantees and indemnities, pleadings and French law.

Which judges and counsel were involved in Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd v Renault SAS ([2024] SGCA(I) 7)?

Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA delivered the judgment, sitting with Steven Chong JCA and Bernard Rix IJ. Renault's Singapore and French law was submitted by Liu Zhao Xiang and Laurent Assaya; LEG's by Chew Kei-Jin and Gilles Podeur, with Lionel Leo also for Renault on appeal.