H P CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v MEGA TEAM ENGINEERING PTE. LTD.

Q: Which legislation does [2024] SGHC(A) 5 consider?

The judgment refers to Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B), Interpretation Act (Cap 1), and Limitation Act (Cap 163). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2024] SGHC(A) 5 High Court (Appellate Division) 15 February 2024 AD/CA 120/2023 19 min read

10 cases cited (8 SG, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

We dismissed the appeal with costs fixed at $30,400 inclusive of disbursements.

Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 5, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 15 February 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (Appellate Division)
Decided	15 February 2024
Judges	Kannan Ramesh, See Kee Oon, Woo Bih Li
Charges / claim	Statutory Interpretation, Building and Construction Law
Outcome	Appeal dismissed
Sentence / award	$30,400
Counsel	LIMN Law Corporation, Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Claire Tan Su Yin, John Lim Kwang Meng, Joseph Tay Weiwen, Ng Kai Ling, Swah Yeqin Shirin

Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 5, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 15 February 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Statutory Interpretation — Statutes — Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 Statutory Interpretation — Interpretation Act — Applicability to s 13(3)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 Building and Construction Law — Dispute resolution — Adjudication — Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 — Setting aside — Interpretation of s 13(3)(a)

Practice Areas

Statutory Interpretation Building and Construction Law

Judges (3)

Kannan Ramesh Coram See Kee Oon Coram Woo Bih Li Delivered

Counsel (7)

LIMN Law Corporation Firm Shook Lin & Bok LLP Firm Claire Tan Su Yin Counsel Respondent John Lim Kwang Meng Counsel Appellant Joseph Tay Weiwen Counsel Respondent Ng Kai Ling Counsel Appellant Swah Yeqin Shirin Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

H P Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd Appellant Mega Team Engineering Pte Ltd Respondent

Case Significance

H P Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd v Mega Team Engineering Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(A) 5 was decided by the Appellate Division of the High Court in Civil Appeal No 120 of 2023, heard on 1 February 2024 by Woo Bih Li JAD, Kannan Ramesh JAD and See Kee Oon JAD, with Woo Bih Li JAD delivering the grounds of decision on 15 February 2024. The appeal concerned a single issue of law: the correct interpretation of the lodgement deadline under section 13(3)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, and whether Adjudication Application No SOP/AA 150 of 2023 had been lodged out of time. The court held that the Judge below was correct, deciding that the computation of the seven-day time limit to file an adjudication application after the entitlement to do so arises excludes the day the entitlement arose.

[2024] SGHC(A) 5 explained

H P CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v MEGA TEAM ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. ([2024] SGHC(A) 5) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Appellate Division) on 15 February 2024. It is categorised under Statutory Interpretation and Building and Construction Law. 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] SGHC(A) 5 about?

H P CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v MEGA TEAM ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. ([2024] SGHC(A) 5) is a High Court (Appellate Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Statutory Interpretation — Statutes — Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004”, “Statutory Interpretation — Interpretation Act — Applicability to s 13(3)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004”, and “Building and Construction Law — Dispute resolution — Adjudication — Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 — Setting aside — Interpretation of s 13(3)(a)”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2024] SGHC(A) 5 consider?

The judgment refers to Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B), Interpretation Act (Cap 1), and Limitation Act (Cap 163). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

How is the seven-day adjudication deadline under section 13(3)(a) SOPA computed ([2024] SGHC(A) 5)?

In H P Construction v Mega Team Engineering [2024] SGHC(A) 5, the Appellate Division held that the seven-day time limit under section 13(3)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 to file an adjudication application excludes the day the entitlement to apply arose.

What was the sole issue in H P Construction v Mega Team Engineering [2024] SGHC(A) 5?

The appeal concerned only a question of law: whether the adjudication application was lodged out of time, turning on the correct interpretation of the lodgement deadline under section 13(3)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004.