Legal Aspects of Business

Court Judgement: Chwee Kin Keong vs

Digilandmall.com Ltd
Background

As part of a training session, an employee

inadvertently uploaded contents of a template onto
the Digiland website

Actual price = $3,854

Price on website = $66

1,008 orders for 4,086 laser printers

Case facts

Plaintiffs: Chwee Kin Keong and 5 others

Defendant: Digilandmall.com Ltd

Singapore High Court

Plaintiffs ordered more than 50 printers each

Communicated among themselves via emails, SMS

Principles

Formation of agreement

Meeting of minds consensus ad idem

Objective meaning of words over Subjective intent

Unilateral mistake
Judgement

Evidence against plaintiffs

Claims were dismissed

Contract was considered void

Implications

Exceptions to the objectivity principle exist

Onus on the offeree rather than the offeror to

exonerate himself of the inputted knowledge of mistake

Contracts of these kind will be null and void

Court will not enforce such agreements

The law has to organically grow to adapt itself to the

challenges thrown by e-commerce.
Learnings

Snapping up

Safeguard measures

Example: Amazon
Thank you

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