Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 000016/2008 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 10 July 2008.
1. Manulife (the Plaintiff) entered into a settlement agreement in 2004 with Chan (the Defendant) and her son. Pursuant to the agreement, they assigned their residence to Manulife while Manulife in turn granted a fixed-term licence to Chan to remain in occupation of it. Manulife now seeks, among other things, possession of the property on the basis that the licence term has expired. Chan filed her defence. Taking the view that what she pleaded amounts to no defence, Manulife applies for summ