Established in 2018, LIMN Law Corporation is a boutique that focuses on construction arbitration and litigation. Although most of the firm’s work is contentious related, it does offer general commercial disputes representation and advice on construction-related corporate matters. The firm routinely acts for major local owners, developers, contractors and consultants, as well as interior design firms. It also actively represents clients in construction adjudication. The firm consistently punches above its weight, regularly appearing on 10% market share of all construction adjudication cases in Singapore.
Managing director John Lim leads the firm’s core practice alongside counsel Peggy Neo.
In a highlight during the research period, Lim and his team acted for the owner of a flatted factory in a dispute with the main contractor over progress payments. The main contractor alleged completion of work as evident by the issuance of the temporary occupation permit. However, the permit was obtained by misrepresentation and fraud, misrepresenting work as completed when it was not. The firm successfully negotiated for a payment to be made to the main contractor on terms that were much less than that sought in the original claim.
In another key matter, the firm was instructed by a leading lift and escalator installation contractor in a claim against Kone, an international engineering and service company. This case centres on an outstanding payment in relation to work done on one of Singapore’s largest public hospital projects. The client had withheld the retention sum despite the project having been completed in 2018. This case is significant in the sense that the issue of limitation period arose, in the context of recent amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act.
Key recent clients include Aquatemp and SPG Contracts Management.
