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Successfully acted for an individual tenant in a claim brought by the landlord to recover rental in arrears. The tenant held back the rent in view of the landlord's failure to rectify defects at the rented premises. Successfully defended the claim in the High Court (reported at [1996] 2 SLR(R) 292) and in the Court of Appeal (reported at [1996] 3 SLR(R) 563). This is a landmark case where the Court of Appeal held despite the tenant’s express covenant to pay rent without deduction, the tenant was nevertheless entitled in equity to set off rentals due and owing to a landlord against the tenant's claim for breach of contract by the landlord, including a claim for un-liquidated damages suffered by the tenant.