Event organisers sue MBS
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Jun 10, 2010 - Straits Times
Event organisers sue MBS
Move is counter-claim to Marina Bay Sands' suit to claim $300,000
by Ng Kai Ling
THE organisers of a prestigious law event held at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) have responded to the integrated resort's (IR) suit by launching a counter-claim of their own.
A group representing the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) has said that a conference staged at MBS from May 2-5 was a 'complete disaster', and is claiming unspecified damages.
In its counter-claim, filed with the High Court on Tuesday, the group said MBS had promised many things in an effort to convince it to hold its annual conference there, and it had agreed to do so based on this.
Instead, many things went wrong during the conference - including instances of water leakage into hotel rooms of some delegates, intermittent power failure, and incidents where some guests were locked in their rooms - causing the group's reputation to suffer.
The group, called IPBA 2010 and comprising several prominent lawyers, including Mrs Lee Suet Fern and Senior Counsel Lok Vi Ming, is also seeking aggravated damages.
It claims MBS prevented it from backing out of a deal to hold its conference there despite the resort's lack of readiness.
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Of all people IPBA.
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Its a small thing, newspaper blow it big.
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aiya... if anyone read wat happened immediate post - event in e press, this would have eventually happened..
a counter suit
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