Significance: The Singapore High Court dismissed the bank’s claim to enforce a Deed of Debenture as the bank failed to prove that the debenture was authentic. The bank failed to call as witnesses the persons who signed the debenture, choosing instead to rely on other factual witnesses (not expert witnesses) to give evidence on the signatories’ signatures.
Case: CIMB Bank Bhd v World Fuel Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2020] SGHC 117 – Claim failed for inability to prove document was authentic
