YEV v YEW
Key facts
| Court | Family Court |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Kow Keng Siong |
| Charges / claim | Family Procedure |
| Counsel | Hoh Law Corporation, I.R.B. Law LLP, Margaret Yeow Tin Tin, Mohamed Fazal Muhammad Aadil bin Dafir |
Source: [2026] SGFC 102, Family Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
YEV v YEW [2026] SGFC 102 is a costs judgment of District Judge Kow Keng Siong in the Family Court, dated 29 July 2026, following the ancillary matters decision in YEV v YEW [2026] SGFC 83 in FC/D 2690/2024. The wife sought costs of $30,348.01 on an indemnity basis, arguing that she succeeded in having dissipated funds restored to the matrimonial pool, that the husband unreasonably resiled from an agreed list of matrimonial assets after nine mediation sessions, and that she had borrowed money from her brother for legal costs. The husband disputed that she was the successful party and pointed to the extensive disclosure requests she made. The court held that each party prevailed on some issues and failed on others, and ordered that each party bear his or her own costs.
[2026] SGFC 102 explained
YEV v YEW ([2026] SGFC 102) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Family Court on 29 July 2026. It is categorised under Family Procedure. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2026] SGFC 102 about?
YEV v YEW ([2026] SGFC 102) is a Family Court decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Family Procedure - Costs”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2026] SGFC 102 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2026] SGHCF 4, [2025] SGHCF 8, and [2024] SGHCF 20, and 1 more. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
Summary
The Family Court decided the costs of ancillary matters proceedings in a divorce granted on the parties' cross-applications. The wife sought costs of $30,348.01 on an indemnity basis, relying on her success in clawing back dissipated assets, the husband's resiling from an agreed list of matrimonial assets after nine mediation sessions, and her borrowing from her brother. The husband denied she was the successful party. District Judge Kow Keng Siong held that each party succeeded on some issues and ordered that each bear their own costs.
What costs order was made in YEV v YEW [2026] SGFC 102?
District Judge Kow Keng Siong ordered that each party bear his or her own costs of the ancillary matters in FC/D 2690/2024, rejecting the wife's claim for $30,348.01 on an indemnity basis.
Why did the wife not obtain costs in [2026] SGFC 102?
The court found each party succeeded on some ancillary issues and failed on others, so neither was substantially successful, and no unreasonable conduct warranting a costs order was made out against either of them.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGFC 102)