Singapore Case Law Database
2,012 cases · Page 26 of 81An application by judgment debtors to pay costs of $8,000 in instalments after being found in breach of fiduciary duties as executor of their mother's estate. The court granted…
An ex-wife sought to enforce UK family court judgment debts of approximately £31.2 million against her ex-husband in Singapore, applying for the appointment of receivers over his…
Six companies sought permission under the Riddick principle to disclose documents from three Singapore proceedings for use in Canadian proceedings against a third party who…
The Chief Justice declined to continue anonymisation of a judgment dismissing the admission application of Pulara Devminie Somachandra, who had plagiarised in Bar examinations and…
An applicant for admission as an advocate and solicitor was found not to be a fit and proper person due to dishonesty during her practice training period. The Chief Justice…
Malayan Banking Berhad appealed against the setting aside of its service of an originating application for mortgage enforcement on the respondent's solicitors. The Appellate…
Following the successful setting aside of an arbitral award for breach of natural justice in DOI v DOJ, the SICC determined costs. The court awarded the claimant total costs of…
The liquidators of Park Hotel Management Pte Ltd sued its sole director Mr Law Ching Hung for transferring the company's viable hotel management businesses and assets to entities…
A main contractor for road marking works claimed against its sub-contractor for backcharges and liquidated damages after the sub-contractor allegedly failed to perform a large…
Two defendants in a family dispute applied to set aside substituted service orders and the service of cause papers. The court dismissed the application by the 12th defendant (a…
Straco Leisure, operator of the Singapore Flyer Giant Observation Wheel, sued Sumitomo for breach of contract after a January 2018 breakdown that suspended operations for…
The administrator of the estate of Ko Wah, who suffered severe brain injuries and permanent mental incapacitation after being knocked down in a motor accident in 2019 and died…
This SICC judgment addressed costs arising from DKC's ultimately unsuccessful stay of enforcement of a US$315.9 million arbitral award, where DKC obtained the stay but never…
The Singapore Medical Council applied for an extension of time under s 45(4) of the Medical Registration Act for its Complaints Committee to complete an inquiry into a doctor. The…
Aussins Overseas Pte Ltd sought a stay of proceedings on forum non conveniens grounds in a debt claim brought by US company Protrade Steel under a written metals sales contract…
Kishor Kumar, a prisoner awaiting capital punishment, applied for a stay of execution the evening before his scheduled execution date, seeking permission to bring a post-appeal…
A Singapore businessman sought to serve an originating application out of jurisdiction on a Moldovan citizen and two BVI/Seychelles companies in a dispute over shares allegedly…
Competing applications were brought over the beneficial ownership of three Singapore properties — Sea Breeze, Langsat, and Haig — with a mother claiming her sons held them on…
James Yeo sued JDB Design Studio's former and current owners for breach of a construction contract for a semi-detached house at 22 Jalan Pernama. The court dismissed the claim…
Ancillary matters in a divorce between a senior hospital consultant wife and a retired investment analyst husband with a 14-year-old son, contesting care and control, division of…
The liquidators of the Envy Companies, vehicles for Singapore's largest Ponzi scheme involving over S$1.5 billion in nickel-trading fraud, pursued claims against three defendants…
In a companion judgment to the Envy Ponzi scheme litigation, the liquidators pursued claims against six employees of the Envy Companies who were unaware of the underlying fraud,…
A shipowner counterclaimed against its mortgagee bank UBS AG (now Credit Suisse) for allegedly unreasonably refusing to issue a letter of quiet enjoyment to a prospective…
Chandroo Subramaniam, a prisoner awaiting capital punishment for conspiring to traffic not less than 1,344.5g of cannabis, applied for a stay of execution one day before his…
Three former Yukos shareholders sought to enforce arbitral awards totalling approximately US$50 billion against the Russian Federation in Singapore. The Russian Federation applied…