Singapore Case Law Database
2,346 cases · Page 40 of 94Competing 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
The defendant auditor, Deloitte & Touche, applied to vary earlier third party directions to combine the trial of the main action and third party proceedings, rather than having…
Three former Yukos shareholders sought to enforce arbitral awards totalling approximately US$50 billion against the Russian Federation in Singapore. The Russian Federation applied…
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…
A contractor challenged an arbitrator for apparent bias in an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore, having previously failed to set aside a partial award on the same ground. The…
A father appealed against the dismissal of his application to reverse a sole care and control order in favour of the mother, seeking care and control of his son. The court…
Continental Shipping Line appealed against a worldwide Mareva injunction obtained by Jonathan John Shipping in aid of a pending arbitration claim. The key issue was whether there…
Two accused persons, DGH and DGI, were tried for sexual offences including rape, sexual assault by penetration, and outrage of modesty committed against a female complainant in a…
A divorce case between a German husband and Chinese wife concerning spousal and child maintenance, where the wife had been unemployed for five years. The court awarded the wife…
Solicitor Clarence Lun sought judicial review of a Review Committee's decision to dismiss his complaint against his former defence counsel, Mr Mark Seah, alleging improper billing…
Finaport sought an anti-suit injunction to restrain Techteryx from continuing Hong Kong proceedings that allegedly breached a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause in a contract.…
Singapore Commodities Group appealed against an order directing payment out of moneys held in court to its purported creditor, Founder Group (Hong Kong), in the context of a…
A warehouse fire dispute arose between landlord Feida Bus Consortium and tenant Royal Autoz Exporter, with each blaming the other for the fire and seeking damages. The court…
The claimants in a fraud case appealed against a decision granting the second defendant permission to file an application for further and better particulars before the single…
The Law Society of Singapore brought disciplinary proceedings against solicitor Yeo Poh Tiang for falsely attesting to witnessing a client's signature on a lasting power of…
A minority shareholder in a Singapore ship-owning company applied to dismiss or stay the sixth defendant's counterclaim on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing the dispute should…
An application to revoke a 1977 grant of probate and appoint a new executor and trustee for a deceased's estate. The court dismissed the application for fundamental procedural…
A divorce involving an 11-year childless marriage between a Russian wife and Belarusian husband, with the main dispute over the division of the husband's Singapore-incorporated…
A three-judge court established sentencing frameworks for dangerous driving causing death and drink driving under the Road Traffic Act, arising from a case where the appellant…