Singapore Case Law Database

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[2023] SGHC(A) 21 SGHC(A)
PURNIMA ANIL SALGAOCAR v LAKSHMI ANIL SALGAOCAR suing as the Administratrix of the ESTATE OF ANIL VASSUDEVA SALGAOCAR deceased

This appeal concerned a dispute between a mother and her daughter over the estate of the deceased family patriarch, and specifically the construction of clauses in a settlement…

5 June 2023
[2023] SGCA 18 SGCA
LIM CHOON BENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Lim Choon Beng, who had pleaded guilty to four sexual offence charges and received a global sentence of 16 years, ten months and two weeks' imprisonment and 22 strokes of the…

5 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 163 SGHC
GOH SIAM TEOW v LIM TUNG HEE ARTHERO

Goh Siam Teow, an 89-year-old with dementia suing through her litigation representative, applied under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act for leave to sell a Toa Payoh HDB flat…

1 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 162 SGHC
HENRY QUEK PENG HOCK v CHIA SWEE HUN

Henry Quek, a stroke patient lacking mental capacity, sued through his deputy sister to recover assets worth several million dollars, including a Kuala Lumpur property, bonds,…

1 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 161 SGHC
HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD v CENOBIA MAJELLA CHETTIAR

The Housing & Development Board applied for permission to appeal against a Principal District Judge's decision, arguing the judge wrongly considered a Defence and Counterclaim…

1 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 160 SGHC
SW TRUSTEES PRIVATE LIMITED (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) & Anor v TEODROS ASHENAFI TESEMMA & 5 Ors

The first defendant, Teodros Ashenafi Tesemma, appealed against an Assistant Registrar's refusal of his application for security for costs of $310,000 against the plaintiffs in…

31 May 2023
[2023] SGHC(I) 10 SGHC(I)
CYW v CYX

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 31 May 2023 Case summary CYW v CYX [2023] SGHC(I) 10 Singapore International Commercial Court — Originating Application No 3 of 2023…

31 May 2023
[2023] SGHC(A) 20 SGHC(A)
DIAMOND GLASS ENTERPRISE PTE. LTD. v ZHONG KAI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PTE. LTD.

This was a supplementary judgment in cross-appeals between a main contractor, Zhong Kai Construction, and its subcontractor, Diamond Glass Enterprise, arising from aluminium…

31 May 2023
[2023] SGHCR 5 SGHCR
TARUN HOTCHAND CHAINANI v AVINDERPAL SINGH S/O RANJIT SINGH & 2 Ors

Former business partners Tarun Hotchand Chainani and Avinderpal Singh, co-shareholders and directors of related electronics companies, were in dispute, and the plaintiff applied…

30 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 159 SGHC
FOUNDER GROUP (HONG KONG) LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) v SINGAPORE JHC CO., PTE. LTD.

Founder Group (Hong Kong) Limited, in liquidation, applied to wind up Singapore JHC Co Pte Ltd under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, claiming to be a…

29 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 157 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Yeo Liang Hou & Nagaiah Rao A/L Alumanar

The Prosecution charged Yeo Liang Hou and Nagaiah Rao a/l Alumanar with capital drug trafficking involving not less than 669.3g of methamphetamine, delivered via a bin near a…

29 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 158 SGHC
MRS SPYKERMAN CHWEE WAH CHRISTINA NEE LIM & 2 Ors v YOW JIA WEN & 5 Ors

Authorised representatives of the collective sale committee for Chuan Park, a 99-year leasehold development, applied under the Land Titles (Strata) Act for orders that the estate…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 156 SGHC
DR. WHO WATERWORKS PTE. LTD. & 2 Ors v DR. WHO (M) SDN. BHD. & 3 Ors

This consolidated action between the Dr. Who Waterworks group of Singapore companies and Dr. Who (M) Sdn Bhd and related parties involved a multiplicity of claims and…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 153 SGHC
PARASTATE LABS, INC. v WANG LI & 3 Ors

Parastate Labs Inc, which had invested US$5m in cryptocurrency into a fund managed by Babel Finance, obtained a worldwide Mareva injunction against Mr Wang, a co-founder of Babel…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 127 SGHC
HECTOR FINANCE GROUP LIMITED & Anor v CHAN CHEW KEAK

Two companies sued their former director, Chan Chew Keak, after he caused the second plaintiff to enter loan agreements advancing RMB 14m to a third party that never repaid and…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC(I) 9 SGHC(I)
BIDZINA IVANISHVILI & 4 Ors v CREDIT SUISSE TRUST LIMITED

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 26 May 2023 Case summary Bidzina, Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse Trust Ltd [2023] SGHC(I) 9 Singapore International Commercial Court – Suit No 4 of 2021…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGCA 17 SGCA
BIT BALTIC INVESTMENT & TRADING PTE LTD v WEE SEE BOON

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 26 May 2023 Case summary BIT Baltic Investment & Trading Pte Ltd v Wee See Boon [2023] SGCA 17 Civil Appeal No 26 of 2022…

26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 155 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhammad Salihin Bin Ismail

Muhammad Salihin bin Ismail, a 29-year-old man, was tried for the murder under section 300(c) of the Penal Code of his two-year-old stepdaughter, who died from intra-abdominal…

25 May 2023
[2023] SGCA 16 SGCA
JUMAAT BIN MOHAMED SAYED & 3 Ors v ATTORNEY-GENERAL

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 25 May 2023 Case Summary Jumaat bin Mohamed Sayed and others v Attorney-General [2023] SGCA 16 Civil Appeal No 2 of 2023 (Summons No 8 of 2023)…

25 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 151 SGHC
Gulf International Holding Pte. Ltd. v Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd

Gulf International Holding Pte Ltd applied to place Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd under judicial management arising from the financing of a gas-to-power plant project in Bac Lieu…

24 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 154 SGHC
Lawrence Li See Kit v Debate Association (Singapore)

Lawrence Li See Kit, as personal representative of his deceased son's estate, sued the Debate Association (Singapore), alleging that its negligent and reckless conduct caused the…

23 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 152 SGHC
ADCROP PTE. LTD. v GOKUL VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT AND CAFE PTE. LTD.

Adcrop Pte Ltd sought to wind up Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant and Cafe Pte Ltd, an Indian vegetarian restaurant owned by two sisters-in-law, based on an unsatisfied statutory…

23 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 149 SGHC
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd, the owner of the vessel "LE LI", commenced a limitation action to cap its liability under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 following a…

22 May 2023
[2023] SGHCF 26 SGHCF
WGE v WGF

The wife appealed against a Family Court decision on the division of matrimonial assets and maintenance following a marriage of about ten years, with issues including her…

22 May 2023
[2023] SGHC(I) 8 SGHC(I)
RENAULT SAS v LIBERTY ENGINEERING GROUP PTE. LTD.

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 19 May 2023 Case summary SIC/S 1/2022 Renault SAS v Liberty Engineering Group Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC(I) 8…

19 May 2023