VUG v VUF

[2023] SGHCF 46 High Court (Family Division) 1 November 2023 HCF/DCA 79/2023 12 min read

1 cases cited

Key facts

Court	High Court (Family Division)
Decided	1 November 2023
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Family Law
Counsel	Lee & Lee, T L Yap Law Chambers LLC, Ang Yu Wen Amelia, Ee Hui Ying Samantha, Yap Teong Liang

Source: [2023] SGHCF 46, High Court (Family Division), decided 1 November 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Family Law – Consent orders – Variation

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (5)

Lee & Lee Firm T L Yap Law Chambers LLC Firm Ang Yu Wen Amelia Counsel Respondent Ee Hui Ying Samantha Counsel Respondent Yap Teong Liang Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

VUF Respondent VUG Appellant

Case Significance

VUG v VUF [2023] SGHCF 46 is a reserved judgment of Choo Han Teck J in the General Division of the High Court (Family Division), delivered on 1 November 2023 in District Court Appeal No 79 of 2023. The appellant Husband, aged 48 and running a business in the automobile industry ("MB Ltd"), and the respondent Wife, aged 43, were married on 8 June 2013 and have two daughters; the Wife commenced divorce proceedings on 3 December 2018, with final judgment on 10 August 2021. After earlier appeals, the parties settled and obtained a consent order dated 6 December 2022 varying an earlier order of Lai J, and the present dispute concerns the variation of that consent order, under which Lai J had reduced the amount the Wife was to receive from $422,000 to $86,000.

[2023] SGHCF 46 explained

VUG v VUF ([2023] SGHCF 46) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 1 November 2023. It is categorised under Family Law. 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 [2023] SGHCF 46 about?

VUG v VUF ([2023] SGHCF 46) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Family Law – Consent orders – Variation”, 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 [2023] SGHCF 46 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHCF 26. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

This was an appeal concerning a disputed consent order that had varied an earlier ancillary order in the divorce of a husband in the automobile business and a wife working for a delivery service, married in 2013. The dispute arose over the terms and the requirement for CPF Board approval regarding the sum the wife was to receive, with the court finding there could be no true consent between the parties. The court set aside the disputed consent order under the Family Justice Rules 2014 to free the parties to negotiate afresh, and the appeal was dismissed with no order as to costs.

What was VUG v VUF [2023] SGHCF 46 about?

It was a District Court appeal before Choo Han Teck J in the Family Division of the High Court concerning the variation of a consent order between a divorced couple, decided on 1 November 2023 after their 2013 marriage broke down.

What consent order was disputed in [2023] SGHCF 46?

The dispute concerned a consent order dated 6 December 2022 that varied an earlier order of Lai J, under which the sum the Wife was to receive had been reduced from $422,000 to $86,000.