XIU v XIV

[2025] SGHCF 28 High Court (Family Division) 24 April 2025 HCF/DT 6138/2021 51 min read
24 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court High Court (Family Division)
Decided
Judge Tan Siong Thye
Charges / claim Family Law
Counsel Sterling Law Corporation, WongPartnership LLP, Andrea Ang Si Min, Chan Yu Xin, Sim Bock Eng, Yeo Kan Kiang Roy

Source: [2025] SGHCF 28, High Court (Family Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Case Significance

[2025] SGHCF 28 is a High Court (Family Division) decision dated 24 April 2025 concerning Family Law, specifically addressing maintenance and matrimonial assets. The judgment was delivered by Tan Siong Thye. The case was brought by XIU (plaintiff) against XIV (defendant). Legal representation was provided by WongPartnership LLP and Sterling Law Corporation. The judgment cites 24 cases.

[2025] SGHCF 28 explained

XIU v XIV ([2025] SGHCF 28) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Family Division) on 24 April 2025. It is categorised under Family Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. 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 [2025] SGHCF 28 about?

XIU v XIV ([2025] SGHCF 28) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Family Law — Maintenance — Wife” and “Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division”, 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 [2025] SGHCF 28 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHCF 21. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2025] SGHCF 28?

Within this corpus, [2025] SGHCF 28 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

A divorce case involving a 27-year marriage where the husband's infidelity triggered the breakdown, with disputes over the division of multiple properties, businesses, and investments. The court divided the matrimonial assets 55:45 in favour of the wife and ordered the husband to pay lump sum spousal maintenance of $84,000.

What was decided in [2025] SGHCF 28?

[2025] SGHCF 28 (XIU v XIV) is a High Court (Family Division) decision from 24 April 2025 addressing Family Law, specifically maintenance and matrimonial assets. The judgment was delivered by Tan Siong Thye.

Who were the parties in XIU v XIV ([2025] SGHCF 28)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHCF 28 was XIU, and the defendant was XIV. Legal representation included Sterling Law Corporation and WongPartnership LLP. The case was decided on 24 April 2025 in the High Court (Family Division).

Which judge decided [2025] SGHCF 28?

[2025] SGHCF 28 was delivered by Tan Siong Thye in the High Court (Family Division) on 24 April 2025. The case concerned Family Law.

What cases and statutes does [2025] SGHCF 28 cite?

[2025] SGHCF 28 cites 24 prior decisions.

Cases Cited (24)

SG (8)
[2016] SGCA 2 [2021] SGCA 105 [2021] SGCA 38 [2022] SGHCF 11 [2022] SGHCF 23 [2022] SGHCF 7 [2023] SGHCF 49 [2024] SGHCF 21
SLR (16)
[1991] 2 SLR(R) 196 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 743 [2011] 2 SLR 1157 [2012] 2 SLR 506 [2014] 2 SLR 1320 [2015] 2 SLR 195 [2015] 4 SLR 1043 [2016] 2 SLR 686 [2016] 3 SLR 1172 [2017] 1 SLR 609 [2017] 4 SLR 213 [2019] 1 SLR 608 [2019] 3 SLR 178 [2020] 2 SLR 588 [2021] 1 SLR 426 [2024] 1 SLR 851

Cited By (1)

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Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHCF 28)