Singapore Case Law Database

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[2023] SGHC 174 SGHC
KOTTAKKI SRINIVAS PATNAIK v ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Kottakki Srinivas Patnaik, facing criminal charges as a bribe-giver in a private sector corruption scheme under the Prevention of Corruption Act, applied for permission to seek…

21 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 171 SGHC
David Haw Wan Sin & Anor v Wendy Kwek Siang Ling & 6 Ors

Property investors David Haw Wan Sin and Cindy Yee Ai Moi paid S$598,000 under two sale and purchase agreements with Ecohouse Brazil for Brazilian residential units that were…

20 June 2023
[2023] SGCA(I) 5 SGCA(I)
CSDS AIRCRAFT SALES & LEASING INC. v SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 19 June 2023 Case summary CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc v Singapore Airlines Limited [2023] SGCA(I) 5 Civil Appeal No 8 of 2022…

19 June 2023
[2023] SGHCF 29 SGHCF
WKD v WKC

This was a wife's appeal in a divorce concerning the division of matrimonial assets after a 29-year marriage between two music teachers. The District Judge had divided the asset…

19 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 170 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Yogesswaran C Manogaran & Anor

Yogesswaran C Manogaran and Teo Yiu Kin Tee claimed trial to charges of trafficking in diamorphine under s 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act, involving two packets containing not…

19 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 172 SGHC
LIAN CHEE KEK BUDDHIST TEMPLE v ONG AI MOI & 2 Ors

Lian Chee Kek Buddhist Temple, described as a charitable trust registered under the Charities Act 1994, sought a declaration that the defendants held certain land on trust for it…

19 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 167 SGHC
JTRUST ASIA PTE LTD v GROUP LEASE HOLDINGS PTE LTD & 5 Ors

JTrust Asia Pte Ltd sought payment of US$124,474,854 from Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd, Mitsuji Konoshita and related Cyprus companies arising from alleged torts of deceit and…

16 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 168 SGHC
GEEVANATHAN S/O THIRUNAVAKARUSU v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Geevanathan s/o Thirunavakarusu, who pleaded guilty to consuming methamphetamine under the Misuse of Drugs Act as an LT-2 offender, appealed against his sentence of seven years'…

16 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 169 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CEJ

The accused pleaded guilty to six charges, including five counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration under the Penal Code,…

16 June 2023
[2023] SGHCR 7 SGHCR
GUANGHUA SS HOLDINGS LIMITED v LIM YEW CHENG & Anor

Guanghua SS Holdings Limited, having obtained a Hong Kong judgment against two defendants (including sums of USD 7,140,096.20 and USD 220,620,022.33), registered it in Singapore…

15 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 166 SGHC
Hossain Rakib v Ideal Design & Build Pte Ltd

Hossain Rakib, a Bangladeshi construction worker, appealed against an Employment Claims Tribunal decision that denied him overtime pay for over 700 hours of work performed between…

15 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 165 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hashim Bin Ismail & 3 Ors

Four accused persons stood joint trial for trafficking five packets containing not less than 97.02g of diamorphine, brought into Singapore from Malaysia and passed in a relay near…

12 June 2023
[2023] SGCA(I) 4 SGCA(I)
THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA v DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE 9 June 2023 Case summary The Republic of India v Deutsche Telekom AG [2023] SGCA(I) 4 Civil Appeal No 1 of 2023 (Summons No 4 of 2023)…

9 June 2023
[2023] SGHC 164 SGHC
Horizon Capital Fund v Ollech David

Horizon Capital Fund sought summary judgment against Ollech David on a personal guarantee securing a US$1,500,000 Swiss-law facility extended to Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd, while the…

8 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(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] SGHCF 27 SGHCF
WNE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

A 14-year-old appellant pleaded guilty to theft in furtherance of a common intention under section 379 read with section 34 of the Penal Code 1871, having with his older brother…

5 June 2023
[2023] SGHCR 6 SGHCR
AW CHEE PENG v AW CHEE LOO

This taking of accounts and inquiries arose from a dispute between brothers Aw Chee Peng and Aw Chee Loo over rental proceeds from two family properties at Jalan Gelenggang,…

5 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 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 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(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] 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 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] 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