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The High Court dismissed the defendants' application in HC/SUM 2385/2026 in its entirety and allowed the claimants' application in HC/SUM 2549/2026, ordering the third and fourth defendants to take…

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and enhanced the sentences: 27 years' imprisonment for the 1st charge and 84 months for the 11th charge, both consecutive, with concurrent terms of 77 months…

The Appellate Division (Debbie Ong Siew Ling JAD and See Kee Oon JAD) dismissed both appeals, finding the Judge's decision was not plainly wrong or against the weight of the evidence.

The Court of Appeal (Tay Yong Kwang JCA delivering the grounds, with Steven Chong JCA and Ang Cheng Hock JCA) heard both matters on 6 March 2026 and dismissed the criminal motion and the appeal…

The Court of Appeal dismissed the criminal motion to adduce further evidence and dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence.

The Assistant Registrar dismissed the striking-out application, allowing OA 979 to proceed, and ordered that Mr Gunawan, though self-represented, be paid $2,000 (all in) in costs for resisting it.

The court set aside the freezing order ORC 5600 and allowed SUM 2992, the defendant's setting-aside application.

The High Court dismissed the defendants' application in HC/SUM 1733/2025, leaving ORC 619 in place, and allowed LLS's application in HC/SUM 2095/2025, ordering that the interim injunction in ORC 3351…

Chua Lee Ming J granted the applications to the extent the documents were subject to the Riddick principle, giving the companies permission to disclose and use the specified affidavits in the…

Assistant Registrar Wee Yen Jean dismissed IGA's application and declined to strike out any of Ms Goh's claims.

The court allowed Mr Woo's discovery application in part, granting most categories on amended terms; dismissed SEG's unless order application; and allowed SEG's release application in part,…

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence and dismissed both criminal motions on 27 February 2025, upholding 13 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane.

The court dismissed both OA 26 and OA 27, holding DMF a party to the charterparty and bound by the arbitration clause, and leaving illegality and public policy to the tribunal.

Assistant Registrar Chong Ee Hsiun dismissed SUM 165 in its entirety.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that the claims were barred by the extended doctrine of res judicata and were an abuse of process.

The Court of Appeal dismissed Criminal Motion No 47 of 2024 in its entirety as an abuse of process.

Kwek Mean Luck J dismissed the plaintiff's appeal, leaving in place the Assistant Registrar's order granting the 2nd and 3rd defendants leave to amend their Defence.

The Court of Appeal, in grounds delivered by Tay Yong Kwang JCA, allowed the appeals, allowed the amendment applications and dismissed the striking out applications.

The High Court allowed the plaintiffs' application, but only for the sole purpose of letting the Hong Kong court decide whether the defendant had breached its discovery order.

Hri Kumar Nair J allowed the application, granting Third Eye permission to use all the EJD information, including the affidavits, in the RMI application.

Philip Jeyaretnam J allowed the claim in OC 301.

Assistant Registrar Perry Peh dismissed Liu's striking-out application.

Goh Yihan JC allowed the application in part.

The court dismissed all four appeals, affirming the refusal of the amendments and the striking out of both originating summonses on the basis of the firm's undertaking not to advise or act for the…