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Kristy Tan J dismissed the Stay Applications, refusing both the forum non conveniens stay and the case management stay, and said she would hear the parties on costs.

The High Court dismissed the appeal.

The court allowed the appeals in part.

The High Court dismissed the appeal, holding that Mr Le had not shown any other forum to be distinctly more appropriate than Singapore, so no stay of the counterclaim was ordered.

The High Court dismissed the wife's appeal, so the Singapore divorce proceedings were not stayed.

The High Court allowed Ms Hu's appeal in part and set aside the registration order under s 5(1)(a)(v) of the REFJA on the public policy ground.

The High Court dismissed the appeal with costs, leaving the Assistant Registrar's refusal of a stay in place, and directed counsel to file arguments on costs by 27 February 2025.

The court allowed Mr Modi's appeal in part and awarded him costs here and below.

Tan Siong Thye SJ allowed both main applications.

The High Court allowed SUM 3555 in part, setting aside the disputed ancillary disclosure orders, and otherwise dismissed it; SUM 3645 was dismissed.

The High Court dismissed both appeals, agreeing with the Assistant Registrar that there was no reason to stay the proceedings.

The Assistant Registrar dismissed APL's application for a stay or dismissal of the action, with APL to pay QVL costs of $9,000 plus disbursements of $3,151.03.

The Appellate Division allowed the appeal and set aside the Judge's decision in its entirety, so OS 1215 would proceed in Singapore.

The High Court allowed GTW's appeal and granted a stay of the Singapore proceedings, with costs to be heard later.

The High Court dismissed AQCEL's application in CWU 23 and allowed LHG's application in CWU 60, ordering that LIH be wound up on just and equitable grounds and appointing LHG's liquidators as joint…

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, upholding the permanent injunctions and other final relief, with costs to the respondents in the aggregate sum of $30,000 all-in.

The High Court allowed the plaintiffs' application for final relief against the first and third defendants.

The Deputy Registrar granted the defendant's application and stayed the Suit in favour of the courts of the Cayman Islands, finding a good arguable case that the exclusive jurisdiction clauses…

The Deputy Registrar granted the defendant's application and stayed the Suit in favour of the courts of the Cayman Islands, finding a good arguable case that the exclusive jurisdiction clauses…

The Appellate Division dismissed both the appeal and the summons for further evidence.

The Appellate Division dismissed both the appeal and the summons for further evidence.

The High Court allowed Ms Hu's appeal in part and set aside the registration order under s 5(1)(a)(v) of the REFJA on the public policy ground.

The High Court allowed Ms Hu's appeal in part and set aside the registration order under s 5(1)(a)(v) of the REFJA on the public policy ground.

The Family Court ordered an unconditional stay of MSS 2621/2025 on its own motion on the ground of forum non conveniens, holding that Western Australia was the clearly more appropriate forum.

The Family Court ordered an unconditional stay of MSS 2621/2025 on its own motion on the ground of forum non conveniens, holding that Western Australia was the clearly more appropriate forum.

The Assistant Registrar dismissed the defendants' application in SUM 1656.

The High Court dismissed the appeal.

The Assistant Registrar allowed Mr Muruthi's application.

The court allowed the summons in part, admitting the opinion on validity of service but not the opinion on setting aside, and dismissed the registrar's appeal, upholding the summary judgment.

The High Court allowed the husband's appeal in part.

The Assistant Registrar allowed the application and ordered summary judgment against the defendant in the terms sought, save that interest running from 25 October 2019 was to be on RMB 11,801,924.58…

The Family Court allowed the wife's applications to admit further evidence and dismissed the husband's application to stay the Singapore divorce proceedings.

The High Court allowed the appeal in part and granted a stay of enforcement pending the final disposal of the Malaysian application and related appeals, on conditions.

The court allowed both applications: it ordered the stay on OS 1193 lifted, joined JPM as the third respondent, and allowed consequential amendments limiting the relief to the return of the shares.

The High Court dismissed the appeal in HC/RA 123/2025, upholding the Assistant Registrar's refusal to stay the Singapore action, and reserved costs to the trial judge.

The Singapore International Commercial Court allowed the application and granted the interim anti-suit injunction, restraining MB until the final determination of OA 18 from pursuing the Nepalese…

The Court of Appeal stated that it would have dismissed the appeals but for their withdrawal, upheld the carve-out as a proper exercise of discretion, rejected the mandatory obligation reasoning,…

The court dismissed the application for an anti-suit injunction and ordered Finaport to pay Techteryx costs fixed at $9,000, including disbursements and GST.

The court dismissed the application for an anti-suit injunction and ordered Finaport to pay Techteryx costs fixed at $9,000, including disbursements and GST.

The court dismissed the application for an anti-suit injunction and ordered Finaport to pay Techteryx costs fixed at $9,000, including disbursements and GST.

The court granted the carve-out sought by GAS and allowed the arbitration against the Sapura entities to proceed, varying the automatic moratorium under Art 20(6) of the Model Law, subject to the…