Portrait of Justice of the Court of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang

Tay Yong Kwang

Justice of the Court of Appeal 125 cases

Justice of the Court of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang has 125 reported Singapore decisions (2023–2026) in the SGCA.

These cases span several subject areas, most often Criminal Procedure and Sentencing, Criminal Law and Legal Profession.

Reported decisions
125
Courts
SGCA, SGHC, SGHC(A)
Period
January 2023 to August 2026

Source: derived from 125 published Singapore judgments, most recent decision .

Tay Yong Kwang in the reported-judgment record

How Tay Yong Kwang appeared

Judge
67 cases
Delivering Judge
58 cases

Recorded outcomes

Appeal dismissed
16
Appeal allowed
12
Application dismissed
8
Appeal allowed in part
7
Application granted
1
Suspended from practice
1
Convicted
1

Disposition recorded in 46 of 125 cases.

What the courts decided

[2026] SGCA 35 Appeal allowed in part

“We allow the appeal against sentence, and we substitute the global sentence of 19 years and 6 months’ imprisonment imposed by the Judge with a sentence of 16 years and 7 months’ imprisonment.”

CFE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR · SGCA · · Judge
[2026] SGCA 29 Appeal dismissed

“…we dismiss the appeal and exercise our discretion to enhance the Appellant’s sentence for the attempted rape offence to seven years and seven months’ imprisonment with three strokes of the cane.”

Gao Xiong v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR · SGCA · · Judge
[2026] SGHC 90 Appeal allowed

“We therefore allow the appeal and enhance the sentences for the First CDSA Charge to 22 months’ imprisonment and the Second CDSA Charge to 26 months’ imprisonment.”

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TAN SHAY HOWE · SGHC · · Judge
[2026] SGCA 17 Appeal dismissed

“…we dismissed the appeal in CCA 5 as well.”

AFFANDI BIN MOHAMED HASSAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR · SGCA · · Delivering Judge
[2026] SGCA 11 Application dismissed

“For the above reasons, pursuant to s 394H of the CPC, I dismiss CM 1 summarily without it being set down for hearing.”

KHARTIK JASUDASS v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR · SGCA · · Delivering Judge
[2025] SGHC 234 Application granted

“…we grant the Applications and hereby order that the respondent be struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court of Singapore.”

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v YEO YAO HUI, CHARLES (YANG YAOHUI) · SGHC · · Judge

Parties in these cases

The Law Society of Singapore9 Law Society of Singapore7 Singapore Medical Council5 Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa4 Ravi s/o Madasamy3 Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council2 Aljunied-Hougang Town Council2 Sengkang Town Council2

What areas of law does Tay Yong Kwang specialize in?

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing 66 cases

Reported between January 2023 and July 2026.

Criminal Law 43 cases

Reported between January 2023 and August 2026.

Legal Profession 17 cases

Reported between January 2023 and April 2026.

Career Timeline

District Judge at the Subordinate Courts (renamed as the State Courts (2014)

Judicial Commissioner and subsequently a High Court Judge (2003)

Source: judiciary.gov.sg

Education

Career Before the Bench

Justice Tay started his judicial career with the Supreme Court in 1981, first as an Assistant Registrar and then as Deputy Registrar

125
Total Cases
58
Delivered
67
Sat On (Coram)

Cases Delivered (58)

[2026] SGHC 114 SGHC
GE ZHI v ATTORNEY-GENERAL
26 May 2026
[2026] SGHC 110 SGHC
GALVEZ MARY JOE BLANCO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
21 May 2026
[2026] SGCA 23 SGCA
Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
19 May 2026
[2026] SGCA 21 SGCA
Chong Hoon Cheong v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
28 April 2026
[2026] SGHC 88 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHAN JUN HONG
27 April 2026
[2026] SGCA 17 SGCA
AFFANDI BIN MOHAMED HASSAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 April 2026
[2026] SGCA 11 SGCA
KHARTIK JASUDASS v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
10 March 2026
[2025] SGCA 55 SGCA
Muhammed Izwan Bin Borhan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 December 2025
[2025] SGCA 54 SGCA
SAMINATHAN A/L SELVARAJU v ATTORNEY-GENERAL
26 November 2025
[2025] SGHC 227 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZH BUILDERS PTE. LTD.
17 November 2025
[2025] SGHC 216 SGHC
SUN WEIYEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
31 October 2025
[2025] SGCA 48 SGCA
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Mark Kalaivanan s/o Tamilarasan
13 October 2025
[2025] SGHC 192 SGHC
KATCHU MOHIDEEN BAZEER AHAMED v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
26 September 2025
[2025] SGHC 175 SGHC
The Law Society of Singapore v Dhanwant Singh
4 September 2025
[2025] SGHC 165 SGHC
NARESH KUMAR S/O NAGESVARAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
22 August 2025
[2025] SGCA 38 SGCA
CHJ v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
8 August 2025
[2025] SGCA 39 SGCA
KISHOR KUMAR A/L RAGUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 July 2025
[2025] SGHC 101 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CHINA RAILWAY TUNNEL GROUP CO., LTD.
29 May 2025
[2025] SGCA 6 SGCA
HAMZAH BIN IBRAHIM v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 February 2025
[2024] SGHC 320 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v MARLENE WISE
12 December 2024
[2024] SGCA 58 SGCA
CHANG PENG HONG CLARENCE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
4 December 2024
[2024] SGCA 56 SGCA
Masoud Rahimi Bin Mehrzad v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
28 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 54 SGCA
LIM OON KUIN & 2 Ors v Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
25 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 51 SGCA
ROSLAN BIN BAKAR v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
14 November 2024
[2024] SGHC 290 SGHC
DAO THI BOI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
8 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 45 SGCA
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v XU YUANCHEN
29 October 2024
[2024] SGCA 40 SGCA
SULAIMAN BIN JUMARI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
15 October 2024
[2024] SGCA 38 SGCA
MOHAMMAD AZWAN BIN BOHARI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 October 2024
[2024] SGHC 218 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v NEDUMARAN MUTHUKRISHNAN
29 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 26 SGCA
Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
2 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 25 SGCA
BWJ v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
1 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 24 SGCA
Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 July 2024
[2024] SGCA 22 SGCA
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhammad Salihin Bin Ismail
1 July 2024
[2024] SGHC 140 SGHC
GFX v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 20 SGCA
Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
21 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 18 SGCA
Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
17 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 15 SGCA
Nicholas Eng Teng Cheng v Government of the City of Buenos Aires
15 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 8 SGCA
MERLUR BINTE AHMAD v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
18 March 2024
[2024] SGHC 66 SGHC
FAHD SIDDIQUI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
13 March 2024
[2024] SGCA 6 SGCA
Shen Hanjie v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
1 March 2024
[2023] SGHC 349 SGHC
YAP KIAN SING v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
11 December 2023
[2023] SGHC 350 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v Cheng Kim Kuan
11 December 2023
[2023] SGCA 44 SGCA
TIKA PESIK v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 November 2023
[2023] SGHC 338 SGHC
SYED FATHUDDIN PUTRA BIN SYED A RAHMAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
29 November 2023
[2023] SGCA 35 SGCA
CHANDER KUMAR A/L JAYAGARAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
31 October 2023
[2023] SGCA 34 SGCA
TAN WEI WEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 October 2023
[2023] SGCA 33 SGCA
Mohd Noor Bin Ismail v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
20 October 2023
[2023] SGHC 261 SGHC
MUHAMMAD ISA BIN AHMAD v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 September 2023
[2023] SGCA 25 SGCA
Mohamed Aliff Bin Mohamed Yusoff v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
11 September 2023
[2023] SGHC 246 SGHC
MOHD SADIQUE BIN IBRAHIM MARICAN v THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE & Anor
5 September 2023
[2023] SGHC 188 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TAN TECK LEONG, MELVIN (CHEN DELIANG, MELVIN)
14 July 2023
[2023] SGCA 19 SGCA
CJH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
6 July 2023
[2023] SGCA 18 SGCA
LIM CHOON BENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
5 June 2023
[2023] SGCA 15 SGCA
Muhammad Faizal Bin Mohd Shariff v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
16 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 140 SGHC
OLIVER LIM YUE XUAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
12 May 2023
[2023] SGCA 12 SGCA
Abdoll Mutaleb Bin Raffik v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
26 April 2023
[2023] SGCA 11 SGCA
MOHD AKEBAL S/O GHULAM JILANI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
23 March 2023
[2023] SGCA 2 SGCA
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v BWJ
11 January 2023

Coram (67)

[2026] SGCA 38 SGCA
Mohammad Shaffy Bin Hassan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
25 August 2026
[2026] SGCA 35 SGCA
CFE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
29 July 2026
[2026] SGCA 29 SGCA
Gao Xiong v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 July 2026
[2026] SGHC 89 SGHC
KENNETH LUM HSIEN LOONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
29 April 2026
[2026] SGHC 90 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v TAN SHAY HOWE
29 April 2026
[2026] SGHC 78 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v LIM TEAN
10 April 2026
[2026] SGCA 15 SGCA
Mustaqim Bin Abdul Kadir v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
24 March 2026
[2026] SGCA 13 SGCA
Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
18 March 2026
[2026] SGHC 9 SGHC
The Law Society of Singapore v K V Sudeep Kumar & Anor
13 January 2026
[2025] SGHC 234 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v YEO YAO HUI, CHARLES (YANG YAOHUI)
28 November 2025
[2025] SGCA 49 SGCA
Soh Chee Wen v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
10 October 2025
[2025] SGCA 46 SGCA
FRANCESCO MAZZAGATTI v ALLIANCE PETROCHEMICAL INVESTMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
24 September 2025
[2025] SGCA 44 SGCA
Zin Mar Nwe v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
18 September 2025
[2025] SGHC 167 SGHC
PRAKASH S/O MATHIVANAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
27 August 2025
[2025] SGHC 136 SGHC
The Law Society of Singapore v Yeo Poh Tiang (Yang Baozhen)
18 July 2025
[2025] SGHC 135 SGHC
JEREMIAH NG EN YOU (HUANG ENYOU) v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 July 2025
[2025] SGHC 129 SGHC
Lee Pheng Lip Ian v Singapore Medical Council
8 July 2025
[2025] SGHC(A) 7 SGHC(A)
Goh Jin Hian v Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd
5 June 2025
[2025] SGHC 98 SGHC
ABDUL GHUFRAN BIN ABDUL WAHID v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
27 May 2025
[2025] SGCA 21 SGCA
GIL v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
6 May 2025
[2025] SGCA 20 SGCA
KHOO PHAIK EAN PATRICIA & Anor v KHOO PHAIK ENG KATHERINE & 2 Ors
30 April 2025
[2025] SGHC 76 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ZHENG JIA
24 April 2025
[2025] SGCA 8 SGCA
AZUIN BIN MOHD TAP v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
27 February 2025
[2025] SGHC(A) 3 SGHC(A)
EE HUP CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD v CHINA JINGYE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED (SINGAPORE BRANCH) & Anor
11 February 2025
[2025] SGHC 17 SGHC
Dr Ang Yong Guan v Singapore Medical Council
5 February 2025
[2025] SGCA 2 SGCA
ATTORNEY-GENERAL v SHANMUGAM MANOHAR & Anor
13 January 2025
[2024] SGCA 59 SGCA
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CPS
6 December 2024
[2024] SGCA 55 SGCA
Iskandar Bin Jinan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
28 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 52 SGCA
TOWA CORPORATION v ASMPT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
22 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 53 SGCA
Fonterra Brands (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. v Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano
22 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 48 SGCA
LI JIALIN & Anor v WINGCROWN INVESTMENT PTE LTD
6 November 2024
[2024] SGHC 283 SGHC
SINGAPORE MEDICAL COUNCIL v DR LING CHIA TIEN
6 November 2024
[2024] SGCA 32 SGCA
Owner and/or Demise Charterer of the vessel A SYMPHONY (IMO No. 9249324) v Owner of the vessel "SEA JUSTICE" (IMO No. 9309514)
26 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 33 SGCA
Lim Wei Fong, Nicman v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
26 August 2024
[2024] SGHC 214 SGHC
Attorney-General v Jill Phua
20 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 29 SGCA
CRH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 28 SGCA
LO KOK JONG v ENG BENG
8 August 2024
[2024] SGCA 23 SGCA
MAGENDRAN MUNIANDY v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
30 July 2024
[2024] SGHC 171 SGHC
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v RANDY ROSIGIT
4 July 2024
[2024] SGHC 152 SGHC
DARYLE SEAH MING YANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 June 2024
[2024] SGHC 141 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v RAVI S/O MADASAMY
31 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 17 SGCA
XU YUANCHEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
20 May 2024
[2024] SGHC 129 SGHC
CHEN SONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
14 May 2024
[2024] SGHC 126 SGHC
Dr Ang Yong Guan v Singapore Medical Council
13 May 2024
[2024] SGCA 13 SGCA
Mohamed Mubin Bin Abdul Rahman v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
8 May 2024
[2024] SGHC 90 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v EZEKIEL PETER LATIMER
28 March 2024
[2024] SGCA 5 SGCA
KOTTAKKI SRINIVAS PATNAIK v ATTORNEY-GENERAL
1 March 2024
[2024] SGHC 19 SGHC
The Law Society of Singapore v Seah Choon Huat Johnny
25 January 2024
[2023] SGCA 45 SGCA
QBE INSURANCE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD & Anor v RELAX BEACH CO LTD
21 December 2023
[2023] SGHC 348 SGHC
KAMIS BIN BASIR v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
11 December 2023
[2023] SGCA 42 SGCA
HOW WENG FAN & 2 Ors v PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TOWN COUNCIL
29 November 2023
[2023] SGCA 37 SGCA
CONSORZIO DI TUTELA DELLA DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE CONTROLLATA PROSECCO v AUSTRALIAN GRAPE AND WINE INCORPORATED
8 November 2023
[2023] SGCA 36 SGCA
Eddie Lee Zheng Da v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 November 2023
[2023] SGHC 306 SGHC
NG KOK WAI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
27 October 2023
[2023] SGCA 31 SGCA
COT v COU & 2 Ors
11 October 2023
[2023] SGCA 30 SGCA
Mustapah Bin Abdullah v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
3 October 2023
[2023] SGHC 254 SGHC
Ho Tze Woon v Singapore Medical Council
11 September 2023
[2023] SGCA 23 SGCA
Muhammad Hamir B Laka v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
21 July 2023
[2023] SGCA 21 SGCA
HOW WENG FAN & 2 Ors v PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TOWN COUNCIL
7 July 2023
[2023] SGCA 17 SGCA
BIT BALTIC INVESTMENT & TRADING PTE LTD v WEE SEE BOON
26 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 132 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v ANDREW JOHN HANAM
10 May 2023
[2023] SGHC 112 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v RAVI S/O MADASAMY
26 April 2023
[2023] SGHC 65 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v RAVI S/O MADASAMY
21 March 2023
[2023] SGCA 6 SGCA
MILAHA EXPLORER PTE. LTD. v PENGRUI LEASING (TIANJIN) CO. LTD.
20 February 2023
[2023] SGHC 35 SGHC
NICHOLAS TAN SIEW CHYE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
17 February 2023
[2023] SGCA 3 SGCA
ETHOZ CAPITAL LTD v IM8EX PTE LTD & 2 Ors
20 January 2023
[2023] SGHC 7 SGHC
THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v SYN KOK KAY
10 January 2023