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CHNG HEOW HO @ VICTOR CHNG v ROGER CHNG CHOON MING
The court found that the purported agreement for equal distribution of profits among the brothers was not formed, and that the restructuring agreement effectively extinguished any claims to the family funds.
WANG PIAO V LEE WEE CHING
A claimant establishes a prima facie case for summary judgment by producing a signed loan agreement, and the defendant must then show a real or bona fide defence to avoid summary judgment.
DBL v DBM
A party challenging an arbitration award for breach of natural justice must show that the breach was connected to the making of the award and caused actual prejudice.
ZHONGSHAN SHENGWANG ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD. v TRIPLE D TRADING PTE. LTD.
The court held that the plaintiff was the contracting party for the sale of goods, as the third party involved acted only as an export agent under an agency agreement, and the defendant failed to prove its claim that it contracted with the third party.
JOHAN DANIEL BLOMBERG v KHAN ZHI YAN
A substantive contractual consent order cannot be set aside ab initio unless there are recognised vitiating factors in contract law; the court has no residual discretion to set aside such orders to prevent injustice.
Santoso Winoto v Suseno Winoto & Anor
The court has the inherent power to stay the implementation and distribution of an order for sale, but such discretion must be exercised on principled grounds. The court will not grant a stay where the application is inappropriate, late, and lacks credible evidence or bona fides.
WNW v WNX
The court held that a matrimonial home remains a matrimonial asset subject to division even if acquired before marriage or by inheritance, and that an agreement between parties on the division of assets is a factor for the court to consider but is not binding if it does not achie
Lee Wee Ching v Wang Piao
The court established a three-stage analytical framework for determining applications to amend pleadings post-summary judgment, emphasizing that such amendments should be granted sparingly to maintain finality.