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Foo Diana v Woo Mui Chan [2025] SGHC 125
Where a claim is commenced in the High Court but the damages awarded fall within the jurisdiction of the State Courts, the general practice is to award costs on the applicable State Courts scale unless sufficient reason is shown to justify the High Court scale.
Re CKR Paints & Coating Specialist Pte Ltd (Maybank Singapore Ltd and others, non-parties) [2025] SGHC 120
The court dismissed an application for leave to convene a creditors' meeting under s 210(1) of the Companies Act 1967 because there was no realistic prospect of the proposed scheme receiving the requisite approval from creditors, given the staunch opposition from major creditors
Banner (China) Investment Co Ltd v Ang Tjun Min Jimmy [2025] SGHC 12
The court has the power to direct the process for obtaining signature specimens for handwriting analysis, and a party does not have an absolute right to select the specimens to be used.
Ngor Shing Rong Jake v Wong Mei Lee Millie [2025] SGHC 119
A resulting trust arises where a party contributes to the purchase price of a property without donative intent, even if the property is registered in a 99:1 ratio for security purposes. The claim is not precluded by illegality if the illegal purpose (understamping) was merely con
Lim Yan Yi Michelle v Leow Quek Siong and another [2025] SGHC 118
For an express trust to be created, the three certainties (intention, subject matter, and objects) must be present. In the context of bankruptcy, claims of express trusts over assets must be supported by clear evidence of the settlor's intention, and the court will approach such
Toh Lam Seng v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2025] SGHC 116
The court held that the victim's evidence was unusually convincing despite inconsistencies, and that the appellant's lack of remorse and high risk of reoffending warranted preventive detention over corrective training.
Re Nagarani d/o Karuppiah (Maybank Singapore Ltd and others, non-parties) and another matter [2025] SGHC 115
The court held that an extension of an interim order under the IRDA requires a serious and viable proposal, and that the claimants failed to demonstrate this as their proposals were contingent on failed schemes of arrangement and faced strong creditor opposition.
Tan Tse Haw v Peh Tian Swee and another [2025] SGHC 113
The court held that for the purposes of an unless order, the 'plain and obvious' test applies to determine if a party has complied with a production order. The court cannot resolve disputes as to the sufficiency of discovery based on contentious affidavits at an interlocutory sta
Booi Yee Tze Diana v Lee Zhen Lin Anthony [2025] SGHC 111
The court found the defendant fully liable for negligence in a road traffic accident, rejecting the defendant's version of events and finding no contributory negligence on the part of the claimant.
Tarun Hotchand Chainani v Avinderpal Singh s/o Ranjit Singh and others [2025] SGHC 110
The court determined the principal sums and profits due from the first defendant to the company in a wilful default account, clarifying the burden of proof for falsification and surcharging of accounts.
Far East Opus Pte Ltd v Kuvera Properties Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC 109
The court held that claims under s 2 of the Misrepresentation Act are statutory in nature and founded on contract, thus subject to the six-year limitation period under s 6(1)(a) of the Limitation Act. Furthermore, s 24A(3)(b) of the Limitation Act applies to s 2(1) claims but not
Petrotech Marine Services Sdn Bhd v Wong Wai Leng (trading as Win Services & Agency) and another and another matter [2025] SGHC 105
The judgment in Petrotech Marine Services Sdn Bhd v Wong Wai Leng (trading as Win Services & Agency) and another and another matter [2025] SGHC 105 represents a significant judicial examination of the boundaries of director fiduciary duties and the mechanics of multi-party unlawf
Public Prosecutor v China Railway Tunnel Group Co Ltd (Singapore Branch) [2025] SGHC 101
The Tom-Reck test remains the operative test for corporate attribution in the criminal context in Singapore, focusing on whether the wrongdoer is the directing mind and will of the company within their appropriate sphere.
Tan Tung Wee Eddie v Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC 10
An employer is justified in dismissing an employee for gross misconduct where the employee has breached express contractual confidentiality obligations by accessing patient records without authorisation, and the employer has followed its internal disciplinary procedures.
Tio Geok Hong Bryan v Korbett Pte Ltd and another and another suit [2025] SGHCR 8
The court held that an errant fiduciary may be made to account for profits which he had notionally received, and that the burden of proof lies on the fiduciary to show that the profit is not one for which he should account.
The “Swift Winchester” [2025] SGHCR 7
A claimant who has commenced court proceedings may apply for a stay of those proceedings in favour of arbitration under s 6 of the International Arbitration Act, provided the claim is sufficiently crystallised.
Re Ho Sally (Chan Pik Sun, non-party) and other matters [2025] SGHCR 6
A trustee in bankruptcy must be a person who not only is, but is also reasonably seen to be, independent. A reasonable perception of lack of independence, supported by cogent evidence, may disqualify a prospective trustee.
Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4348 v Hoi Hup Sunway Pasir Ris Pte Ltd and others [2025] SGHCR 5
An extension of time to file an application for summary determination under O 14 r 12 of the Rules of Court 2014 will be refused where the applicant fails to show good cause for the delay and has not proceeded diligently in the conduct of the action.
Exterian Capital Pte Ltd v Wong Jun Jie Adrian and another [2025] SGHCR 40
The court allowed an amendment to the Defence where the defendant sought to align his pleadings with new evidence that emerged after the initial Defence was filed, despite the defendant's previous failure to comply with disclosure obligations.
Maybank Singapore Ltd v Elavarasan s/o Manoharan [2025] SGHCR 4
The Court may exercise its discretion to make a bankruptcy order even if a DRS assessment is ongoing where the debtor's conduct amounts to an abuse of process or is prejudicial to creditors.
Sree Ram Construction Pte Ltd v Green Tag Scaffolding Pte Ltd and another [2025] SGHCR 39
The Rules of Court 2021 do not mandate that a defendant must bring all claims against a claimant as a counterclaim in the existing action; they enable but do not compel a defendant to do so.
GHP Far East Ltd v NPG Global Pte Ltd and another [2025] SGHCR 37
The court's discretion under O 9 rr 4(1) and 4(2) of the ROC 2021 to give judgment or dismiss an action is only enlivened if the defaulting party is absent from the most recent Registrar's Case Conference convened by the court.
Xiamen Tonghin Furniture Industries Co Pte Ltd v Goh Heng Tee [2025] SGHCR 36
The court held that the defendant failed to show a fair and reasonable possibility that he was not properly served with process by the foreign court, and thus there was no breach of natural justice to prevent recognition of the foreign judgment.
UBS Switzerland AG v Koch Shipping Pte Ltd and another [2025] SGHCR 34
The court held that Switzerland was the clearly more appropriate forum for the dispute under the forum non conveniens analysis, as the key witnesses were resident in Switzerland and Swiss law governed the underlying security agreements.