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Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) [2025] SGCA 12
An appellate court should generally not entertain a challenge to the official record of the hearing below unless the issue has been ventilated before the court or judge below.
Re Fullerton Capital Ltd (in liquidation) [2025] SGCA 11
The court held that Art 16(3) of the SG Model Law creates a rebuttable presumption that the debtor's COMI is at its registered office, which serves as the starting point for COMI analysis, and that this presumption is rebuttable on the balance of probabilities.
CIX v DGN [2025] SGCA 10
The extended doctrine of res judicata (Henderson v Henderson) applies to bar fresh claims that could and ought to have been raised in prior arbitration proceedings, even where the defendant in the subsequent court action was not a party to the arbitration.
Gonzalo Gil White v Oro Negro Drilling Pte Ltd and others [2024] SGCA 9
The court held that there was no identity of issues between the Singapore proceedings and the Mexican insolvency proceedings, and that judicial comity could not be applied to deny a permanent injunction where the foreign decisions were procured in breach of the court's own interi
Public Prosecutor v CPS [2024] SGCA 59
Rehabilitation is not the predominant sentencing consideration for young offenders who commit serious offences like rape, especially when aggravating factors such as victim vulnerability, group elements, and recalcitrance are present.
Chang Peng Hong Clarence v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 58
The Court of Appeal held that under s 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, a sentencing judge must impose a separate penalty order for each charge of accepting gratification on which an accused is convicted, rather than a single global penalty order.
DGJ v Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd (in liquidation) and another appeal [2024] SGCA 57
Assignments of claims executed with the aim of asserting an insolvency set-off in anticipation of liquidation are void and unenforceable as they subvert the pari passu distribution regime.
Iskandar bin Jinan v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2024] SGCA 55
The Court of Appeal calibrated the Sentencing Advisory Panel's PG Guidelines for drug trafficking and importation offences, establishing a maximum sentence reduction of 10% for guilty pleas, with a maximum of 5% for subsequent stages, while affirming that the guidelines are non-b
Lim Oon Kuin and others v Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and other appeals [2024] SGCA 54
The Henderson doctrine of abuse of process requires a prior judicial determination on the merits to be applicable, and thus cannot be invoked to bar amendments within the same action where no such determination has occurred.
TOWA Corp v ASMPT Singapore Pte Ltd and another appeal [2024] SGCA 52
The court held that 'general additional costs of sales' which are unclassified and apply to the whole product range should be proportionally allocated to the infringing product line, as it is reasonable to infer these costs increase with sales.
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd v PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills and others and another matter [2024] SGCA 50
A tortious claim arising from an incident occurring during the performance of a contract of carriage is subject to an arbitration agreement if the claim is causatively connected to the contractual relationship, even if the claim is not parallel to a contractual claim.
Kassimatis, Theodoros KC v Attorney-General and another and another appeal [2024] SGCA 49
The court held that to demonstrate a 'special reason' for ad hoc admission of foreign counsel in restricted areas of law, an applicant must show something independent of the s 15(1) requirements and the Notification Matters Stage, such as materiality in the context of the case.
Karan Chandur Tilani v Maarten Hein Bernard Koedijk and another [2024] SGCA 46
The court held that confidentiality of an arbitration is not absolute and cannot be protected by a sealing order if the confidentiality has already been lost through disclosure in open court proceedings.
Nature One Dairy (Australia) Pte Ltd v Bicheno Investments Pty Ltd [2024] SGCA 44
Permission to appeal is required for an order appointing interim judicial managers as it is an interlocutory order, and such permission will not be granted where the applicant fails to show a prima facie case of error.
British Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association Ltd and another v Thresh, Charles and another [2024] SGCA 43
The centre of main interests (COMI) of a regulated company is determined by its legitimate activities and regulatory framework; illegitimate activities conducted in breach of its licence are excluded from the COMI analysis.
CNK v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 42
The court held that while a mental disorder may attenuate culpability, it does not act as a blanket excuse, especially where the offender retains rationality and premeditation. Retribution and deterrence remain dominant principles for heinous offences.
Sulaiman bin Jumari v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 40
The Court of Appeal held that a criminal motion seeking a stay of execution based on an ongoing civil proceeding challenging the constitutionality of the PACC procedure is without merit where the applicant has no new material to challenge the conviction and sentence.
Re Estate of BKR, deceased [2024] SGCA 4
The court's jurisdiction under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 ends upon the death of the incapacitated person, and the court has no jurisdiction to grant orders for remuneration or authorisation of fees for deputies after the person's demise.
Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin and others v Attorney-General [2024] SGCA 39
The court held that the Singapore Prison Services and the Attorney-General's Chambers acted unlawfully in requesting and disclosing prisoners' personal correspondence without legal basis, and that such disclosure constituted a breach of confidence.
Pausi bin Jefridin v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2024] SGCA 37
The Court of Appeal dismissed several criminal motions brought by prisoners awaiting capital punishment, holding that the disclosure of their correspondence to the Attorney-General's Chambers after their convictions and appeals had concluded could not have affected the integrity
S Iswaran v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 35
The Court of Appeal held that a question of law is not of public interest if it is settled by established legal principles or does not admit of difficulty. The court also clarified that the Prosecution's disclosure obligations under s 214(1)(d) of the CPC are limited to statement
Lim Wei Fong Nicman v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 33
The court held that the chain of custody was established by DNA evidence and that the defence of duress was unavailable as the threats did not compel the appellant to commit the offence and the appellant had voluntarily placed himself in the situation.
The “Sea Justice” [2024] SGCA 32
The loss of security obtained in an in rem action is not a legitimate juridical advantage under the second stage of the Spiliada test where a limitation fund is already available in the appropriate forum.
Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd v Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd and another appeal [2024] SGCA 31
The Fraud Exception for letters of credit is engaged where a beneficiary makes a false representation knowingly, or without belief in its truth, which includes being reckless in the sense of being indifferent to the truth.