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STL Machinery Pte Ltd v Hai Leck Marine Contractor Pte Ltd

17. The plaintiffs applied for summary judgment on their action. This came on for hearing before an Assistant Registrar. After hearing counsel the Assistant Registrar gave judgment to the plaintiffs in terms of prayers (i) to (v) of the plaintiffs’ claims without specifying whether the damages were

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THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v THAM YIM SIONG (TAN YANCHANG) & 2 Ors

J held that OS 1051 was groundless and an abuse of the process of the court, and struck out and dismissed OS 1051 against the 9 Ministers and the other two 2 Version No 1: 27 Oct 2020 (22:40 hrs) AG v Tham Yim Siong [2017] SGHC 267 defendants. On 27 May 2016, Woo J struck out OS 1051 against the r

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DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED v THYE KIM MENG

panies — Directors — Duties] Version No 1: 08 Mar 2022 (11:09 hrs) i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................1 BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................2

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WONG SHU KIAT & Anor v CHEN JINPING, MICHELLE & Anor

by Mr Tin and/or the Estate and/or the first defendant on trust for the plaintiffs,32 and an order for an account to be taken with respect to the Outstanding Sum.33 Further or in the alternative, the plaintiffs seek equitable compensation to be assessed and paid by the defendants.34 In addition,

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ATLAS EQUIFIN PRIVATE LIMITED v ELECTRONIC CASH AND PAYMENT SOLUTIONS (S) PTE LTD

olution Act 2018 And In the matter of Electronic Cash and Payment Solutions (S) Pte Ltd Between Atlas Equifin Private Limited … Claimant And Electronic Cash and Payment Solutions (S) Pte Ltd … Defendant And (1) Andy Lim (2) Monica Kochhar (3) Praveen Suri … Non-parties Version No 1: 13 Oct 2022 (

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HYFLUX LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) & 37 Ors v LUM OOI LIN

drochem (S) Pte Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) (3) Bendemeer Infrastructure Pte Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) (4) Eflux Singapore Pte Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) (5) Hyflux Asset Management Pte Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) (6) Hyflux Capital (Singapore) Pt

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PNG SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LIMITED v REX LAM PAKI & 5 Ors

on trust for the plaintiff.12 (c) He diverted Cloudy Bay’s money for his own benefit through a series of irregular transactions13 as follows: 9 Statement of claim, para 6(d). 10 Statement of claim, para 6(d). 11 Statement of claim para 34(b) and 36. 12 Statement of claim paras 23 and 38. 13 S

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Re: RCMA Asia Pte Ltd

on 11 May 2018. I granted RCMA an interim injunction, pending final determination of Suit 191, restraining SEP, its directors, officers, employees and/or agents from “in any way disposing, dealing with or diminishing the value of” RCMA’s 70% share of the FSC Payments paid to SEP, provided that R

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LIM BEE LAN v LEE JUAN LOONG & Anor

526 out of 10,526 shares in ABT.53 This meant that the Plaintiff had a 4.997% stake in ABT instead of the 5% stake that was promised.54 Also, with reference to a S$900,000 paid-up, a 4.997% stake is worth approximately a mere S$44,974, which fell short of the S$300,000 that the Plaintiff had inv

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YEO SU LAN (YANG SHULAN) v THOMAS HONG & 2 Ors

defendant’s appeal and upheld the AR’s decision. I also affirmed the AR’s order for the two suits to be heard one immediately after the other, with the administrative details as to the sequence and other matters to be dealt with at the next pre-trial conference. But because this appeal raised the

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LAU YAW BEN v LAU WEE HION & Anor

the 473 Moneys, the 473A Moneys and the Inheritance Sum (collectively, “the Sums”) on trust for P. In particular, pertaining to the 473 and 473A Moneys: (a) P was in a poor financial state at the time he entrusted the 473 and 473A Moneys to D1. P owed $1,631,738.18 to RHB as of 30 April 2006 (wh

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ZHANG ZHENCHENG V TAN HUAY LIM & ANOR

that since no action had been taken and the documents had not been dispatched for inspection, “the defendant was perfectly entitled, on taking advice, to withdraw the waiver and her withdrawal was effective” (at 1240). 27 The principle is well expressed in The Law of Privilege (Bankim Thanki gen

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The "Dilmun Fulmar"

Tan Jude Benny) for plaintiff; Michael Lai and Wendy Tan (Haq and Selvam) for interveners Parties : — Admiralty and Shipping – Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest – Action in rem – Ship repairers entered into settlement agreement with vessel's owners in full and final settlement of outstanding claims

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JASON SIM CHON ANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

OF DECISION [Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Trials — Taking and recording of evidence in] [Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Criminal review] Version No 1: 26 Sep 2022 (12:23 hrs) i TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND FACTS ...........................................................................

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APPANGAM GOVINDHASAMY & 3 Ors v SALAYA KALAIRANI & Anor

WHETHER TG HELD HIS HALF-SHARE IN THE PROPERTY ON A RESULTING TRUST.........................................................................12 WHETHER TEY HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE...........13 WHETHER TG HAD THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR HIS HALF-SHARE......................15 THE OBJ

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VLT v VLS & Anor

vil Procedure] — [Originating processes] Version No 1: 12 Oct 2022 (20:48 hrs) This judgment is subject to final editorial corrections approved by the court and/or redaction pursuant to the publisher’s duty in compliance with the law, for publication in LawNet and/or the Singapore Law Reports. V

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CONVEXITY LIMITED v PHOENIXFIN PTE LTD & 2 Ors

td (3) Phoenixfin Ltd … Respondents JUDGMENT [Arbitration] — [Award] — [Recourse against award] — [Setting aside] [Arbitration] — [Award] — [Recourse against award] — [Tribunal’s powers] Version No 1: 19 Apr 2021 (18:19 hrs) i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................................

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ABUTHAHIR S/O ABDUL GAFOOR, THE PRIVATE TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF THE ESTATE OF APARNA DONTI (A BANKRUPT) v BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

in the Official Assignee’s Bankruptcy Estate Account pending the court’s determination of the application. The funding agreement 21 Three of Aparna’s creditors, IOB, OCBC and the defendant (the “Funding Creditors”), agreed to fund the present application by the Private Trustee on the following te

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Suria Shaik Aziz

in Re Wong Wai Loong Sean and other matters [2022] SGHC 237 (“Re Wong Wai Loong Sean”) and Re Tay Jie Qi and another matter [2023] SGHC 59 (“Re Tay Jie Qi”), the central inquiry in admission applications, where there is no question as to the applicant’s competence or qualifications, is whether t

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Aaquaverse Pte. Ltd.

n Act 2018 Aaquaverse Pte Ltd … Applicant Originating Application No 647 of 2022 In the Matter of Section 65 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 Aaqua BV … Applicant Originating Application No 648 of 2022 In the Matter of Section 65 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Disso

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Ang Kong Meng v Lim Teck Boon and Another

would have sold the factory premises in Singapore (held on a 30 year lease from 1984 with an option for a further term of 30 years) before the downturn in the property market sometime in late 1997. The assistant registrar assessed this loss to the plaintiff at $50,000 to compensate him for his loss

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CHAN TAM HOI @ PAUL CHAN v WANG JIAN

Summary of the applicable principles in relation to ascertaining the existence of an oral agreement ..............30 (D) Ascertaining the terms of an oral agreement....................30 (2) Application to the present case ...................................................31 (A) The relevant docum

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CXN v CXO & Anor

And (1) CXO (2) Chui Jin Hua Vincent … Defendants JUDGMENT [Tort — Negligence — Duty of care] [Tort — Negligence — Breach of duty] [Tort — Negligence — Apportionment of liability] Version No 1: 13 Dec 2022 (11:27 hrs) i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................

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BGC Partners (Singapore) Limited v Yap Yuk Hee & 2 Ors

SUMMARY OF BGC’S CASE.............................................................................6 SUMMARY OF THE DEFENDANTS’ CASE...........................................................8 ISSUES TO BE DETERMINED ..................................................................10 ISSUE (A): WHET

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