Singapore court decisions

• Time to enforce an arbitration award runs from when the award goes unpaid

  [2026] SGCA 20 · Court of Appeal · 22 Apr 2026Pacmar Shipping Pte Ltd v South of England Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Ltd (in liquidation) · [2026] SGCA 20 · Court of Appeal · 22 Apr 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• An appeal board that dismissed without reasons was taken to adopt the earlier ones

  [2026] SGCA 19 · Court of Appeal · 17 Apr 2026Qureshi Mohamed Aslam v Majlis Ugama Islam, Singapura · [2026] SGCA 19 · Court of Appeal · 17 Apr 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• A prisoner awaiting capital punishment was refused permission to seek a review

  [2026] SGCA 18 · Court of Appeal · 15 Apr 2026Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj v Public Prosecutor · [2026] SGCA 18 · Court of Appeal · 15 Apr 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• An accused must prove he was a mere courier; the prosecution need not disprove it

  [2026] SGCA 17 · Court of Appeal · 14 Apr 2026Affandi bin Mohamed Hassan v Public Prosecutor and another matter · [2026] SGCA 17 · Court of Appeal · 14 Apr 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• An appeal against a conviction for possessing drugs for trafficking was dismissed

  [2026] SGCA 15 · Court of Appeal · 24 Mar 2026Mustaqim bin Abdul Kadir v Public Prosecutor and another matter · [2026] SGCA 15 · Court of Appeal · 24 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 136

  Police and courts

• The insured did not prove the loss was caused by perils of the seas

  [2026] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 19 Mar 2026Argoglobal Underwriting Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and others v Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd · [2026] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 19 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893

  Money and debt

• A combined sentence well above the norm was not crushing and was proportionate

  [2026] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 18 Mar 2026Soh Chee Wen v Public Prosecutor and another appeal · [2026] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 18 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Penal Code 1871, s 420

  Police and courts

• Foreign representatives cannot bring avoidance claims over deals before the Model Law

  [2026] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 11 Mar 2026Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Ltd and another appeal · [2026] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 11 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Interpretation Act 1965, s 9A

  Money and debt

• The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions on the capital and other charges

  [2026] SGCA 10 · Court of Appeal · 10 Mar 2026Tan Jinxian v Public Prosecutor and another matter · [2026] SGCA 10 · Court of Appeal · 10 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• A new application to review a diamorphine trafficking conviction was dismissed

  [2026] SGCA 11 · Court of Appeal · 10 Mar 2026Khartik Jasudass v Public Prosecutor · [2026] SGCA 11 · Court of Appeal · 10 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Penal Code 1871, s 34

  Police and courts

• Kupetz, Jonathan and others v Terraform Labs Pte Ltd and others and another appeal and other matters

  [2026] SGCA(I) 1 · Court of Appeal · 6 Mar 2026[2026] SGCA(I) 1 · Court of Appeal · 6 Mar 2026

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893

  Police and courts

• A landlord could not claim rent lost by its own voluntary refurbishment closure

  [2026] SGCA 9 · Court of Appeal · 4 Mar 2026Park Hotel Group Management Pte Ltd v Aw Eng Hai (in his capacity as a joint and several liquidator of Park Hotel CQ Pte Ltd (in liquidation)) and others · [2026] SGCA 9 · Court of Appeal · 4 Mar 2026 · Summary

  Money and debt

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