Singapore court decisions

• Convictions for sexually assaulting a wife and obstructing justice were upheld

  [2025] SGCA 38 · Court of Appeal · 8 Aug 2025CHJ v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 38 · Court of Appeal · 8 Aug 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Penal Code 1871

  Police and courts

• A stay of execution sought by a prisoner awaiting capital punishment was dismissed

  [2025] SGCA 39 · Court of Appeal · 30 Jul 2025Kishor Kumar A/L Raguan v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 39 · Court of Appeal · 30 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• A prisoner awaiting execution was refused permission to seek a stay to obtain new evidence

  [2025] SGCA 37 · Court of Appeal · 25 Jul 2025Chandroo Subramaniam v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 37 · Court of Appeal · 25 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• An appeal against a Mareva injunction succeeded: no real risk of dissipation was shown

  [2025] SGCA 36 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jul 2025Continental Shipping Line Pte Ltd v Jonathan John Shipping Ltd · [2025] SGCA 36 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 12A

  Police and courts

• Accepting that money paid into court is security did not mean agreeing it be paid out

  [2025] SGCA 35 · Court of Appeal · 21 Jul 2025Singapore Commodities Group Co, Pte Ltd v Founder Group (Hong Kong) L td (in liquidation) · [2025] SGCA 35 · Court of Appeal · 21 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Police and courts

• A statement in a letter of indemnity was found true and not fraudulently made

  [2025] SGCA 33 · Court of Appeal · 7 Jul 2025Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA, DIFC Branch and another v China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp Ltd · [2025] SGCA 33 · Court of Appeal · 7 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Money and debt

• Wuhu Ruyi Xinbo Investment Partnership (Ltd Partnership) v European Topsoho Sàrl

  [2025] SGCA 32 · Court of Appeal · 4 Jul 2025[2025] SGCA 32 · Court of Appeal · 4 Jul 2025

• A vessel's sale by another court was not a disposal by the judicial managers

  [2025] SGCA 29 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025Natixis, Singapore Branch v Seshadri Rajagopalan and others and other appeals · [2025] SGCA 29 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Money and debt

• A person need not be summoned to court before being ordered to produce documents

  [2025] SGCA 31 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025Zhu Su v Three Arrows Capital Ltd and others and other appeals · [2025] SGCA 31 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Police and courts

• A subrogation claim to a vessel's sale proceeds should have been brought in rem

  [2025] SGCA 30 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jun 2025Da Hui Shipping (Pte) Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) v An Rong Shipping Pte Ltd (in liquidation) (Societe Generale, Singapore Branch and another, non-parties) · [2025] SGCA 30 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856, s 2

  Running a business

• Proofs of debt were expunged as the creditors could not show the debts were genuine

  [2025] SGCA 27 · Court of Appeal · 20 Jun 2025Yit Chee Wah and another v Inner Mongolia Huomei-Hongjun Aluminium Electricity Co, Ltd and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 27 · Court of Appeal · 20 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Money and debt

• Ads using only the words of a composite mark were too dissimilar to infringe it

  [2025] SGCA 28 · Court of Appeal · 19 Jun 2025East Coast Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd v Family Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd · [2025] SGCA 28 · Court of Appeal · 19 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

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