Singapore court decisions

• The court refused to set aside the tribunal's decision to dismiss the owner's counterclaim

  [2025] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd v Hilton Worldwide Manage Ltd and another · [2025] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• Permission to review an earlier decision was refused; the application lacked merit

  [2025] SGCA 15 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025Muhammad Salleh bin Hamid v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 15 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• No error in allowing arbitration claims against a company in foreign restructuring

  [2025] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 21 Mar 2025Sapura Fabrication Sdn Bhd and others v GAS and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 21 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 6

  Money and debt

• A challenge to a judge's notes usually should not go first to the appeal court

  [2025] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 17 Mar 2025Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) · [2025] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 17 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• An appeal was dismissed; it was an abuse of process once the dispute had been settled

  [2025] SGCA 10 · Court of Appeal · 13 Mar 2025CIX v DGN · [2025] SGCA 10 · Court of Appeal · 13 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• No bad faith or non-disclosure was found to engage the public policy exception

  [2025] SGCA 11 · Court of Appeal · 13 Mar 2025Re Fullerton Capital Ltd (in liquidation) · [2025] SGCA 11 · Court of Appeal · 13 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 3

  Money and debt

• An application for additional evidence was an abuse of process: it sought a retrial

  [2025] SGCA 9 · Court of Appeal · 7 Mar 2025Masri Bin Hussain v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 9 · Court of Appeal · 7 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Police and courts

• New psychiatric reports were refused because they were not material to the appeal

  [2025] SGCA 8 · Court of Appeal · 27 Feb 2025Azuin bin Mohd Tap v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 8 · Court of Appeal · 27 Feb 2025 · Summary

  Police and courts

• Pannir Selvam Pranthaman v Attorney-General

  [2025] SGCA 7 · Court of Appeal · 19 Feb 2025[2025] SGCA 7 · Court of Appeal · 19 Feb 2025

  Relies on Legal Profession Act 1966, s 15

• A prisoner awaiting the death penalty was refused permission to make a review application

  [2025] SGCA 6 · Court of Appeal · 14 Feb 2025Hamzah bin Ibrahim v Public Prosecutor · [2025] SGCA 6 · Court of Appeal · 14 Feb 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

  Police and courts

• Part of an arbitration award was set aside for a breach of natural justice

  [2025] SGCA 5 · Court of Appeal · 13 Feb 2025Wan Sern Metal Industries Pte Ltd v Hua Tian Engineering Pte Ltd · [2025] SGCA 5 · Court of Appeal · 13 Feb 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 5

  Running a business

• A Ponzi scheme is not automatically insolvent; the cash flow test decides, and it was met

  [2025] SGCA 3 · Court of Appeal · 4 Feb 2025CH Biovest Pte Ltd v Envy Asset Management Pte Ltd (in liquidation) and others · [2025] SGCA 3 · Court of Appeal · 4 Feb 2025 · Summary

  Money and debt

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