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• The Russian Federation v Veteran Petroleum Ltd and others

  [2026] SGCA(I) 5 · Court of Appeal · 22 Sep 2026[2026] SGCA(I) 5 · Court of Appeal · 22 Sep 2026

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 31

  Police and courts

• DPT and another v DPV and others

  [2026] SGCA(I) 4 · Court of Appeal · 15 Sep 2026[2026] SGCA(I) 4 · Court of Appeal · 15 Sep 2026

  Relies on Companies Act 1967, s 216

  Running a business

• An auditor was not liable for a company's later trading losses; they were too remote

  [2026] SGCA 33 · Court of Appeal · 16 Jul 2026Deloitte & Touche LLP v Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) · [2026] SGCA 33 · Court of Appeal · 16 Jul 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Companies Act 1967

  Running a business

• ONI Global Pte Ltd and another v GNC Holdings LLC and another appeal

  [2026] SGCA(I) 3 · Court of Appeal · 25 May 2026[2026] SGCA(I) 3 · Court of Appeal · 25 May 2026

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• KBP Biosciences Pte Ltd and another v Novo Nordisk A/S

  [2026] SGCA(I) 2 · Court of Appeal · 14 May 2026[2026] SGCA(I) 2 · Court of Appeal · 14 May 2026

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• A winding-up bid over a disputed debt failed and was found to be an abuse of process

  [2026] SGCA 24 · Court of Appeal · 8 May 2026Singapore Commodities Group Co, Pte Ltd v Founder Group (Hong Kong) Ltd (in liquidation) · [2026] SGCA 24 · Court of Appeal · 8 May 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 6

  Money and debt

• Statutory damages for a counterfeit trade mark were assessed for each type of goods

  [2026] SGCA 22 · Court of Appeal · 6 May 2026Louis Vuitton Malletier v Ng Hoe Seng (formerly trading as EMCASE SG) · [2026] SGCA 22 · Court of Appeal · 6 May 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Interpretation Act 1965, s 9A

  Running a business

• 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

• 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

• Release instructions were not conversion, and the financier could not sue for it

  [2026] SGCA 1 · Court of Appeal · 12 Jan 2026Valency International Pte Ltd v JSW International Tradecorp Pte Ltd and others and another appeal · [2026] SGCA 1 · Court of Appeal · 12 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Running a business

• Sending an arbitration award back to the tribunal was the wrong remedy here

  [2025] SGCA 50 · Court of Appeal · 10 Oct 2025Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 50 · Court of Appeal · 10 Oct 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 19

  Running a business

• Loss from misdelivered cargo was valued using spot prices, not a spread of dates

  [2025] SGCA 42 · Court of Appeal · 5 Sep 2025Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd v United Overseas Bank Ltd and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 42 · Court of Appeal · 5 Sep 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

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