Singapore court decisions

• Qualified privilege held for an employment reference as no malice was shown

  [2026] SGHC 189 · High Court · 18 Sep 2026Chua Kim Chuan v HSBC Life (Singapore) Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 189 · High Court · 18 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Limitation Act 1959

  Police and courts

• The trust deed made the trustee distribute all assets on the wife's death

  [2026] SGHC 190 · High Court · 18 Sep 2026Fereydoon Mossanen and others v Julius Baer Trust Co (Singapore) Ltd · [2026] SGHC 190 · High Court · 18 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• Old age and terminal illness cut a sex offender's sentence, but only in part

  [2026] SGHC 188 · High Court · 17 Sep 2026Public Prosecutor v DEK · [2026] SGHC 188 · High Court · 17 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• A shareholder was refused permission to sue for the company as it lacked good faith

  [2026] SGHC 187 · High Court · 15 Sep 2026RedDot General Trading Pte Ltd v Sumeet Nanda and others · [2026] SGHC 187 · High Court · 15 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Companies Act 1967

  Running a business

• Enforcement of an emergency arbitrator's award was set aside for lack of power

  [2026] SGHC 186 · High Court · 11 Sep 2026Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co Ltd v Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 186 · High Court · 11 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 31

  Running a business

• Probation was more suitable than reformative training for an offender in a scam case

  [2026] SGHC 183 · High Court · 10 Sep 2026Mohamed Erzan Taib Zohri v Public Prosecutor and other appeals · [2026] SGHC 183 · High Court · 10 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Computer Misuse Act 1993

  Police and courts

• Banking secrecy limits what a bank must disclose, but not what a party must Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 184 · High Court · 10 Sep 2026Re Arief Purwada (in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of Indriaty Purwada, deceased) and others and other matters (UBS AG and others, non-parties) · [2026] SGHC 184 · High Court · 10 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Banking Act 1970

  Family

• What a man spent on his girlfriend was a gift, not a loan she had to repay Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 185 · High Court · 9 Sep 2026Chander Agarwal v Lee Xiu Hui Felicia · [2026] SGHC 185 · High Court · 9 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Misrepresentation Act 1967, s 2

  Family

• Arbitration for the amount only does not apply while an insurer still disputes cover Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 182 · High Court · 8 Sep 2026Far Ocean Sea Products Pte Ltd v United Overseas Insurance Ltd · [2026] SGHC 182 · High Court · 8 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Running a business

• Waiting to learn the likely sentence before pleading guilty earns a smaller discount Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 181 · High Court · 7 Sep 2026Tan Zhi Wei v Public Prosecutor and another appeal · [2026] SGHC 181 · High Court · 7 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Road Traffic Act 1961

  Driving and traffic

• A Hong Kong judgment for a Macau casino debt could not be enforced in Singapore Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 180 · High Court · 4 Sep 2026Venetian Macau Ltd v Hu Yangning · [2026] SGHC 180 · High Court · 4 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Casino Control Act 2006

  Money and debt

• An award stood although the tribunal cited terms a party had not relied on

  [2026] SGHC 179 · High Court · 2 Sep 2026DWL v DWM · [2026] SGHC 179 · High Court · 2 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 24

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