Singapore court decisions

• A debt can be for a fixed sum even if the creditor first had to investigate how it arose

  [2026] SGHC 203 · High Court · 30 Sep 2026Great Eastern Financial Advisers Pte Ltd v Lim Siang Heng · [2026] SGHC 203 · High Court · 30 Sep 2026 · Summary

• The claimant failed to show the earlier charterer still controlled the ship when suing

  [2026] SGHC 204 · High Court · 30 Sep 2026The “VAYU” (formerly known as “QIAN TAI 1”) · [2026] SGHC 204 · High Court · 30 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893

• Referring to a document in an affidavit suggests control, but a party can explain

  [2026] SGHC 201 · High Court · 29 Sep 2026The Roe Corp and others v Berhero Pty Ltd (trading as Acuity Funding) · [2026] SGHC 201 · High Court · 29 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• The bank was grossly negligent in its advice on how to share out the excess rights shares

  [2026] SGHC 202 · High Court · 29 Sep 2026Stamford Land Corp Ltd v United Overseas Bank Ltd · [2026] SGHC 202 · High Court · 29 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977

  Running a business

• Orders barring some directors from acting stood; new directors could be proposed

  [2026] SGHC 197 · High Court · 25 Sep 2026Castel, Romy Ingrid and others v Investment Beverage Business Management Pte Ltd and others · [2026] SGHC 197 · High Court · 25 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Companies Act 1967, s 177

  Police and courts

• Interim judicial managers were appointed because of apparent fraud by management

  [2026] SGHC 200 · High Court · 25 Sep 2026Mizuho Bank, Ltd v Radiant World Corp Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 200 · High Court · 25 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Companies Act 1967, s 210

  Running a business

• Money handed to a partner during a relationship was a loan to be repaid, not a gift Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 196 · High Court · 24 Sep 2026Teow Seok Phen v Chee Wei Jun · [2026] SGHC 196 · High Court · 24 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Money and debt

• Kalen, Alexandru v World Exchange Services Pte Ltd

  [2026] SGHC 194 · High Court · 23 Sep 2026[2026] SGHC 194 · High Court · 23 Sep 2026

  Police and courts

• Wang Wai Keong (alias Wong Wai Keong) v Yahya Khan s/o Thamim and another

  [2026] SGHC 195 · High Court · 23 Sep 2026[2026] SGHC 195 · High Court · 23 Sep 2026

  Police and courts

• Re Dossey, James P (individually and as the executor of the estate of Dossey, Dale, deceased) and another (Mulacek, Philippe Emanuel and others, non-parties)

  [2026] SGHCR 39 · High Court (Registrar) · 23 Sep 2026[2026] SGHCR 39 · High Court (Registrar) · 23 Sep 2026

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 62A

  Police and courts

• An order letting a freezing injunction be enforced abroad was not set aside

  [2026] SGHC 192 · High Court · 22 Sep 2026Ser Kang Wei and another v Salas Porras, Carlos Luis and others · [2026] SGHC 192 · High Court · 22 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• A domestic worker’s employer can be as much to blame as those who abused her Key decision

  [2026] SGHC 191 · High Court · 21 Sep 2026Kevin Chelvam v Public Prosecutor and another appeal · [2026] SGHC 191 · High Court · 21 Sep 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Penal Code 1871

  Police and courts

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