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• A claim based on a will was barred by delay of close to four decades

  [2026] SGHC 104 · High Court · 14 May 2026Fauziyah bte Mohd Ahbidin (executrix of the estate of Mohamed Ahbideen bin Mohamed Kassim (alias Ahna Mohamed Zainal Abidin bin Kassim), deceased) and another v Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura · [2026] SGHC 104 · High Court · 14 May 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Limitation Act 1959, s 22

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• The court upheld a sale order for property owned by former spouses

  [2026] SGHC(A) 15 · Appellate Division · 13 May 2026Tan Huat Chan v Wu Lee Choo · [2026] SGHC(A) 15 · Appellate Division · 13 May 2026 · Summary

  Housing

• Claims against executors for an account and over a vehicle held on trust were dismissed

  [2026] SGHC 71 · High Court · 2 Apr 2026Yap Siu Cheng v Yap Sui Cheng and another · [2026] SGHC 71 · High Court · 2 Apr 2026 · Summary

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• A husband's bid to end spousal maintenance failed, but it became a one-off lump sum

  [2026] SGHC 57 · High Court · 17 Mar 2026Leong Yim Ling v Moey Park Moon · [2026] SGHC 57 · High Court · 17 Mar 2026 · Summary

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• The court upheld a higher share of assets for the wife after the husband hid assets

  [2026] SGHC(A) 7 · Appellate Division · 27 Feb 2026XKU v XK T · [2026] SGHC(A) 7 · Appellate Division · 27 Feb 2026 · Summary

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• The husband's appeal partly succeeded; a loan sum came off the matrimonial pool

  [2026] SGHC(A) 2 · Appellate Division · 12 Jan 2026XIT v XI S and another matter · [2026] SGHC(A) 2 · Appellate Division · 12 Jan 2026 · Summary

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• The executors owed an account of the estate on a wilful default basis and must repay sums

  [2025] SGHC 246 · High Court · 5 Dec 2025Ng Chee Tian and another v Ng Chee Pong and others · [2025] SGHC 246 · High Court · 5 Dec 2025 · Summary

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• Outside the child abduction law, comity does not override a child's welfare in custody

  [2025] SGHC(A) 22 · Appellate Division · 5 Nov 2025XLK v XLJ · [2025] SGHC(A) 22 · Appellate Division · 5 Nov 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Child Abduction Act 2010

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• The court upheld a finding that the testator had capacity to make the later will

  [2025] SGHC(A) 15 · Appellate Division · 2 Sep 2025XBP v XBO · [2025] SGHC(A) 15 · Appellate Division · 2 Sep 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 103

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• Beneficial ownership of the properties followed legal title as evidence was scant

  [2025] SGHC 145 · High Court · 30 Jul 2025Ng Chin Huay v Tan Tien Tuck and another and another matter · [2025] SGHC 145 · High Court · 30 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Housing

• A marriage of convenience made before the law on them took effect was not void

  [2025] SGHC 112 · High Court · 1 Jul 2025Cheng Tze Tzuen v Dang Lan Anh · [2025] SGHC 112 · High Court · 1 Jul 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 25A

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• Chern Chye Keow and another v Roger Peter Ponniah (administrator of the estate of John Danaraj Ponniah, deceased)

  [2025] SGHCR 19 · High Court (Registrar) · 1 Jul 2025[2025] SGHCR 19 · High Court (Registrar) · 1 Jul 2025

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