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• The contractor could not add a profit and attendance mark-up to its claim for works

  [2026] SGHC 12 · High Court · 16 Jan 2026E-Tech Building Services Pte Ltd v Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training (FAST) · [2026] SGHC 12 · High Court · 16 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• Miracle Design Studio Pte Ltd v Chai Poh Zheng and 2 others

  [2026] SGDC 23 · District Court · 13 Jan 2026[2026] SGDC 23 · District Court · 13 Jan 2026

  Relies on Residential Property Act 1976

  Running a business

• Hampton Property Group v Marx Aurnhammer Werner Johannes

  [2026] SGMC 5 · Magistrate’s Court · 13 Jan 2026[2026] SGMC 5 · Magistrate’s Court · 13 Jan 2026

  Relies on Estate Agents Act 2010

  Running a business

• 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

• [2026] SGDC 16

  District Court · 12 Jan 2026District Court · 12 Jan 2026

  Running a business

• Recognition of an award stood; the defendant failed to show it lacked notice

  [2026] SGHC 8 · High Court · 12 Jan 2026South of England Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Ltd (in liquidation) v Pacmar Shipping Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 8 · High Court · 12 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• DNZ v DOA and another

  [2026] SGHC(I) 1 · International Commercial Court · 9 Jan 2026[2026] SGHC(I) 1 · International Commercial Court · 9 Jan 2026

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• A claim against a ship's sale proceeds survives an arbitration award and can be enforced

  [2026] SGHC 3 · High Court · 7 Jan 2026The “Yangtze Harmony” · [2026] SGHC 3 · High Court · 7 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• Serious claims of dishonesty by a director needed a full trial, not affidavits alone

  [2026] SGHC(A) 1 · Appellate Division · 7 Jan 2026Yit Chee Wah (as private trustee of the estate of Chan Siew Lee Jannie, a bankrupt) v Fulcrum Distressed Partners Ltd · [2026] SGHC(A) 1 · Appellate Division · 7 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Limitation Act 1959, s 6

  Money and debt

• Albert Neo Hee Song v Tang Lay Eng

  [2026] SGDC 13 · District Court · 6 Jan 2026[2026] SGDC 13 · District Court · 6 Jan 2026

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 94

  Running a business

• An employer could not cut an employee's pay unilaterally or withhold agreed bonus

  [2026] SGHC 2 · High Court · 6 Jan 2026Kanan Packrisamy v Herbal Pharm Pte Ltd and others · [2026] SGHC 2 · High Court · 6 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Work

• A loan was held genuine and the claim to recover it was not time-barred

  [2026] SGHC 1 · High Court · 5 Jan 2026Chan Tuck Cheong v Sin Wee Hiong · [2026] SGHC 1 · High Court · 5 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Casino Control Act 2006, s 116

  Running a business

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