Civil procedure

[2025] SGHC(I) 12

DMF v DMG and another matter

Singapore International Commercial Court17 April 2025

Abuse of Process — Henderson v Henderson doctrine; Abuse of Process — Inconsistent positions; Arbitration — Arbitrability and public policy; Arbitration — Arbitral tribunal — Jurisdiction; Civil Procedure — Foreign law — Foreign law to be determined by submissions — Order 16 rule 8 of Singapore International Commercial Court Rules 2021; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Res Judicata — Extended doctrine of res judicata; Res Judicata — Issue estoppel

[2025] SGHCR 5

Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4348 v Hoi Hup Sunway Pasir Ris Pte Ltd and others

High Court Registrar14 April 2025

Civil Procedure — Delay — Whether to grant an extension of time to file application for determination of a question of law

[2025] SGHC 59

DJY v DJZ and another

General Division of the High Court3 April 2025

[2025] SGHCR 3

Le Ninh Tien v Rainbow Forest Enterprises Lt d and others

High Court Registrar3 April 2025

Civil Procedure – Costs – Security – O 9 r 12(1)(a) of the Rules of Court 2021

[2025] SGHC 58

Orexim Trading Ltd v Mahavir Port and Terminal Pte Ltd & Others

General Division of the High Court2 April 2025

Civil Procedure — Foreign judgments — Recognition; Contract — Sham transaction — Voidable; Contract — Discharge — Rescission

[2025] SGHCR 2

L’Oreal and another v Shopee Singapore Pte Ltd

High Court Registrar2 April 2025

Abuse of Process — Riddick principle; Civil Procedure — Disclosure of documents — Disclosure of information — — Sufficiency of answer; Civil Procedure — Interrogatories — Disclosure of information — Whether principles on interrogatories relevant to O 11 r 11 Rules of Court 2021

[2025] SGHC 47

Sun Yongjian and another v Goh Seng Heng

General Division of the High Court21 March 2025

Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Setting aside of default judgment

[2025] SGCA 12

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport

Court of Appeal17 March 2025

Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Remission; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Adducing fresh evidence on appeal — Party seeking to adduce notes taken by solicitors of hearings below to challenge trial judge’s notes of evidence — Whether further evidence relevant to appeal; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Judge’s notes of hearing forming official record of hearing — Party alleging error in official record of hearing — Proper procedure for raising challenge to or seeking correction of official record of hearing

[2025] SGHC 43

Zhong Renhai and others v Goh Sock Ngee and others

General Division of the High Court14 March 2025

Civil Procedure — Mareva injunctions — Real risk of dissipation; Civil Procedure — Mareva injunctions — Abuse of process; Civil Procedure — Mareva injunctions — Full and frank disclosure; Civil Procedure — Proprietary injunction — Serious question to be tried; Civil Procedure — Proprietary injunction — Balance of convenience

[2025] SGHC(I) 8

Marketlend Pty Ltd and another v QBE Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Singapore International Commercial Court11 March 2025

[2025] SGHC(I) 7

W Power Group EOOD v Ming yang Wind Power (International) Co Ltd

Singapore International Commercial Court11 March 2025

[2025] SGHC 39

Java Asset Holding Ltd v Sin David

General Division of the High Court10 March 2025

Insolvency Law — Bankruptcy — Petition — Conditions for making of expedited bankruptcy application — Section 314 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act; Insolvency Law — Bankruptcy — Petition — Whether debt incurred in Singapore; Civil Procedure — Costs — Principles — Whether Appendix G Supreme Court Practice Directions to be relied on for costs of bankruptcy application

[2025] SGHC(I) 6

Pertamina International Marketing & Distribution Pte Ltd v P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc (also known as Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc) and another and another matter

Singapore International Commercial Court5 March 2025

[2025] SGHC 34

Jonathan John Shipping Ltd v Continental Shipping Line Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court26 February 2025

[2025] SGHC 25

City Spark (Singapore) Pte Ltd v The Outdoor Recreation Group, LLC and another

General Division of the High Court18 February 2025

Civil Procedure — Stay of proceedings; Conflict Of Laws — Jurisdiction; Conflict Of Laws — Natural forum

[2025] SGHC(I) 3

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

Singapore International Commercial Court14 February 2025

Civil Procedure — Mareva injunctions — Claimant making ex parte application for worldwide Mareva injunction in support of New York-seated arbitration –– Whether appropriate to grant worldwide Mareva injunction – Section 12A International Arbitration Act 1994

[2025] SGHC 20

Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad and others v Attorney-General

General Division of the High Court5 February 2025

Civil Procedure — Striking out; Constitutional Law — Equality before the law; Constitutional Law — Fundamental liberties — Right to life and personal liberty

[2025] SGHC(I) 2

Deutsche Bank AG v Lee Yung-Te

Singapore International Commercial Court4 February 2025

Civil Procedure — Originating processes — Extension of validity of originating application

[2025] SGHCF 9

WVD and others v WUR and others

SGHCF3 February 2025

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Notice; Civil Procedure — Extension of time

[2025] SGHCF 8

WTU v WTV

SGHCF27 January 2025

Family Law — Matrimonial assets — Division; Family Law — Maintenance — Child; Family Law — Maintenance — Wife; Civil Procedure — Costs — Costs in matrimonial proceedings

[2025] SGHC 14

Vibrant Group Ltd v Tong Chi Ho and others

General Division of the High Court27 January 2025

Civil Procedure — No case to answer; Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit —Whether representation originated from defendant — Whether representation can be transmitted through third party

[2025] SGHCF 7

XBV v XBU

SGHCF22 January 2025

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Filing appeal within prescribed time; Family Law — Custody — Care and control — Shared care and control arrangement — Handover time

[2025] SGHC 12

Banner (China) Investment Co Ltd v Ang Tjun Min Jimmy

General Division of the High Court20 January 2025

Civil Procedure — Selection of specimen signatures for submission to handwriting expert — Manner of verifying authenticity of authorship of specimen signatures

[2025] SGHC(A) 1

Victory International Holdings Pte Ltd v Borrelli, Cosimo and another

Appellate Division of the High Court16 January 2025

Companies — Receiver and manager – Accounts; Companies — Receiver and manager – Duties to chargor; Civil Procedure — Costs — Assessment – s 120 of the Legal Profession Act 1966 (2020 Rev Ed)