Civil procedure

[2024] SGHCR 1

Selvaraj s/o Packirisamy v Yap Chee Mun and others

High Court Registrar15 January 2024

Civil Procedure — Striking out — Whether the claimant’s claim in medical negligence for personal injuries should be struck out for being an abuse of process; Civil Procedure — Striking out — Whether the claimant’s claim in medical negligence for personal injuries should be struck out in the interests of justice; Limitation of Actions — Particular causes of action — Tort — Whether the claimant’s claim in medical negligence for personal injuries is time-barred

[2023] SGHC 359

Leong Quee Ching Karen v Lim Soon Huat and others

General Division of the High Court29 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Injunctions; Injunctions — Interlocutory injunction

[2023] SGHCR 22

NW Corp Pte Ltd v HK Petroleum Enterprises Cooperation Ltd

High Court Registrar27 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Service — Service out of Singapore; Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Setting aside

[2023] SGHC 357

IMC Transworld Pte Ltd v Ashapura Minechem Ltd

General Division of the High Court26 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Summary judgment; Credit and Security — Guarantees and indemnities

[2023] SGCA 45

QBE Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another v Relax Beach Co Ltd

Court of Appeal21 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Costs — Principles; Civil Procedure — Costs — Discontinuance of appeal; Courts and Jurisdiction — Court judgments — Parties settling before court hearing; Insurance — General principles — Business interruption policies covering loss resulting from outbreak of disease at the premises; Insurance — General principles — Claims for loss suffered in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and Government measures in response; Contract — Contractual terms — Notification of claim as condition precedent

[2023] SGHCR 21

Bumi Jaya Salvage & Engineering Sdn Bhd v Brave Worth Shipping Co Ltd

High Court Registrar20 December 2023

Admiralty and Shipping] — [Wreck removal; Civil Procedure] — [Judgments and orders] — [Setting aside default judgment

[2023] SGHC 355

Soo Hoo Khoon Peng v M anagement Corporation Strata Title Plan No 2906

General Division of the High Court19 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave; Land — Strata Titles — Common property

[2023] SGHC(A) 40

Salaya Kalairani (legal representative of the estate of Tey Siew Choon, deceased) and another v Appangam Govindhasamy (legal representative of the estate of T Govindasamy, deceased) and others and another appeal

Appellate Division of the High Court7 December 2023

Civil Procedure — Limitation; Equity — Defences — Acquiescence; Equity — Defences — Laches; Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts — Common intention constructive trusts

[2023] SGHC 346

Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad and others v Attorney-General

General Division of the High Court5 December 2023

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

[2023] SGHC 343

Ng Lai Kuen Priscilla Elizabeth and others v Ng Choong Keong Steven

General Division of the High Court5 December 2023

Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts — Common intention constructive trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts — Ambulatory constructive trusts; Civil Procedure — Costs — Principles

[2023] SGHC 341

Arif Rahim Valibhoy v Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Mohamed Shariff Valibhoy and others, non-parties

General Division of the High Court1 December 2023

Administrative Law — Judicial Review; Civil Procedure — Parties — Joinder

[2023] SGHC 340

Beltran, Julian Moreno and another v Terraform Labs Pte Ltd and others

General Division of the High Court30 November 2023

Arbitration — Stay of court proceedings — Step in the proceedings; Arbitration — Stay of court proceedings — Existence of a prima facie arbitration agreement — Online agreements; Civil Procedure — Rules of Court 2021 — Jurisdictional challenges; Civil Procedure — Representative actions — Interaction with arbitration agreements

[2023] SGCA 43

Lum Ooi Lin v Hyflux Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) and others

Court of Appeal30 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave; Civil Procedure — Costs — Security

[2023] SGCA 42

How Weng Fan and others v Sengkang Town Council and other appeals

Court of Appeal29 November 2023

[2023] SGHC 335

Mak-Levrion Kah Kay Natasha (alias Mai Jiaqi Natasha) v R Shiamala

General Division of the High Court28 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Affidavits; Civil Procedure — Summary judgment

[2023] SGHC 332

Nimisha Pandey and another v Divya Bothra

General Division of the High Court27 November 2023

[2023] SGHC 331

Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan v Lee Hsien Yang and another matter

General Division of the High Court27 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Judgment in default of a Notice of Intention to Contest or Not Contest; Civil Procedure — Injunctions

[2023] SGHCR 20

Qompass Voyage Ltd v APACPAY Pte Ltd

High Court Registrar24 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Stay of proceedings; Conflict of Laws — Choice of jurisdiction — Exclusive

[2023] SGHC(A) 38

PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills v Sunrise Industries (India) Ltd and another appeal

Appellate Division of the High Court24 November 2023

Courts and Jurisdiction — Appeals; Commercial Transactions — Sale of goods — Breach of contract; Commercial Transactions — Sale of goods — Performance of contract; Contract — Variation; Contract — Termination; Civil Procedure — Damages — Interest

[2023] SGHCR 19

Access Medical Pte Ltd and others v MHC Medical Network Pte Ltd

High Court Registrar23 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Further and better particulars

[2023] SGHC(A) 37

Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd and another v JTrust Asia Pte Ltd

Appellate Division of the High Court22 November 2023

Res Judicata — Issue estoppel; Civil Procedure — Stay of proceedings

[2023] SGHC 328

Gazelle Ventures Pte Ltd v Lim Yong Sim and others

General Division of the High Court20 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Quia timet injunctions; Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Precautionary injunctions; Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Freestanding injunctions; Breach of Contract — Remedies — Injunctions; Contract — Privity of contract — Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act; Injunctions — Injunction quia timet; Injunctions — Purposes for grant — Protection of contractual rights; Injunctions — Purposes for grant — Restraint of wrongs

[2023] SGHC 326

Ho Dat Khoon v Chan Wai Leen (in her personal capacity and as administratrix of the estate of Wong Ching Fong, deceased) and another

General Division of the High Court17 November 2023

Gifts — Avoidance — Whether inter vivos gift could be set aside for mistake; Land — Registration of title — Whether rectification of the land-register should be ordered; Tort — Conspiracy; Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Whether proprietary remedies could be obtained for a claim in unjust enrichment; Civil Procedure — Costs —Principles

[2023] SGHC 327

Lim Siew Fern v Tan Beng Yong and others ( Tan Meng Hin , third party

General Division of the High Court17 November 2023

Civil Procedure — Experts — Principles for court intervention in valuation; Civil Procedure — Disclosure of documents — Confidential documents referred to in independent expert’s report; Companies — Oppression — Minority shareholders — Valuation of shares for buyout — Principles for court intervention