Civil procedure

[2023] SGHCR 6

Aw Chee Peng v Aw Chee Loo

High Court Registrar5 June 2023

Land — Interest in land — Liability of co-owner to account — Section 73A of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act; Evidence — Admissibility of evidence — Documentary evidence; Evidence — Adverse inferences; Civil Procedure — Offer to Settle

[2023] SGHC(A) 21

Purnima Anil Salgaocar v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the administratrix of the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar, deceased

Appellate Division of the High Court5 June 2023

Contract — Contractual Terms — Rules of construction; Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Enforcement of negative covenant

[2023] SGHC 161

Housing & Development Board v Cenobia Majella Chettiar

General Division of the High Court1 June 2023

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave — Whether District Court as the appellate court may consider new pleadings that were not before the Registrar

[2023] SGHC 160

SW Trustees Pte Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) and another v Teodros Ashenafi Tesemma and others ( Teodros Ashenafi Tesemma, third party

General Division of the High Court31 May 2023

[2023] SGHCR 5

Tarun Hotchand Chainani v Avinderpal Singh s/o Ranjit Singh and others

High Court Registrar30 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Admissions

[2023] SGCA 16

Jumaat bin Mohamed Sayed and others v Attorney-General

Court of Appeal25 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Extension of time — Filing documents out of time

[2023] SGHC 149

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd

General Division of the High Court22 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Service; Admiralty and Shipping — Collision — Limitation action

[2023] SGHC 150

Proofpoint, Inc v Maiwand Youssoftay

General Division of the High Court18 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Discovery of documents — Production of documents in aid of foreign proceedings

[2023] SGHC 141

Auto Lease (Pte) Ltd v San Hup Bee Motor LLP and o thers

General Division of the High Court16 May 2023

Civil Procedure – Appeals – Third party’s locus standi to appeal against judgment given in favour of plaintiff against defendant; Civil Procedure – Pleadings; Contract – Contractual terms – Exclusion clauses; Evidence – Hearsay; Contract – Remedies – Damages; Contract – Remedies – Mitigation of damage; Contract – Breach – Third party’s liability under a breach of contract to indemnify defendant in respect of judgment sum and costs payable by defendant to plaintiff under another breach of contract; Courts and Jurisdiction – High Court – Jurisdiction – Appellate – Adjustment of damages in favour of party who did not appeal

[2023] SGHC 121

Tan Chwee Lian v Ng Peh Wah

General Division of the High Court10 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Originating processes; Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts

[2023] SGHC 128

Devin Jethanand Bhojwani and others v Jethanand Harkishindas Bhojwani ( Shankar’s Emporium (Pte) Ltd and others, non-parties

General Division of the High Court5 May 2023

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Appealing against discovery orders — Whether stay of execution should be granted in respect of the discovery orders; Civil Procedure — Discovery

[2023] SGHC 118

Tan Chee Heong v Chen Hua

General Division of the High Court4 May 2023

Statutory Interpretation — Construction of statute — Purposive approach; Civil Procedure — Jurisdiction; Courts And Jurisdiction — District Court; Courts And Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction

[2023] SGHCR 4

Cosmetic Care Asia Ltd and others v Sri Linarti Sasmito and others

High Court Registrar2 May 2023

Civil Procedure] — [Pleadings] — [Striking out; Civil Procedure] — [Pleadings] — [Striking out] — [Whether defendant can rely on unpleaded defence; Contract] — [Contractual terms] — [Interpretation; Contract] — [Breach; Contract] — [Waiver by election] — [Inconsistent rights

[2023] SGHC 113

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

General Division of the High Court28 April 2023

[2023] SGHC(A) 14

Sunpower Semiconductor Ltd v Powercom Yuraku Pte Ltd

Appellate Division of the High Court26 April 2023

Civil Procedure — Extension of time — Extension of time to file written submissions

[2023] SGHC 111

Nail Palace (BPP) Pte Ltd v Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore and another matter

General Division of the High Court26 April 2023

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Amendment of notice of appeal; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Adduction of further evidence

[2023] SGHCR 3

Indian Trading Pte. Ltd. v De Tian (AMK 529) Pte Ltd

High Court Registrar26 April 2023

Landlord and Tenant — Agreements for leases; Civil Procedure — Originating processes

[2023] SGHC 103

Ajeet Gobindram Vaswani and another v Salvatore Gregory Takoushian and others

General Division of the High Court19 April 2023

[2023] SGHC 100

The Resolution and Collection Corp v Tsuneji Kawabe and others

General Division of the High Court17 April 2023

[2023] SGHC 97

Karan Bagga v Stichting Chemical Distribution Institute

General Division of the High Court14 April 2023

Civil Procedure — Witnesses — Issue of letter of request to foreign judicial authorities for examining witnesses in foreign jurisdiction — Applicable principles — Whether order “necessary for the purposes of justice”

[2023] SGHC 90

Ho Soo Tong and others v Ho Soo Fong and others

General Division of the High Court6 April 2023

Civil Procedure – Pleadings; Trusts – Express trusts – Certainties

[2023] SGHC 85

CZV v Kanagavijayan Nadarajan (trading as Kana & Co

General Division of the High Court5 April 2023

[2023] SGHC(A) 11

General Hotel Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another v The Wave Studio Pte Ltd and others

Appellate Division of the High Court4 April 2023

Intellectual Property — Copyright — Ownership; Intellectual Property — Copyright — Licenses; Civil Procedure — Offer to settle

[2023] SGHC 68

Kotagaralahalli Peddappaiah Nagaraja v Moussa Salem and others

General Division of the High Court31 March 2023

Civil Procedure — Costs — Standard or indemnity basis; Civil Procedure — Costs — Quantum