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Result 27

[2026] SGHC 126

Equation Recycling Pte Ltd v Leading Bio-Energy (S) Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court15 June 2026

Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Objections — Whether the rule against penalties must be pleaded; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Construction of contract — Whether the court may raise a question of construction on its own accord; Contract — Contractual terms — Rules of construction; Contract — Remedies — Deposits — Functions of deposits; Damages — Liquidated damages or penalty — Whether a clause providing for the absolute forfeiture of a security deposit amounts to a penalty; Landlord and Tenant — Agreements for leases — Security deposits; Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Failure of basis — Recovery of deposits; Contract — Settlement agreements — Compromise of potential disputes

Result 28

[2026] SGHC 124

Exchange Union Co and others v Wo Qi and others

General Division of the High Court12 June 2026

Civil Procedure — Stay of court proceedings — Case management stay; Civil Procedure — Stay of court proceedings — Stay on ground of forum non conveniens — Whether right to object on natural forum grounds to court’s exercise of jurisdiction and to apply for forum non conveniens stay was waived; Civil Procedure — Stay of court proceedings — Stay on ground of forum non conveniens — Whether specific foreign court must be identified as alternative forum contended for; Civil Procedure — Stay of court proceedings — Stay on ground of forum non conveniens — Applicable law connecting factor — Relevance of Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore and the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China on Information on Foreign Law signed on 3 December 2021; Conflict of Laws — Natural forum

Result 35

[2026] SGDC 190

Carlson Clark Smith v Goh Hin Calm & 5 Ors

District Court8 June 2026

Civil Procedure — Chief financial officer acting in person in making claims —Whether valid reason to disregard the rules and procedures — Whether leeway given to litigants in person; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out of pleadings — Chief financial officer making claims in defamation in relation to his dismissal — Whether no reasonable cause of action — Order 9 rule 16(1)(a) Rules of Court (2021)

Result 43

[2026] SGHC 104

Fauziyah 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

General Division of the High Court14 May 2026

Civil Procedure — Limitation — Whether s 22 of the Limitation Act applies to actions concerning wakafs; Equity — Defences — Laches; Muslim Law — Charitable trusts — Revocability of wakafs — Whether the majority or minority Hanafi position ought to apply; Muslim Law — Madhab — Whether testator was Shafie or Hanafi; Succession and Wills — Construction; Succession and Wills — Formalities of will; Succession and Wills — Validity of will — Whether unduly suspicious circumstances were present

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