Trusts

[2023] SGHC 105

Wong Shu Kiat and another v Chen Jinping Michelle (personal representative of the estate of Tin Koon Ming, deceased) and another

General Division of the High Court20 April 2023

Debt and Recovery — Contractual debt; Trusts — Constructive trusts; Trusts — Resulting trusts; Trusts — Breach of trust — Dishonest assistance

[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 91

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

General Division of the High Court6 April 2023

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

[2023] SGHC(A) 12

Ong Chin Woon v Ong Bee Hah (co-administratrix of the estate of Tan Ah Moi, deceased) and others

Appellate Division of the High Court5 April 2023

Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts — Common intention constructive trusts

[2023] SGHC 80

Liang Xihong v Loong Soo Min and another and another suit

General Division of the High Court31 March 2023

Companies — Oppression; Trusts — Breach of trust; Trusts — Accessory liability — Acts amounting to assistance; Tort — Conspiracy

[2023] SGHC 58

Er Kok Yong v Tan Cheng Cheng (as co-administratrix of the estate of Spencer Tuppani, deceased) and others

General Division of the High Court10 March 2023

[2023] SGCA(I) 2

Perry, Tamar and another v Esculier , Jacques Henri Georges and another

Court of Appeal (International)2 March 2023

Conflict of Laws — Choice of law — Equity; Conflict of Laws — Choice of law — Property; Trusts — Recipient liability — Proprietary liability

[2023] SGHC 47

Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the administratrix of the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar) and another v Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri and others ( Kwan Ka Yu Terence , third party

General Division of the High Court28 February 2023

Trusts — Breach of trust; Trusts — Express trusts; Trusts — Constructive trusts; Contract — Illegality and public policy — Illegality under international and foreign law

[2023] SGHC 38

Er Kok Yong and another v Tan Cheng Cheng (as co-administratrix of the estate of Spencer Tuppani, deceased) and others

General Division of the High Court17 February 2023

Evidence — Adverse Inferences; Trusts — Constructive Trusts; Trusts — Resulting Trusts; Trusts — Resulting Trusts — Presumed Resulting Trusts

[2023] SGHC(A) 8

Safie bin Jantan v Zaiton bte Adom and another and another appeal

Appellate Division of the High Court8 February 2023

Family Law — Ancillary powers of court; Family Law — Muslims — Issues within jurisdiction of civil court; Muslim Law — Syariah Court — Jurisdiction; Restitution — Unjust enrichment; Trusts — beneficiaries

[2023] SGHC 22

Cheng Ao v Yong Njo Siong

General Division of the High Court31 January 2023

Land — Interest in land — Tenancy in common; Trusts — Express trusts — Constitution; Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts

[2023] SGHC 12

B High House International Pte Ltd v MCDP Phoenix Services Pte Ltd and another

General Division of the High Court17 January 2023

Agency — Principal — Undisclosed; Agency — Third party and principal’s relations — Contractual relations; Commercial transactions — Sale of services — Breach of contract; Contract — Breach; Contract — Illegality and public policy — Gaming and wagering; Trusts — Accessory liability — Acts amounting to assistance; Trusts — Breach of trust; Trusts — Constructive trusts

[2023] SGHC 6

Kotagaralahalli Peddappaiah Nagaraja v Moussa Salem and others

General Division of the High Court6 January 2023

Trusts — Express trusts; Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Companies — Shares

[2022] SGHC 289

Lim Lai Soon v Tan Hong Sin and others

General Division of the High Court18 November 2022

[2022] SGCA 72

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

Court of Appeal9 November 2022

Equity — Fiduciary relationships — Duties; Equity — Fiduciary relationships — When arising; Trusts — Accessory liability; Trusts — Recipient liability; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care; Tort — Breach of statutory duty — Duties imposed by statute; Statutory Interpretation — Construction of statute

[2022] SGHC 278

La Dolce Vita Fine Dining Co Ltd v Zhang Lan and others and another matter

General Division of the High Court2 November 2022

Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Enforcement — Equitable execution — Appointment of receivers; Evidence — Proof of Evidence — Admissions; Gifts — Donors; Trusts — Resulting trusts

[2022] SGHC 234

Medica Singapore Pte Ltd v Chabtini Elias Georges

General Division of the High Court28 September 2022

Trusts — Express trusts — Certainties — Intention to create trust

[2022] SGHC 189

Zaiton bte Adom v Nafsiah bte Wagiman and another

General Division of the High Court22 August 2022

Trusts] — [Constructive trusts] — [Institutional constructive trusts] — [Remedial constructive trusts][Trusts] — [Resulting trusts; Trusts] — [Quistclose trusts][Restitution] — [Unjust enrichment] — [Proprietary restitution][Equity] — [Relief] — [Equitable lien

[2022] SGHC(A) 30

Wei Ho-Hung v Lyu Jun

Appellate Division of the High Court19 August 2022

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave to raise new points — O 56A r 9(5)(b) of the Rules of Court (Cap 322, R 5, 2014 Rev Ed); Contract — Intention to create legal relations — Loan agreements; Gifts — Conditions attached; Trusts — Quistclose trusts — Threshold of proof

[2022] SGHC 186

Siraj Ansari bin Mohamed Shariff v Juliana bte Bahadin and another

General Division of the High Court8 August 2022

Contract — Illegality and public policy; Equity — Fraud; Trusts — Trustees — Removal

[2022] SGHC(I) 10

Perry, Tamar and another v Esculier, Bonnet Servane Michele Thais and another

Singapore International Commercial Court15 July 2022

Conflict of Laws — Choice of law — Equity; Conflict of Laws — Choice of law — Property; Trusts — Constructive trusts; Trusts — Recipient liability — Proprietary liability; Trusts — Resulting Trusts

[2022] SGHC 145

Ng Hwee Phong v Thum Sow Chan

General Division of the High Court24 June 2022

Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts; Land — Interest in land — Joint tenancy — Severance of joint tenancy over sale proceeds

[2022] SGHC 130

Lau Yaw Ben v Lau Wee Hion and another

General Division of the High Court27 May 2022

Trusts] — [Express trusts; Trusts] — [Resulting trusts] — [Presumed resulting trusts

[2022] SGHC 125

Ong Chin Woon v Ong Bee Hah (co-administratrix of the estate of Tan Ah Moi, deceased) and others

General Division of the High Court24 May 2022

Trusts — Constructive trusts — Common intention constructive trusts; Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts