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Civil procedure

DVA and another v DVC

The Singapore International Commercial Court fixed costs at S$20,000 plus S$820 disbursements after dismissing a summons to classify the case as offshore.

  • Reasonableness and proportionality of costs
  • Assessment of costs incurred
  • Sicc rules o 22 r 3
  • Offshore case application
  • Civil-procedure
  • Costs
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Employment law

Nanyang Law LLC v Ghui Meng Yang

The High Court held that a probation clause does not automatically make an employment contract a fixed-term contract under s 9(1) of the Employment Act.

  • Termination
  • Probation periods
  • Fixed-term contracts
  • Notice in lieu of notice
  • Employment act 1968 s 9(1)
  • Employment-law
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Family law

XNA v XMZ

The Family Court dismissed a wife’s applications for a domestic exclusion order and to revoke a reciprocal PPO, finding no proven safety need or changed circumstances.

  • Domestic exclusion orders
  • Revocation of personal protection orders
  • Necessity for protection or personal safety
  • Change in circumstances
  • Reciprocal personal protection orders
  • Domestic-exclusion-order
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Family law

YHU v YHV

Ancillary matters after divorce: adverse inference for non-disclosure, asset division, child maintenance, custody and access, with the Matrimonial Home sold and divided 68.1/31.9.

  • Division of matrimonial assets
  • Adverse inference
  • Rent-free occupation
  • Child maintenance
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Custody
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Family law [2026] SGFC 75

YEJ v YEK

The Family Court dismissed a husband’s PPO application, finding no demonstrated necessity for protection or future risk. Related NCO, CGO, and MTO requests also failed.

  • Personal protection order
  • No contact order
  • Mandatory treatment order
  • Counselling order
  • Proceeding in absence
  • Family-violence
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Contract [2026] SGDC 174

TAH LI THONG FOAM INDUSTRY v FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS PTE LTD

The District Court dismissed the defendant’s counterclaim, finding the plaintiff was not contractually bound to fulfill every order confirmation and no breach was proved.

  • Contractual terms
  • Delivery obligations
  • Consignment arrangements
  • Termination
  • Summary judgment
  • Contractual-terms
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 113

JEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

High Court upheld one-week concurrent jail terms for false information and false address reporting, holding the custodial threshold was crossed and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Giving false information to a public servant
  • False reporting of change of address
  • Custodial threshold
  • Amalgamated offence
  • Primary 1 school registration
  • General deterrence
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Civil procedure [2026] SGHC 112

Djony Gunawan v Christina Lesmana

The High Court struck out an originating application over the Seaview Property as barred by res judicata and limitation, and allowed the respondent’s appeal.

  • Res judicata
  • Cause of action estoppel
  • Issue estoppel
  • Abuse of process
  • Time bar (limitation)
  • Presumption of advancement
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Commercial transactions [2026] SGSCT 10

JGS v JGT

The Small Claims Tribunals held that a motor dealer’s deposit refund clause was ambiguous and, under the 2009 Regulations, the ambiguity had to be read against the dealer.

  • Deposit refund
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Pre-purchase inspection
  • Forfeiture of deposit
  • Motor-vehicle-deposit-refund
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