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Family law [2026] SGFC 34

YAC v YAD

The Family Court dismissed a mother’s bid to increase child maintenance, finding no proven change in circumstances or sufficient basis to vary the consent order.

  • Variation of maintenance order
  • Consent orders
  • Children's welfare
  • Tuition expenses
  • Section 72 women's charter
  • Section 73 women's charter
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Building and construction law [2024] SGHC(A) 28

Builders Hub Pte Ltd v JP Nelson Equipment Pte Ltd

The Appellate Division held that earlier fraud did not affect the adjudication awards under SOPA and set aside the High Court’s reduction of the review award.

  • Security of payment act 2004
  • Adjudication
  • Fraud
  • Setting aside adjudication determination
  • Jurisdictional objection
  • Garnishment
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Civil procedure [2024] SGHC 49

Jonathan Stuart Hall v Rapyd Pte Ltd

The High Court held that disputed oral admissions must be shown on a prima facie basis before they can defeat without prejudice privilege.

  • Without prejudice privilege
  • Admission of liability
  • Standard of proof for oral admissions
  • Striking out pleadings
  • Without-prejudice-privilege
  • Oral-admission-of-liability
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Building and construction law [2023] SGHC 186

JP Nelson Equipment Pte Ltd v Builders Hub Pte Ltd

The High Court partly set aside a security of payment review determination, reduced the award by SGD 155,160 for fraud, and upheld the adjudication’s timeliness.

  • Security of payment
  • Adjudication
  • Fraud
  • Setting aside
  • Contract variation
  • Estoppel
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Legal profession [2023] SGHC 132

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v ANDREW JOHN HANAM

The Court of Three Judges found a solicitor guilty of multiple breaches of professional conduct rules in handling a client’s construction debt disputes and suspended him for 9 months.

  • Breach of professional conduct rules rr 17(2)(e) and 17(2)(f)
  • Failure to advise on sopa adjudication
  • Acting without client authority
  • Adverse inference from absence of attendance notes
  • Sanctioning (s 83 lpa)
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
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Contract [2023] SGHC 71

Maxx Engineering Works Pte Ltd v PQ Builders Pte Ltd

The High Court held that a clause requiring disputes to be referred to mediation created a legal obligation and granted specific performance to compel mediation.

  • Mediation agreement
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Specific performance
  • Adequacy of damages
  • Futility and practicability of equitable relief
  • Enforcement of dispute resolution clauses
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Civil procedure [2020] SGCA 114

MICHAEL VAZ LORRAIN v SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION

The Court of Appeal set aside a damages award for legal advice costs, substituted nominal damages, and applied the defendant’s offer-to-settle costs consequences.

  • Damages
  • Offer to settle (o 22a r 9)
  • Costs on indemnity and standard basis
  • Punitive damages
  • Breach of mediation confidentiality
  • Breach of confidence
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Insolvency law [2019] SGCA 69

YASHWANT BAJAJ v TORU UEDA

The Court of Appeal set aside a statutory demand because the underlying settlement amount was not final or certain, and the Clause 10 sum had not accrued.

  • Statutory demand
  • Expert determination
  • Neutral evaluation
  • Settlement agreement
  • Accrual of debt
  • Breach of contract
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Insolvency law [2018] SGHC 229

YASHWANT BAJAJ v TORU UEDA

The High Court refused to set aside a bankruptcy statutory demand arising from a settlement agreement, holding there was no genuine triable issue or valid cross-claim.

  • Statutory demand
  • Setting aside statutory demand
  • Neutral evaluation
  • Expert determination
  • Breach of settlement agreement
  • Disclosure obligations
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Contract [2018] SGHC 208

CHAN GEK YONG v VIOLET NETTO PRACTISING AS L F VIOLET NETTO UEN NO 53130854B & Anor

The High Court upheld the striking out of two suits after finding a mediation settlement agreement was valid and binding, and that continuing the suits was an abuse of process.

  • Settlement agreements
  • Formation of contract
  • Capacity/incapacity
  • Duress
  • Non est factum
  • Striking out for abuse of process
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