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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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Family law [2026] SGFC 45

XZE v XZF

The Family Court refused leave to adduce two medical reports because they did not specifically address the disputed school-placement issue and would likely trigger duplicate assessments.

  • Expert evidence
  • Medical reports
  • Rule 35 fjr 2014
  • Leave to adduce evidence
  • Examination of children
  • Special educational needs
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 156

ARIFFIN ISKANDAR SHA BIN ALI AKBAR

The High Court addressed whether legacy bar-admission applications could be stayed or adjourned, and ruled on fitness for admission for three applicants.

  • Admission to the bar
  • Character and fitness
  • Stays and adjournments
  • Transitional provisions
  • Deemed discontinuance
  • Admission-to-the-bar
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 72

PULARA DEVMINIE SOMACHANDRA

The High Court dismissed an admission application after finding repeated academic dishonesty and serious non-disclosure. It imposed a five-year minimum exclusionary period.

  • Admission to the bar
  • Academic misconduct
  • Duty of candour
  • Minimum exclusionary period
  • Protective principle
  • Admission-to-the-bar
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Family law [2024] SGHCF 19

VEW v VEV

The High Court dismissed a mother’s appeal to move two children from a local primary school to an international school, holding that their welfare favoured staying put.

  • Child custody
  • School enrolment
  • Best interests of the child
  • Variation of consent orders
  • Parental responsibility
  • Corporal punishment
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Legal profession [2024] SGHC 61

ONG PEI QI, STASIA

The High Court admitted an applicant as an advocate and solicitor despite past plagiarism and a false statement, finding full disclosure, remorse and rehabilitation.

  • Admission to the bar
  • Fit and proper person
  • Academic misconduct
  • Deferment for rehabilitation
  • Voluntary disclosure
  • Admission-to-the-bar
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Tort [2018] SGHC 158

TEN LEU JIUN JEANNE-MARIE v THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

The High Court dismissed a former postgraduate candidate’s claim that NUS wrongfully withheld her degree and acted negligently, intimidatory, and unlawfully.

  • Degree conferment
  • Supervision of research students
  • Thesis submission and examination
  • Committee of inquiry process
  • Electronic thesis submission (form ro.85)
  • Indemnity and ip licensing clauses
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Tort [2015] SGHC 312

AYW v AYX

High Court strike-out appeal in a school bullying negligence claim. The court held the pleaded facts did not show a duty of care, and struck out the entire statement of claim.

  • Duty of care
  • School liability
  • Bullying
  • Cyberbullying
  • Striking out applications
  • Causation
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Criminal law [2015] SGHC 232

Wong Yi Hao Henry v Public Prosecutor

The High Court replaced a two-week jail term with a $5,000 fine for giving false address information in a school admission application, finding custody unnecessary on the facts.

  • False information for school admission
  • Section 182 penal code
  • Sentencing principles
  • Deterrence
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
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