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Civil procedure [2025] SGHC(A) 25

PURWADI v MBF NORTHERN SECURITIES SDN. BHD. (IN LIQUIDATION)

The Appellate Division struck out an appeal over a conditional stay of enforcement, holding that permission to appeal was required and had not been obtained.

  • Stay of enforcement
  • Permission to appeal
  • Interlocutory application
  • Interlocutory order
  • Registration of foreign judgment
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
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Civil procedure [2025] SGDC 263

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION STRATA TITLE PLAN NO. 4234 v SIMBA TELECOM PTE. LTD.

The District Court declined to strike out a claim over telecom equipment on a rooftop space, but stayed the proceedings pending IMDA decisions on COPIF 2018 issues.

  • Striking out
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Ouster of jurisdiction
  • Codes of practice
  • Imda/copif 2018
  • Telecommunications act 1999
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Civil procedure [2025] SGHC(A) 11

MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD v ZHANG ZHENCHENG

The Appellate Division held that service of an originating process by eLitigation on the respondent’s solicitors was invalid because the Notice of Appointment of Solicitor did not show instructions to accept service.

  • Service of originating process
  • Appointment of solicitor
  • Substituted service
  • Electronic service (elitigation)
  • Challenge to jurisdiction
  • Notice of appointment of solicitor
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Civil procedure [2025] SGHCR 26

EXCHANGE UNION COMPANY & 3 Ors v WO QI & 11 Ors

The High Court Registrar upheld substituted service on Wo Quan, but set aside service on Jumbo Access Investments because posting to its director was not valid personal service.

  • Substituted service
  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Personal service on foreign company
  • Setting aside substituted service
  • Consistel rule
  • Order 7 r 2(1)(b) roc 2021
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Family law [2025] SGHCF 5

XEW v XEV

The High Court dismissed a husband’s appeal, holding that he was habitually resident in Singapore for divorce jurisdiction under s 93(1)(b) of the Women’s Charter.

  • Habitual residence
  • Divorce jurisdiction
  • Women's charter s93(1)
  • Habitual-residence
  • Divorce-jurisdiction
  • Women-s-charter
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Civil procedure [2025] SGHCR 1

GREGORY ALLEN BLAKNEY v MUHAMMAD IZZ MIKAIL BIN MAZLAN

The High Court allowed a transfer of a motor accident claim to the General Division, holding that a s 23 memorandum did not amount to abandoning damages above $500,000.

  • Transfer of proceedings
  • Section 23 memorandum
  • State courts act s54b
  • Jurisdiction by agreement
  • Prejudice and delay
  • Assessment of damages
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Civil procedure [2024] SGHC 142

SHIEH LIANG H. v GOOGLE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD & 395 Ors

The High Court dismissed applications to extend a writ’s validity and to allow service and amendments, citing lack of connection to Singapore and long delay.

  • Writ of summons
  • Extension of validity of writ
  • Amendment of writ and statement of claim
  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Security for costs
  • Strike out/dismissal
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Family law [2023] SGHCF 23

VOM v VON

The High Court dismissed a husband's application to set aside ancillary matters orders, holding the fraud claim lacked fresh evidence and the forum argument was raised too late.

  • Setting aside judgment
  • Forum non conveniens
  • Fraud in procurement of judgment
  • Ancillary matters
  • Financial relief
  • Family-law
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Employment law [2023] SGHC 21

RIDA GLOBAL PTE. LTD. v JONATHAN LIM CHUAN REN

The High Court transferred Employment Claims Tribunal proceedings to the High Court because the wrongful dismissal claim overlapped with related fiduciary and contractual claims.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Transfer of proceedings
  • Employment claims tribunal jurisdiction
  • Overlap of issues of fact and law
  • Costs
  • Counterclaim
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Conflict of laws [2022] SGHCR 8

VIBRANT GROUP LIMITED v TONG CHI HO & Anor

The court set aside leave to serve an Australian defendant out of jurisdiction, holding Singapore was not the proper forum for the audit-negligence claim.

  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Natural forum
  • Forum non conveniens (spiliada)
  • Disclosure in ex parte applications
  • Professional negligence (audit)
  • Service-out-of-jurisdiction
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