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Evidence [2026] SGHC 53

CBB v WONG TIEN LEONG WILLIAM

Court
General Division of the High Court
Case number
HC/OA 359/2025

High Court review of a disciplinary tribunal decision concerning a solicitor’s conduct for a vulnerable elderly client, including hearsay, prior capacity findings, conflicts, and alleged disobedience of court orders.

  • Hearsay admissibility (s 32 ea)
  • Relevancy and weight of prior court judgments (ss 42–45 ea)
  • Disciplinary procedures and review (s 97 lpa)
  • Duties to vulnerable clients lacking capacity
  • Conflict of interest and implied retainer
  • Obedience to court orders and contempt risk
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Mental capacity [2026] SGFC 9

XYF v XYG & Anor

Court
Family Court
Case number
FC/OSM 262/2021|HCF/DCA 131/2025

Court dismissed a son’s challenge to his 97-year-old father’s capacity, finding mild cognitive impairment but retained ability to decide, and no undue influence.

  • Mental capacity assessment
  • Lasting power of attorney
  • Execution of wills and codicils
  • Formation and validity of trusts
  • Capacity to consent to marriage
  • Expert joint medical examination (jme)
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Family law [2025] SGFC 129

XVT

Court
Family Court
Case number
FC/OAM 246/2025|HCF/DCA 137/2025

The Family Justice Courts dismissed an uncontested application for a statutory will, finding it did not advance P’s best interests and mainly served family arrangements.

  • Statutory will
  • Best interests
  • Deputyship
  • Intestacy
  • Statutory-will
  • Best-interests
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Family law [2025] SGFC 121

XUD v XUE

Court
Family Court
Case number
FC/OSM 218/2024|HCF/DCA 104/2025

The court dismissed a sister’s bid to revoke a Lasting Power of Attorney, finding the donor had capacity and the defendant did not procure it by fraud or undue pressure.

  • Lasting power of attorney
  • Capacity to execute lpa
  • Undue influence/undue pressure
  • Revocation of lpa
  • Best interests assessment
  • Lasting-power-of-attorney
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Family law [2025] SGFC 127

XUH v XUI

Court
Family Court
Case number
FC/D 5689/2023|HCF/DCA 97/2025

Family Court ancillary orders granted the father sole custody, care and control, limited the mother’s access, ordered maintenance, and divided matrimonial assets after adverse inference.

  • Custody and care and control
  • Child access and conditions
  • Matrimonial asset division
  • Discovery and adverse inference
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Child maintenance
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 136

The Law Society of Singapore v Yeo Poh Tiang (Yang Baozhen)

Court
General Division of the High Court
Case number
C3J/OA 8/2024

The Court of 3 Supreme Court Judges held that a solicitor’s false attestation on a lasting power of attorney was grossly improper conduct and imposed a four-month suspension.

  • False attestation
  • Lasting power of attorney
  • Certificate issuer duties
  • Suspension as sanction
  • Validity of executed instruments
  • False-attestation
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Family law [2024] SGHCF 48

WVG v WVH & Anor

Court
Family Division of the High Court
Case number
HCF/OSN 11/2024

The High Court granted an extension of time and restored an appeal in a deputyship dispute, and directed counsel to show cause on costs.

  • Deputyship
  • Extension of time
  • Reinstatement of appeal
  • Non-disclosure of material facts
  • Best interests of incapacitated person
  • Extension-of-time
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Equity [2023] SGHC 162

HENRY QUEK PENG HOCK v CHIA SWEE HUN

Court
General Division of the High Court
Case number
HC/S 778/2021

The High Court held that Henry Quek lacked capacity from about 9 October 2020, upheld resulting trusts over pre-stroke assets, and found undue influence over later transfers.

  • Resulting trust
  • Express trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Inter vivos gift
  • Undue influence (class 2b)
  • Capacity under mca
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Property [2023] SGHC 163

GOH SIAM TEOW v LIM TUNG HEE ARTHERO

Court
General Division of the High Court
Case number
HC/OA 701/2022

The High Court ordered sale of an HDB flat owned by a woman lacking capacity and her son, then divided the net proceeds equally and awarded costs to the applicant.

  • Sale of land under court order
  • Apportionment of sale proceeds
  • Tenancy in common
  • Deputy powers under mental capacity act
  • Costs
  • Sale-of-land-under-court-order
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Family law [2023] SGHCF 24

WLR & Anor v WLT & Anor

Court
Family Division of the High Court
Case number
HCF/OSM 2/2022|HCF/OSM 3/2022|HCF/OSM 4/2022|HCF/OSM 5/2022

The court appointed J and W as joint deputies for P, dismissed a bid for a professional deputy, and set aside P’s 2019 LPA for lack of capacity.

  • Deputyship appointment
  • Lasting power of attorney revocation
  • Capacity to execute lpa
  • Best interests
  • Conflict of interest
  • Deputyship-appointment
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