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Legal profession [2021] SGHC 216

Vikram Kumar Tiwary

The High Court granted a posthumous application to admit Vikram Kumar Tiwary to the Singapore Bar, holding that the application survived his death and could be allowed.

  • Admission to the bar
  • Posthumous admission
  • Inherent jurisdiction
  • Survival of causes of action
  • Oath and declaration requirements
  • Admission-to-the-bar
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Civil procedure [2021] SGHC 161

Ambihathevi Alagaretnam Mrs Jeevarajah Ambihathevi v Jeevarajah Nithianathan

Interlocutory injunction granted excluding the defendant from the property, with limited access, pending transfer or further order. Stay refused.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Domestic exclusion order
  • Personal protection order
  • Mental capacity
  • Executor and trustee duties
  • Beneficial ownership
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Civil procedure [2020] SGCA 04

BIN HEE HENG v HO SIEW LAN

The Court of Appeal refused an extension of time to file appeal documents, holding the intended appeal had no merit and the appeal remained deemed withdrawn.

  • Extension of time to file appeal documents
  • Deemed withdrawal of appeal
  • Jurisdictional limits of high court
  • Coram of appellate court
  • Article 12(1) equality before law
  • Oath of office allegations
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Courts and jurisdiction [2016] SGHC 42

Ong Wui Teck v Ong Wui Swoon

The High Court considered a self-represented litigant’s recusal application alleging bias, conflict and procedural unfairness in estate disputes, but found the allegations unsubstantiated.

  • Recusal
  • Bias and reasonable apprehension of bias
  • Conflict of interest
  • Costs
  • Contempt of court
  • Executor/administrator disputes
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Partnership law [2014] SGHC 119

Chiam Heng Hsien (on his own behalf and as partner of Mitre Hotel Proprietors) v Chiam Heng Chow (executor of the estate of Chiam Toh Say, deceased) and others

High Court dispute over entitlement to proceeds from the sale of partnership property, involving whether deceased partners’ estates were admitted as partners and how the partnership deed and limitation rules applied.

  • Admission to partnership
  • Beneficial interest in partnership land
  • Effect of partnership deed clauses
  • Vesting of trust property on appointment of trustees
  • Statutory interpretation s20/s22/s43 partnership act
  • Limitation periods for debt claims
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Muslim law [2006] SGHC 174

Husain Safdar Abidally v Shiraz Abidally Husain alias Shiraz Abidally Abdul Husain and Another

The High Court held that an alleged family agreement to divide a deceased Muslim man’s joint-account monies equally was not proved for the legally relevant two-thirds share.

  • Letter of wishes
  • Agreement among heirs
  • Distribution of joint bank accounts
  • Testamentary disposition
  • Variation of prescribed shares
  • Muslim-law
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Civil procedure [2004] SGHC 131

Ong Jane Rebecca v Lim Lie Hoa and Others (No 5)

High Court appeal from an estate-value inquiry, challenging valuation, mixed-funds tracing, interim payments, costs, and the scope of legitimacy issues.

  • Inquiry into estate value
  • Burden of proof in inquiries
  • Tracing and mixed funds
  • Application of browne v dunn
  • Characterisation of payments as distributions or gifts
  • Legitimacy and succession
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Trusts [2002] SGHC 208

Chidambaram s/o Alagappa v Alagappa Subramanian

The High Court upheld a family trust arrangement among brothers, ordered repayment of overdrawn trust funds with interest, and dismissed competing accounting claims.

  • Breach of trust
  • Accounting and traceable misapplication
  • Overdrawings from joint family account
  • Fiduciary duties of executors and trustees
  • Interest payable under family arrangement
  • Declarations and equitable reliefs
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