YHY v YHZ
The court delayed discontinuance to obtain a current welfare update on the child, then allowed it and ordered the applicant to pay costs of $1,200.
- Guardianship
- Testamentary guardian
- Discontinuance
- Child welfare
- Costs
- Child-welfare
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WPF v WPG
On a registrar’s appeal in divorce discovery, the court largely upheld the assistant registrar’s limits, allowed only one cash downpayment receipt, and awarded costs to the wife.
- Ancillary matters
- Discovery orders
- Financial disclosure
- Relevance and necessity
- Costs
- Family-law
WXD v WXC
The court dismissed a wife’s fresh-evidence application and most issues in cross-appeals over matrimonial assets, but recalibrated direct contributions to 50:50.
- Division of matrimonial assets
- Direct and indirect contributions
- Insurance payouts exclusion
- Admission of fresh evidence on appeal
- Adverse inference for non-disclosure
- Lifting corporate veil
GHI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence for aggravated outrage of modesty, affirming 16 months’ imprisonment and discussing witnesses’ cross-examination and shielding measures.
- Aggravated outrage of modesty (s 354(2) penal code)
- Shielding measures for vulnerable witnesses (s 281a cpc)
- Cross-examination restrictions (evidence act; evidence rules)
- Unusually convincing witness standard
- Caning substitution and sentencing bands
- Aggravated-outrage-of-modesty
MAYBANK SINGAPORE LIMITED v SYNERGY GLOBAL RESOURCES PTE. LTD.
The High Court granted Maybank’s winding-up application after finding Synergy Global Resources failed to pay an undisputed debt and raised no triable cross-claim.
- Winding up
- Statutory demand
- Triable issue standard
- Contractual discretion
- Acceleration clause
- Legitimate expectation
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhammad Hamir B Laka
High Court convicted Muhammad Hamir B Laka of trafficking diamorphine, rejected challenges to statement accuracy and chain of custody, and imposed the mandatory death sentence.
- Trafficking
- Possession
- Chain of custody
- Statements and admissibility
- Necessity defence
- Sentencing - mandatory death
WAA v VZZ
The High Court dealt with fresh evidence, subpoenas, and make-up access in a family appeal. It allowed limited evidence, rejected further evaluations, and declined make-up access.
- Custody
- Access rights
- Make-up access
- Admission of fresh evidence on appeal
- Judicial interview of children
- Subpoenas for police/medical records
ABDUL AZIZ BIN MOHAMED HANIB v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The High Court dismissed corruption appeals by three accused persons, upheld the admissibility and weight of their statements, and found each conviction sustainable.
- Admissibility of statements
- Voluntariness and oppression
- Use of confessions against co-accused (s258(5) cpc)
- Interpretation of statutory amendment (cjra)
- Elements of s5 pca offences
- Sentencing for corruption
SOMWONKWAN SHARINRAT v WONG HONG SANG MAURCIE & Anor
The High Court dismissed a wife’s claim that her former husband held a 50% interest in an HDB flat, holding the evidence did not support equal beneficial ownership.
- Constructive trust
- Resulting trust
- Joint tenancy
- Severance of joint tenancy
- Presumption of advancement
- Hdb trust consent (s51(8) hda)
BEH CHEW BOO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court of Appeal acquitted Beh Chew Boo of importing methamphetamine, holding that the prosecution failed to discharge the evidential burden after key evidence linking the drugs to Lew.
- Misuse of drugs act
- Presumption of possession (s21)
- Presumption of knowledge (s18(2))
- Evidential burden
- Disclosure obligations
- Dna evidence
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