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Damages [2026] SGMC 37

Chen Eng Kiat v Muhammad Helmy Bin Mohd Hasbollah

Assessment of damages after a road traffic accident: general damages were awarded, rental charges were proved, but repair costs were rejected for lack of proof.

  • Special damages
  • General damages
  • Assessment of damages
  • Admissibility
  • Costs
  • Assessment-of-damages
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Damages [2026] SGHC 48

NTUC INCOME INSURANCE CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED v Noel Martin Carlin

The High Court dismissed an appeal on whether employer-paid insurance payouts should be deducted from tort damages, holding the Insurance Exception applied.

  • Double recovery
  • Insurance exception
  • Contribution factor
  • Objective intended purpose test
  • Indicia (contribution, indemnity, source, group)
  • Double-recovery
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Criminal procedure [2025] SGHC 48

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Ng Soon Kiat

The High Court sentenced Ng Soon Kiat for methamphetamine trafficking, rioting and drink driving, imposing 14 years 6 months’ imprisonment, 13 cane strokes, a $6,000 fine and licence disqualification.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Misuse of drugs act s5/s33
  • Rioting under s147 penal code
  • Drink driving s67 rta
  • Guilty plea reductions
  • Sentencing bands and parity
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Criminal law [2024] SGHC 294

CHAN CHOW CHUEN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court allowed this appeal against a five-day custodial sentence for careless driving, substituting a fine and increasing the driving disqualification.

  • Careless driving
  • Drink driving
  • Sentencing bands
  • Serious offender
  • Disqualification of licence
  • Custodial threshold
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Road traffic [2024] SGHC 262

AGUSTINUS HADI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed an appeal against sentence for dangerous driving, upholding seven months’ imprisonment and 36 months’ driving disqualification.

  • Dangerous/reckless driving
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Provocation
  • Psychiatric mitigation
  • Dangerous-driving
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Road traffic [2024] SGHC 152

DARYLE SEAH MING YANG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court held that benchmark sentencing is suitable for s 35(1) Road Traffic Act offences and set a two-week custodial benchmark for archetypal unqualified drivers.

  • Driving without a licence
  • Sentencing framework
  • Benchmark sentencing
  • Disqualification orders
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Driving-without-a-licence
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Road traffic [2022] SGHC 222

Land Transport Authority v Kenso Leasing Pte Ltd

The High Court held that a COE rebate under Singapore’s vehicle quota rules belongs to the registered owner or nominee, not a non-registered beneficial owner, absent consent.

  • Certificate of entitlement (coe) rebate
  • Vehicle registration
  • Registered owner vs legal/beneficial owner
  • Hire purchase
  • Parf
  • Certificate-of-entitlement-rebate
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Road traffic [2019] SGHC 193

TAY CHIN SENG v SYAHIRAH BINTE SA’AD & Anor

The High Court varied liability in a road-traffic appeal, finding the motorcyclist 90% liable and the taxi driver 10% liable for the collision.

  • Apportionment of liability
  • Overtaking on the left
  • Breach of highway code
  • Safe following distance
  • Causation
  • Contributory negligence
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2017] SGHC 123

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v KOH THIAM HUAT

The High Court allowed the prosecution’s sentence appeal for dangerous driving, ordering one week’s imprisonment, 18 months’ disqualification, and a refund of the fine.

  • Dangerous driving (s 64(1) rta)
  • Sentencing principles
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Use of compounded offences in sentencing
  • Precedent and sentencing trend
  • Dangerous-driving
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