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Civil procedure [2026] SGHC 111

FRANK LEE v INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH & 9 Ors

The High Court struck out a claimant’s suit challenging IMH detention and treatment powers, dismissed related injunction, contempt, and appeal applications, and awarded costs.

  • Striking out
  • Abuse of process
  • Injunction
  • Declaratory relief
  • Contempt proceedings
  • Costs
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 110

GALVEZ MARY JOE BLANCO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal in a CDSA s 55A(1)(b)(iii) case, upheld probation refusal, and approved a Logachev-style framework for money-laundering offending.

  • Section 55a cdsa
  • Probation suitability
  • Sentencing framework (logachev/huang ying-chun)
  • Vulnerable victims
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Cdsa-section-55a
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Administrative law [2026] SGHC 108

YANG ING WOEI v SINGAPORE MEDICAL COUNCIL

The High Court dismissed Dr Yang’s challenge to the constitution of a disciplinary tribunal, holding declaratory relief was inappropriate and the old MRA regime was saved.

  • Declaratory relief
  • Saving provisions
  • Judicial review
  • Limitation and delay
  • Administrative-law
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Road traffic law [2026] SGDC 169

PP v Muhammad Rajis bin Abdullah

The District Court acquitted the accused of failing to provide a blood specimen, finding no proof that the doctor had authorised the police request under s 71 RTA.

  • Failure to provide blood specimen
  • Preliminary breath test
  • Protection of hospital patients (s71)
  • Police arrest powers (s69)
  • Authorisation by registered medical practitioner
  • Road-traffic-law
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Courts and jurisdiction [2026] SGDC 162

Achievers LLC v Legal Aid Bureau

The District Court held it had jurisdiction to assess a legal aid solicitor’s bill for Syariah Court work, applying a purposive rectifying construction to the regulations.

  • District court
  • Assessment of bill of costs
  • Bill of costs
  • Syariah court jurisdiction
  • Purposive interpretation
  • Rectifying construction
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Intellectual property [2026] SGCA 22

LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER v Ng Hoe Seng (formerly trading as EMCASE SG)

The Court of Appeal held that statutory damages for counterfeit trade mark use are capped per type of goods and per action, then increased the award to S$510,000.

  • Statutory damages
  • Assessment of damages
  • Interpretation of statute
  • Account of profits
  • Deterrence
  • Trade-marks
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Insolvency law [2026] SGHC 93

TRUE YOGA PTE LTD & 2 Ors v PATRICK JOHN WEE EWE SENG

The High Court held that s 352(6) IRDA does not permit prospective approval of a funding creditor’s priority before funding is provided and assets are recovered or preserved.

  • S 352(6) irda
  • Funding agreements for trustees in bankruptcy
  • Prospective vs retrospective judicial orders
  • Court inherent powers
  • Bankruptcy-funding
  • Insolvency-law
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 89

KENNETH LUM HSIEN LOONG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court held that SMU is a “public body” under the PCA and upheld conviction, but found the original 28-month sentence manifestly excessive and reduced it to 15 months.

  • Definition of 'public body' under prevention of corruption act s2
  • Rectifying construction and purposive interpretation
  • Implied powers from statutory functions
  • Application of wong chee meng sentencing framework
  • S390(9) criminal procedure code (stood‑down charges)
  • Prevention-of-corruption-act
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Civil procedure [2026] SGHC 86

Wang Meiping v Huang Yilong

The High Court held that the claimant showed a good arguable case on a loan claim, but failed to prove a real risk of dissipation, so Mareva relief was refused.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Freezing order
  • Good arguable case
  • Dissipation of assets
  • Moneylenders act s3 presumption
  • Mareva-injunction
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Landlord and tenant [2026] SGSCT 3

JFO v JFN

The Small Claims Tribunals held it lacked jurisdiction over a claim for return of a good faith deposit because no tenancy agreement was ever executed.

  • Creation of tenancy
  • Letter of intent
  • Jurisdiction of small claims tribunals
  • Good faith deposit
  • Lease vs loi
  • Interpretation of scta
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