SG Courts

In Frontier Holdings Ltd v Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 34, the Singapore International Commercial Court allowed the application by Frontier Holdings Limited in SIC/OA 17/2024 to set aside a ruling on jurisdiction that was made against it. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4KvV3cb 

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In Reliance Infrastructure Ltd v Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd [2024] SGCA(I) 10, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against the decision of the Singapore International Commercial Court (the “SICC”) in Reliance Infrastructure Limited v Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd [2024] SGHC(1) 3 (the “Judgment”), and affirmed the SICC’s decision not to set aside an arbitral award. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_pUKEiz

In Thangarajan Elanchezhian v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGHC 306, the General Division of the High Court dismissed the appellant’s appeal against conviction and sentence in relation to a single charge of outrage of modesty. The GDHC also provided guidance on a recommended approach for managing the questioning of complainants of sexual offences in court. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sghc306

In Chia Kok Kee v Tan Wah [2024] SGHC(A) 36, the Appellate Division of the High Court dismissed the appeal against the decision of a judge of the General Division of the High Court, whose grounds of decision are set out in Chia Kok Kee v Tan Wah [2024] SGHC 216. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sghca36

In DGJ v Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd (in liquidation) and another appeal [2024] SGCA 57, The Court of Appeal held that the assignment of claims against a company while that company was in judicial management, made with the purpose of asserting insolvency set-off when that company went into liquidation, was liable to be struck down on public policy grounds for subverting the regime of pari passu distribution among unsecured creditors in liquidation. The court also commented on the interpretative approach to non-assignment clauses and on whether a statutory trust arises in the judicial management of a company. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sgca57

In WVS v WVT [2024] SGHC(A) 35, the Appellate Division of the High Court dismissed the appeal against the decision of a Judge of the Family Division of the High Court on the issues of division of matrimonial assets, access and maintenance of the children and cost orders made.. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sghca35

If you believe that a criminal offence has been committed against you, but it has been deemed a non-arrestable offence by the police, you can choose to file a Magistrate’s Complaint. To do so, you must indicate the alleged offence committed against you. Here are examples of what could be considered as possible offences. *PSA: You can file a Magistrate’s Complaint online, more info: go.gov.sg/magcomp-2024nov

In Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 56, the Court of Appeal summarily dismissed an application for the court’s permission to make a post-appeal application in a capital case. The Court of Appeal held that there was no basis for the application and no justification to stay the scheduled execution. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sgca56

In Iskandar bin Jinan v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2024] SGCA 55, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against sentence in CA/CCA 18/2023 and allowed the appeal against sentence in part in CA/CCA 6/2024 on a point of principle in relation to the Sentencing Advisory Panel’s Guidelines on Reduction in Sentences for Guilty Pleas. Read more: go.gov.sg/2024sgca55