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The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon visited Brunei Darussalam from 3-5 Jul to further bilateral judicial cooperation. CJ Menon delivered a speech to the Brunei judiciary on “The Role of an Effective and Efficient Judiciary in Promoting Economic Development – The Singapore Perspective”. In the speech, he shared the Singapore perspective on the role of the judiciary in promoting and supporting economic development. Media release: https://lnkd.in/gERMVYxC

Do you have ideas on how to create seamless and intuitive experiences for access to justice? Level up your ideas in this #DBSxSGJudiciary #hackathonforabetterworld and help us design solutions for more inclusive legal systems! Register by 12 Jul. go.gov.sg/hackathon2024

In PP v Randy Rosigit [2024] SGHC 171, the General Division of the High Court allowed the prosecution’s appeal against sentence and set out a five-step sentencing framework for the offence of possessing child abuse material under s 377BK(1) punishable under s 377BK(2) of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed). Read more: https://lnkd.in/g8NmxbVJ

Join Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, Professor Lye Lin-Heng, Associate Professor Jolene Lin, Ms Michelle Chng, and Mr Koh Min Ee on 26 July (Friday), where we’ll examine how stakeholders in the community can play a part in the advancement of the environmental rule of law. Register: https://lnkd.in/gt55nGCM LYE Lin Heng Min Ee Koh Michelle Chng National University of Singapore

In Pertamina International Marketing & Distribution Pte Ltd v P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc. [2024] SGHC(I) 20, SICC ordered costs of $205,880.41 to be paid by the defendant to the claimant in relation to a summons. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gri4UGAA

In Pertamina International Marketing & Distribution Pte Ltd v P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc and another matter [2024] SGHC(I) 19, SICC dismised the application to set aside a previous court order that allowed Pertamina to enforce a final arbitral award against the Phoenix and Udenna Corporation in Singapore. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gR6BkYWC

In Crapper Ian Anthony v Salmizan bin Abdullah [2024] SGCA 21, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a decision of the General Division of the High Court, and held that parties in a negligence claim for personal injuries arising from motor vehicle accidents (“PIMA”) can reserve the issue of causation to the subsequent stage of the proceedings. The Court of Appeal held that parties in a PIMA claim are not precluded from entering into an interlocutory judgment by consent without admitting causation, and bifurcation can be ordered in PIMA cases when causation is reserved and where liability has not been determined at the first stage of the proceedings. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gq-6u9bW

On 1 Jul 2024, the Express Track will be implemented in the General Division of the High Court. The Express Track is a new opt-in scheme, designed to fill the gap for matters that have disputes of fact making them unsuitable for disposal by way of Originating Applications or summary judgments. Read more: go.gov.sg/express-track

In DBO and others v DBP and others [2024] SGCA(I) 4, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against the decision of a three-Judge coram of the SICC but noted the importance for a tribunal to clearly set out the factual parameters upon which it determines an application for early determination. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gMMbYsMi

In Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri and others v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the administratrix of the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar) and another [2024] SGHC(A) 20, the Appellate Division of the High Court made no order on two applications to adduce and rely on further evidence at the hearing of an appeal. It also dismissed an application to strike out the appeal as it had been filed out of time and no extension of time was to be granted. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dGW7PD-G