SG Courts’ Post

In Hii Yii Ann and another v Tiong Thai King and another and another matter [2024] SGHC(I) 21, the SICC dismisses the Second Defendant’s application to strike out the First Defendant’s counterclaim against it. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g7Cj29wY

In Credit Suisse Trust Limited v Bidzina Ivanishvili and 4 Ors [2024] SGCA(I) 5, CoA dismissed Credit Suisse Trust Limited’s appeal against the trial judge’s decision to hold it liable to compensate the Ivanishvili family for breaches of its fiduciary duties as the trustee of a trust over assets originally exceeding US$1.1B. CoA directed that the quantification of the compensation to be paid to the Ivanishvili family was to be reassessed. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gcznbKep

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

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