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Elderly scam victim loses $500k claim against UOB after High Court finds she concealed evidence

According to the police report, Lao Iok Sim had been instructed by a person claiming to be a Chinese police officer to open a UOB savings account with internet banking.

Businessman ordered to pay $7m after reneging on $8m share buyback promise in sale of workers’ dorm

The case centred on a 2015 deal involving the sale of a dormitory approved to house 320 workers, but was housing about 500.

He ditched his EV and returned to a hybrid after just six months

Retiree Francis Cheng says EVs make financial sense for heavy users to offset the higher road tax and insurance.

Orchard Towers’ Naughty Girl nightclub loses High Court battle to sell alcohol after midnight

A policy introduced in July 2023 bars all Orchard Towers establishments from selling alcohol after 11.59pm.

Manager loses wrongful dismissal case after tribunal rules he was not a ‘relevant employee’

The tribunal did not decide whether the employer had acted unfairly in dismissing him.

Tribunal awards woman maximum $30,000 over ‘sudden and unjustified’ probation dismissal

The Employment Claims Tribunals found that the employer had failed to justify its decision that the manager had failed probation.

Volvo V60 gives the Swedish station wagon a fitting farewell

The ageing Volvo V60 station wagon is back for a swansong as the curtain
begins to fall on the Swedish carmaker’s last combustion-engine stationwagon.

Air-con row between night-shift nurse and HDB landlord ends with $1,536 court award for tenant

A dispute over daytime air-conditioning use escalated into harassment, an early termination of the tenancy and, eventually, the Small Claims Tribunals.

A bankrupt cannot remove trustee simply because their relationship soured: High Court

Singapore has in recent years shifted towards a system where private trustees administer most bankruptcy cases rather than the Official Assignee, a court officer.

Phishing scam victim loses $3,456 claim against bank after failing to act on notification alerts

Sharing credit card details, OTP in scams is not gross negligence, but ignoring repeated warnings is, said the Small Claims Tribunal.

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