Low Gim Siah and Others v Low Geok Khim and Another

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date22 December 2006
Date22 December 2006
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 40 of 2006
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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17 cases
  • Yeo Guan Chye Terence and another v Lau Siew Kim
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 12 Enero 2007
    ...Tng [2001] 1 SLR (R) 771; [2001] 3 SLR 41 (refd) Liew Choy Hung v Fork Kian Seng [2000] 1 MLJ 635 (refd) Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim [2007] 1 SLR (R) 795; [2007] 1 SLR 795 (refd) Neo Boh Tan v Ng Kim Whatt [2000] SGHC 31 (refd) Neo Tai Kim v Foo Stie Wah [1981-1982] SLR (R) 222; [1980-1981......
  • Lim Chen Yeow Kelvin v Goh Chin Peng
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 30 Julio 2008
    ...that paragraph [27] of LaForme J.A.’s judgment above was cited with approval by the Court of Appeal in Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim [2007] 1 SLR 795 at [53]. Accordingly, it would be wrong to elevate survivorship clauses in the bank documents to the status of a legal presumption similar to ......
  • Yeo Guan Chye Terence and another v Lau Siew Kim
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 30 Noviembre 2007
    ...814). 76 Locally, the Court of Appeal recently considered the presumption of advancement in some detail in Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim [2007] 1 SLR 795 (“Low Gim Siah”). Chan Sek Keong CJ, in delivering the judgment of the court, accepted that the presumption of advancement was generally o......
  • Chye Seng Kait v Chye Seng Fong
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 20 Abril 2021
    ...516; [1993] 1 SLR 602 (folld) Low Ah Cheow v Ng Hock Guan [2009] 3 SLR(R) 1079; [2009] 3 SLR 1079 (folld) Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim [2007] 1 SLR(R) 795; [2007] 1 SLR 795 (refd) Ng Kwok Seng v Mei Ling Ng [2015] 8 MLJ 455 (refd) Saylor v Madsen Estate (2006) 261 DLR (4th) 597 (refd) Sharp......
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7 books & journal articles
  • BURDEN OF PROOF AND STANDARD OF PROOF IN CIVIL LITIGATION
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 Diciembre 2013
    ...in equity to which the same submissions herein equally apply — for eg, presumption of advancement —Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim[2007] 1 SLR(R) 795; presumption of resulting trust —Lau Siew Kim v Yeo Guan Chye[2008] 2 SLR(R) 108. 80 As to when this presumption becomes applicable see Surender......
  • RESULTING TRUSTS IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 Diciembre 2011
    ...may be corrected by150 future judicial pronouncements.151 * The author gratefully acknowledges excellent assistance from J Z Chng. 1 [2007] 1 SLR(R) 795. 2 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 108. 3 Stack v Dowden [2007] 2 AC 432; Abbott v Abbott [2008] 1 FLR 1451. 4 [1996] AC 669 at 708. 5 [1999] 1 WLR 1399 a......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...issue to consider is that the presumption of advancement emphasises the intention of the donor provider (see Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim[2007] 1 SLR 795 (‘Low Gim Siah’) at [44]) rather than both parties. The Court of Appeal in Low Gim Siah agreed with Teo Siew Har v Lee Kuan Yew[1999] 4 S......
  • Case Note
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 Diciembre 2015
    ...Chye Terence[2008] 2 SLR(R) 108 at [58]. 62(1984) 155 CLR 242. 63Lau Siew Kim v Yeo Guan Chye Terence[2008] 2 SLR(R) 108 at [78]. 64[2007] 1 SLR(R) 795. 65Low Gim Siah v Low Geok Khim[2007] 1 SLR(R) 795 at [43]. 66 Kelvin Low, “The Presumption of Advancement: A Renaissance?”(2007) 123 LQR 3......
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