Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date08 November 1996
Date08 November 1996
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 31 of 1996
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

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35 cases
  • Ryan v Berger
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • November 17, 2000
    ... ... The husband had relied on the case of Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong [1997] 1 SLR 153 to justify the argument that the wife had no legal basis to apply for maintenance. In Tan Bee Giok `s case, ... ...
  • Hong Leong Singapore Finance Ltd v United Overseas Bank Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • November 23, 2006
    ...cases (see eg, the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Goh Swee Fang v Tiah Juah Kim [1994] 3 SLR 881 and Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong [1997] 1 SLR 153) and in others where it was cited, the analysis was not conducted on the basis of the five probanda (see LS Investment Pte Ltd v Majlis Ugam......
  • Tig v Tih
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • December 8, 2015
    ...accumulated so much savings by the time [Property A] was purchased. The Wife further contended, relying on Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong [1996] 3 SLR(R) 605 (“Tan Bee Giok”), that her indirect contributions entitled her to a share of the sale proceeds of [Property E] which in turn added to he......
  • NK v NL
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • July 19, 2007
    ...point before making adjustments to reflect the non-financial contribution of the parties (see, for example, Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong [1997] 1 SLR 153 (“Tan Bee Giok”) at [47]). This prevalent approach of the courts held sway under the former s 106 of the Women’s Charter (Cap 353, 1985 Re......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • December 1, 2015
    ...16.100 In APE v APF[2015] 5 SLR 783, the Court of Appeal affirmed (at [5]) its previous decision in Tan Bee Giok v Loh Kum Yong[1996] 3 SLR(R) 605 (‘Tan Bee Giok’) that for a wife's right to future maintenance to be preserved, the court is absolutely obligated to make an order for nominal m......