TQ v TR

JurisdictionSingapore
JudgeChoo Han Teck J
Judgment Date11 July 2007
Neutral Citation[2007] SGHC 106
Citation[2007] SGHC 106
Date11 July 2007
Year2007
Plaintiff CounselFoo Siew Fong (Harry Elias Partnership)
Docket NumberDivorce (T) No 829 of 2004
Defendant CounselQuek Mong Hua SC and Tan Siew Kim (Lee & Lee)
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
Published date19 July 2007

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4 cases
  • Aoo v Aon
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 29 September 2011
  • TQ v TR
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 3 February 2009
    ...5 The judge below (“the Judge”) was asked to decide the ancillary matters. On 11 July 2007, he ordered as follows (see TQ v TR [2007] 3 SLR (R) 719 (“the Judgment”)): (a) Both the Husband and the Wife were to have joint custody of the Children, but the Wife was to have care and control of a......
  • Afs v Afu
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 7 March 2011
  • VF v VG
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 30 November 2007
    ...siblings should, as far as possible, not be separated: see, for example, Wong Phila Mae v Shaw Harold [1991] SLR 93 at 98H and TQ v TR [2007] SGHC 106 at [8]. The rationale for this is that keeping the children together when the parents divorce will provide the children with a measure of st......
5 books & journal articles
  • THE EFFECTIVE REACH OF CHOICE OF LAW AGREEMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...32 However, it is noteworthy that two recent cases in Singapore highlighted the significance of party autonomy in this area. In TQ v TR[2007] 3 SLR 719, a prenuptial agreement was given effect to in accordance with its governing law. An appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. In Muraka......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...rights. Law governing validity of foreign prenuptial agreement and rights to matrimonial property 14.8 The High Court in TQ v TR[2007] 3 SLR 719 has recognised a foreign prenuptial agreement to be valid and effective. (The appeal was heard by the Court of Appeal in January 2008 but the writ......
  • Family Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...14.1 In last year”s review ((2007) 8 SAL Ann Rev 229 at 231—232, paras 14.8—14.12), it was pointed out that the High Court in TQ v TR[2007] 3 SLR 719 did not apply the established conflict of laws rule in determining the validity of a foreign prenuptial agreement. In that case, a prenuptial......
  • Conflict of Laws
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...law”s effect. This is especially important where the law was not settled in the foreign jurisdiction. 9.43 The second case was TQ v TR[2007] 3 SLR 719. The petitioner, a Swedish national, and the respondent, a Dutch national, executed a prenuptial agreement before their marriage in the Neth......
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