Singapore Court Visit Report - Matrimonial Assets Division
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Running head: SINGAPORE COURT VISIT REPORT
Student’s name-
Date/Time of observations- 13th November, 2017, 9 am to 5 pm
Court- Singapore High Court- Family Law- matrimonial assets- division
Case name- UGG v UGH (M.W.) [2017] SGHCF 25
Presiding judge- Foo Tuat Yien JC
Disputes related to the case - 1) The division of matrimonial assets.
2) Determination of maintenance.
3) The grant of custody and access orders regarding the children.
Student’s name-
Date/Time of observations- 13th November, 2017, 9 am to 5 pm
Court- Singapore High Court- Family Law- matrimonial assets- division
Case name- UGG v UGH (M.W.) [2017] SGHCF 25
Presiding judge- Foo Tuat Yien JC
Disputes related to the case - 1) The division of matrimonial assets.
2) Determination of maintenance.
3) The grant of custody and access orders regarding the children.
1SINGAPORE COURT VISIT REPORT
For the purpose, I visited the Singapore High Court- Family Law- matrimonial assets-
division (Singapore Family Court) on Monday, 13th November, 2017 from 9 am to 5 pm.
There I observed a case of appeal against the decision of the District judge regarding the
division of matrimonial assets and maintenance of the wife in the context of a case of
divorce. This paper will give details of the case I witnessed in the Singapore high Court-
Family Law- matrimonial assets- division.
The name of the case, which was witnessed by me, was UGG v UGH (M.W.) [2017]
SGHCF 25. The case was an appeal against the decisions of the judge of the District Court
regarding the division and maintenance orders relating to a case of divorce. The counsel for
the wife, Ms Lim Poh Choo, appealed on behalf of her client to the appellate court on the
grounds that the District judge, while giving judgment, failed to take into account the indirect
contributions of the wife by investing time and energy for raising her prematurely born
children and awarded a particular sum of S$4315 to the respondent husband for renovation of
the matrimonial home. Furthermore, the appeal made, was for increasing the wife’s share in
the indirect contributions and for a review of the maintenance awarded, regarding which, no
submissions were made after the review, as to the appropriate sum ought to be awarded. The
appeal was made because the wife felt that the District Court did not provide proper
adjudication and failed to properly determine the cost of division and maintenance.
Furthermore, Ms Lim made additional appeals to the appellate court regarding the time
extension for the sale of the matrimonial home and also for payment of the surgery expenses
of the elder child of the parties, to be paid by the respondent husband.
The case was dismissed by the appellate court. Choo Han Teck J, in this case, stated
that in case of division and maintenance in relation to divorce, there is no clear formula and
these are complicated cases. The personal views of judges vary and it also very difficult to
draw a conclusion with the help of accurate precedents. Most importantly, he stated the
For the purpose, I visited the Singapore High Court- Family Law- matrimonial assets-
division (Singapore Family Court) on Monday, 13th November, 2017 from 9 am to 5 pm.
There I observed a case of appeal against the decision of the District judge regarding the
division of matrimonial assets and maintenance of the wife in the context of a case of
divorce. This paper will give details of the case I witnessed in the Singapore high Court-
Family Law- matrimonial assets- division.
The name of the case, which was witnessed by me, was UGG v UGH (M.W.) [2017]
SGHCF 25. The case was an appeal against the decisions of the judge of the District Court
regarding the division and maintenance orders relating to a case of divorce. The counsel for
the wife, Ms Lim Poh Choo, appealed on behalf of her client to the appellate court on the
grounds that the District judge, while giving judgment, failed to take into account the indirect
contributions of the wife by investing time and energy for raising her prematurely born
children and awarded a particular sum of S$4315 to the respondent husband for renovation of
the matrimonial home. Furthermore, the appeal made, was for increasing the wife’s share in
the indirect contributions and for a review of the maintenance awarded, regarding which, no
submissions were made after the review, as to the appropriate sum ought to be awarded. The
appeal was made because the wife felt that the District Court did not provide proper
adjudication and failed to properly determine the cost of division and maintenance.
Furthermore, Ms Lim made additional appeals to the appellate court regarding the time
extension for the sale of the matrimonial home and also for payment of the surgery expenses
of the elder child of the parties, to be paid by the respondent husband.
The case was dismissed by the appellate court. Choo Han Teck J, in this case, stated
that in case of division and maintenance in relation to divorce, there is no clear formula and
these are complicated cases. The personal views of judges vary and it also very difficult to
draw a conclusion with the help of accurate precedents. Most importantly, he stated the
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