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SINGAPORE: A professional engineer who earned more than S$660,000 over two years but lost even more at the casino has been ordered to repay S$578,000 to a former lover after a High Court dispute over an S$800,000 loan. In a judgment delivered on 5 January 2026, Senior Judge Chan Seng Onn rejected Chan Tuck Cheong’s…

SINGAPORE: A woman who spent years challenging a SkillsFuture funding ban has had her High Court application dismissed after the government agency withdrew the restriction, leaving the court with nothing legally effective to overturn. In a judgment issued on 16 October 2026, Justice of the Court of Appeal Hoo Sheau Peng ruled that Lim Siew…

SINGAPORE: A former Credit Suisse vice-president forged at least 112 bank instruction letters over seven years, making unauthorised transactions involving more than S$14 million. Yet her 13-year prison sentence was reduced to 10 years and seven months following a High Court appeal. Why did a woman responsible for such extensive financial wrongdoing receive a shorter…

An employer says your job is ending, then offers you a resignation letter to sign. Before you agree, ask three questions: who is ending the employment, what reason is being given, and how has the exit payment been calculated? Those answers help you assess the paperwork. A redundancy, a performance dismissal and a voluntary resignation…