Estate Administration
Estate Administration is a specialized practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 157 cases from 2000 to 2025.
Leading Law Firms
Analysis of law firms specializing in Estate Administration, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Law Firm | Cases |
|---|---|
| Drew & Napier LLC56.25% success rate | 16 cases10.2% of area |
| WongPartnership LLP9.09% success rate | 11 cases7.0% of area |
| Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP30.00% success rate | 10 cases6.4% of area |
| Allen & Gledhill LLP40.00% success rate | 10 cases6.4% of area |
| UniLegal LLC12.50% success rate | 8 cases5.1% of area |
| Rajah & Tann LLP25.00% success rate | 8 cases5.1% of area |
| Wee Swee Teow & Co0.00% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Harry Elias Partnership LLP0.00% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Niru & Co LLC33.33% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Tan Kok Quan Partnership40.00% success rate | 5 cases3.2% of area |
Notable Lawyers
Leading lawyers practicing in Estate Administration, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Lawyer | Cases |
|---|---|
| Kee Lay Lian14.29% success rate | 7 cases4.5% of area |
| Chua Sui Tong20.00% success rate | 7 cases4.5% of area |
| Khoo Boo Jin42.86% success rate | 7 cases4.5% of area |
| Andre Arul50.00% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Daniel Tan33.33% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Vinodh S Coomaraswamy22.22% success rate | 6 cases3.8% of area |
| Ooi Oon Tat0.00% success rate | 5 cases3.2% of area |
| Liew Teck Huat20.00% success rate | 5 cases3.2% of area |
| N Sreenivasan0.00% success rate | 4 cases2.5% of area |
| Kanapathi Pillai Nirumalan40.00% success rate | 4 cases2.5% of area |
Recent Judgments
Displaying 50 most recent judgments out of 157 total cases
| No. | Title | Court | Decision Date | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WVD v WUR: Application for Extension of Time to File Appeal Regarding Breach of Fiduciary Duties | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 02 Feb 2025 | Application dismissed. |
| 2 | - | 04 Dec 2024 | Unknown | |
| 3 | - | 03 Nov 2024 | Unknown | |
| 4 | WZK v WZJ: Will Revocation Dispute - Validity of December Will Challenged | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 29 Oct 2024 | Appeals dismissed. |
| 5 | XBO v XBP: Testamentary Capacity & Validity of 2012 Will Dispute | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 08 Oct 2024 | Judgment for Plaintiff |
| 6 | XBW v XBX: Probate Dispute over Lost Will and Interim Administration of Estate | Family Justice Courts of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Aug 2024 | Order granted in terms of Originating Summons (Probate) No 11 of 2023 with costs to be borne by the estate. |
| 7 | British and Malayan Trustees Ltd v Ameen Ali Salim Talib: Trust Income Recoupment & Distribution | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Aug 2024 | Trustees have the right to recoup the overpayments and sanctioning the terms of the Trustees’ plan. |
| 8 | WWI v WWJ: Testamentary Capacity, Mental Disability & Will Revocation Dispute | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 05 Aug 2024 | Appeal dismissed. |
| 9 | Tan Cheng Cheng v Shamlal: Conversion & Estate Admin of Richard Mille Watch | General Division of the High Court | 11 Jul 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 10 | Public Prosecutor v JCS: Statutory Rape, Sexual Penetration of a Minor, and Rioting | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 03 Jul 2024 | Appeal Allowed |
| 11 | Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar: Application to Adduce Fresh Evidence on Appeal | Appellate Division of the High Court | 24 Jun 2024 | Appellants’ request to rehear SUM 46 and SUM 5 dismissed. |
| 12 | - | 14 May 2024 | Unknown | |
| 13 | Re Logistics Construction: Judicial Management, Competing Nominations for Interim Judicial Manager | General Division of the High Court | 03 Mar 2024 | The applicant's application to be placed under judicial management is allowed, and Ms. Ellyn Tan Huixian is appointed as the judicial manager. |
| 14 | Re Estate of BKR: Mental Capacity Act & Management of Patient's Property | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Feb 2024 | Application dismissed in part; Discharge Order granted, Authorisation Order and Remuneration Order denied. |
| 15 | Yong Kin Sen v Loke Jian Xun: Probate, Executor's Duty & Competing Claims to Estate Assets | Appellate Division of the High Court | 30 Jan 2024 | Application for permission to appeal dismissed. |
| 16 | - | 28 Jan 2024 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Phoa v Kasenda: Adducing Fresh Evidence, Standing, Personal Representatives | General Division of the High Court | 22 Jan 2024 | All three applications by the plaintiff were dismissed. |
| 18 | Goh Tze Chien v Tan Teow Chee: Validity of Company Winding Up Resolution & Mental Capacity | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 08 Jan 2024 | Originating Application No 637 of 2023 and Summons No 2196 of 2023 were dismissed. |
| 19 | Tan Boon Teck Donald v Lum Shih Kai: Construction of Will & Court's Inherent Jurisdiction to Vary Trust | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Dec 2023 | Application dismissed |
| 20 | Arif Rahim Valibhoy v Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura: Judicial Review of Trustee Removal | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 30 Nov 2023 | The OETs were joined as respondents. The court directed them to file a summons and affidavit to articulate their position. |
| 21 | Mustaq Ahmad v Providentia Wealth Management: Interim Distribution of Estate Shares Dispute | Family Justice Courts of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Nov 2023 | Application dismissed. |
| 22 | Mustaq Ahmad v Providentia Wealth Management: Beneficiary Rights & Estate Administration | Family Justice Courts of the republic of singapore | 29 Nov 2023 | Application dismissed. |
| 23 | WKR v WKQ: Contested Resealing of Vanuatu Grant & Domicile Dispute | Appellate Division of the High Court | 26 Oct 2023 | Appeals allowed. |
| 24 | Munshi v Saleh: Resulting & Constructive Trusts, Joint Accounts & Property | General Division of the High Court | 26 Oct 2023 | Judgment for Plaintiff in part. |
| 25 | Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar v Purnima Anil Salgaocar: Breach of Settlement Agreement Dispute | General Division of the High Court | 12 Oct 2023 | Claim dismissed. |
| 26 | Tan Zhi Wei Alan v Tan Jia Lin Jaylin: Jurisdiction for Removal of Joint Administrator in Estate Matters | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Sep 2023 | Application dismissed. |
| 27 | WPA v WPB: Discovery Application Dispute Over YLL's Will and Testament | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 21 Aug 2023 | Appeal dismissed. |
| 28 | Lin Yueh Hung v Andreas Vogel: Self-Representation & Void Dissolution | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 01 Aug 2023 | Applications to allow self-representation granted. |
| 29 | WHR v WHT: Will and Codicil Validity Dispute in Estate of LLT | Family Justice Courts of the Republic of Singapore | 18 Jul 2023 | Will and Codicil declared valid. |
| 30 | Hoie Kok Hing v Hoie Tip Fong: Trust, Probate, and Administration Dispute over Property Shares | General Division of the High Court | 21 Jun 2023 | Claim dismissed in totality, with costs to the defendant. |
| 31 | Purnima Anil Salgaocar v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar: Appeal on Injunction & Contractual Interpretation | Appellate Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 04 Jun 2023 | Appeal Allowed |
| 32 | Chen Xiaoqi v Chen Fangqi: Sale of Property & Estate Administration Dispute | General Division of the High Court | 20 Apr 2023 | Orders granted for the sale of properties and an account of rental income. Counterclaims dismissed. |
| 33 | WKQ v WKR: Resealing of Foreign Grant of Letters of Administration and Caveats | Family Justice Courts of the republic of singapore | 07 Mar 2023 | Application for resealing of the Vanuatu grant granted; caveator's application for stay dismissed. |
| 34 | Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar v Purnima Anil Salgaocar: Enforceability of Negative Covenant in Settlement Agreement | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 27 Feb 2023 | Interim injunction granted to the claimant. |
| 35 | WKK v WKL: Dispute Over Father's Will and Reinstatement of Discontinued Suit | Family Justice Courts of the republic of singapore | 15 Feb 2023 | Plaintiff's applications dismissed with costs. |
| 36 | Thamby Kannu Parvathi v S Geetha: Estate Distribution Dispute over Dunlop Street Property Sale Proceeds | GENERAL DIVISION OF THE high court of the republic of singapore | 30 Oct 2022 | Judgment for Plaintiff |
| 37 | Xu Wei Dong v Midas Holdings Ltd: Disclosure Order for Audit Documents under Companies Act | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 30 Oct 2022 | Order granted for the disclosure of documents relating to audits carried out by Mazars LLP and Mazars CPA Limited on Midas Holdings Limited for the financial years ended 2012 to 2017. |
| 38 | Tan Mei Sin v Tan Ah Lim: Administrator's Power of Attorney & Property Sale Dispute | General Division of the High Court | 28 Jul 2022 | Plaintiff's application dismissed with liberty to reapply if the Singapore Land Authority approval and court sanction under section 35(2) of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act are forthcoming. |
| 39 | Ong Boon Chuan v Tong Guan Food Products: Share Transfer & Insolvency | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 28 Jul 2022 | Application granted for the sale and transfer of shares. |
| 40 | - | 07 Jul 2022 | Unknown | |
| 41 | Ng Lim Lee v Lee Gin Hong: Partnership Dispute over Overdraft Facility and Asset Withdrawals | Court of Appeal | 20 Jun 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 42 | WDS v WDT: Dispute over US$1.5 Million Gift to Deceased's Daughter | General Division of the High Court (Family Division) | 24 May 2022 | Declaration that WDT does not have a valid claim for US$1.5 million as a creditor against the Deceased’s estate granted. Plaintiff permitted to distribute the assets of the Deceased’s estate in accordance with the Deceased’s last Will and Testament without regard for WDT’s claim for the sum of US$1.5 million. |
| 43 | Ong Chin Woon v Ong Bee Hah: Constructive & Resulting Trusts Dispute Over Family Property | General Division of the High Court | 23 May 2022 | Plaintiff's claim dismissed with costs. |
| 44 | Ong Wui Teck v Ong Wui Jin: Appeal over Executor's Costs and Accounting in Mother's Estate | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 14 Nov 2021 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 45 | Chye Seng Kait v Chye Seng Fong: Estate Administration, Resulting Trust, and Executor's Duties | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Sep 2021 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 46 | Bauer & Radmacher v Wee: Damages Assessment for Aborted Property Sale | General Division of the High Court | 07 Sep 2021 | Damages awarded to the Plaintiffs, assessed at a net total of $242,112.58 after considering the Defendant’s deposit of $260,000. |
| 47 | Ranjit Singh v Harisankar Singh: Presumption of Advancement in Estate Dispute | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 28 Jun 2021 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 48 | - | 08 Jun 2021 | Unknown | |
| 49 | Chye Seng Kait v Chye Seng Fong: Executor's Duty, Estate Assets & Will Construction | General Division of the High Court | 19 Apr 2021 | Claim dismissed. |
| 50 | Bhojwani v Bhojwani: Trust Account, Res Judicata & Trustee Powers | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Oct 2020 | Application granted in part. |