The importance of scrutinising an Injunction Order
I. INTRODUCTION In the recent case of YFF v YFG and another (First Non-Party and another, non-parties) [2026] SGHCF 20, the General Division of the High Court (Family Division) (“SGHCF”) considered whether an injunction order obtained by the Claimant to prevent the Defendants as executors of the estate from dealing with the assets of the deceased’s estate prevented a Purchaser and a Bank as mortgagee from registering their respective interests arising […]
Is the Consent of an Adult Beneficiary Required Before Trustees Sell Trust Property?
Introduction A trust instrument frequently postpones the transfer of trust property until a beneficiary attains a specified age. The question is whether such a postponement prevents an adult beneficiary from requiring the trustees to transfer, or otherwise deal with, the trust property before that age. This issue arose in the following circumstances. Parents A and […]