Many of them have never met, yet all can trace their heritage to a small, rundown bungalow in Katong. Bearing different family names – including Chin, Goh, Koh and Tan – they are descendants of Madam Wan Chin Neo, the late Peranakan matriarch who bought...
SINGAPORE – Eighteen children and grandchildren of an Indonesian-Chinese businessman who lost their inheritance or had their share reduced as a result of his will being found invalid, have sued the lawyers who prepared the document. Alleging negligence, they are...
BEIJING – A Chinese painter’s son who sued his 95-year-old mother over the estimated $300 million (S$382 million) artistic treasure trove left by his father has lost the case, state-run media reported Tuesday. The legal action brought by Xu Huayi is...
A coffee-shop assistant who was offered $200,000 will now get more than $2million, after the apex court ruled that her late father’s estate was to be shared based on intestacy rules on the division of assets and not on a note left by the patriarch. The Court of...
THE family of real estate firm boss Franklin Heng, who died after being given too much anaesthesia during a botched liposuction, has been awarded $5.323 million. It is believed to be the biggest payout to an estate arising from death by negligence. The sum also...
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