Jaspreet Kaur

Family & Matrimonial

• Represented the husband in contested ancillary matters proceedings following a 28-year single-income marriage. While the court ordered equal division of the matrimonial asset pool, successfully argued for deduction of tax liabilities on employee stock options, exclusion of two French inheritance properties, and limitation of dissipation findings. Resisted the wife’s claim for a 60:40 division in her favour and her application for monthly maintenance of S$10,000, with the court ultimately ordering no ongoing maintenance post-ancillary matters.
• Assisted in representing a client in contested divorce proceedings and subsequent appeal involving complex issues relating to children, as well as child and spousal maintenance.
• Successfully represented a client in securing child maintenance from the father of a child, despite the parties being unmarried and having no prior contact.
• Assisted unmarried parties in negotiating and reaching a settlement concerning child-related arrangements.

Personal Protection Order

• Represented a client in Personal Protection Order (PPO) proceedings involving allegations of family violence..

Wills & Lasting Power of Attorney

• Advised on and drafted simple and comprehensive Wills and LPAs tailored to protect beneficiaries (including minors).

Probate & Estate Administration

• Represented the executor of a will in contentious proceedings brought by beneficiaries seeking his removal, advising and acting in defence of his appointment.

Mental Capacity Applications

• Successfully obtained deputyship orders for clients managing the affairs of incapacitated family members, ensuring proper care and financial oversight.

Company & Shareholder Disputes

• Acted for the respondent in the Appellate Division in a share purchase agreement dispute raising issues on the prevention principle, the implied duty to co-operate, and the validity of a premature termination notice (Ng Koon Yee Mickey v Mah Sau Cheong [2022] SGHC(A) 33).
• Acted for the plaintiff in a minority oppression claim under s 216 of the Companies Act; the court found unfairly prejudicial conduct arising from a director’s misuse of company funds but declined to grant a buyout remedy given the company’s independent business failure (Cui Chien Cheong v Facilit8te Pte Ltd and another [2021] SGHC 105).
• Acted for the respondent in successfully resisting a forum non conveniens stay application in minority oppression proceedings at first instance and on appeal (Le Ninh Tien v Rainbow Forest Enterprises Ltd and others [2025] SGHCR 23; [2025] SGHC 240).

Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring

• Acted for the respondent creditor in successfully resisting an application to stay a winding-up order under s 279 of the Companies Act on grounds that the underlying debt was non-existent (GVR Global Pte Ltd v Wayne Burt Pte Ltd and another [2020] SGHC 87).

Intellectual Property & Contempt of Court

• Acted for the respondents in committal proceedings for breach of injunctions in a passing off and breach of confidence dispute; the court imposed a fine in lieu of imprisonment and addressed the scope of cross-examination in civil contempt proceedings (Shanghai Afute Food and Beverage Management Co Ltd v Tan Swee Meng and another [2021] SGHC 149).