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Court to mistress: Law can't help you
K.C. Vijayan
Thu, Nov 26, 2009
The Straits Times

THE Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by the mistress of a dead businessman to get his estate to pay maintenance for their two children.

But Singapore's highest court said its decision was made with regret, as its hands were tied by what it considered an unfair law.

In his judgment, released on Monday, Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin called for the law to be changed, saying there were compelling reasons to do so.


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