Exception 4 to Section 300 of the Penal Code has had an interesting history. For many years, it remained shrouded in mystery, at least in the local context, in that there were not many illustrations as to how the Singapore courts would apply the Exception to a give fact situation. Even after the pronouncements of the Privy Council in Mohamed Kunjo v PP [ 1978] 1 MLJ 51, there were not many cases where the Singapore courts had the opportunity to follow up on the lead of the Privy Council. However, after the case of PP v Seow Khoon Kwee [1989] 2 MLJ 100, there has been a deluge of cases in which the courts have had the opportunity to apply sudden fight. This article attempts to scrutinise the local cases in order to determine the corpus juris with regard to sudden fight in Singapore.