CHONG KEAN SENG v WONG POOI SUN PIHAK KETIGA Tan Wai Shin

aa-33-114-04-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 March 2026 • AA-33-114-04/2021 • 20 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

FAMILY LAW: Maintenance – Consent order – Final and conclusive settlement – Whether consent order dated 5.10.2022 constituted global, full and final settlement of matrimonial financial arrangements – Lump sum payment of RM480,000 as full and final settlement – Whether absence of reservation precluded further maintenance claims – Whether respondent estopped from reopening maintenance after accepting benefits – Doctrine of approbation and reprobation – Whether material change of circumstances shown – Whether respondent’s application an afterthought – Whether application in enclosure 133 framed as clarification in substance sought to vary consent order – Whether court may alter terms of final and binding consent order.

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Chen Woon Yong & Co. Firm Lily Chua & Associates Firm Chen Woon Yong Counsel Respondent RK Sharma Counsel Petitioner Raja Nurul Farah binti Raja Razaman Counsel Petitioner

Parties (3)

Chong Kean Seng Petitioner Tan Wai Shin Third Party Wong Pooi Sun Respondent

Cases Cited (6)

MY (6)

[1991] 3 MLJ 208 [2004] 4 CLJ 466 [2011] 1 CLJ 491 [2011] 1 MLJ 752 [2018] 3 MLJ 354 [2018] 6 CLJ 217

Judgment

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