TAN KIT YUEN v CHRISTIAAN COUJIN

ja-33-349-07-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 April 2024 • JA-33-349-07/2022 • 30 min read

22 cases cited (0 SG, 22 foreign)

Catchwords

Family Law – Divorce – Decree Absolute – setting aside – service of the Divorce Petition and Notice of Trial – whether the Divorce Petition had been regularly and properly served to the Respondent Husband – whether there were exceptional circumstances or good or compelling reasons to rescind and set aside the Decree Nisi already made absolute

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Wong Mee Ling Delivered

Counsel (5)

Marshita Surin & Associates Firm Y N Foo & Partners Firm Kiran Dhaliwal Counsel Respondent Surinjit Kaur Counsel Appellant Y. N. Foo Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Christiaan Coujin Respondent Tan Kit Yuen Petitioner

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (22)

UK (1)

[1937] 2 All ER 646

MY (21)

[1989] 1 MLJ 40 [1992] 2 MLJ 610 [1994] 1 MLJ 312 [1995] 1 MLJ 457 [1996] 1 AMR 908 [1996] 1 CLJ 141 [1996] 1 MLJ 374 [1996] 2 CLJ 586 [1998] 1 MLJ 393 [1998] 2 CLJ 75 [2000] 2 AMR 2035 [2000] 3 CLJ 16 [2000] 3 MLJ 201 [2003] 4 CLJ 639 [2003] 4 MLJ 647 [2004] 1 MLJ 618 [2010] 10 CLJ 743 [2010] MLJU 226 [2021] 5 MLJ 337 [2021] MLJU 1096 [2022] MLJU 2574

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