VIOLET TAN PEI LI v CHIA YEW KEONG

ja-33-462-09-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 June 2025 • JA-33-462-09/2022 • 14 min read

6 cases cited (3 SG, 3 foreign)

Catchwords

Family Law – Discovery – Application for an order of the Court for discovery - Relevance in the context of discovery – Principles of law applicable to discovery proceedings – Order 24 Rules of the Court 2012 – Whether the Respondent husband had shown sufficient grounds to compel further discovery from the Petitioner wife – Whether the documents sought were relevant and necessary to determine matrimonial assets and financial capacity of Petitioner wife

Practice Areas

Family Law

Judges (1)

Wong Mee Ling Delivered

Counsel (5)

Dennis Nik & Wong Firm Lim Chambers Firm Chin Yi Ling Counsel Respondent Janani S. Ramu Counsel Petitioner Leslie Looi Counsel Petitioner

Parties (2)

Chia Yew Keong Respondent Violet Tan Pei Li Petitioner

Case Significance

VIOLET TAN PEI LI v CHIA YEW KEONG is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated June 18, 2025 (citation: ja-33-462-09-2022). The case was decided by Wong Mee Ling.

What was the outcome of VIOLET TAN PEI LI v CHIA YEW KEONG?

VIOLET TAN PEI LI v CHIA YEW KEONG is a High Court decision dated June 18, 2025. The case was heard by Wong Mee Ling. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (6)

SG (1)

[2014] SGCA 4

SLR (2)

[2012] 4 SLR 185 [2014] 2 SLR 208

UK (1)

[1974] 1 WLR 1125

MY (2)

[1994] 2 CLJ 581 [2020] MLJU 1421

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.

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Source: eJudgment (ja-33-462-09-2022)