MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai pemegang amanah untuk Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust) v TASHIMA DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD

jb-37j-2-12-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 9 January 2025 • JB-37J-2-12/2023 • 27 min read

12 cases cited (1 SG, 11 foreign)

Catchwords

Appeal to Judge in Chambers – Against the decision of Senior Assistant Registrar - Dismissing an oral application by Judgement Creditor – Made before commencement of the Judgement Debtor Summons hearing – Seeking for the Judgement Debtor to produce - Previous years bank accounts – Judgement Debtor a body corporate – Whether Judgement Creditor complied with requirements of Order 48 Rule 1 (2) ROC 2012 – By obtaining leave to issue Judgement Debtor Summons against an officer – And leave for the officer to produce relevant documents – Whether the request by the Judgement Creditor amounts to asset tracing exercise – Or amounts to a historical assessment of monies spent – Whether the inherent flexibility of Order 48 ought to be constrained? – Whether a benevolent interpretation should be accorded to Order 48 and Section 4 Debtors Act, 1957 - Whether the JDS ought to have been commenced in the Court of first instance – Section 2 Debtors Act, 1957 defines Courts as the Courts in which the original proceedings were commenced.

Judges (1)

Suria Kumar a/l Durairaj Johnson Paul Delivered

Counsel (6)

Ang Adila Firm Han & Partners Firm Kenny Ang Joo Koon Counsel Respondent Phang Soon Mun Counsel Appellant Tang Kian Khuang Counsel Appellant Wan Nur Nini Adila Binti Wan Omar Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) Plaintiff TASHIMA DEVELOPMENT Sdn Bhd Defendant

Case Significance

MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai p... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated January 9, 2025 (citation: jb-37j-2-12-2023). The case was decided by Suria Kumar a/l Durairaj Johnson Paul.

What was the outcome of MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai p...?

MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai p... is a High Court decision dated January 9, 2025. The case was heard by Suria Kumar a/l Durairaj Johnson Paul. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Insurance Act 1963

s 44A

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (12)

SG (1)

[2003] SGMC 41

UK (1)

[1949] 2 KB 97

MY (9)

[1996] 3 CLJ 142 [1996] 3 CLJ 858 [1998] MLJU 77 [2002] 3 MLJ 155 [2006] 1 CLJ 1 [2014] 9 CLJ 162 [2021] 8 CLJ 434 [2023] MLJU 2730 [2023] MLJU 3195

HK (1)

[2005] 1 HKC 337

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (jb-37j-2-12-2023)