HOW WENG FAN & 2 Ors v PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TOWN COUNCIL

[2023] SGCA 21 Court of Appeal 7 July 2023 CA/CA 199/2019 · CA/CA 198/2019 · CA/CA 197/2019 · CA/CA 196/2019 ( CA/SUM 120/2020,CA/SUM 6/2020,CA/SUM 113/2020 ) · CA/CA 200/2019 42 min read

16 cases cited (14 SG, 2 foreign) Cited by 5 cases

Key facts

Court	Court of Appeal
Decided	7 July 2023
Judges	Andrew Phang Boon Leong, Judith Prakash, Sundaresh Menon, Tay Yong Kwang, Woo Bih Li
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Counsel	Netto & Magin LLC, Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Tan Kok Quan Partnership, Tan Rajah & Cheah, Chan Ming Onn David, Chelva Retnam Rajah, Chiam Jia-An, Chin Li Yuen Marina, Eusuff Ali s/o N B M Mohamed Kassim, Fong Zhiwei Daryl, Joseph Tay Weiwen, Lin Ruizi, Mohamed Shafie Bin Allameen, Netto Leslie, Netto Leslie née Lucy Michael, Rachel Hui Min De Silva, Roqiyah Begum d/o Mohd Aslam, Samantha Tan Sin Ying, Tan Kah Wai, Teo Jin Yun Germaine, Yong Manling Jasmine

Source: [2023] SGCA 21, Court of Appeal, decided 7 July 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Orders Civil Procedure — Pleadings

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (5)

Andrew Phang Boon Leong Coram Judith Prakash Coram Sundaresh Menon Delivered Tay Yong Kwang Coram Woo Bih Li Coram

Counsel (21)

Parties (10)

Aljunied-Hougang Town Council Respondent FM Solutions & Services Pte Ltd Appellant Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council Respondent Sengkang Town Council Respondent Chua Zhi Hon Appellant How Weng Fan Appellant Kenneth Foo Seck Guan Appellant Low Thia Khiang Appellant Pritam Singh Appellant Sylvia Lim Swee Lian Appellant

Case Significance

How Weng Fan and others v Sengkang Town Council and other appeals [2023] SGCA 21 is a judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered on 7 July 2023, with Sundaresh Menon delivering the judgment sitting with Andrew Phang Boon Leong, Judith Prakash, Tay Yong Kwang and Woo Bih Li. The five consolidated appeals (Civil Appeals Nos 196 to 200 of 2019) arose from Suit Nos 668 and 716 of 2017 brought by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council and Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council. The appellants included Sylvia Lim Swee Lian, Low Thia Khiang, Pritam Singh, Chua Zhi Hon, Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, How Weng Fan (also as personal representative of the estate of Danny Loh Chong Meng), and FM Solutions & Services Pte Ltd; the catchwords address civil procedure issues of pleadings and orders.

[2023] SGCA 21 explained

HOW WENG FAN & 2 Ors v PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TOWN COUNCIL ([2023] SGCA 21) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 7 July 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 5 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGCA 21 about?

HOW WENG FAN & 2 Ors v PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TOWN COUNCIL ([2023] SGCA 21) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Orders” and “Civil Procedure — Pleadings”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGCA 21 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 90 and [2023] SGCA(I) 1. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGCA 21?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGCA 21 has been cited by 5 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

What was How Weng Fan v Sengkang Town Council [2023] SGCA 21 about?

It comprised five consolidated Court of Appeal appeals (Civil Appeals Nos 196 to 200 of 2019), decided on 7 July 2023 with Sundaresh Menon delivering the judgment, arising from Suit Nos 668 and 716 of 2017 brought by the Aljunied-Hougang and Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Councils on pleadings and orders.

Who were the appellants in [2023] SGCA 21?

The appellants included Sylvia Lim Swee Lian, Low Thia Khiang, Pritam Singh, Chua Zhi Hon, Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, How Weng Fan (also as personal representative of the estate of Danny Loh Chong Meng) and FM Solutions & Services Pte Ltd, in appeals concerning Sengkang and Aljunied-Hougang Town Councils.