KRISTIN ANNUS v JEKATERINA ANNUS & 2 Ors

[2023] SGHC 110 High Court (General Division) 24 April 2023 HC/OS 1050/2021 ( HC/SUM 4269/2022 )

5 cases cited (4 SG, 1 foreign)

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	24 April 2023
Judge	Lai Siu Chiu
Charges / claim	Injunctions
Counsel	PDLegal LLC, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Chua Ze Xuan, Kee Lay Lian, Kok Chee Yeong Jared, Kyle Gabriel Peters, Ramachandran Doraisamy Raghunath, Tan Chuan Thye, Yvette Tay Yu Wei

Source: [2023] SGHC 110, High Court (General Division), decided 24 April 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Injunctions — Interim injunction — Plaintiff’s undertaking as to damages — Whether undertaking ought to be enforced

Practice Areas

Injunctions

Judges (1)

Lai Siu Chiu Delivered

Counsel (9)

PDLegal LLC Firm Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Firm Chua Ze Xuan Counsel for the plaintiff Kee Lay Lian Counsel for the third defendant

Kok Chee Yeong Jared Counsel for the third defendant

Kyle Gabriel Peters Counsel for the plaintiff

Ramachandran Doraisamy Raghunath Counsel for the plaintiff Tan Chuan Thye Counsel for the third defendant

Yvette Tay Yu Wei Counsel for the third defendant

Parties (4)

TA Activity Singapore Private Ltd Defendant

Jekaterina Annus Defendant

Kristin Annus Plaintiff

Ljubov Skurd Defendant

Case Significance

Kristin Annus v Jekaterina Annus and others [2023] SGHC 110 is a grounds of decision of Lai Siu Chiu SJ in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 24 April 2023 in Originating Summons No 1050 of 2021 (Summons No 4269 of 2022). The third defendant, TA Activity Singapore Private Ltd, applied to enforce an undertaking as to damages given by the plaintiff, Kristin Annus, in connection with an interim injunction she had obtained against it to support proceedings in Estonia. The court ordered that enforcement of the undertaking be held over until the Estonian proceedings between the plaintiff and the first defendant, Jekaterina Annus, had been dealt with.

Summary

TA Activity Singapore Private Ltd, the third defendant, applied to enforce an undertaking as to damages given by Kristin Annus when she obtained an interim injunction in Singapore supporting Estonian proceedings against her stepmother over her late father's estate. The issue was whether the undertaking should be enforced immediately or held over pending the outcome of the Estonian fraud proceedings. Lai Siu Chiu SJ ordered that enforcement of the undertaking be held over until the Estonian proceedings were resolved.

What did the court decide in Kristin Annus v Jekaterina Annus and others [2023] SGHC 110?

Lai Siu Chiu SJ ordered that enforcement of Kristin Annus's undertaking as to damages be held over until the Estonian proceedings between her and the first defendant, Jekaterina Annus, had been dealt with. The third defendant, TA Activity Singapore, has appealed.

Why did the undertaking as to damages issue arise in [2023] SGHC 110?

The plaintiff had given an undertaking as to damages to obtain an interim injunction against TA Activity Singapore Private Ltd, in support of inheritance proceedings in Estonia against her stepmother. The third defendant sought to enforce that undertaking, while the plaintiff argued it should not be enforced.