NEVERLAND INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. v P.T PTE. LIMITED & 2 Ors

[2023] SGHC 15 High Court (General Division) 20 January 2023 HC/S 282/2022 ( HC/RA 309/2022,HC/RA 305/2022,HC/RA 310/2022 ) 27 min read

9 cases cited

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	20 January 2023
Judge	Teh Hwee Hwee
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Counsel	Bih Li & Lee LLP, CHP Law LLC, Contigo Law LLC, Genesis Law Corporation, Arthur Yap, Darrell Low Kim Boon, Koh Zhen Yang, Ng Rui Wen, Ong Hui Jing, Ong Kai Min Kelvin, Sandra Lye Hui Wen, Tan KY Won Terence, Tan Yong Yuen Jordan

Source: [2023] SGHC 15, High Court (General Division), decided 20 January 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Setting aside of default judgment — Order for setting aside made conditional

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Teh Hwee Hwee Delivered

Counsel (13)

Bih Li & Lee LLP Firm CHP Law LLC Firm Contigo Law LLC Firm Genesis Law Corporation Firm Arthur Yap Counsel Defendant Darrell Low Kim Boon Counsel Defendant Koh Zhen Yang Counsel Defendant Ng Rui Wen Counsel Defendant Ong Hui Jing Counsel Defendant Ong Kai Min Kelvin Counsel Defendant Sandra Lye Hui Wen Counsel Plaintiff Tan KY Won Terence Counsel Plaintiff Tan Yong Yuen Jordan Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

Neverland Investment Holdings Pte Ltd Plaintiff P.T Pte Ltd Defendant Lim Kok Kuan Daniel Defendant Ravinder Paul Singh s/o Akubal Singh Defendant

Case Significance

Neverland Investment Holdings Pte Ltd v P.T Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGHC 15 is a General Division of the High Court decision delivered by Teh Hwee Hwee JC on 20 January 2023 in Suit No 282 of 2022, arising from Registrar's Appeals Nos 305, 309 and 310 of 2022. The plaintiff was a Singapore-incorporated company that operated a night club at premises in Clarke Quay. The Assistant Registrar had set aside default judgments entered against the first, second and third defendants — P.T Pte Ltd, Ravinder Paul Singh s/o Akubal Singh and Lim Kok Kuan Daniel — and granted them conditional leave to defend, the condition being that the three defendants jointly and severally provide security in the sum of S$620,000; each defendant appealed, seeking unconditional leave to defend or a lower amount of security.

[2023] SGHC 15 explained

NEVERLAND INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. v P.T PTE. LIMITED & 2 Ors ([2023] SGHC 15) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 20 January 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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] SGHC 15 about?

NEVERLAND INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. v P.T PTE. LIMITED & 2 Ors ([2023] SGHC 15) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Setting aside of default judgment — Order for setting aside made conditional”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

Neverland Investment Holdings Pte Ltd, which operated a Clarke Quay night club, brought registrar's appeals concerning the setting aside of default judgments entered against three defendants who were granted conditional leave to defend on providing S$620,000 in security. The dispute related to deposit moneys and night club assets allegedly transferred to the first defendant. The court reduced the security required to S$361,552.20, representing a key component of the plaintiff's claim, and otherwise upheld the assistant registrar's decisions.

What was the condition imposed in Neverland Investment Holdings Pte Ltd v P.T Pte Ltd ([2023] SGHC 15)?

The Assistant Registrar granted the three defendants conditional leave to defend on the condition that they jointly and severally provide security of S$620,000. The defendants' appeals in Registrar's Appeals Nos 305, 309 and 310 of 2022 sought unconditional leave or a lower security sum.

What business did the plaintiff in Neverland Investment Holdings operate ([2023] SGHC 15)?

The plaintiff was a Singapore-incorporated company that operated a night club at premises in Clarke Quay. Teh Hwee Hwee JC heard the Registrar's Appeals arising from Suit No 282 of 2022 and delivered judgment on 20 January 2023.