TAN HUI MIN SABRINA ALBERTA v CHIANG HAI DING & Anor

Q: Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 259 consider?

The judgment refers to Banking Act. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2023] SGHC 259 High Court (General Division) 14 September 2023 HC/S 141/2022 58 min read

9 cases cited (6 SG, 3 foreign)

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	14 September 2023
Judge	Hoo Sheau Peng
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Trusts
Counsel	Drew & Napier LLC, WongPartnership LLP, Chan Yun Wen Charmaine, Gavin Neo Jia Cheng, Ho Pei Shien Melanie, Khoo Kiah Min Jolyn, See Chern Yang

Source: [2023] SGHC 259, High Court (General Division), decided 14 September 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Pleadings Trusts — Constructive trusts Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Trusts

Judges (1)

Hoo Sheau Peng Delivered

Counsel (7)

Drew & Napier LLC Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Chan Yun Wen Charmaine Counsel Defendant Gavin Neo Jia Cheng Counsel Plaintiff Ho Pei Shien Melanie Counsel Plaintiff Khoo Kiah Min Jolyn Counsel Plaintiff See Chern Yang Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

Chiang Hai Ding Defendant Chiang Joon Arn Defendant Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta Plaintiff

Case Significance

Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta v Chiang Hai Ding and another [2023] SGHC 259 is a reserved judgment of Hoo Sheau Peng J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 14 September 2023 in Suit No 141 of 2022. At the heart of the dispute is a conservation shophouse at 11 Martaban Road, Singapore 328639, whose registered proprietor is the first defendant, Dr Chiang Hai Ding, a former civil servant and Member of Parliament. The plaintiff, Ms Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta, a chartered accountant undergoing divorce proceedings from the second defendant Mr Chiang Joon Arn (Dr Chiang's son), seeks a declaration that she and/or Mr Chiang are the beneficial owners of the property, while the defendants contend it belongs solely to Dr Chiang; the catchwords address pleadings, constructive trusts and presumed resulting trusts.

[2023] SGHC 259 explained

TAN HUI MIN SABRINA ALBERTA v CHIANG HAI DING & Anor ([2023] SGHC 259) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 14 September 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Trusts. 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 259 about?

TAN HUI MIN SABRINA ALBERTA v CHIANG HAI DING & Anor ([2023] SGHC 259) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Pleadings”, “Trusts — Constructive trusts”, and “Trusts — Resulting trusts — Presumed resulting trusts”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 259 consider?

The judgment refers to Banking Act. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 259 cite?

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

Summary

Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta sought a declaration that she and/or her estranged husband Chiang Joon Arn were the beneficial owners of a conservation shophouse at 11 Martaban Road registered in the name of her father-in-law Dr Chiang Hai Ding. The court dismissed her constructive and resulting trust claims for insufficiency of evidence. It declared that Dr Chiang holds 85.71% of the beneficial interest on resulting trust for Mr Chiang, with Dr Chiang beneficially owning the remaining 14.29%.

What was Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta v Chiang Hai Ding [2023] SGHC 259 about?

It was a High Court dispute before Hoo Sheau Peng J, decided on 14 September 2023, over the beneficial ownership of a conservation shophouse at 11 Martaban Road registered to Dr Chiang Hai Ding, turning on constructive and presumed resulting trusts.

Who were the parties in [2023] SGHC 259?

The plaintiff, chartered accountant Ms Tan Hui Min Sabrina Alberta, sued Dr Chiang Hai Ding and his son Mr Chiang Joon Arn, from whom she was undergoing divorce, seeking a declaration that she and/or Mr Chiang beneficially owned 11 Martaban Road.