CHEUNG PHEI CHIET v JUJUN TANU

[2023] SGHC 51 High Court (General Division) 2 March 2023 HC/OS 809/2021 · HC/OS 808/2021 147 min read
30 cases cited (24 SG, 6 foreign)

Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge Tan Siong Thye
Charges / claim Land
Counsel Aequitas Law LLP, Legal Solutions LLC, Jason Yan Zixiang, Kwek Yiu Wing Kevin, Lim Tat, Subir Singh Grewal, Wan Chi Kit, Yeo Teng Yung Christopher

Source: [2023] SGHC 51, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Counsel (8)

Parties (4)

Case Significance

Cheung Phei Chiet v Jujun Tanu and another matter [2023] SGHC 51 was decided by Tan Siong Thye J in the General Division of the High Court on 2 March 2023, disposing of Originating Summons Nos 808 and 809 of 2021. The applicant Cheung Phei Chiet was ranged against respondents including Jujun Tanu, Cheong Yoke Ling @ Zhang Yuling and Chang Chih-Tung, Charles (as executors of the estate of Cheong Kim Koek, deceased). The proceedings were the latest in a series of acrimonious disputes between two small groups of subsidiary proprietors in a mixed development along Upper East Coast Road comprising four commercial and four residential units, managed by Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 508 (MCST 508). The court observed the disputes had spanned many years and involved no fewer than twelve cases, and the matter turned on strata titles under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and related statutes.

[2023] SGHC 51 explained

CHEUNG PHEI CHIET v JUJUN TANU ([2023] SGHC 51) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 2 March 2023. It is categorised under Land. 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 51 about?

CHEUNG PHEI CHIET v JUJUN TANU ([2023] SGHC 51) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Land — Strata titles”, 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 51 consider?

The judgment refers to BMSMA refers to the rights and remedies apart from those provided by the Act which are the normal incidents of legal relationships that the Act, Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act, First Schedule to the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (Cap 30C), and Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap 158), among other provisions. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

Summary

These two Originating Summonses formed part of a series of disputes between opposing groups of subsidiary proprietors in a small mixed commercial and residential development along Upper East Coast Road, governed by its management corporation MCST 508. The proceedings concerned strata title issues arising from the management and affairs of the development. The available excerpt sets out the parties and the court's remarks on resolving such disputes but does not state the final disposition of the applications.

What was Cheung Phei Chiet v Jujun Tanu [2023] SGHC 51 about?

The strata-titles dispute in Originating Summonses 808 and 809 of 2021 arose between two groups of subsidiary proprietors in a small Upper East Coast Road development of four commercial and four residential units, managed by MCST 508, and had generated no fewer than twelve cases.

Who were the parties in Cheung Phei Chiet v Jujun Tanu ([2023] SGHC 51)?

The applicant was Cheung Phei Chiet; the respondents included Jujun Tanu and, in OS 809, Cheong Yoke Ling @ Zhang Yuling and Chang Chih-Tung, Charles, as executors of the estate of Cheong Kim Koek, deceased. Tan Siong Thye J heard both matters.

Statutes Cited

BMSMA refers to the rights and remedies apart from those provided by the Act which are the normal incidents of legal relationships that the Act
s 123
Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act Cases on this Act →
s 37A

Cases Cited (30)

SG (4)
[2011] SGHC 30 [2020] SGDC 295 [2020] SGHC 88 [2022] SGHC 280
SLR (20)
[1995] 3 SLR(R) 233 [1996] 2 SLR(R) 80 [1998] 3 SLR(R) 369 [2000] 1 SLR(R) 355 [2000] 2 SLR(R) 30 [2000] 3 SLR(R) 530 [2006] 1 SLR(R) 112 [2011] 2 SLR 998 [2012] 4 SLR 476 [2014] 3 SLR 329 [2014] 3 SLR 456 [2014] 3 SLR 663 [2015] 5 SLR 756 [2018] 1 SLR 790 [2018] 4 SLR 645 [2019] 1 SLR 732 [2019] 4 SLR 773 [2021] 2 SLR 67 [2021] 3 SLR 1016 [2021] 5 SLR 1401
UK (4)
[1915] AC 705 [1941] 2 All ER 72 [1997] 3 All ER 562 [2007] EWCA Civ 1560
MY (2)
[1985] 1 MLJ 36 [2009] 8 MLJ 793

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