The Management Corporation - Strata Title Plan No. 4572 v Kingsford Development Pte. Ltd. & 3 Ors

[2023] SGHCR 8 High Court Registrar 30 June 2023 HC/OC 499/2022 ( HC/SUM 795/2023 ) 47 min read

11 cases cited Cited by 2 cases

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	30 June 2023
Judge	Desmond Chong
Charges / claim	Building And Construction Law, Civil Procedure
Counsel	Holborn Law LLC, S. S. Parhar Law Corporation, Leonard Chew Wei Chong, Lynette Chew Mei Lin, Sunita Sonya Parhar

Source: [2023] SGHCR 8, High Court Registrar, decided 30 June 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Building And Construction Law — Building and construction related contracts — Collateral warranties Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Judgment for a defendant’s failure to file a notice of intention to contest or not contest — Setting aside

Practice Areas

Building And Construction Law Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Desmond Chong Delivered

Counsel (5)

Holborn Law LLC Firm S. S. Parhar Law Corporation Firm Leonard Chew Wei Chong Counsel Claimant Lynette Chew Mei Lin Counsel Claimant Sunita Sonya Parhar Counsel Fourth Defendant

Parties (5)

ADF Waterproof Pte Ltd Defendant Kingsford Development Pte Ltd Defendant The Management Corporation - Strata Title Plan No. 4572 Claimant Xinyuan Construction Pte Ltd Defendant Cui Zhengfeng Defendant

Case Significance

Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4572 v Kingsford Development Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGHCR 8 is a grounds of decision of AR Desmond Chong in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 30 June 2023 in Originating Claim No 499 of 2022 (Summons No 795 of 2023). The claimant, the management corporation of a condominium development in Hillview Rise, brought OC 499 to claim damages from the development's developer and contractors for alleged defects. The present application was brought by the fourth defendant, ADF Waterproof Pte Ltd, to set aside a judgment dated 3 February 2023 entered in the claimant's favour due to that defendant's failure to file a notice of intention to contest or not contest the originating claim within the deadline stipulated under the Rules of Court 2021.

[2023] SGHCR 8 explained

The Management Corporation - Strata Title Plan No. 4572 v Kingsford Development Pte. Ltd. & 3 Ors ([2023] SGHCR 8) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 30 June 2023. It is categorised under Building And Construction Law and Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 2 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] SGHCR 8 about?

The Management Corporation - Strata Title Plan No. 4572 v Kingsford Development Pte. Ltd. & 3 Ors ([2023] SGHCR 8) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Building And Construction Law — Building and construction related contracts — Collateral warranties” and “Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Judgment for a defendant’s failure to file a notice of intention to contest or not contest — Setting aside”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2023] SGHCR 8?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHCR 8 has been cited by 2 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.

Summary

A management corporation sued the developer and contractors of a Hillview Rise condominium for alleged defects, and judgment was entered against the fourth defendant, ADF Waterproof Pte Ltd, for failing to file a notice of intention to contest within the deadline under the Rules of Court 2021. The fourth defendant applied to set aside that default judgment. The Assistant Registrar granted the application to set aside the judgment, but conditioned it on the fourth defendant providing security of S$80,000 by way of a solicitor's undertaking.

What was Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 4572 v Kingsford Development [2023] SGHCR 8 about?

It was an application before AR Desmond Chong, decided on 30 June 2023, by fourth defendant ADF Waterproof Pte Ltd to set aside a default judgment of 3 February 2023 entered against it in a Hillview Rise condominium defects claim under Originating Claim No 499 of 2022.

Why was default judgment entered in [2023] SGHCR 8?

The judgment dated 3 February 2023 was entered in the claimant management corporation's favour because ADF Waterproof Pte Ltd failed to file a notice of intention to contest or not contest the originating claim within the deadline stipulated under the Rules of Court 2021.