Hii Yii Ann & Anor v Tiong Thai King & Anor

Case Significance

Hii Yii Ann and another v Tiong Thai King and another and another matter [2024] SGHC(I) 16 was a reserved judgment of the Singapore International Commercial Court delivered by Thomas Bathurst IJ on 7 June 2024, in Originating Application No 15 of 2023 (Summons No 58 of 2023), following a hearing on 18 March 2024. SIC/SUM 58/2023 was an application by Mr Hii Yii Ann and Alliance Lumber (PNG) Limited (the Claimants) for further and better particulars of the Defence and Counterclaim (Amendment No 1) dated 15 June 2023 of the first defendant, Mr Tiong Thai King, in SIC/OA 15/2023. The first claimant is a businessman resident in Singapore who controls companies holding timber concessions in Papua New Guinea, one of which is the second claimant; the first defendant is a businessman resident in Malaysia. The second defendant, Everrise Cooperation Pte Ltd, is a Singapore-incorporated company formed for the sole purpose of managing the operational and financial aspects of the business collaboration between the first claimant and first defendant, with the first claimant and his nominees holding 60% of its shares and the remaining 40% held by the first defendant and his nominees. The catchwords addressed civil procedure relating to pleadings and further and better particulars. The claimants were represented by Trenchant Law LLC and the defendant by Allen & Gledhill LLP.