TJIANG GIOK MOY & Anor v ANG JIMMY TJUN MIN

[2024] SGHC 146 High Court (General Division) 5 June 2024 HC/OC 56/2022 ( HC/SUM 1189/2024,HC/SUM 308/2024 ) 9 min read
6 cases cited (5 SG, 1 foreign)

Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge Kwek Mean Luck
Charges / claim Civil Procedure
Counsel Davinder Singh Chambers LLC, Joo Toon LLC, PDLegal LLC, Chua Ze Xuan, Gerald Quek, Jaikanth Shankar, Michael Lukamto, Ng Shu Wen, Seong Hall Ee Waverly, Tan Ruo Yu

Source: [2024] SGHC 146, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Case Significance

Tjiang Giok Moy and another v Ang Jimmy Tjun Min (Citibank NA, non-party) [2024] SGHC 146 was decided by the General Division of the High Court of Singapore on 5 June 2024, in Originating Claim No 56 of 2022 (Summonses Nos 308 and 1189 of 2024), with judgment delivered by Kwek Mean Luck J. The defendant, Ang Jimmy Tjun Min, applied for an order for production of documents against a non-party, Citibank NA, in Summons No 308 of 2024 and for leave to amend that summons in Summons No 1189 of 2024. Citibank NA objected to the production order, and the claimants Tjiang Giok Moy and Ang Eileen also made submissions objecting to it. The court dismissed both summonses on 23 May 2024, and the issue addressed was whether the claimants, who were parties to the proceedings but not the subject of the production order, were entitled to costs; on the issue of standing, the judgment found that the claimants had locus standi to be heard, citing Xing Rong Pte Ltd v Visionhealthone Corp Pte Ltd [2010] 4 SLR 607.

[2024] SGHC 146 explained

TJIANG GIOK MOY & Anor v ANG JIMMY TJUN MIN ([2024] SGHC 146) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 5 June 2024. 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 [2024] SGHC 146 about?

TJIANG GIOK MOY & Anor v ANG JIMMY TJUN MIN ([2024] SGHC 146) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Costs — Principles”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

In proceedings between Tjiang Giok Moy and Ang Eileen as claimants and Ang Jimmy Tjun Min as defendant, the defendant applied for an order for production of documents against a non-party, Citibank NA, and for leave to amend that application, both of which the High Court dismissed. The issue addressed in this judgment was whether the claimants, who were parties to the main claim but not the subject of the production order, were entitled to costs for the two applications. The court held that the claimants had standing to be heard and awarded them costs on a standard basis in the total amount of $10,000 all in.

What was Tjiang Giok Moy v Ang Jimmy Tjun Min [2024] SGHC 146 about?

Decided on 5 June 2024 by Kwek Mean Luck J in the Singapore High Court, the case concerned whether the claimants were entitled to costs after the defendant's applications for production of documents against non-party Citibank NA (Summonses Nos 308 and 1189 of 2024) were dismissed.

Who were the parties in [2024] SGHC 146?

The claimants were Tjiang Giok Moy and Ang Eileen, and the defendant was Ang Jimmy Tjun Min, in Originating Claim No 56 of 2022. Citibank NA was the non-party against whom the production order was sought. Kwek Mean Luck J delivered the judgment.

Cases Cited (6)

SG (2)
[2013] SGHC 274 [2022] SGHC 188
SLR (3)
[2010] 1 SLR 733 [2010] 4 SLR 607 [2016] 5 SLR 103
UK (1)
[2006] EWHC 816

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Source: eLitigation ([2024] SGHC 146)