COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. & 5 Ors v ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA

[2025] SGHC 153 High Court (General Division) 7 August 2025 HC/S 398/2018 ( HC/SUM 975/2025 ) · HC/OS 594/2018 ( HC/SUM 971/2025 ) · S 178/2012 ( HC/SUM 970/2025 ) 12 min read

11 cases cited (9 SG, 2 foreign)

Outcome

Application granted

I therefore granted the Applications to the extent that the documents were subject to the Riddick principle.

Source: [2025] SGHC 153, High Court (General Division), decided 7 August 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	7 August 2025
Judge	Chua Lee Ming
Charges / claim	Abuse of Process
Outcome	Application granted
Counsel	K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, Providence Law Asia LLC, TSMP Law Corporation, Eva Teh Jing Hui, Lim Li Xuan Sherlyn, Lim Seok Koon Stacey, Loo Yinglin Bestlyn

Source: [2025] SGHC 153, High Court (General Division), decided 7 August 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Abuse of Process — Riddick principle

Practice Areas

Abuse of Process

Judges (1)

Chua Lee Ming Delivered

Counsel (7)

K&L Gates Straits Law LLC Firm Providence Law Asia LLC Firm TSMP Law Corporation Firm Eva Teh Jing Hui Counsel Defendant Lim Li Xuan Sherlyn Counsel Plaintiff Lim Seok Koon Stacey Counsel Plaintiff Loo Yinglin Bestlyn Counsel Defendant

Parties (9)

COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. Plaintiff COSMOPOLITAN FINANCE CORPORATION [BVI] Plaintiff DOMINION CORPORATION S.A. Plaintiff JOHN MANNERS AND CO (MALAYA) PTE LTD Plaintiff JOHN MANNERS AND COMPANY LIMITED Plaintiff PENINSULA NAVIGATION COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED [BVI] Plaintiff STRAITS MARINE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED [BVI] Plaintiff ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA Defendant ISABEL BRENDA KOUTSOS Defendant

Case Significance

[2025] SGHC 153 is a High Court (General Division) decision dated 7 August 2025 concerning Abuse of Process, specifically addressing riddick principle. The judgment was delivered by Chua Lee Ming. The case was brought by COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. and others (plaintiff) against ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA and others (defendant). Legal representation was provided by TSMP Law Corporation and K&L Gates Straits Law LLC. The judgment cites 11 cases (9 Singapore, 2 foreign).

[2025] SGHC 153 explained

COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. & 5 Ors v ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA ([2025] SGHC 153) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 7 August 2025. It is categorised under Abuse of Process. 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 [2025] SGHC 153 about?

COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. & 5 Ors v ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA ([2025] SGHC 153) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Abuse of Process — Riddick principle”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2025] SGHC 153 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 299. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

Six companies sought permission under the Riddick principle to disclose documents from three Singapore proceedings for use in Canadian proceedings against a third party who allegedly assisted in misappropriating corporate assets. The court granted the applications, finding a strong countervailing public interest in ensuring relevant evidence was available for the Canadian proceedings, which were a logical continuation of the recovery efforts.

What was decided in [2025] SGHC 153?

[2025] SGHC 153 (COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. & 5 Ors v ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 7 August 2025 addressing Abuse of Process, specifically riddick principle. The judgment was delivered by Chua Lee Ming.

Who were the parties in COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A. & 5 Ors v ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA ([2025] SGHC 153)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHC 153 was COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION PALOMAR, S.A., COSMOPOLITAN FINANCE CORPORATION [BVI], and the defendant was ERNEST FERDINAND PEREZ DE LA SALA, ISABEL BRENDA KOUTSOS. Legal representation included Providence Law Asia LLC and K&L Gates Straits Law LLC. The case was decided on 7 August 2025 in the High Court (General Division).