CELESTE YEO XUELI v SIN DAVID & Anor

[2025] SGHC 166 High Court (General Division) 21 August 2025 HC/OC 257/2024 ( HC/RA 109/2025 ) 50 min read

23 cases cited (21 SG, 2 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

I dismissed the appeal.

Source: [2025] SGHC 166, High Court (General Division), decided 21 August 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	21 August 2025
Judge	Mohamed Faizal
Charges / claim	Tort, Trusts, Civil Procedure, Equity
Outcome	Appeal dismissed
Counsel	Allen & Gledhill LLP, FC Legal Asia LLC, Aaron Lee Teck Chye, Chu Hua Yi, Foo Maw Shen, Goh Jia Jie, Sabrina Colette Theseira Hui Xuan, Wong Pei Ting

Source: [2025] SGHC 166, High Court (General Division), decided 21 August 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Tort — Conspiracy — Combination Trusts — Express trusts — Certainties Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out Equity — Fiduciary relationships — When arising Trusts — Constructive trusts — Institutional constructive trust Tort — Conspiracy — Lawful means conspiracy — Predominant purpose to cause injury or damage Equity — Fiduciary relationships — Accessory liability — Dishonest assistance — Requisite mental state

Practice Areas

Tort Trusts Civil Procedure Equity

Judges (1)

Mohamed Faizal Delivered

Counsel (8)

Allen & Gledhill LLP Firm FC Legal Asia LLC Firm Aaron Lee Teck Chye Counsel Defendant Chu Hua Yi Counsel Plaintiff Foo Maw Shen Counsel Plaintiff Goh Jia Jie Counsel Plaintiff Sabrina Colette Theseira Hui Xuan Counsel Defendant Wong Pei Ting Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

Java Asset Holding Ltd Third Party Celeste Yeo Xueli Plaintiff Richard Ong Tiong Sin Defendant Sin David Defendant

Case Significance

[2025] SGHC 166 is a High Court (General Division) decision dated 21 August 2025 concerning Civil Procedure, Equity, Tort, and Trusts, specifically addressing conspiracy, express trusts, and pleadings. The judgment was delivered by Mohamed Faizal. The case was brought by Celeste Yeo Xueli (plaintiff) against Richard Ong Tiong Sin and others (defendant). Legal representation was provided by FC Legal Asia LLC and Allen & Gledhill LLP. The judgment cites 23 cases (21 Singapore, 2 foreign). This decision has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment in the dataset.

[2025] SGHC 166 explained

CELESTE YEO XUELI v SIN DAVID & Anor ([2025] SGHC 166) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 21 August 2025. It is categorised under Tort, Trusts, Civil Procedure, and Equity. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, 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 [2025] SGHC 166 about?

CELESTE YEO XUELI v SIN DAVID & Anor ([2025] SGHC 166) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Tort — Conspiracy — Combination”, “Trusts — Express trusts — Certainties”, “Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment”, and “Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out”, 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 166 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 277. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2025] SGHC 166?

Within this corpus, [2025] SGHC 166 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. 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

The claimant sought to amend her statement of claim to add claims of breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance, and conspiracy against the second defendant, and to join a third party. The court dismissed the appeal, finding the claimant's pleaded case disclosed no reasonable cause of action as it failed to establish a fiduciary relationship with the second defendant or the elements of dishonest assistance and conspiracy.

What was decided in [2025] SGHC 166?

[2025] SGHC 166 (CELESTE YEO XUELI v SIN DAVID & Anor) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 21 August 2025 addressing Civil Procedure, Equity, Tort, and Trusts, specifically conspiracy, express trusts, and pleadings. The judgment was delivered by Mohamed Faizal.

Who were the parties in CELESTE YEO XUELI v SIN DAVID & Anor ([2025] SGHC 166)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHC 166 was Celeste Yeo Xueli, and the defendant was Richard Ong Tiong Sin, Sin David. Legal representation included Allen & Gledhill LLP and FC Legal Asia LLC. The case was decided on 21 August 2025 in the High Court (General Division).

Which judge decided [2025] SGHC 166?

[2025] SGHC 166 was delivered by Mohamed Faizal in the High Court (General Division) on 21 August 2025. The case concerned Civil Procedure, Equity, Tort, and Trusts.

What cases and statutes does [2025] SGHC 166 cite?

[2025] SGHC 166 cites 23 prior decisions, including 2 from foreign jurisdictions. The decision has itself been cited by 1 subsequent judgment.

Cases Cited (23)

SG (1)

[2024] SGHC 277

SLR (20)

[1991] 1 SLR(R) 844 [1996] 3 SLR(R) 637 [1997] 3 SLR(R) 649 [2000] 3 SLR(R) 686 [2006] 1 SLR(R) 901 [2012] 4 SLR 185 [2013] 4 SLR 718 [2014] 1 SLR 860 [2015] 1 SLR 1097 [2015] 1 SLR 875 [2015] 2 SLR 686 [2017] 1 SLR 654 [2018] 2 SLR 655 [2020] 2 SLR 1256 [2021] 5 SLR 188 [2022] 1 SLR 884 [2023] 3 SLR 155 [2023] 3 SLR 533 [2023] 4 SLR 1133 [2025] 3 SLR 235

UK (2)

[2003] Ch 618 [2021] AC 39