LE NINH TIEN v RAINBOW FOREST ENTERPRISES LIMITED & 5 Ors

[2025] SGHCR 3 High Court Registrar 3 April 2025 HC/OC 665/2024 ( HC/SUM 158/2025 ) 18 min read

3 cases cited

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	3 April 2025
Judge	Jill Tan
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Counsel	Drew & Napier LLC, Tito Isaac & Co LLP, Ong Hui Wen, Tan Youliang

Source: [2025] SGHCR 3, High Court Registrar, decided 3 April 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Costs – Security – O 9 r 12(1)(a) of the Rules of Court 2021

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Jill Tan Delivered

Counsel (4)

Drew & Napier LLC Firm Tito Isaac & Co LLP Firm Ong Hui Wen Counsel Plaintiff Tan Youliang Counsel Defendant

Parties (7)

Rainbow Forest Enterprises Limited Defendant Song Doc MV19 Pte Ltd Defendant Gordon Roy Bate Defendant Le Ninh Tien Plaintiff Lu Qianxiang Defendant Stevean Goh Hwee Peng Defendant Truong Dinh Hoe Defendant

Case Significance

[2025] SGHCR 3 is a High Court Registrar decision dated 3 April 2025 concerning Civil Procedure, specifically addressing costs. The judgment was delivered by Jill Tan. The case was brought by Le Ninh Tien (plaintiff) against Rainbow Forest Enterprises Limited and others (defendant). Legal representation was provided by Drew & Napier LLC and Tito Isaac & Co LLP. The judgment cites 3 cases.

[2025] SGHCR 3 explained

LE NINH TIEN v RAINBOW FOREST ENTERPRISES LIMITED & 5 Ors ([2025] SGHCR 3) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 3 April 2025. 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 [2025] SGHCR 3 about?

LE NINH TIEN v RAINBOW FOREST ENTERPRISES LIMITED & 5 Ors ([2025] SGHCR 3) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure – Costs – Security – O 9 r 12(1)(a) of the Rules of Court 2021”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

In a minority oppression suit over a vessel-owning company, the first to fourth defendants applied for security for costs of $100,000 against the foreign claimant under O 9 r 12(1)(a) of the Rules of Court 2021. The court ordered the claimant to provide security of $40,000, finding the claimant was ordinarily resident out of jurisdiction but moderating the amount sought given the early stage of proceedings and the Appendix G costs guidelines.

What was decided in [2025] SGHCR 3?

[2025] SGHCR 3 (LE NINH TIEN v RAINBOW FOREST ENTERPRISES LIMITED & 5 Ors) is a High Court Registrar decision from 3 April 2025 addressing Civil Procedure, specifically costs. The judgment was delivered by Jill Tan.

Who were the parties in LE NINH TIEN v RAINBOW FOREST ENTERPRISES LIMITED & 5 Ors ([2025] SGHCR 3)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHCR 3 was Le Ninh Tien, and the defendant was Rainbow Forest Enterprises Limited, Song Doc MV19 Pte Ltd. Legal representation included Tito Isaac & Co LLP and Drew & Napier LLC. The case was decided on 3 April 2025 in the High Court Registrar.