Read the full judgment text of FCMC 7615/2019 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 10 December 2020 before Deputy District Judge M. Lam.
Matrimonial Causes – Discovery – Preliminary Issue – Beneficial Ownership – Third Party Interveners – Order 24 RHC – Order 26 RHC – Relevance – Fishing Expedition – Immigration Records – Bank Accounts – Sentosa Property – Dismissal of Summons – Costs Order – Wife claimed Husband sole beneficial owner of Sentosa Property – Siblings held shares on trust – Wife sought discovery of Siblings' bank accounts and immigration records – Court held Questionnaire under Matrimonial Causes Rules confined to spouses – Third parties require Order 24 or 26 – Immigration records irrelevant and no statutory power to order – Bank account transactions not pleaded and no solid linkage to Sentosa Property – Summons dismissed – Costs order nisi made with Wife paying costs thereafter.
Legal issues: Applicability of Questionnaire vs Order 24/26 · Relevance of Immigration Records · Relevance of Bank Account Transactions
Outcome: Two summonses dismissed; costs order made.
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