SILVESTER SELVAN S/O JEYAPERAGASAM & 2 Ors v HILDA LOE ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD. & 4 Ors

[2024] SGHC 104 High Court (General Division) 19 April 2024 HC/OA 1026/2023 93 min read

10 cases cited

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	19 April 2024
Judge	Christopher Tan
Charges / claim	Land
Counsel	Allen & Gledhill LLP, K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, Providence Law Asia LLC, Seah Ong & Partners LLP, Wee Swee Teow LLP, Felicia Tee, Hui Choon Wai, Kyle Chong, Luke Chew, N Sreenivasan, Ngo Wei Shing, Nicole Huang, Peh Aik Hin, Rebecca Chia, Steven Seah, Valerie Ang, Zhuo Jiaxiang

Source: [2024] SGHC 104, High Court (General Division), decided 19 April 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Land — Strata titles — Land Titles (Strata) Act

Practice Areas

Land

Case Significance

Silvester Selvan s/o Jeyaperagasam and others v Hilda Loe Associates Pte Ltd and others [2024] SGHC 104 was decided by the General Division of the High Court (Originating Application No 1026 of 2023), with Christopher Tan JC delivering the grounds of decision on 19 April 2024 following hearings on 24-25 January and 9 February 2024. The matter concerned the collective (en bloc) sale of the GSM Building at 141 Middle Road, Singapore 188976, to the purchaser Coliwoo (TK) Pte Ltd. The claimants were members of the collective sale committee overseeing the sale, while the defendants represented subsidiary proprietors who objected. After a sale and purchase agreement was signed with Coliwoo, the committee applied to the Strata Titles Board under s 84A(2A)(a) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 for an order for the sale; when objections could not be resolved through mediation, the Board issued a stop order under s 84A(6A)(b), prompting the claimants to seek a court order for the sale under s 84A(2A)(b). The defendants grounded their objection on s 84A(9)(a)(i)(A) of the Act. The claimants were represented by counsel including N Sreenivasan and Felicia Tee, with the defendants represented by counsel including Hui Choon Wai.

[2024] SGHC 104 explained

SILVESTER SELVAN S/O JEYAPERAGASAM & 2 Ors v HILDA LOE ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD. & 4 Ors ([2024] SGHC 104) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 19 April 2024. It is categorised under Land. 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 104 about?

SILVESTER SELVAN S/O JEYAPERAGASAM & 2 Ors v HILDA LOE ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD. & 4 Ors ([2024] SGHC 104) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Land — Strata titles — Land Titles (Strata) Act”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

Members of a collective sale committee applied under section 84A(2A)(b) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 for a court order approving the en bloc sale of the GSM Building at 141 Middle Road to a purchaser, after subsidiary proprietors objected and the Strata Titles Board issued a stop order. The objecting subsidiary proprietors, who considered the sale price too low, opposed the sale on the ground that the transaction was not in good faith having regard to the sale price. The General Division of the High Court found no evidence of want of probity or recklessness on the committee's part, dismissed the objections, and granted the application for the sale.

What was the en bloc dispute in Silvester Selvan v Hilda Loe Associates [2024] SGHC 104 about?

The case concerned the collective sale of the GSM Building at 141 Middle Road, Singapore, to Coliwoo (TK) Pte Ltd. After the Strata Titles Board issued a stop order, the collective sale committee applied to the High Court for a sale order under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, which objecting subsidiary proprietors resisted.

Which statutory provisions were engaged in the GSM Building collective sale application ([2024] SGHC 104)?

The collective sale committee applied under s 84A(2A)(a) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, and after a stop order under s 84A(6A)(b), sought a court order under s 84A(2A)(b). The objecting subsidiary proprietors relied on s 84A(9)(a)(i)(A) of the Act.