Tan Heng Khoon t/a 360 VR Cars v Wang Shing He

Case Significance

Tan Heng Khoon (trading as 360 VR Cars) v Wang Shing He [2024] SGHC 243 was a grounds of decision of Goh Yihan J in the General Division of the High Court of Singapore, dated 18 September 2024, following a hearing on 28 August 2024 in Originating Application No 596 of 2024, in the matter of DC/OC 457/2023. The application was for an extension of time to file and serve the Notice of Appeal against the decision of the District Court rendered in DC/RA 4/2024, where the applicant was also the appellant; the respondent, Wang Shing He, objected to the application. The catchwords identify the issue as an extension of time to file and serve a notice of appeal under Order 18 rule 17(2) of the Rules of Court 2021.

After hearing the parties, the court allowed the application on 28 August 2024 and directed the applicant to file and serve the Notice of Appeal for DC/RA 4/2024 by 11 September 2024. By way of background, the respondent had obtained a regular default judgment against the applicant on 5 May 2023 in the District Court (DC/JUD 737/2023), due to the applicant failing to file a Notice of Intention to Contest or Not Contest by the applicable deadline in the respondent's action in DC/OC 457/2023; that judgment ordered the applicant to pay the respondent $175,000.00 plus interest, with costs. On 11 January 2024, the Deputy Registrar allowed the applicant's application in DC/SUM 2055/2023 to set aside the judgment. The respondent was represented by Fan Kin Ning of Tan Kim Seng & Partners.