The Case Of The Missing Diamonds And Diamond Seeds

In a twin-judgment released by Justice Hri Kumar Nair, the Setia Team led by Wern-Jhien Yam (Director) and assisted by Bethel Chan (Associate Director) and Stanley Tan (Associate), successfully secured judgment against an ex-director for misappropriation of diamonds and diamond seeds, as well as a rare order expunging irrelevant, unreliable, and scandalous material adduced by the Defendant in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the Claimant and its representatives.

These judgments shed light on the law governing summary judgment and expunging applications under the new Rules of Court 2021.

In Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd v Deng Yiming [2023] SGHC 227, the Court granted judgment against the ex-director, after carefully considering evidence of the misappropriation of 627 diamond seeds and 7 loose diamonds presented by the claimant.