TETUAN TAN CHAP & ASSOCIATES v 1. ) KKB POULTRY FARMING SDN BHD 2. ) KHEW WEI SIANG 3. ) KHEW KOK SENG 4. ) LAU LAI HUN 5. ) KHEW KOK FEI

wa-24ncvc-1380-04-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 November 2025 • WA-24NCvC-1380-04/2024

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Interpleader — Stakeholder — Competing claims to stakeholder fund — Solicitor holding purchase monies and title documents — Whether plaintiff entitled to be discharged from liability — Order 17 r 1 and r 3 Rules of Court 2012 — Schedule, para 5 Court of Judicature Act 1964 Contract — Sale and purchase of land — Breach — Failure to pay balance purchase price — Whether purchaser entitled to terminate agreement — Whether right of termination reserved to vendor — Contracts Act 1950 s 56 Land Law — Sale of land — Delivery of vacant possession prior to full payment — Redemption of charge — Custody of original title and security documents — Whether security documents to be retained pending completion Equity — Stakeholder funds — Beneficial ownership — Whether funds held for benefit of vendor — Estoppel — Whether purchaser precluded from reclaiming stakeholder sum — Unjust enrichment — Equitable estoppel Legal Profession — Solicitors — Duty as stakeholder — Proper discharge of stakeholder’s obligations — Right to interplead — Neutrality of stakeholder Statutory Interpretation — Effect of statutory seizure and return of funds — Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 — Whether seizure affects beneficial ownership

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Moh Kok Wai Delivered

Parties (6)

KKB POULTRY FARMING Sdn Bhd Respondent TETUAN TAN CHAP & ASSOCIATES Applicant Khew Kok Fei Respondent Khew Kok Seng Respondent Khew Wei Siang Respondent Lau Lai Hun Respondent

Case Significance

TETUAN TAN CHAP & ASSOCIATES v 1. ) KKB POULTRY FARMING SDN BHD 2. ) KHEW WEI... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated November 30, 2025 (citation: wa-24ncvc-1380-04-2024). The case was decided by Moh Kok Wai.

What was the outcome of TETUAN TAN CHAP & ASSOCIATES v 1. ) KKB POULTRY FARMING SDN BHD 2. ) KHEW WEI...?

TETUAN TAN CHAP & ASSOCIATES v 1. ) KKB POULTRY FARMING SDN BHD 2. ) KHEW WEI... is a High Court decision dated November 30, 2025. The case was heard by Moh Kok Wai. See the full judgment for details.