Tan Shao Jia
About Tan Shao Jia
Tan Shao Jia appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (3) and MYCOA (1).
On the court record
The reported matters span interlocutory and enforcement procedure, confidential-information and strata-property work, grounded in High Court and Court of Appeal judgments.
Tan Shao Jia's reported matters cover interlocutory and enforcement procedure, confidential information, strata property and third-party execution disputes, argued in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. A civil-procedure decision concerned an Anton Piller order, where the defendants applied to set it aside or stay it, and the issues were whether there was a strong prima facie case, the risk of serious potential harm and the destruction of evidence, including digital evidence, against the background of a claim to protect confidential information. Appearing for defendants, the matter engaged the exacting requirements the courts impose before granting so intrusive a remedy.
Enforcement procedure features in an appeal against the refusal to set aside a writ of distress that had been issued ex parte; appearing for the respondent, the Court set aside the Sessions Court decision and the writ of distress, with costs of RM2,000 awarded to the appellant. In a further Court of Appeal matter she appeared for a respondent in an interpleader arising in execution proceedings under Order 17 rule 3(1) of the Rules of Court, where a third party claimed title to motor vehicles seized by a judgment creditor; the Court set aside the High Court orders and restored the orders of the deputy registrar.
Strata property completes the profile. In a High Court matter concerning common property, allegations of fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation, the locus standi of a joint management body and the exclusion of a clubhouse and its facilities, she appeared for a defendant; the Court allowed part of the relief sought and ordered costs of RM50,000 to the plaintiff. A thread across these decisions is the deployment and resistance of powerful procedural remedies, from Anton Piller orders and writs of distress to interpleader in execution, argued in the High Court and before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia.
How many cases has Tan Shao Jia appeared in?
Tan Shao Jia appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Tan Shao Jia appear in?
Tan Shao Jia appears before MYHC (3) and MYCOA (1).
What areas of law feature in Tan Shao Jia's reported cases?
They include interlocutory procedure such as an Anton Piller order and the protection of confidential information, enforcement procedure including a writ of distress and an interpleader in execution, and a strata-property dispute over common property and a joint management body.
What was in issue in the Anton Piller matter?
Whether the requirements for the order were met, including a strong prima facie case, serious potential harm and the risk of destruction of evidence including digital evidence, in a claim to protect confidential information; she appeared for defendants seeking to set it aside or stay it.
What did the Court of Appeal decide in the interpleader matter?
Appearing for a respondent, the Court set aside the High Court orders and restored the deputy registrar's orders in an interpleader under Order 17 rule 3(1), where a third party claimed title to motor vehicles seized by a judgment creditor.