Rajah & Tann Singapore, member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, successfully represented our client in a document production application arising from a dispute over the ownership of shares in Wesley Widjaja v Ng Wei San (alias Oei Wei San alias Wilson Hasan Widjaja) and others [2025] SGHCR 32. The opposing party claimed privilege over correspondence relating to the transfer of shares. However, the Court found that the claim lacked proper support and granted our application for production of the correspondence. This decision is a reminder that an assertion of legal privilege over document must be properly substantiated and copying lawyers in correspondence doesn’t automatically cloak the correspondence with legal privilege.
Partner Foo Xian Fong led the case together with Senior Associate Jodi Siah from the Commercial Litigation Practice.
