Introduction

[1] This is a case concerning inheritance rights and the administration of an estate. At its heart lies a dispute between two individuals - the Plaintiff whose introduction to the Defendant was vide this suit - over their purported relationship to the deceased, Lim Kean Chie, who passed away intestate almost 35 years ago on 22 August 1989.

[2] This Court is to determine whether the Plaintiff has legitimate standing to claim a share in the deceased's estate, which has been under the Defendant's administration since 10 July 1990. This case also raises important questions about the burden of proof in establishing biological relationships and inheritance rights when such claims are made decades after the d