Ahmad Shahrir J:

[1]For purposes of this judgment, the parties are referred to in their respective capacities in the main action.

[2]This was an application filed by the defendant, Ng Geock Sin, for the appointment of independent joint administrators pendente lite to preserve and manage the deceased’s estate pending the determination of the main suit for letters of administration. The suit is in relation to the administration of the estate of the late Lim Kim Seng who passed away intestate in April 2021. The defendant is the mother of the deceased and grandmother of the plaintiffs.

[3]Subsequent to this application in encl 5, the plaintiffs filed a similar application in encl 94. In encl 94, the plaintiffs instead sought to appoint the first and second plaintiffs themselves as the joint administrator pendente lite. Both encls 5 and 94 were heard together by agreement of the parties.

[4]The main dispute was between the plaintiffs who sought for the appointment of the first plaintiff as sole administrator and the defendant who opposed it. Having perused the application and considered the respective position of the parties as deliberated in the submissions, I allowed the defen