Aliza Sulaiman J:

GROUNDS OF JUDGMENT

Introduction

[1]Four applications were disposed by the Court on 20.2.2025; two each by the Plaintiffs and the Defendants. Following the pursuit of two appeals by the Plaintiffs, these Grounds of Judgment pertain to the decision by this Court in –

(a)allowing the Defendants’ application in encl. 10 whereby prayer

(b)was allowed i.e. Messrs. Christina Chia Law Chambers (‘CCLC’) is not allowed to continue to represent the Plaintiffs in this action in its entirety; and

(c)dismissing the Plaintiffs’ application in encl. 35 for the determination of a question of law or construction of documents, which if answered in the affirmative, would result in the declaratory order as prayed in subparagraph 29(b) of the Statement of Claim dated 24.8.2023 (‘SoC’) to be allowed.

The Cause Papers

[2]The cause papers for the applications in question are as follows:

The Defendants’ application to disqualify CCLC

(a)Notice of Application dated 24.11.2023 (encl. 10);

(b)the Defendants’ Affidavit In Support (‘AIS’) affirmed by its Director, Ng Joo Mok on 7.12.2023 (encl. 12);

(c)the Plaintiffs’ Affidavit In Reply (‘AIR’) affirmed by Ng Annie on 21.12.2023 (encl. 14); and

(d)the Defe