The man filed the lawsuit after his daughter tried to stop him from selling four properties, saying they belonged to her.
A father who sued his youngest daughter over four properties has won the right to sell them, a judge ruled on Monday .to court after she disputed his decision to sell the properties – which were bought for more than S$11 million in total – and use the proceeds to buy another property for his grandson.
Ms Lim served mainly as her father's personal assistant as the latter is illiterate and can only speak Hokkien, while she holds a university degree and is fluent in English. As for Jurong West 225, he added he was"inclined to believe" Mr Lim as bank records show he was the one who transferred funds from his personal fixed deposit accounts with UOB to the joint account to complete the purchase. Ms Lim had claimed the money for this property came from the sale proceeds of Jurong West 235 as well the Yishun property.
"I believe him when he said that it was the defendant who 'put her name on the documents herself'," the judge said, adding that he would have accepted Mr Lim’s evidence that he had bought the properties as investments for himself. "The claimant had no interest in checking document he could not read and it was the defendant who kept both the office and personal records for the claimant."
Mr Lim had also purchased or helped his children purchase properties in their sole names, the judge added. He pointed out that it was more likely that the four disputed properties were purchased in joint names and joint accounts were used to manage them because Mr Lim was too old to obtain bank loans in his sole name.“The claimant had no clue what was written, not because he was dense, but because he was illiterate,” added Justice Choo.
Mr Lim demonstrated in court that he was aware of the existence of the joint accounts and that rental proceeds from the four properties were deposited into these accounts.
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