Insolvency practitioners in Singapore hold a formidable investigative tool. Section 335 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA) lets the court compel not only a bankrupt but any third party who may hold relevant information, including family members, to appear for examination and to produce documents about the bankrupt’s affairs, dealings and property. The power is deliberately broad and inquisitorial. But it is not unlimited. Singapore courts filter examination applications through a structured two-stage test, treat oral examination as more intrusive than document production, and recognise substantive limits, oppression, disproportion, privilege and the spectre of the “fishing expedition”. This…
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