Pines members move to take legal action against club owner Exklusiv Resorts

Singapore

MEMBERS of The Pines club are looking to start a representative action suit against club owner Exklusiv Resorts and have engaged Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP to represent them, in what could unfold like the Raffles Town Club case two decades ago.

Representative action is a more simplified version of what other jurisdictions term class action because it offers less extensive protection to plaintiffs.

Lau Kah Hee, a partner at Derrick Wong & Lim, told The Business Times that four club members - Donald Poon, Lau Kau Chin, Paul Phua, Kenneth Liu - have approached him for legal representation over what they believe to have been misrepresentation by the club management.

The Pines management had promised to build new facilities for the members when it closed the club, then located at Stevens Road, for renovation in 2013. Later, property developer Oxley Holdings purchased the estate from Exklusiv Resorts, owned by motoring tycoon Peter Kwee, and built two hotels wh…