ATLANTIS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v 1. ) TAN YU PING 2. ) HEE KAH PAU PIHAK TERKILAN LEOW SUAN YANG

aa-22ncc-10-05-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 9 February 2026 • AA-22NCC-10-05/2024 • 8 min read

13 cases cited (0 SG, 13 foreign)

Catchwords

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Third-party proceedings – Application to strike out third party notice – Derivative action brought in name of company – Whether third-party notice was plainly and obviously unsustainable – Whether grant of leave for derivative action barred issuance of third-party notice – Whether claim for contribution depended on fiduciary duty between directors – Whether pleaded involvement in financial management, joint signatory role and participation in impugned transactions disclosed sufficient factual nexus and triable issues – Whether issues of liability, contribution and joint tortfeasor status should be determined at trial and not by mini-trial in summary proceedings – Order 16 r 6 and O 18 r 19, Rules of Court 2012

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (6)

L.H. Singh & Co. Firm The Law Office of Mohana & Co Firm Yohendra Nadarajan Firm Gobinath Mohana Counsel Plaintiff Shivdev Singh Counsel Intervener Yohendra Nadarajan Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

ATLANTIS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd Plaintiff Hee Kah Pau Defendant Leow Suan Yang Aggrieved Party Tan Yu Ping Defendant

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

s 350 s 350(a)

Cases Cited (13)

MY (13)

[1993] 2 AMR 1969 [1993] 3 MLJ 36 [1993] 4 CLJ 7 [2010] 7 CLJ 808 [2011] 3 MLJ 636 [2016] 2 AMR 795 [2016] 3 CLJ 1 [2016] 3 MLJ 1 [2019] 2 CLJ 246 [2019] 2 MLJ 398 [2019] MLJU 473 [2025] 5 CLJ 385 [2025] MLJU 33

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