1. ) Kenneth Kong Kok Leong 2. ) Khaw Teik Hock 3. ) Lim Boon Hock 4. ) Khor Seng Chee 5. ) Tan Sheow Ping 6. ) Chong Ming Liang 7. ) Fong Chean Foong 8. ) Woo Chew Hong 9. ) Chow Yin Ching 10. ) Kok Chun Ming 11. ) Jeffrey Ng Eow Oo 12. ) Lam May Yee 13. ) Batholomew Francis 14. ) Yap Yoon Kien 15. ) Koong Yung Cheng 16. ) Yap Peck Sien 17. ) Loke Wei Feng 18. ) Cheryll Wong Li Shen 19. ) Koon Teck Wai 20. ) Ng Min Hui 21. ) Yeoh Xian Yee 22. ) Wong Sau Kuan 23. ) Tham Sau Wan 24. ) Liang Lo...

ba-22ncvc-263-06-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 December 2024 • BA-22NCvC-263-06/2023 • 21 min read
7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Striking out – Stay of proceedings pending disposal of judicial review application – Abuse of process - Consolidated action comprising individual claims which did not meet the monetary jurisdictional limit of the High Court – Litigation by instalments - Filing both writ action to claim liquidated ascertained damages and judicial review application to challenge validity of extension of time granted by Housing Controller - Not all Plaintiffs in writ are applicants of the judicial review application - Mode of proceeding - Whether it is predominantly a public law matter – Whether the claims could have been finally determined in the judicial review application - Reservation of rights to amend claim if judicial review application successful – Doctrine of prospective overruling - Validity of the extension of time which granted by Controller after the High Court decision in Ang Ming Lee but before the Federal Court decision in Ang Ming Lee

Judges (1)

Elaine Yap Chin Gaik Delivered

Counsel (5)

Justin Voon Chooi & Wing Firm Yong Sl & Koh Firm Cardine Lim Seah Le Counsel Defendant Justin TY Voon Counsel Defendant Koh Kean Kang Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (27)

MAYFAIR VENTURES Sdn Bhd Defendant Batholomew Francis Plaintiff Cheryll Wong Li Shen Plaintiff Chong Ming Liang Plaintiff Chow Yin Ching Plaintiff Fong Chean Foong Plaintiff Jeffrey Ng Eow Oo Plaintiff Kenneth Kong Kok Leong Plaintiff Khaw Teik Hock Plaintiff Khoo Lay Ying Plaintiff Khor Seng Chee Plaintiff Kok Chun Ming Plaintiff Koon Teck Wai Plaintiff Koong Yung Cheng Plaintiff Lam May Yee Plaintiff Leow Pek Tin Plaintiff Liang Loke San Plaintiff Lim Boon Hock Plaintiff Loke Wei Feng Plaintiff Ng Min Hui Plaintiff Tan Sheow Ping Plaintiff Tham Sau Wan Plaintiff Wong Sau Kuan Plaintiff Woo Chew Hong Plaintiff Yap Peck Sien Plaintiff Yap Yoon Kien Plaintiff Yeoh Xian Yee Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (7)

UK (1)
[1975] AC 581
MY (6)
[1999] 4 MLJ 637 [2002] 2 CLJ 697 [2010] 5 CLJ 865 [2021] 2 MLJ 60 [2022] 12 MLJ 440 [2024] 8 CLJ 519

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