CONCEPT THEATRE SDN. BHD. v 1. ) TAM QUEK SIN 2. ) TAN LAY HOCK 3. ) LEE BAK TEK 4. ) SOH LIP HSIANG 5. ) TAN SOON KWANG 6. ) TAN AH LEK 7. ) ENG SIAH WENG 8. ) NG BOON KIANG 9. ) TAN GEK KIM
11 cases cited
(0 SG, 11 foreign)
Catchwords
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Striking out—Application for—Rules of Court 2012, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a), (b) and (d) — Action for fraudulent trading and conspiracy to defraud — Whether claim clearly unsustainable or an abuse of process — Striking out application not a trial on affidavits — Whether court should conduct a minute examination of documents and facts — Effect of alleged lack of particulars in pleadings — Whether there are questions fit to be tried CIVIL PROCEDURE: Res judicata—Estoppel—Cause of action estoppel—Issue estoppel—Henderson v. Henderson principle—Comparison between 2017 suit and current action — Current action involving causes of action for fraudulent trading and conspiracy not previously pleaded or prayed for — Existence of facts occurring subsequent to previous litigation — Whether the point in issue was necessarily and with precision determined in the earlier judgment COMPANY LAW: Fraudulent trading — Companies Act 2016, s. 540 — Intent to defraud creditors — Dishonesty as an essential ingredient — Piercing the corporate veil and personal liability of directors — Whether a single act of carrying on business to defraud a creditor is sufficient to trigger an action — Whether fraudulent practices suitable for determination via affidavit evidence LIMITATION: Fraud — Period of limitation — Limitation Act 1953, s. 29(1)(a) — Postponement of limitation period in cases of fraud — Commencement of time upon discovery of fraud—Whether limitation runs from the date of winding up or the date the plaintiff discovered the fraud following police investigations—Requirement of reasonable diligence
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Statutes Cited
Cases Cited (11)
UK (4)
[1926] AC 101 [1926] AC 155 [1965] 1 QB 232 [1966] 2 All ER 536
MY (7)
[1979] 1 MLJ 24 [1980] 2 MLJ 136 [1988] 2 MLJ 12 [1995] 3 CLJ 783 [2012] 1 CLJ 75 [2021] 1 CLJ 1 [2023] 3 MLJ 503
Judgment
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