YU KUAN CHON v 1. ) FRANCO CHAN YOONG JURCH 2. ) WONG WAI YIN 3. ) SIN LEE PIN 4. ) LAU POH CHEOK

w-02ncvcw-1409-08-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 15 January 2026 • W-02(NCvC)(W)-1409-08/2024 • 22 min read

11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

Catchwords

Sale and Purchase Agreements under Schedule H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 - Whether the Respondents have locus standi to bring this action, having assigned their rights in the Parcels to the Banks by way of absolute assignment - Whether the Buy-Back Guarantees had lapsed or expired before the Respondents exercised the buy-back option - Whether the Respondents had suffered any actual loss justifying an award of damages; and - Whether the abandonment of the specific performance claimed at trial was fatal to the Respondents' claim for damages. - Section 4(3) of the Civil Law Act 1956

Judges (3)

Ahmad Kamal bin Md. Shahid Coram Mohamed Zaini bin Mazlan Coram Ong Chee Kwan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Ho Partnership & Neoh Firm Izauddin, Firdaus & Mahendran Firm Bryan Ho Jiann Yau Counsel Respondent Kimberly Ng Wenn Mei Counsel Respondent Mahendran Shunmugam Sundaram Counsel Appellant

Parties (5)

Franco Chan Yoong Jurch Respondent Lau Poh Cheok Respondent Sin Lee Pin Respondent Wong Wai Yin Respondent Yu Kuan Chon Appellant

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (Cap 118)

Cases Cited (11)

MY (11)

[1962] 1 MLJ 174 [1976] 2 MLJ 177 [1985] 1 CLJ 56 [1995] 2 MLJ 770 [2001] 1 MLJ 553 [2002] 2 AMR 1952 [2002] 2 CLJ 621 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2015] 6 MLJ 1 [2017] 2 MLJ 167 [2018] 4 MLJ 392

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