PLUS THREE CONSULTANTS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD v MICHAEL JAMES MCIVER
Catchwords
Arbitration — Stay of proceedings — Section 10(1) Arbitration Act 2005 — Whether mandatory stay — Whether plaintiff bound by arbitration agreement — Whether dispute falls within scope — Whether defendant took step in proceedings — Whether arbitration agreement null, void or inoperative Arbitration — Arbitration agreement — Shareholders’ agreement — Whether Plaintiff a party — Proper construction — Commercial approach — Effect of execution and obligations under agreement — Whether separate legal personality precludes being bound Arbitration — Scope of arbitration clause — Whether statutory and fiduciary claims arbitrable — Substance over form — Whether claims arise out of or in connection with contractual matrix Arbitration — Stay application — Waiver — Whether entry of appearance amounts to step in proceedings — Timing of application — Whether prompt invocation of arbitration Arbitration — Conduct of parties — Invocation of dispute resolution mechanism — Whether party estopped from denying arbitration — Approbation and reprobation
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