Dato' Ting Sie Chuong v 1. ) Puan Sri Datin Paduka Wong Sui Chuo 2. ) Dato' Ting Sie Ping 3. ) Dato' Sri Ting Sie Huoong 4. ) Dato' Bobby Ting Sie Ching

wa-22ncvc-307-05-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 15 June 2026 • WA-22NCvC-307-05/2025 • 13 min read
3 cases cited (0 SG, 3 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Order 14A Rules of Court 2012 – Disposal of case on point of law – Plaintiff's and Defendants' competing applications under Order 14A – Whether issues constituted pure questions of law suitable for determination without full trial – Whether legal questions were inextricably intertwined with disputed facts – Whether determination would finally dispose of the action – Whether issues required fuller appreciation of factual matrix – Order 14A applications dismissed. Civil Procedure – Interlocutory Applications – Determination of preliminary issues – Whether Court should determine substantive rights through interlocutory procedure – Interaction of disputed factual issues and statutory interpretation – Held, issues more appropriately determined after full trial. Probate and Administration – Grant of Representation – Probate and Administration Act 1959 – Administration of Estates Ordinance (Sarawak) – Existing grant of representation issued by Amanah Raya – Whether existing Sarawak grant precluded application for grant under Probate and Administration Act 1959 – Whether issue suitable for summary determination – Held, issue required full factual and legal examination. Insolvency – Deceased Bankrupt – Insolvency Act 1967 – Effect of bankruptcy on administration of estate – Whether bankruptcy extinguished right to seek grant of representation – Whether Director General of Insolvency exclusively entitled to administer estate – Competing statutory regimes – Issue unsuitable for determination under Order 14A. Civil Procedure – Res Judicata – Cause of action estoppel – Issue estoppel – Abuse of process – Earlier Kuching proceedings concerning Sarawak grant of representation – Whether issues finally and conclusively determined – Whether present proceedings substantially identical – Whether res judicata capable of summary determination at interlocutory stage – Held, issue required fuller examination. Civil Procedure – Exercise of Judicial Discretion – Order 14A – Court not to determine mixed questions of law and fact where factual matrix remained disputed – Proper exercise of discretion to refuse summary determination and permit action to proceed to trial.

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Cases Cited (3)

MY (3)
[1993] 3 MLJ 36 [2008] 2 MLJ 812 [2016] 3 MLJ 1

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