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.
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (5)
Statutes Cited
Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)
Insolvency Act 1967 (Cap 360)
Cases Cited (3)
MY (3)
[1993] 3 MLJ 36 [2008] 2 MLJ 812 [2016] 3 MLJ 1
Judgment
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