Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd v Tan See Meng

wa-24-2-01-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 3 March 2026 • WA-24-2-01/2022 • 15 min read

14 cases cited (1 SG, 13 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure-Registration of foreign judgments-Singapore judgment based on a gambling debt-order to register judgment obtained under Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958-whether enforcement contrary to public policy in Malaysia-whether public policy issue raised akin to questioning merits and propriety of Singapore judgment-whether the legality should be raised only in the original court-whether grounds outside of ambit of section 5 of REJA can be relied on-underlying foundation of REJA principle of comity and reciprocity to limit grounds of challenge

Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (5)

Hasshahari & Partners Firm Shearn Delamore & Co. Firm Nur Amni Irdina bt Mat Ayob Counsel Defendant Serena Azizuddin Counsel Plaintiff Wong Jia Jing Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd Applicant Tan See Meng Respondent

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956

s 26

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (14)

SLR (1)

[1999] 2 SLR 412

MY (13)

[1986] 2 MLJ 107 [1991] 2 CLJ 1443 [1999] 5 MLJ 558 [2005] 1 CLJ 833 [2005] 6 MLJ 760 [2006] 5 CLJ 277 [2017] 1 CLJ 363 [2017] 7 MLJ 188 [2019] 1 CLJ 15 [2019] 6 CLJ 475 [2024] MLJU 2960 [2025] 4 CLJ 1 [2025] MLJU 2912

Judgment

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