MARINA BAY SANDS PTE LTD v YEOH ENG KONG

wa-24-67-04-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 3 March 2026 • WA-24-67-04/2025 • 17 min read

15 cases cited (1 SG, 14 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 (6)

Patrick Yeoh & Company Firm Skrine & Co Firm Chong Zheng Yang Counsel Plaintiff Lim Koon Huan Counsel Plaintiff Siew Ka Yan Counsel Plaintiff Syazwani bt Mahmud Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd Applicant Yeoh Eng Kong Respondent

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956

s 26

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958

s 5(1)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (15)

SLR (1)

[1999] 2 SLR 412

MY (14)

[1986] 2 MLJ 107 [1991] 2 CLJ 1443 [1991] 2 MLJ 484 [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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