RESORTS WORLD AT SENTOSA PTE LTD v LEE FOOK KHEUN

wa-24-92-11-2018 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 8 April 2026 • WA-24-92-11/2018 • 31 min read

22 cases cited (2 SG, 20 foreign)

Catchwords

Public policy under the REJA 1958 and the Principle of International Comity and Reciprocity - Whether the decisions in the 1st Setting Aside Application were made per incuriam - Prayer for extension of time to file the application to set aside the registration of the Singapore Judgments - The JD’s reliance on Stone World Sdn Bhd v Engareh (M) Sdn Bhd [2020] 12 MLJ 237

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (7)

Leong & Tan Firm Skrine Firm Aufa binti Radzi Counsel Plaintiff Jason Tiew Boon Kean Counsel Defendant Leong Cheok Keng Counsel Defendant Muhammad Farhan bin Sapian Sauri Counsel Defendant Natasha Neena Yau Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

RESORTS WORLD AT SENTOSA PTE LTD Applicant Lee Fook Kheun Respondent

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956

s 26

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (22)

SLR (2)

[2004] 4 SLR(R) 690 [2010] 1 SLR 1129

MY (20)

[1965] 31 MLJ 228 [1991] 2 MLJ 484 [1997] 1 MLJ 1 [1998] 1 MLJ 1 [1999] 5 MLJ 641 [2001] 2 MLJ 369 [2005] 1 MLJ 470 [2005] 6 MLJ 760 [2007] 7 MLJ 228 [2013] 5 MLJ 1 [2013] 6 CLJ 673 [2016] MLJU 700 [2017] 1 CLJ 363 [2019] 1 CLJ 1 [2020] 12 MLJ 237 [2021] MLJU 1326 [2025] 2 MLJ 295 [2025] 6 AMR 385 [2025] MLJU 2912 [2025] MLJU 525

Judgment

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