1st CONTAINERS (UK) LIMITED v PEMILIK KAPAL ATAU VESEL MV HUA XIANG 936 DARI PELABUHAN PANAMA

wa-27ncc-10-03-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 November 2025 • WA-27NCC-10-03/2025 • 72 min read
21 cases cited (1 SG, 20 foreign)

Catchwords

Admiralty – Setting aside writ in rem and warrant of arrest - Order 12 rule 10 of Rules of Court 2012 – Whether improper exercise of admiralty in rem – In personam judgment obtained from a foreign court – Whether bar in rem action in Malaysia for the same cause of action – Rena K 'no bar rule' – Whether multiciplity of proceeding, res judicata, merger – UK House of Lords case of The Indian Grace (No. 2) – Item 11 of the Schedule to the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.

Judges (1)

Quay Chew Soon Delivered

Parties (2)

1st CONTAINERS LIMITED Plaintiff Pemilik Kapal Atau Vesel Mv Hua Xiang 936 Dari Pelabuhan Panama Defendant

Case Significance

1st CONTAINERS (UK) LIMITED v PEMILIK KAPAL ATAU VESEL MV HUA XIANG 936 DARI ... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated November 30, 2025 (citation: wa-27ncc-10-03-2025). The case was decided by Quay Chew Soon.

What was the outcome of 1st CONTAINERS (UK) LIMITED v PEMILIK KAPAL ATAU VESEL MV HUA XIANG 936 DARI ...?

1st CONTAINERS (UK) LIMITED v PEMILIK KAPAL ATAU VESEL MV HUA XIANG 936 DARI ... is a High Court decision dated November 30, 2025. The case was heard by Quay Chew Soon. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
s 26 s 34
Rules of Court 2012
UK Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
s 34

Cases Cited (21)

SLR (1)
[2012] 4 SLR 546
UK (1)
[1979] QB 377
MY (19)
[1988] 3 MLJ 367 [1996] 2 MLJ 57 [1998] 2 MLJ 425 [1999] 1 CLJ 1 [1999] 4 MLJ 637 [1999] 6 MLJ 652 [2003] 8 CLJ 762 [2008] 6 MLJ 686 [2013] 8 MLJ 124 [2019] MLJU 477 [2020] MLJU 562 [2021] 9 MLJ 936 [2022] 2 MLJ 853 [2022] 3 CLJ 274 [2023] 12 MLJ 53 [2023] 2 MLJ 324 [2023] MLJU 2819 [2024] 1 CLJ 543 [2024] 8 MLJ 813

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-27ncc-10-03-2025)