COMPANY LAW: Oppression
6 cases · February 2025 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
3 25
3 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Minority shareholder — Family company — Breakdown of marriage — Notices issued restricting management participation of minority shareholder — Unilateral decision to cease accepting new business and wind down profitable company — Whether company operated as quasi-partnership — Whether minority shareholder had legitimate expectation to participate in management — Whether conduct oppressive and in disregard of minority shareholder's interests — section 346, Companies Act 2016 1 Minority shareholders — s.346 Companies Act 2016 — Family companies — Alleged acts and conduct amounting to oppression — Exclusion from management, removal as directors, denial of financial information, dilution of control and unfair succession planning — Whether companies operated as a quasi-type partnership — Whether the Plaintiffs had legitimate expectation to participate in management — No evidence of joint management, shared risks or agreement — Longstanding directorship insufficient — No oppression 1 Minority oppression — Section 346 of the Companies Act 2016 — Removal of Plaintiff as director — Constitution of the Company — Whether there is a right in equity for Plaintiff to remain as director — Quasi-partnership — No provision in the constitution for permanent representation on the Board — Claims of mismanagement by the Defendants leading to financial deterioration — Whether an oppression action is proper recourse — Oppression action dismissed 1 Acts and conducts amounting to oppression — Oppression claim under s.346 of the Companies Act 2016 — The Plaintiff, as 30% minority shareholder, claims oppressive conduct that excluded him from management — Whether the nature of relationship between the Plaintiff and 2nd Defendant is a quasi-partnership — Whether the Plaintiff had legitimate expectation to participate in management — Whether 2nd Defendant’s actions leading to the Company’s failure to purchase property amounted to oppression — unclean hands — No finding of oppression under s.346 of the Companies Act 2016 1 Plaintiff claimed 1st defendant exercised powers in a manner oppressive to plaintiff — Whether there was quasi-partnership relationship — Whether plaintiff was excluded from management — Whether 2nd defendant was mismanaged — Whether 1st defendant failed to provide fair exit option to plaintiff — Whether there was oppression — Companies Act 2016, s. 346 1 Remedy in cases of oppression under Section 346 of Companies Act 2016 — Affairs of company conducted in manner oppressive to members — Unfair discrimination against shareholders — Whether passing of resolutions without proper authority constitutes oppressive conduct — Whether exercise of casting vote in written resolutions valid under company's constitution — Whether breakdown in relationship between equal shareholders justifies relief — Whether buyout order appropriate remedy where oppression established — Application of 'visible departure from standards of fair dealing' test — Whether corporate wrongs distinguishable from oppression — Whether deadlock between equal shareholders grounds for judicial intervention 1
Minority oppression — Section 346 of the Companies Act 2016 — Removal of Plaintiff as director — Constitution of the Company — Whether there is a right in equity for Plaintiff to remain as director — Quasi-partnership — No provision in the constitution for permanent representation on the Board — Claims of mismanagement by the Defendants leading to financial deterioration — Whether an oppression action is proper recourse — Oppression action dismissed 1 case
Plaintiff claimed 1st defendant exercised powers in a manner oppressive to plaintiff — Whether there was quasi-partnership relationship — Whether plaintiff was excluded from management — Whether 2nd defendant was mismanaged — Whether 1st defendant failed to provide fair exit option to plaintiff — Whether there was oppression — Companies Act 2016, s. 346 1 case
Key Statutes
Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
cited in 6 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Firms
Top Lawyers
Dato' Jasbeer Singh 1 Kevin Prakash 1 Max Kong 1 Jeyshini Naidu 1 Ivanpal Singh Grewal 1 Keshvinder Kaur A/P Harvinder Singh 1 Melissa Chan Shyuk Wern 1 Stanley Phang Weng Lam 1 Sherlene Lai Yee Ling 1 Tan Eng Keat 1 Jacyn Tan Ze Xin 1 Ravinder Singh Sodhi A/L Manmohan Singh Sodhi 1 Rajpal Singh a/l Wazir Singh 1 Jaseline Ong Li Foong 1 C Mugelendran a/l Chandran 1
Cases
wa-24ncc-7-01-2026
ONG YEN HOON v 1. ) MECCO TECHNOLOGIES (M) SDN. BHD. 2. ) CHANG SOON SUNG
23 June 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncc-102-02-2024
1. ) TAN YOOK SUN 2. ) LOW CHEE MENG v 1. ) TAN BOON HUAT 2. ) CHAU NGO MOY 3. ) TAN YEAN SAN 4. ) TAN MARY 5. ) TAN YEAN PENG 6. ) TAN BEE JUN 7. ) ALLIED FOAM INSULTATION SDN BHD 8. ) GOE HOLDINGS SDN BHD 9. ) CAPITAL ADVANTAGE SDN BHD 10. ) GRAND ORIENTAL ENTERPRISE (MELAKA) SDN BHD 11. ) GRAND CENTRAL M&E ENTERPRISE SDN BHD 12. ) GRAND ORIENTAL M&E ENTERPRISE SDN BHD 13. ) GRAND ORIENTAL PROPERTIES SDN BHD 14. ) LEADER PARTS ENTERPRISE SDN BHD
23 February 2026
MYHC
wa-24ncc-289-05-2025
Lau King Yew v 1. ) Tan Yuh Pei 2. ) KOH KEAN MUM 3. ) ONETECH SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS BERHAD
20 January 2026
MYHC
wa-24ncc-263-05-2025
LAU JENN FENG v 1. ) FOURSEASON FRONTIER SDN. BHD. 2. ) CHAN KONG HONG
18 December 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-248-05-2024
GOH WEI LIM v 1. ) MUCK HO WAN 2. ) BARISAN PERFORMA SDN. BHD.
10 April 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-155-03-2023
SANDEEP SINGH GREWAL v 1. ) TAN ENG JOO 2. ) JIANG YIHONG 3. ) PAYSOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD
27 February 2025
MYHC