Insolvency Law
6 cases · November 2025 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 25
4 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Bankruptcy — Bankruptcy notice — Application to set aside — Appeal from decision of Senior Assistant Registrar — Sections 3 & 5 Insolvency Act 1967 — Rule 97 Insolvency Rules 2017 — Leave to commence bankruptcy proceedings — Consent judgment — Whether bankruptcy notice validly issued. 2 Bankruptcy — Foreign bankruptcy — Singapore bankruptcy orders — Reciprocal recognition — Section 104 Insolvency Act 1967 — Malaysian court acting in aid of Singapore court — Auxiliary jurisdiction — Whether Malaysian court empowered to grant leave to continue proceedings against Singapore bankrupts. 1 Bankruptcy — Cross-border insolvency — Certified Singapore bankruptcy orders — Effect of section 104(5) Insolvency Act 1967 — Conclusive proof of foreign adjudication — Distinction between evidentiary recognition and domestic bankruptcy order. 1 Bankruptcy — Proceedings against bankrupt — Section 8(1)(a) Insolvency Act 1967 — Leave to continue action against bankrupt — Whether leave required where bankruptcy adjudged in Singapore — Scope and application of statutory restraint. 1 Bankruptcy — Debt provable in bankruptcy — Creditor’s claim under guarantees — Fixed loan facility — Contractual indebtedness — Sections 2 and 40 Insolvency Act 1967 — Whether claim constituted provable debt. 1 Bankruptcy — Leave to continue proceedings — Nature of discretion — Factors governing exercise of discretion — Nature of claim — Balance of convenience — Justice of case — Application of principles in BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd v Tan Lay Hiong & Ors. 1 Bankruptcy — Pari passu principle — Continuation of proceedings — Leave granted subject to restriction on enforcement — Judgment creditor confined to proof of debt in bankruptcy estate — Protection of general body of creditors. 1 Bankruptcy — Foreign bankrupts — Singapore trustees in bankruptcy — Service on trustees — Unopposed application — Court’s duty to satisfy itself of statutory requirements notwithstanding absence of opposition. 1 Bankruptcy — Reciprocal insolvency assistance — Comity between Malaysian and Singapore courts — Meaning and effect of acting “in aid of and auxiliary to” foreign insolvency proceedings. 1 Bankruptcy notice — Defects and irregularities — Computation of post-judgment interest — Bankruptcy notice containing error in dates and period of interest calculation — Whether defect rendered bankruptcy notice void ab initio — Whether defect merely formal and curable — Whether debtor misled as to nature or amount of debt — Whether substantial injustice established — Insolvency Act 1967, s. 131 1 Bankruptcy proceedings — Amendment of bankruptcy notice — Application for leave to amend bankruptcy notice to rectify computational and date-related errors — Whether amendment altered substance of judgment debt or basis of liability — Whether amendment ought to be allowed in interests of substantial justice 1 Company in liquidation — Leave to proceed under Section 471 of the Companies Act 2016 — Whether arbitration may proceed without leave — Distinction between bankruptcy and corporate liquidation — Section 49 of the Arbitration Act 2005 inapplicable to companies. 1 Undischarged bankrupt — Locus standi to prosecute legal proceedings — Setting aside application and appeal — Whether sanction of Director General of Insolvency required — Effect of stay order on bankruptcy — Whether has to be served on the Petitioning Creditor — Whether such ‘ex-parte’ stay order exist — Whether stay equates to discharge — Insolvency Act 1967; ss. 10, 11, 38(1)(a) & 97. 1
Bankruptcy — Bankruptcy notice — Application to set aside — Appeal from decision of Senior Assistant Registrar — Sections 3 & 5 Insolvency Act 1967 — Rule 97 Insolvency Rules 2017 — Leave to commence bankruptcy proceedings — Consent judgment — Whether bankruptcy notice validly issued. 2 cases
Bankruptcy — Foreign bankruptcy — Singapore bankruptcy orders — Reciprocal recognition — Section 104 Insolvency Act 1967 — Malaysian court acting in aid of Singapore court — Auxiliary jurisdiction — Whether Malaysian court empowered to grant leave to continue proceedings against Singapore bankrupts. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Cross-border insolvency — Certified Singapore bankruptcy orders — Effect of section 104(5) Insolvency Act 1967 — Conclusive proof of foreign adjudication — Distinction between evidentiary recognition and domestic bankruptcy order. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Proceedings against bankrupt — Section 8(1)(a) Insolvency Act 1967 — Leave to continue action against bankrupt — Whether leave required where bankruptcy adjudged in Singapore — Scope and application of statutory restraint. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Debt provable in bankruptcy — Creditor’s claim under guarantees — Fixed loan facility — Contractual indebtedness — Sections 2 and 40 Insolvency Act 1967 — Whether claim constituted provable debt. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Leave to continue proceedings — Nature of discretion — Factors governing exercise of discretion — Nature of claim — Balance of convenience — Justice of case — Application of principles in BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd v Tan Lay Hiong & Ors. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Pari passu principle — Continuation of proceedings — Leave granted subject to restriction on enforcement — Judgment creditor confined to proof of debt in bankruptcy estate — Protection of general body of creditors. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Foreign bankrupts — Singapore trustees in bankruptcy — Service on trustees — Unopposed application — Court’s duty to satisfy itself of statutory requirements notwithstanding absence of opposition. 1 case
Bankruptcy — Reciprocal insolvency assistance — Comity between Malaysian and Singapore courts — Meaning and effect of acting “in aid of and auxiliary to” foreign insolvency proceedings. 1 case
Bankruptcy notice — Defects and irregularities — Computation of post-judgment interest — Bankruptcy notice containing error in dates and period of interest calculation — Whether defect rendered bankruptcy notice void ab initio — Whether defect merely formal and curable — Whether debtor misled as to nature or amount of debt — Whether substantial injustice established — Insolvency Act 1967, s. 131 1 case
Company in liquidation — Leave to proceed under Section 471 of the Companies Act 2016 — Whether arbitration may proceed without leave — Distinction between bankruptcy and corporate liquidation — Section 49 of the Arbitration Act 2005 inapplicable to companies. 1 case
Undischarged bankrupt — Locus standi to prosecute legal proceedings — Setting aside application and appeal — Whether sanction of Director General of Insolvency required — Effect of stay order on bankruptcy — Whether has to be served on the Petitioning Creditor — Whether such ‘ex-parte’ stay order exist — Whether stay equates to discharge — Insolvency Act 1967; ss. 10, 11, 38(1)(a) & 97. 1 case
Key Statutes
Insolvency Act 1967 (Cap 360)
cited in 4 cases Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
cited in 2 cases Bankruptcy Act 1967 (Cap 360)
cited in 2 cases English Arbitration Act 1950
cited in 1 case Insolvency Act 1986
cited in 1 case Companies Act 2016
cited in 1 case Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)
cited in 1 case Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
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Cases
ma-22ncc-7-04-2025
PUBLIC BANK BERHAD v 1. ) TAN PING HUANG EDWIN @ CHEN BINGHUANG 2. ) TAN JUNE TENG COLIN @ CHEN JUNTING 3. ) MDSA DEVELOPMENT SDN. BHD. (DAHULUNYA DIKENALI SEBAGAI FUYUU DEVELOPMENT SDN. BHD.)
24 June 2026
MYHC
ja-29ncc-799-07-2025
PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN JLA MOTORSPORTS SDN BHD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN HAMIDAH BINTI ISHAK
21 April 2026
MYHC
wa-29ncc-1069-06-2024
PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN RHB INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN LIM KIAN BOON
12 January 2026
MYHC
wa-29ncc-1070-06-2024
PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN RHB INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN AHMAD AKMAL BIN HAMZAH
12 January 2026
MYHC
n-02imncvc-1761-10-2024
1. ) HASHIM BIN ABD RAZAK 2. ) MAIMON BINTI ABDUL RAZAK 3. ) ZAINAH MAHANI BINTI ABD RAZAK v PEMBINAAN PD JAYA SDN. BHD. (Dalam Likuidasi)
14 December 2025
MYCOA
wa-22m-638-09-2022
RHB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD v 1. ) MEGAGREEN ENERGY SDN BHD 2. ) BION SDN BHD 3. ) NAVINDRAN A/L BALAKRISHNAN 4. ) SARAVANAN A/L RASARATNAM 5. ) SAHARI BIN AHMAD 6. ) PIDDIN BIN NANI
9 November 2025
MYHC