COMPANY LAW: Corporate personality
3 cases · March 2025 to April 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 25
1 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Veil of incorporation — Shadow directorship — Alter ego and controlling mind — Lifting/piercing of corporate veil between company and controller — Whether de facto control over a related company's negotiations, operations and hiring decisions amounts to shadow directorship — Whether the corporate veil ought to be lifted where companies are interposed as vehicles to receive, hold or conceal proceeds of wrongdoing — Whether a shared registered address, business address and company secretary between related companies evidences a sham arrangement — Whether the formal sign-off authority of a de jure director displaces a finding of shadow directorship — Whether a passive, non-trading shareholder company can be held liable where interposed as a vehicle in the scheme — Whether failure to lodge financial statements under section 259 of the Companies Act 2016 supports an inference of concealment 1 Beneficial ownership of shares — Nominee shareholders — Whether shares held on trust for beneficial owner — Whether registered shareholder holds shares as nominee and trustee — Proper plaintiff rule — Whether shareholder has locus standi to bring personal claim — Whether claim constitutes derivative action requiring leave under sections 347-350 of Companies Act 2016 — Whether shareholder has direct proprietary interest in company's assets — Distinction between personal claim for breach of fiduciary duty and derivative claim for wrong to company — Whether Foss v Harbottle rule applies 1 Beneficial ownership — Nominee arrangements — Whether director could conceal beneficial ownership through nominee shareholders — Whether failure to disclose beneficial interest rendered agreements void ab initio — Whether sham companies created for fraudulent purposes — Breach of disclosure obligations under Hong Kong Companies Ordinance and Articles of Association 1
Key Statutes
Rules of Court 2012
cited in 2 cases Government Proceedings Ordinance 1956
cited in 1 case Specific Relief Act 1950
cited in 1 case Competition Act 2010 (Cap 712)
cited in 1 case Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
cited in 1 case Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
cited in 1 case Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Firms
Cases
wa-22ncc-151-04-2022
Ouji Seiyaku (M) Sdn Bhd v 1. ) LEONG KAH HOE 2. ) CHOO CHIN HUA 3. ) LEONG KIT MING 4. ) Kok Sheau Ing 5. ) BTC MARKET TRADING SDN BHD 6. ) YFL (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD 7. ) RIVER POOL RESOURCES (M) SDN BHD 8. ) TAN HONG YEE 9. ) LIEW KEAN PENG 10. ) LEONG LI TENG 11. ) WARHOL MAC SDN BHD 12. ) BTC IMPERIUM (M) SDN BHD
21 April 2026
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wa-22ncc-357-06-2025
WONG TZY JIAN v 1. ) WONG KEH YEN 2. ) REAL HARVEST PTE LTD 3. ) KEH YEN, NG & PARTNERS
4 August 2025
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wa-22ncc-605-12-2020
1. ) GOLDEN PLUS HOLDINGS BERHAD 2. ) GOLDEN PLUS CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD 3. ) GOLDEN PLUS (BVI) PTE LTD 4. ) SRI SERDANG SDN BHD 5. ) PARADIZE BAZAAR SDN BHD 6. ) VENICE HEIGHTS SDN BHD 7. ) HANPOPULAR SDN BHD 8. ) YANFULL INVESTMENTS LIMITED 9. ) YANFULL (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD v 1. ) CHINA IDEA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2. ) PACIFIC VICTOR INTERNATIONAL LTD 3. ) WASIAT DIRI KEPADA TEH SOON SENG, SIMATI (WASIAT MALAYSIA) 4. ) TEH WEI KIAN 5. ) TEH CHIAO EING, VALARIE 6. ) WU KWOK YING, MARIA 7. ) GOH SIN...
12 March 2025
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