Company law

111 cases · December 2017 to July 2026

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Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Application for leave to commence meeting of scheme of creditors — Application to set aside order granting leave — Application to set aside dismissed by HCJ — Whether HCJ had erred in dismissing the Setting-Aside Application — Whether Leave Application constituted an abuse of process on ground that it was not made bona fide — Whether HCJ should have considered facts before him at the Settling-Aside Application — Companies Act 2016 section 366(1) 5 Application to sanction proposed scheme of arrangement — Sanction granted — Appeal against decision of HCJ in sanctioning scheme of creditors — Whether HCJ had considered purpose and conduct surrounding the Scheme of Arrangement — Companies Act 2016 section 366(4) 5 Fortuna injunction — Application to restrain presentation of winding-up petition — Quia timet relief — Section 466 Companies Act 2016 — Statutory demand — Unpaid judgment debt — Sessions Court judgment affirmed on appeal — Final and enforceable judgment — Whether winding-up petition an abuse of process — Principles governing Fortuna injunction– Bona fide dispute test — Whether judgment debt can constitute disputed debt — Court will not go behind regular judgment — Payment by cheque — Conditional payment — Dishonoured cheque — Revival of underlying debt — Bills of Exchange Act 1949 s 47 — Statutory threshold for winding-up petition — Allocation of payments by creditor — Validity of statutory notice — Indemnity costs agreed and paid — Estoppel — No genuine dispute on substantial grounds — Winding-up as legitimate enforcement mechanism — Application for injunction dismissed — Costs on indemnity basis. 3 Charge — Registration of charge — Register of charges — Public notice function of register — Integrity of register — Description of property charged — Floating charge — Statement of particulars to be lodged with charge — Amendment of registered particulars — Rectification of register — Rectification of misstatement — Scope of court’s power of rectification — Whether rectification confined to accidental omission or misstatement — Whether court may permit substantive alteration of registered security — Distinction between rectification and variation of charge — Retrospective enlargement of charged assets — Whether permissible under statutory scheme — Whether amendment altering asset description amounts to re-writing of security — Requirement of strict proof of mistake — Absence of underlying debenture or charging instrument — Evidential insufficiency — Bare assertion of clerical error — Whether sufficient to invoke s 361 — Burden on applicant to demonstrate true misstatement — Companies Act 2016 — ss 352, 357, 359, 361, 362 — Statutory interpretation — Text, context and purpose — Interaction between registration, variation and rectification provisions — Protection of creditors and shareholders — Whether amendment prejudicial in nature — Potential impact on priority and third-party reliance — No need to prove actual prejudice — Nature-based prejudice sufficient — Administrative position of Registrar — Registrar indicating no objection — Whether binding on court — Registrar’s role administrative not adjudicative — Court’s independent duty to scrutinise application — Practice Note No. 6/2019 — Rectification procedures — Non-application to charges — Charges subject to strict statutory regime — Whether administrative rectification principles applicable 2 Winding up — Liquidation — Post-winding up proceedings — Application for substitution of liquidator — Official Receiver (Pegawai Penerima Malaysia) — Private liquidator — Supervisory jurisdiction of court — Leave under s 471 Companies Act 2016 — Discretion of court — Interests of general body of creditors — Creditor objections — Whether objections determinative — Weight to be given to creditor views — Whether sufficient grounds established — Improvement in administration of liquidation — Specialised assets — Efficiency of realisation — Handover of assets and records — Transitional directions — Preservation of assets — Remuneration of outgoing liquidator — Entitlement to fees — Assessment under Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972 — No order as to costs — Application allowed. 2 Winding up — Liquidator — Remuneration — Sections 479 and 487 Companies Act 2016 — Basis of remuneration — Percentage basis and time cost basis — Whether liquidator entitled to charge fees to third parties — Exercise of liquidator’s discretion — Whether fees reasonable — Application to approve remuneration — Whether court ought to interfere — Whether remuneration excessive 2 Director — Statements made in personal proceedings — Attribution to company — Separate legal personality. Practice and Procedure — Admissions — Pleadings — Previous proceedings — Effect of dismissed originating summons. 1 Winding up — Fortuna injunction — Restraining presentation of winding-up petition — Judgment debt — Default judgment — Appeal pending — No stay of execution — Whether debt bona fide disputed — Whether petition bound to fail — Irreparable harm — Statutory demand under s 466(1)(a) Companies Act 2016 — Application dismissed. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — Application under ss 352 and 361 Companies Act 2016 — Omission of registered title particulars from statement of particulars lodged with Registrar — Whether omission constituted omission of a “particular” within s 361. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — Inadvertent omission — Property description in registered charge — Postal address stated but registered leasehold title omitted — Whether omission accidental or due to inadvertence. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — Property affected by charge — Meaning of “particular” — Whether registered title forms part of description of property required to be disclosed in prescribed statement. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — Conclusive certificate of registration — Section 357(3) Companies Act 2016 — Whether conclusiveness of certificate precludes rectification of descriptive particulars under s 361. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — Distinction between validity of registration and accuracy of descriptive particulars — Whether rectification affects priority, validity or effectiveness of registered charge. 1 Register of charges — Rectification — No prejudice to creditors or shareholders — Amendment merely clarifying identity of charged property — Whether rectification enhances accuracy of register without altering substantive rights. 1 Registrar of Companies — Non-objection to rectification — Whether consent or non-objection of Registrar sufficient to justify rectification — Court’s independent duty to satisfy statutory requirements. 1 Register of charges — Judicial discretion — Grounds for rectification under s 361 Companies Act 2016 — Accidental omission — Absence of prejudice — Just and equitable relief — Disjunctive nature of statutory grounds. 1 Charges — Deed of Assignment of Rental Proceeds — Registration of company charges — Description of charged property — Registered titles omitted from statement lodged with Registrar. 1 Winding up — Fortuna injunction — Restraint against presentation of winding-up petition — Statutory notice of demand issued pursuant to ss 465(1)(e) and 466(1)(a) Companies Act 2016 — Whether debt bona fide disputed on substantial grounds — Whether proposed petition constituted abuse of process — Whether interim restraint ought to be granted pending inter partes hearing. 1 Winding up — Statutory demand — Debt founded on loan agreement bearing interest of 2.5% per month and subsequently 2% per month — Borrower alleging transaction constituted unlicensed moneylending arrangement — Whether legality of underlying transaction gave rise to substantial and genuine dispute as to indebtedness. 1 Winding up — Fortuna principle — Debt disputed on bona fide and substantial grounds — Whether winding-up jurisdiction could be invoked as debt collection mechanism — Abuse of process. 1 + 104 more

Application for leave to commence meeting of scheme of creditors — Application to set aside order granting leave — Application to set aside dismissed by HCJ — Whether HCJ had erred in dismissing the Setting-Aside Application — Whether Leave Application constituted an abuse of process on ground that it was not made bona fide — Whether HCJ should have considered facts before him at the Settling-Aside Application — Companies Act 2016 section 366(1) 5 cases

Fortuna injunction — Application to restrain presentation of winding-up petition — Quia timet relief — Section 466 Companies Act 2016 — Statutory demand — Unpaid judgment debt — Sessions Court judgment affirmed on appeal — Final and enforceable judgment — Whether winding-up petition an abuse of process — Principles governing Fortuna injunction– Bona fide dispute test — Whether judgment debt can constitute disputed debt — Court will not go behind regular judgment — Payment by cheque — Conditional payment — Dishonoured cheque — Revival of underlying debt — Bills of Exchange Act 1949 s 47 — Statutory threshold for winding-up petition — Allocation of payments by creditor — Validity of statutory notice — Indemnity costs agreed and paid — Estoppel — No genuine dispute on substantial grounds — Winding-up as legitimate enforcement mechanism — Application for injunction dismissed — Costs on indemnity basis. 3 cases

Charge — Registration of charge — Register of charges — Public notice function of register — Integrity of register — Description of property charged — Floating charge — Statement of particulars to be lodged with charge — Amendment of registered particulars — Rectification of register — Rectification of misstatement — Scope of court’s power of rectification — Whether rectification confined to accidental omission or misstatement — Whether court may permit substantive alteration of registered security — Distinction between rectification and variation of charge — Retrospective enlargement of charged assets — Whether permissible under statutory scheme — Whether amendment altering asset description amounts to re-writing of security — Requirement of strict proof of mistake — Absence of underlying debenture or charging instrument — Evidential insufficiency — Bare assertion of clerical error — Whether sufficient to invoke s 361 — Burden on applicant to demonstrate true misstatement — Companies Act 2016 — ss 352, 357, 359, 361, 362 — Statutory interpretation — Text, context and purpose — Interaction between registration, variation and rectification provisions — Protection of creditors and shareholders — Whether amendment prejudicial in nature — Potential impact on priority and third-party reliance — No need to prove actual prejudice — Nature-based prejudice sufficient — Administrative position of Registrar — Registrar indicating no objection — Whether binding on court — Registrar’s role administrative not adjudicative — Court’s independent duty to scrutinise application — Practice Note No. 6/2019 — Rectification procedures — Non-application to charges — Charges subject to strict statutory regime — Whether administrative rectification principles applicable 2 cases

Winding up — Liquidation — Post-winding up proceedings — Application for substitution of liquidator — Official Receiver (Pegawai Penerima Malaysia) — Private liquidator — Supervisory jurisdiction of court — Leave under s 471 Companies Act 2016 — Discretion of court — Interests of general body of creditors — Creditor objections — Whether objections determinative — Weight to be given to creditor views — Whether sufficient grounds established — Improvement in administration of liquidation — Specialised assets — Efficiency of realisation — Handover of assets and records — Transitional directions — Preservation of assets — Remuneration of outgoing liquidator — Entitlement to fees — Assessment under Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972 — No order as to costs — Application allowed. 2 cases

Winding up — Liquidator — Remuneration — Sections 479 and 487 Companies Act 2016 — Basis of remuneration — Percentage basis and time cost basis — Whether liquidator entitled to charge fees to third parties — Exercise of liquidator’s discretion — Whether fees reasonable — Application to approve remuneration — Whether court ought to interfere — Whether remuneration excessive 2 cases

Winding up — Fortuna injunction — Restraining presentation of winding-up petition — Judgment debt — Default judgment — Appeal pending — No stay of execution — Whether debt bona fide disputed — Whether petition bound to fail — Irreparable harm — Statutory demand under s 466(1)(a) Companies Act 2016 — Application dismissed. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — Application under ss 352 and 361 Companies Act 2016 — Omission of registered title particulars from statement of particulars lodged with Registrar — Whether omission constituted omission of a “particular” within s 361. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — Inadvertent omission — Property description in registered charge — Postal address stated but registered leasehold title omitted — Whether omission accidental or due to inadvertence. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — Property affected by charge — Meaning of “particular” — Whether registered title forms part of description of property required to be disclosed in prescribed statement. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — Conclusive certificate of registration — Section 357(3) Companies Act 2016 — Whether conclusiveness of certificate precludes rectification of descriptive particulars under s 361. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — Distinction between validity of registration and accuracy of descriptive particulars — Whether rectification affects priority, validity or effectiveness of registered charge. 1 case

Register of charges — Rectification — No prejudice to creditors or shareholders — Amendment merely clarifying identity of charged property — Whether rectification enhances accuracy of register without altering substantive rights. 1 case

Register of charges — Judicial discretion — Grounds for rectification under s 361 Companies Act 2016 — Accidental omission — Absence of prejudice — Just and equitable relief — Disjunctive nature of statutory grounds. 1 case

Charges — Deed of Assignment of Rental Proceeds — Registration of company charges — Description of charged property — Registered titles omitted from statement lodged with Registrar. 1 case

Winding up — Fortuna injunction — Restraint against presentation of winding-up petition — Statutory notice of demand issued pursuant to ss 465(1)(e) and 466(1)(a) Companies Act 2016 — Whether debt bona fide disputed on substantial grounds — Whether proposed petition constituted abuse of process — Whether interim restraint ought to be granted pending inter partes hearing. 1 case

Winding up — Statutory demand — Debt founded on loan agreement bearing interest of 2.5% per month and subsequently 2% per month — Borrower alleging transaction constituted unlicensed moneylending arrangement — Whether legality of underlying transaction gave rise to substantial and genuine dispute as to indebtedness. 1 case

Winding up — Fortuna principle — Debt disputed on bona fide and substantial grounds — Whether winding-up jurisdiction could be invoked as debt collection mechanism — Abuse of process. 1 case

Service of process — Service on company — Registered office — Service by registered post — Presumption of service — Returned postal articles — Companies Act 2016, s 464 — Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 12. 1 case

Winding up — Liquidators — Interim liquidators — Leave to commence compulsory winding-up proceedings — Principles governing grant of leave under s 451(2) Companies Act 2016. 1 case

Corporate groups — Separate entities — Whether common management and shared resources sufficient to impose liability on holding company — Application of Salomon principle — Whether evidence disclosed façade or alter ego arrangement 1 case

Scheme of arrangement — Effect of sanctioned scheme — Whether scheme company’s release under scheme of arrangement discharged separate contractual liability of non-party tenant — Whether proceedings against non-party constituted collateral attack on scheme — Companies Act 2016, s 366 1 case

Charges — Registration of charges — Misstatement in statement of particulars lodged with Registrar — Incorrect date of creation of charge entered — Whether incorrect date constituted “mis-statement of any particular” within meaning of Companies Act 2016, s 361(1) — Companies Act 2016, ss 352, 353 & 361 1 case

Charges — Rectification of register — Application to rectify registered particulars of charge — Whether misstatement due to inadvertence — Whether wrong date inserted by reference to stamp duty date rather than execution date — Companies Act 2016, s 361(1)(a) 1 case

Charges — Rectification — Whether rectification prejudicial to creditors or shareholders — Whether amendment merely corrected date of creation without altering substance, amount or identity of chargee — Companies Act 2016, s 361(1)(a) 1 case

Charges — Rectification — Just and equitable relief — Whether court should exercise remedial jurisdiction to correct bona fide clerical error in public register — Companies Act 2016, s 361(1)(b) 1 case

Key Statutes

cited in 56 cases
Rules of Court 2012
cited in 25 cases
cited in 12 cases
Companies Act
cited in 7 cases
cited in 6 cases
cited in 4 cases
cited in 4 cases
cited in 3 cases
UK Insolvency Act 1986
cited in 2 cases
cited in 2 cases
Capital Markets and Services Act 2007
cited in 2 cases
Penal Code (Cap 574)
cited in 2 cases
English Companies Act 1862
cited in 1 case
cited in 1 case
Companies Act 1993
cited in 1 case

Court Distribution

Key People & Firms

Cases

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Savatery A/p Jayaraman v ADVANCED FERTILIZER MANUFACTURER SDN BHD PENCELAH Teoh Ying Rin
25 January 2026
MYHC
wa-28pw-489-08-2025
WIRAMA SDN BHD (IN LIQUIDATION) v 1. ) KHAIRIL AZAR BIN BADUR 2. ) YAP KOK BIN 3. ) TAM WEI LUM
20 January 2026
MYHC
wa-28pw-675-11-2024
CECILY KEE LING LING v Bala Subramaniam A/L Rasu (Liquidator of Valiantview Construction Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation))
20 January 2026
MYHC
wa-28pw-772-12-2024
1. ) KHAIRIL AZAR BIN BADUR 2. ) YAP KOK BIN 3. ) TAM WEI LUN v WIRAMA SDN BHD
20 January 2026
MYHC
wa-28pw-397-09-2023
1. ) FADZILAN BIN MOHD DAUD 2. ) NOR AZIZAN BINTI AZMAN 3. ) AZRIN BIN MOHAMAD ZAWAWI 4. ) LATUN NORALYANI BINTI MEOR AMINUDIN 5. ) SHAHARIN BIN JUSOH 6. ) OMAR BIN ABDULLAH 7. ) HAZLENA BINTI M RAZALI 8. ) NOOR ROSNI BINTI SAIDIN 9. ) SALEHUDDIN BIN SAIDIN 10. ) KRISNANSAMY A/L TORAISAMY 11. ) BABY LATHA A/P PARASURAMAN 12. ) NOR LAILATUL SAIDAH BINTI MD RAZMI 13. ) NORMAH BINTI YUNUS 14. ) KRISANA MOORTHY A/L PERIASAMY v Tudong Emas Sdn. Bhd.
15 January 2026
MYHC
wa-24ncc-118-03-2024
1. ) LIM TITT HUAT 2. ) LIM WOOI BOO v 1. ) TAN SAY KENG 2. ) TAN TENG TENG 3. ) OH TEIK GEE 4. ) RODA BERLIAN (M) SDN BHD
25 December 2025
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-167-03-2025
BAEV Holdings Sdn Bhd v 1. ) Yong Chun Khiong 2. ) MBL Agarwood ECO Leisureland Sdn Bhd
21 December 2025
MYHC
wa-28jm-8-03-2024
MAJU-TH SDN BHD PENCELAH LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI
17 December 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-398-07-2025
KEDIOS BERHAD v 1. ) EDUVER EDUCATION BERHAD 2. ) TEE WEE SIONG 3. ) TEE E VA 4. ) TEE EE LEEN
17 December 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-208-04-2023
1. ) Haji Mohd Zain Bin Ghazali 2. ) Leong Kok Sen 3. ) Leong Hong Sim v 1. ) KL LARUT SDN. BHD. 2. ) P. THIAGARAJAN A/L PAVADAI
15 December 2025
MYHC
wa-28pw-774-12-2024
CTG PROPERTY SDN BHD v 1. ) SULAIMAN @ MOHAMED HELMI BIN MOHD ILYAS 2. ) ADAM BIN MOHAMED ILYAS 3. ) ZAHRAH BINTI AHMAD
8 December 2025
MYHC
wa-28jm-8-06-2025
PASTPRESENTFUTURE SDN BHD (dahulunya dikenali sebagai Poly Ritz Development Sdn Bhd) PENCELAH 1. ) WAN SAZALI BIN WAN AB GHANI (BERTINDAK DALAM KAPASITI SEBAGAI PENTADBIR HARTA PUSAKA WAN AB GHANI BIN WAN YUSUF 2. ) KEH CHUAN SENG 3. ) TMH EVERISE SDN. BHD.
2 December 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncvc-4976-12-2024
Mohammed Shabaz Khan v 1. ) Crest Worldwide Resources Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation) 2. ) Shamir Kumar Nandy
1 December 2025
MYHC
wa-28pw-269-06-2025
Orix Leasing Malaysia Berhad PIHAK TERKILAN 1. ) MFT RESOURCES SDN BHD 2. ) HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia v BATU KEMAS INDUSTRI SDN BHD
23 November 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-180-04-2021
TOH HOCK THIAM v 1. ) TEH SIEW YING 2. ) CHEONG CHEE KUAN 3. ) FAWZI BIN ABDUL AZIZ 4. ) Chuah Teong Ghee [Notice Of Discontinuance At Encl. 28] 5. ) ALSET SDN BHD 6. ) SMALL SUPPLY SDN BHD 7. ) DELTA ICONS SD BHD 8. ) DETAILS FACTORS SDN BHD 9. ) CHAPTER2 CONCEPT SDN BHD [Notice Of Discontinuance At Encl. 28]
23 November 2025
MYHC
wa-28ncc-468-04-2025
GEO HILL CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v PESAT BUMI SDN BHD PIHAK TERKILAN 1. ) LEONG POH HONG 2. ) JUN YIN CAPITAL SDN BHD 3. ) GEO METAL SDN BHD 4. ) Rangkai Bintang (M) Sdn Bhd
20 November 2025
MYHC
wa-28jm-18-05-2024
MAJU HOLDINGS SDN BHD PENCELAH 1. ) BRIDGEX SDN BHD 2. ) Maybank Islamic Berhad 3. ) ANTAH SCHINDLER SDN. BHD. 4. ) ZAFAS SDN BHD
18 November 2025
MYHC
wa-28ncc-403-04-2025
VYNN VENTURE SDN. BHD (IN LIQUIDATION) v WIDAD BUSINESS GROUP SDN. BHD.
17 November 2025
MYHC
wa-28pw-262-06-2025
AMBANK (M) BERHAD PIHAK TERKILAN RHB BANK BERHAD v PAK CHUN CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD
17 November 2025
MYHC
wa-22ncc-785-10-2023
EXELLE MEDICAL SDN. BHD. v 1. ) MK MEDILANCE SDN. BHD. 2. ) INTERMEDECO SDN. BHD. 3. ) CHIN KEH JOO
9 November 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-458-08-2025
1. ) DATO DR. LI WEI 2. ) ZHANG, DANDAN v 1. ) DFCITY GROUP BERHAD 2. ) LOW KIM KIAT
3 November 2025
MYHC
wa-12ancvc-132-07-2024
FLUFFY STUDIO SDN BHD v ARIF SEJATI SDN BHD
2 November 2025
MYHC
b-02imncc-490-03-2023
Alliance Investment Bank Berhad v GULA PERAK BHD (DALAM LIKUIDASI)
29 October 2025
MYCOA
b-02imncc-491-03-2023
AMBANK (M) BERHAD v GULA PERAK BHD (DALAM LIKUIDASI)
29 October 2025
MYCOA
b-02imncc-492-03-2023
Malayan Banking Berhad v GULA PERAK BHD (DALAM LIKUIDASI)
29 October 2025
MYCOA