Insolvency
8 cases · June 2025 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
3 25
5 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Deceased Bankrupt — Insolvency Act 1967 — Effect of bankruptcy on administration of estate — Whether bankruptcy extinguished right to seek grant of representation — Whether Director General of Insolvency exclusively entitled to administer estate — Competing statutory regimes — Issue unsuitable for determination under Order 14A. 1 Discharge from bankruptcy — Certificate of discharge issued by Director General of Insolvency under section 33A Insolvency Act 1967 — Effect of discharge under section 35 Insolvency Act 1967 — Whether discharge extinguishes or nullifies pre-existing civil judgment debt — Distinction between release from provable debts and continued existence of judgment — Whether discharge automatically renders judgment unenforceable. 1 Bankruptcy of directors in foreign court — Subsequent Singapore bankruptcy orders against 2nd and 3rd defendants — Procedural significance — Whether such development altered threshold for determination under Order 14A or Order 33 — Whether relevance better addressed by case management rather than summary adjudication 1 Bankruptcy Notice — Creditor’s Petition — Appeal against setting aside and refusal to amend petition. 1 Bankrupt — Locus standi of undischarged bankrupt to sue — Whether claim for possession of registered land requires sanction of Director General of Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1967, s.38(1)(a) — Distinction between personal claims and claims affecting divisible estate 1 Bankrupt — Representation by counsel — Whether counsel has locus standi to appear for undischarged bankrupt without DGI sanction — Effect of appearance on validity of proceedings 1 Bankruptcy — Leave to institute bankruptcy proceedings — s. 5(3)(b) Insolvency Act 1967 — Appeal against Registrar’s order — Scope of court’s review Guarantee — Commercial guarantee — Not a social guarantee — s. 2 Insolvency Act 1967 — Personal liability of guarantor — Joint and several obligations Insolvency — Exhaustion of execution remedies — s. 5(4) Insolvency Act 1967 — Whether creditor required to exhaust all modes listed in s. 5(6) — Futility principle — Principal debtor wound up Company insolvency — Effect of winding-up of principal debtor — Assets vesting in liquidator — Creditor precluded from further execution — Bankruptcy against guarantor proper 1 Bona fide dispute on debt — Retention sum under deed of settlement — Whether debt genuinely disputed on substantial grounds — Debt forming subject matter of pending civil suit 1 Presumption of insolvency — Whether Respondent able to rebut presumption of insolvency — No audited financial statements produced — Failure to show solvency through credible evidence — Commercial insolvency test applied — Insolvency remains unrebutted — Company ordered to be wound up 1
Deceased Bankrupt — Insolvency Act 1967 — Effect of bankruptcy on administration of estate — Whether bankruptcy extinguished right to seek grant of representation — Whether Director General of Insolvency exclusively entitled to administer estate — Competing statutory regimes — Issue unsuitable for determination under Order 14A. 1 case
Discharge from bankruptcy — Certificate of discharge issued by Director General of Insolvency under section 33A Insolvency Act 1967 — Effect of discharge under section 35 Insolvency Act 1967 — Whether discharge extinguishes or nullifies pre-existing civil judgment debt — Distinction between release from provable debts and continued existence of judgment — Whether discharge automatically renders judgment unenforceable. 1 case
Bankruptcy of directors in foreign court — Subsequent Singapore bankruptcy orders against 2nd and 3rd defendants — Procedural significance — Whether such development altered threshold for determination under Order 14A or Order 33 — Whether relevance better addressed by case management rather than summary adjudication 1 case
Bankruptcy Notice — Creditor’s Petition — Appeal against setting aside and refusal to amend petition. 1 case
Bankrupt — Locus standi of undischarged bankrupt to sue — Whether claim for possession of registered land requires sanction of Director General of Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1967, s.38(1)(a) — Distinction between personal claims and claims affecting divisible estate 1 case
Bankrupt — Representation by counsel — Whether counsel has locus standi to appear for undischarged bankrupt without DGI sanction — Effect of appearance on validity of proceedings 1 case
Bona fide dispute on debt — Retention sum under deed of settlement — Whether debt genuinely disputed on substantial grounds — Debt forming subject matter of pending civil suit 1 case
Presumption of insolvency — Whether Respondent able to rebut presumption of insolvency — No audited financial statements produced — Failure to show solvency through credible evidence — Commercial insolvency test applied — Insolvency remains unrebutted — Company ordered to be wound up 1 case
Key Statutes
Insolvency Act 1967 (Cap 360)
cited in 3 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 2 cases Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
cited in 1 case Digital Signatures Act 1997
cited in 1 case Employees Provident Fund Act 1991
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
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Cases
wa-22ncvc-307-05-2025
Dato' Ting Sie Chuong v 1. ) Puan Sri Datin Paduka Wong Sui Chuo 2. ) Dato' Ting Sie Ping 3. ) Dato' Sri Ting Sie Huoong 4. ) Dato' Bobby Ting Sie Ching
15 June 2026
MYHC
wa-11ancvc-53-11-2025
MISC BERHAD (dahulunya dikenali sebagai Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad) v SYAHRIDZ BIN DZULKEFLI
4 June 2026
MYHC
ma-22ncvc-23-04-2023
1. ) K C TEW SDN. BHD. 2. ) LIM MUI CHERN 3. ) GOH YEE HONG 4. ) LEE HI SIONG 5. ) LAI HUEY SHYUAN 6. ) LOKE YEAN WAH 7. ) SIEW KAH WEE 8. ) HOO FAY FONG 9. ) NIO CHE WEI 10. ) NIO LEE FWANG 11. ) NIO LEE HOON 12. ) TING TECK HO 13. ) TOH AH KWEE 14. ) HO AMY 15. ) CHEW KAM HOONG 16. ) TI XIAO XUAN 17. ) IRENE KHOR YEOW FEH 18. ) LAWRANCE A/L PRAMAL SIVUM 19. ) CHIN LING NGOK 20. ) YAP SIEW LING 21. ) WONG KWAI KUEN 22. ) SIN SHAU CHIN 23. ) CHEONG VEIN LI 24. ) WONG WEI KWAN 25. ) MAH TSAE L...
16 April 2026
MYHC
ja-29ncc-765-08-2024
PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN JR JOINT RESOURCES HOLDINGS SDN BHD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN JALALUDIN BIN SULAIMAN
15 April 2026
MYHC
ta-24ncvc-74-04-2025
AZLAN SHAH BIN JAFFRIL v MUDIANA BINTI ABD RASHID
13 January 2026
MYHC
ca-29ncc-256-09-2024
PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN AHMAD TAHFIZ BIN ISHAK
21 October 2025
MYHC
ca-28ncc-2-01-2025
TASTOD CONSTRUCTION (M) SDN BHD v CONNECTION VENTURES SDN BHD
2 September 2025
MYHC
wa-28ncc-249-03-2024
AMBANK ISLAMIC BERHAD v WS RENT-A-CAR SDN. BHD.
12 June 2025
MYHC