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Directors' duties, shareholder disputes, insolvency, and winding up.

318 decisions

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Companies decisions

Result 1

[2026] SGHC(I) 22

Re Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd

Singapore International Commercial Court24 September 2026

Companies — Schemes of arrangement — Classification of creditors — Use of administrative convenience class; Companies — Schemes of arrangement — Departure from default procedure under Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Proofs of Debt in Schemes of Arrangement) Regulations 2020 — Power under s 68(14)(a) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (2020 Rev Ed)

Result 2

[2026] SGSCT 23

JKN v JKO

SGSCT17 September 2026

Agency — Agency by estoppel — Whether the Respondent’s interior designer had actual and/or apparent authority to enter into the contract for renovation works with the Claimant; Companies — Capacity — Indoor management rule — Whether the Respondent was bound to the contract for renovation works that did not contain its director’s signature and company chop; Contract — Variation — Whether the Respondent was entitled to unilaterally vary the contract for renovation works; Contract — Breach — Whether the Respondent repudiated the contract for renovation works when it refused to perform the agreed works and threatened to remove existing completed works from the Claimant’s home; Contract — Remedies — Damages — Whether the Claimant’s claim for a refund of the value of the unfinished renovation works was the correct measure of damages

Result 4

[2026] SGHC 187

RedDot General Trading Pte Ltd v Sumeet Nanda and others

General Division of the High Court15 September 2026

Companies — Statutory derivative action — Shareholder alleging breaches of duties and unlawful conspiracy by directors — Alleged wrongdoings committed against company’s downstream subsidiaries — Whether claim barred by reflective loss principle — Whether action brought prima facie in interest of company — Section 216A(3)(c) Companies Act (2020 Rev Ed); Companies — Statutory derivative action — Shareholder alleging breaches of duties by directors — Impugned transactions pre-dating directors’ appointment — Whether action brought prima facie in interest of company — Section 216A(3)(c) Companies Act (2020 Rev Ed); Companies — Statutory derivative action — Lack of candour — Whether action brought for collateral purpose at expense of company — Whether action brought in good faith — Section 216A(3)(b) Companies Act (2020 Rev Ed)

Result 9

[2026] SGHC 157

Goh Bin Seng v Yeo Neng Jian Stephen and others

General Division of the High Court29 July 2026

Companies — Oppression — Quasi-partnership; Companies — Oppression — Commercial unfairness — Relevance of conduct of alleged victim of oppressive conduct; Companies — Oppression — Legitimate expectations; Companies — Oppression — Appropriate relief — Discount for unreasonable conduct of claimant; Companies — Directors — De facto directors; Companies — Directors — Duty to act honestly and in good faith; Employment law — Employees — Whether director also employee; Evidence — Witnesses — Reference to other witnesses’ evidence-in-chief — Admissibility and weight; Evidence — Admissibility of evidence — Hearsay

Result 11

[2026] SGHC 138

AQCEL Synergies (Hong Kong) Ltd v Liberty Industries Holdings Pte Ltd (Liberty House Group Pte Ltd (in compulsory liquidation, acting through joint and several liquidators), non-party) and another matter

General Division of the High Court30 June 2026

Companies — Winding up; Conflict of laws — Choice of law — Corporations; Insolvency law — Winding up — Abuse of process — Collateral purpose; Insolvency law — Winding up — Disputed debt; Insolvency law — Winding up — Just and equitable ground; Insolvency law — Winding up — Liquidator

Result 21

[2025] SGHC 251

Re MM2 Asia Ltd ( Linkwasha Holdings Pte Ltd, non-party

General Division of the High Court10 December 2025

Companies — Schemes of arrangement — Company seeking moratorium — Whether company provided sufficient evidence of creditor support — Section 64 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018; Companies — Schemes of arrangement — Company seeking moratorium — Whether application was made in good faith and sufficiently particularised — Section 64 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018; Companies — Schemes of arrangement — Company seeking moratorium — Contents of Affidavit — Section 64 Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018

Result 23

[2025] SGHC 190

Nanyang Commercial Management Pte Ltd v Matex International Ltd

General Division of the High Court22 September 2025

Companies — Shares — Allotment; Companies — Members — Rights — Proper plaintiff rule; Companies — Directors — Meetings — Quorum; Companies — Memorandum and articles of association — Effect; Companies — Capacity — Indoor Management Rule; Contract — Contractual terms — Common law rectification; Civil Procedure — Discontinuance — With leave

Result 24

[2025] SGHC 176

Vivaz Group Holdings Pte Ltd v TripleOne (Cambodia) Investment Pte Ltd ( Lee Kok Heng Jeremiah , non-party

General Division of the High Court5 September 2025

Companies — Statutory derivative action — Section 216A of the Companies Act 1967 (2020 Rev Ed) — Whether complainant was acting in good faith; Companies — Statutory derivative action — Whether complainant was acting in good faith — Utmost candour and honesty; Companies — Statutory derivative action — Whether complainant was acting in good faith — Delay

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