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

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Result 51

[2024] SGHC 191

Kho Choon Keng v Lian Keng Enterprises Pte Ltd (Kho Patrick and another, non-parties

General Division of the High Court26 July 2024

Insolvency Law — Winding up — Grounds for petition; Companies — Winding up — Just and equitable ground — Whether company is a quasi-partnership or akin to one; Companies — Winding up — Just and equitable ground — Breach of legitimate expectations; Companies — Winding up — Just and equitable ground — Loss of mutual trust and confidence — Whether loss of mutual trust and confidence was self-induced; Insolvency Law — Winding up — Effect of petition — Buyout order

Result 52

[2024] SGHC 178

Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v Goh Jin Hian

General Division of the High Court11 July 2024

Companies — Directors — Duties — Duty of skill, care and diligence — Section 157(1) of the Companies Act 1967 (2020 Rev Ed); Companies — Directors — Duties — Duty to take into account interests of creditors — Whether test is subjective or part subjective, part-objective; Companies — Directors — Duties — Relief from liability — Section 391 of the Companies Act 1967 (2020 Rev Ed); Insolvency Law — Winding up — Liquidator — Role of liquidator in adversarial proceedings; Insolvency Law — Winding up — Proof of debt — Whether insolvent company incurs liability before adjudication of proof of debt; Banking — Letters of credit — Fraud exception — Irregularities on the face of bills of lading — Whether fraud exception established; Banking — Letters of credit — Nullity exception — Irregularities on the face of bills of lading — Whether nullity exception established; Banking — Quincecare duty — Juridical basis of the Quincecare duty — Whether bank breached its Quincecare duty; Damages — Existence of loss — Liability to third party — Whether discharge of liability to third party necessary for claimant to suffer loss; Damages — Existence of loss — Whether insolvent company can suffer loss despite no change in net asset position

Result 60

[2024] SGHC 127

Wong Joo Wan (in his capacity as judicial manager of Bravo Building Construction Pte Ltd (under judicial management)) v Bravo Building Construction Pte Ltd ( under judicial management

General Division of the High Court13 May 2024

Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Extension of time; Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Whether judicial management order should be extended; Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Whether time to put forward statement of proposals should be extended; Companies — Receiver and manager — Judicial management order — Whether judicial management order should be extended

Result 63

[2024] SGHC 87

Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co Ltd v Crystal-Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd (Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd and another , non-parties

General Division of the High Court27 March 2024

Insolvency Law — Winding up — Grounds for petition; Companies — Winding up — Just and equitable ground — Loss of substratum; Companies — Winding up — Failure to commence business within a year of incorporation; Companies — Winding up — Suspending business for a whole year; Companies — Winding up — Discretion — Abuse of process; Companies — Winding up — Discretion — Availability of alternative buy-out mechanism

Result 66

[2024] SGHC 79

Victory International Holdings Pte Ltd v Borrelli , Cosimo and another and another matter

General Division of the High Court19 March 2024

Companies — Receiver and manager — Accounts — Whether receiver owes duty to account to mortgagor; Companies — Receiver and manager — Duties to mortgagor — Duties to chargor; Companies — Receiver and manager — Production of documents by receiver — Whether production of documents should be ordered — Whether production of documents determined by ownership or “need to know”; Civil Procedure — Costs — Taxation — Party requesting taxation neither client nor party chargeable — Party requesting taxation contractually liable to indemnify legal fees — Whether party liable to pay bill to party chargeable — Section 120(1) Legal Profession Act; Civil Procedure — Costs — Taxation — Allegation of overcharging — Party lacks control over legal fees — Whether special circumstances exist — Section 122 Legal Profession Act

Result 67

[2024] SGHC 58

Re Logistics Construction Pte Ltd

General Division of the High Court4 March 2024

Insolvency Law — Administration of insolvent estates — Judicial management — Competing nominations for appointment of interim judicial manager — Whether interim judicial manager nominated by applicant company or creditors of company should be appointed; Companies — Receiver and Manager — Judicial management order — Competing nominations for appointment of interim judicial manager — Whether interim judicial manager nominated by applicant company or creditors of company should be appointed

Result 68

[2024] SGHC 48

Farooq Ahmad Mann (in his capacity as judicial manager) v Golden Mountain Textile and Trading Pte Ltd (in judicial management

General Division of the High Court23 February 2024

Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Extension of time; Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Whether judicial management order should be extended; Insolvency Law — Judicial management — Whether time to put forward statement of proposals should be extended; Companies — Receiver and manager — Judicial management order — Whether judicial management order should be extended

Result 69

[2024] SGHC 44

Peck Wee Boon Patrick and another v Lim Poh Goon and others

General Division of the High Court15 February 2024

Companies — Incorporation of companies — Lifting corporate veil; Contract — Breach; Contract — Misrepresentation — Fraudulent; Equity — Dishonest assistance; Equity — Knowing receipt; Tort — Conspiracy; Trusts — Constructive trusts — Institutional constructive trusts — Remedial constructive trusts; Trusts — Quistclose trusts; Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Proprietary restitution

Result 72

[2024] SGHC 13

Oon Swee Gek and others v Violet Oon Inc Pte Ltd and others and other matter

General Division of the High Court19 January 2024

Companies — Oppression — Equal shareholders; Companies — Directors — Removal; Companies — Winding up; Companies — Members — Rights; Companies — Directors — Powers; Companies — Capital — Share capital; Contract — Duress — Economic duress — Causation; Contract — Duress — Illegitimate pressure; Contract — Undue influence — Actual; Contract — Undue influence — Presumed; Insolvency Law — Winding up — Grounds for petition; Insolvency Law — Winding up — Effect of petition; Insolvency Law — Winding up — Winding-up order; Abuse of Process — Collateral purpose; Abuse of Process — Inconsistent positions

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