KOH KIEN CHON (GU JIANCONG) & Anor v DING ASSET LTD
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| Court | Court of Appeal |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Judith Prakash, Steven Chong |
| Charges / claim | Civil Procedure |
| Counsel | CNPLaw LLP, Jacob Mansur & Pillai, K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, Felicia Tee, Jerrie Tan, Mansurhusain Akbar Hussein, N Sreenivasan, Ravindran s/o Ramasamy, Remesha Chandran Pillai, Shauna Low |
Source: [2023] SGCA 24, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Koh Kien Chon and another v Ding Asset Ltd [2023] SGCA 24 is a reserved judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on 11 August 2023 in Originating Application No 10 of 2023, with Steven Chong JCA delivering the judgment of the court sitting with Judith Prakash JCA. The applicants, Mr Koh Kien Chon (Gu Jiancong) and Koh Yang Kee Pte Ltd, sought permission to appeal against a decision of a Judge in HC/RA 45/2023, which had allowed Ding Asset Ltd's appeal so that HC/OC 265/2022 was to proceed against them rather than being stayed in favour of arbitration in Singapore. The case concerns the principles governing permission to appeal, and the court found that the applicants had not raised any grounds on which permission to appeal should be granted.
Summary
Koh Kien Chon (also known as Ken Koh) and Koh Yang Kee Pte Ltd applied for permission to appeal against a High Court decision that had allowed Ding Asset Ltd's appeal and refused a stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration, so that the underlying claim would proceed against them. The Court of Appeal held that the questions raised did not arise on the facts and that the applicants had shown no grounds for permission to appeal. It dismissed the application and fixed costs at S$8,000.
What was Koh Kien Chon v Ding Asset Ltd [2023] SGCA 24 about?
It was an application by Mr Koh Kien Chon and Koh Yang Kee Pte Ltd for permission to appeal against a High Court decision that allowed Ding Asset Ltd's action to proceed against them rather than be stayed for arbitration, decided by the Court of Appeal on 11 August 2023.
Did the Court of Appeal grant permission to appeal in [2023] SGCA 24?
Steven Chong JCA, sitting with Judith Prakash JCA, held that the applicants had not raised any grounds on which permission to appeal should be granted, in a judgment concerning the principles governing permission to appeal delivered on 11 August 2023.
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