Fu Zhihui Alvin & Anor v Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Lee Seiu Kin |
| Charges / claim | Companies |
| Counsel | Selvam LLC, Foo Chuan Min Jerald, Luis Inaki Duhart Gonzalez |
Source: [2023] SGHC 177, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Fu Zhihui Alvin and another v Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority [2023] SGHC 177 is a grounds of decision of Lee Seiu Kin J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 26 June 2023 in Originating Application No 891 of 2022. The first applicant, Mr Fu Zhihui Alvin, the sole director and shareholder of Authorities Services Pte Ltd (the second applicant, incorporated in Singapore on 16 October 2015), sought to have the company — which he had previously applied to strike off the register of companies — restored to the Register, the purpose being to use the company as a vehicle for investments. The respondent was the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. After considering the arguments, Lee Seiu Kin J found that Mr Fu had locus standi to bring the application and that it was just to order the restoration, and granted the application.
[2023] SGHC 177 explained
Fu Zhihui Alvin & Anor v Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority ([2023] SGHC 177) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 26 June 2023. It is categorised under Companies. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 2 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHC 177 about?
Fu Zhihui Alvin & Anor v Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority ([2023] SGHC 177) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Companies — Restoration of struck-off company”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 177 consider?
The judgment refers to Companies Act (Cap 50), Companies Act has since been amended by the Amd Act (Cap 50), and Interpretation Act (Cap 1). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 177?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 177 has been cited by 2 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Fu Zhihui Alvin, sole director and shareholder of Authorities Services Pte Ltd, applied under the Companies Act to restore the company, which he had earlier voluntarily struck off, so it could be used as an investment vehicle. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority did not object, and the court found the applicant had locus standi and that restoration would cause no prejudice to third parties. The application was granted and the company restored to the Register.
What was Fu Zhihui Alvin v Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority [2023] SGHC 177 about?
It was an application before Lee Seiu Kin J, decided on 26 June 2023, by Mr Fu Zhihui Alvin to restore Authorities Services Pte Ltd to the register of companies after he had earlier applied to strike it off, so it could be used as an investment vehicle.
What did the court decide in [2023] SGHC 177?
Lee Seiu Kin J found that Mr Fu, the sole director and shareholder of Authorities Services Pte Ltd (incorporated on 16 October 2015), had locus standi and that restoration was just, and granted the application to restore the struck-off company to the Register.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 177)