JOHNNY LIAN TIAN YONG v TAN SWEE WAN & Anor
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Goh Yihan |
| Charges / claim | Equity, Contract, Credit and Security, Courts and Jurisdiction |
| Counsel | Drew & Napier LLC, Phoenix Law Corporation, Derek Wong Kim Siong, Faith Hwang Zi Xin, Suriya Prakash Uthayasurian, Tay Eu-Yen, Uthayasurian s/o Sidambaram, Wong Hin Pkin Wendell |
Source: [2023] SGHC 292, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Lian Tian Yong Johnny v Tan Swee Wan and another [2023] SGHC 292 is a reserved judgment of Goh Yihan J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 13 October 2023 in District Court Appeal No 3 of 2023, on appeal from District Court Suit No 2084 of 2013. The appellant, Mr Johnny Lian Tian Yong, appealed against the whole of the District Judge's decision dismissing his claim against the respondents, Mr Tan Swee Wan and Mr Kelvin Low Keng Siang, and allowing their counterclaims; the parties were former business partners behind Tecbiz Frisman Pte Ltd and its "Solvesam" software. Goh Yihan J allowed the appeal in part and reversed the District Judge's decision to allow the respondents' counterclaims against the appellant.
[2023] SGHC 292 explained
JOHNNY LIAN TIAN YONG v TAN SWEE WAN & Anor ([2023] SGHC 292) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 13 October 2023. It is categorised under Equity, Contract, Credit and Security, and Courts and Jurisdiction. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 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 292 about?
JOHNNY LIAN TIAN YONG v TAN SWEE WAN & Anor ([2023] SGHC 292) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Equity — Defences — Clean hands”, “Contract — Formation — Oral agreement”, “Credit and Security — Guarantees and indemnities”, and “Courts and Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction — Appellate”, 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 292 consider?
The judgment refers to Companies Act (Cap 50). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 292 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 218. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 292?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 292 has been cited by 3 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
Johnny Lian Tian Yong appealed against a District Judge's decision dismissing his claim against former business partners Tan Swee Wan and Kelvin Low Keng Siang and allowing their counterclaims, in a dispute arising from software ventures including the product Solvesam. The appeal concerned oral agreements, guarantees and indemnities. The High Court found that the alleged Kelvin Indemnity did not exist, allowed the appeal in part and reversed the District Judge's decision that the respondents succeeded on their counterclaims.
What was Lian Tian Yong Johnny v Tan Swee Wan [2023] SGHC 292 about?
It was a District Court Appeal before Goh Yihan J by Mr Johnny Lian against the dismissal of his claim and the allowing of counterclaims by former business partners Mr Tan Swee Wan and Mr Kelvin Low, decided on 13 October 2023.
How did the court decide the appeal in [2023] SGHC 292?
Goh Yihan J allowed Mr Johnny Lian's appeal in part and reversed the District Judge's decision to allow the respondents' counterclaims against him, in a dispute arising among former partners of Tecbiz Frisman Pte Ltd.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 292)