COSHIELD GLOBAL PTY LTD & 2 Ors v KRITTAPAJ SORRALUMP

[2023] SGHC 319 High Court (General Division) 8 November 2023 HC/OA 666/2023 ( HC/SUM 2563/2023 ) 8 min read

2 cases cited

Outcome

Application dismissed

The application is dismissed.

Source: [2023] SGHC 319, High Court (General Division), decided 8 November 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	8 November 2023
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Contempt of court
Outcome	Application dismissed
Counsel	Eldan Law LLP, Phoenix Law Corporation, Muhammad Imran Bin Abdul Rahim, Raheja Binte Jamaluddin, Sofia Bennita d/o Mohamed Bakhash, Uthayasurian s/o Sidambaram

Source: [2023] SGHC 319, High Court (General Division), decided 8 November 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Contempt of court — Civil contempt — Impecunious judgment debtor not to be committed for being unable to pay judgment debts

Practice Areas

Contempt of court

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (6)

Eldan Law LLP Firm Phoenix Law Corporation Firm Muhammad Imran Bin Abdul Rahim Counsel Applicant Raheja Binte Jamaluddin Counsel Applicant Sofia Bennita d/o Mohamed Bakhash Counsel Defendant Uthayasurian s/o Sidambaram Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

CoShield Global Pty Ltd Applicant CoShield Global Trading Limited Applicant CoShield NZ Limited Applicant Krittapaj Sorralump Defendant

Case Significance

CoShield Global Pty Ltd and others v Krittapaj Sorralump [2023] SGHC 319 is a judgment of the General Division of the High Court delivered by Choo Han Teck J on 8 November 2023 in Originating Application No 666 of 2023 (Summons No 2563 of 2023). Australian company CoShield Global Pty Ltd, with New Zealand companies CoShield Global Trading Limited and CoShield NZ Limited, pursued committal against Krittapaj Sorralump, a Thai national and former CEO of the wound-up Nakawat TD Pte Ltd, over an interim consent judgment obtained on 27 June 2022. That judgment followed a suit alleging misrepresentations that induced the purchase of 75 million boxes of nitrile gloves for US$26,928,907. The case addressed the principle that an impecunious judgment debtor is not to be committed for civil contempt for being unable to pay judgment debts.

[2023] SGHC 319 explained

COSHIELD GLOBAL PTY LTD & 2 Ors v KRITTAPAJ SORRALUMP ([2023] SGHC 319) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 8 November 2023. It is categorised under Contempt of court. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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 319 about?

COSHIELD GLOBAL PTY LTD & 2 Ors v KRITTAPAJ SORRALUMP ([2023] SGHC 319) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Contempt of court — Civil contempt — Impecunious judgment debtor not to be committed for being unable to pay judgment debts”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

Three applicant companies in the CoShield group sought to commit for civil contempt a Thai national resident in Singapore who had failed to comply with terms of consent judgments arising from alleged misrepresentations that induced them to buy nitrile gloves. The issue was whether an impecunious judgment debtor unable to pay should be committed. The court found the defendant analogous to an impecunious debtor, unable to secure employment or deal with his assets due to a Mareva injunction, and dismissed the committal application.

What was CoShield Global Pty Ltd v Krittapaj Sorralump [2023] SGHC 319 about?

It was a High Court committal matter decided by Choo Han Teck J on 8 November 2023, addressing whether an impecunious judgment debtor, Krittapaj Sorralump, could be committed for civil contempt for being unable to pay judgment debts owed to the CoShield companies.

How much was claimed in the CoShield [2023] SGHC 319 dispute?

The underlying suit alleged fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations that induced the CoShield applicants to buy 75 million boxes of nitrile gloves for US$26,928,907, leading to an interim consent judgment obtained on 27 June 2022.