Finaport Pte. Ltd. v Techteryx Ltd.

[2025] SGHC(A) 10 High Court (Appellate Division) 21 July 2025 • AD/CA 67/2024 ( AD/SUM 5/2025 ) • 41 min read
20 cases cited (11 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

Conflict of Laws ? Restraint of foreign proceedings ? Breach of legal or equitable right not to be sued ? Breach of multi-tiered dispute-resolution clause by way of foreign Vandepitte proceeding

Practice Areas

Conflict of Laws ? Restraint of foreign proceedings ? Breach of legal or equitable right not to be sued ? Breach of multi-tiered dispute-resolution clause by way of foreign Vandepitte proceeding

Judges (3)

Hri Kumar Nair Coram Kannan Ramesh Delivered See Kee Oon Coram

Counsel (8)

Bayfront Law LLC Firm Tan Kok Quan Partnership Firm Abdul Mateen bin Mohamed Nagib Bajerai Counsel Appellant Foo Yiew Min Counsel Respondent Paras Manohar Lalwani Counsel Appellant Reka Mohan Counsel Appellant Tnee Zixian Keith Counsel Respondent Tyronne Toh Jia-En Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Finaport Pte. Ltd. Appellant Techteryx Ltd. Respondent

Summary

Finaport sought an anti-suit injunction to restrain Techteryx from continuing Hong Kong proceedings that allegedly breached a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause in a contract. The Appellate Division partially allowed the appeal, granting a contractual anti-suit injunction limited to the claim that breached the pre-litigation conditions, but declined to injunct the Hong Kong proceedings in their entirety.

Statutes Cited

Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)
s 35

Cases Cited (20)

SG (1)
[2024] SGHC 329
SLR (10)
[1994] 2 SLR(R) 898 [1997] 2 SLR(R) 148 [2008] 3 SLR(R) 1029 [2009] 4 SLR(R) 428 [2016] 5 SLR 372 [2018] 1 SLR 76 [2019] 1 SLR 732 [2019] 2 SLR 372 [2022] 2 SLR 380 [2024] 1 SLR 690
UK (9)
[1919] AC 801 [1933] AC 70 [1934] Ch 65 [1987] AC 730 [1987] AC 871 [2000] Ch 291 [2011] 1 AC 240 [2019] 4 All ER 745 [2025] EWHC 385

Judgment

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