[2025] SGHC(A) 25 — PURWADI v MBF NORTHERN SECURITIES SDN. BHD. (IN LIQUIDATION)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave — Whether permission to appeal required Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Enforcement — Whether stay of enforcement amounts to stay of proceedings Civil Procedure — Jurisdiction — Paragraph 3(l) Fifth Schedule Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 (2020 Rev Ed)

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (2)

Ang Cheng Hock Delivered See Kee Oon Coram

Counsel (6)

Lee & Lee LLP Firm Nine Yards Chambers LLC Firm Clement Julien Tan Tze Ming Counsel Appellant Darius Tan En Han Counsel Respondent Leong Wen Jia Nicholas Counsel Appellant Yik Shu Ying Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

MBF Northern Securities Sdn Bhd (in liquidation) Respondent Purwadi Appellant

Summary

An appeal against a conditional stay of enforcement of three registered Malaysian judgments pending a fraud impeachment application in Malaysia. The Appellate Division struck out the notice of appeal on jurisdictional grounds, holding that a stay of enforcement is not a 'stay of proceedings' under the Fifth Schedule to the SCJA, and thus permission to appeal was required but not obtained.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act (Cap 10)

Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act

International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A)

s 6

Restructuring and Dissolution Act

Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)

The legislative intention underlying paragraph (e) of the Fifth Schedule of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)

Cases Cited (16)

SG (1)

[2025] SGHC 184

SLR (12)

[2005] 1 SLR(R) 483 [2012] 1 SLR 817 [2013] 3 SLR 354 [2013] 4 SLR 1116 [2014] 2 SLR 63 [2015] 3 SLR 665 [2016] 1 SLR 373 [2017] 2 SLR 265 [2019] 1 SLR 131 [2019] 2 SLR 682 [2021] 1 SLR 1277 [2023] 4 SLR 885

UK (3)

[1907] 1 KB 478 [1987] 1 Ch 419 [1987] AC 460