MATTHEW BENJAMIN CAPE V JOHN CHARLES COLLIS & 8 ORS

[2026] SGHCR 6 High Court Registrar 5 March 2026 • HC/OC 70/2025 ( HC/SUM 2236/2025 ) • 49 min read

21 cases cited (14 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Striking out Insolvency Law — Winding up — Liquidator — Section 276(4) of the Companies Act (Cap 50, 2006 Rev Ed)

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Insolvency Law

Judges (1)

Perry Peh Delivered

Counsel (6)

Aquinas Law Alliance LLP Firm Eldan Law LLP Firm Charis Quek Counsel Defendant Kuek Zihui Counsel Plaintiff Mark Cham Counsel Defendant V Kumar Sharma Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (10)

Conduit Asset Management Pte Ltd Defendant Conduit Pte Ltd Defendant Tradeflow Capital Management Pte Ltd Defendant Aarino Aarne Jesse Petteri Defendant Anthony Grant Huston Defendant James Thomas Glyn Defendant John Charles Collis Defendant Matthew Benjamin Cape Plaintiff Paul Richard Durrant Defendant Tan Eng Soon Defendant

Statutes Cited

Australia Corporations Act

s 481 s 481(3)

Companies Act (Cap 50)

s 216(2)(f) s 268(1) s 272(2)(c) s 272(3) s 275 s 275(a) s 275(i) s 276 s 276(4) s 276(5) s 341(1)

Companies Act is absent from the corresponding provision in the Australia Corporations Act (Cap 50)

Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act

Interpretation Act (Cap 1)

Malaysia Companies Act (Cap 50)

Restructuring and Dissolution Act

Cases Cited (21)

SLR (14)

[2004] 1 SLR(R) 671 [2004] 3 SLR(R) 164 [2006] 3 SLR(R) 427 [2006] 4 SLR(R) 969 [2009] 2 SLR(R) 20 [2012] 2 SLR 999 [2012] 4 SLR 546 [2016] 5 SLR 103 [2017] 1 SLR 373 [2017] 2 SLR 850 [2018] 5 SLR 1337 [2022] 2 SLR 1018 [2023] 5 SLR 1288 [2025] 2 SLR 118

UK (1)

[1889] 2 QB 97

AU (5)

[2005] NSWSC 1 [2013] NSWSC 1778 [2013] NSWSC 747 [2020] NSWSC 304 [2023] WASC 151

MY (1)

[2025] MLJU 3886

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGHCR 6)