MATTHEW BENJAMIN CAPE V JOHN CHARLES COLLIS & 8 ORS

Q: Which legislation does [2026] SGHCR 6 consider?

The judgment refers to Australia Corporations Act, Companies Act (Cap 50), Companies Act is absent from the corresponding provision in the Australia Corporations Act (Cap 50), and Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act, among other provisions. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[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)

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	5 March 2026
Judge	Perry Peh
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Insolvency Law
Counsel	Aquinas Law Alliance LLP, Eldan Law LLP, Charis Quek, Kuek Zihui, Mark Cham, V Kumar Sharma

Source: [2026] SGHCR 6, High Court Registrar, decided 5 March 2026 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

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

[2026] SGHCR 6 explained

MATTHEW BENJAMIN CAPE V JOHN CHARLES COLLIS & 8 ORS ([2026] SGHCR 6) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 5 March 2026. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law. 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 [2026] SGHCR 6 about?

MATTHEW BENJAMIN CAPE V JOHN CHARLES COLLIS & 8 ORS ([2026] SGHCR 6) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Striking out” and “Insolvency Law — Winding up — Liquidator — Section 276(4) of the Companies Act (Cap 50, 2006 Rev Ed)”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2026] SGHCR 6 consider?

The judgment refers to Australia Corporations Act, Companies Act (Cap 50), Companies Act is absent from the corresponding provision in the Australia Corporations Act (Cap 50), and Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act, among other provisions. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

Statutes Cited

Australia Corporations Act

s 481 s 481(3)

Companies Act (Cap 50) Cases on this Act →

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) Cases on this Act →

s 276(1)

Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act Cases on this Act →

Interpretation Act (Cap 1) Cases on this Act →

Malaysia Companies Act (Cap 50) Cases on this Act →

s 491(4)

Restructuring and Dissolution Act Cases on this 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