When a company becomes insolvent and creditors are spread across multiple jurisdictions, the legal position of each creditor depends significantly on which court is managing the insolvency and how that court interacts with proceedings elsewhere. For creditors with claims against a company that has operations or assets in Singapore and abroad — or for Singapore [...]
When a financially distressed company needs breathing space to restructure its debts, the moratorium â a court-ordered or automatic suspension of creditor enforcement actions â is one of the most powerful tools available. In Singapore, the legal framework governing moratoriums has been significantly modernised by the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA), which came [...]
When a company collapses across multiple jurisdictions, one of the most urgent practical questions is whether the insolvency representative appointed in one country — the liquidator, receiver, or administrator — can exercise their powers in Singapore. Can they freeze Singapore bank accounts? Can they take control of Singapore assets? Can they obtain information from Singapore-based [...]
Category 12 – Injunctions | Singapore Company Law Case Study Series When a dispute cannot wait for the ordinary course of litigation, Singapore law provides a powerful remedy: the without-notice injunction, also known as an ex parte injunction. This is one of the most potent tools in the commercial litigant's arsenal — and one of [...]
What Is an Injunction Under Singapore Law?An injunction is a court order that either prohibits a party from doing something (prohibitory injunction) or compels a party to do something (mandatory injunction). In Singapore, the High Court has wide jurisdiction under section 4(10) of the Civil Law Act 1909 to grant injunctions in all cases where [...]
When a dispute arises over the ownership or validity of a share transfer in a Singapore private limited company, one of the most effective interim remedies available to a shareholder is an injunction to restrain the company from registering the disputed transfer. Such an order, granted by the Singapore High Court, prevents the company from [...]
A Mareva injunction — formally known as a freezing order under the Singapore Rules of Court 2021 — is one of the most powerful pre-trial remedies available in civil litigation. When granted, it restrains a defendant from dissipating or removing assets from Singapore's jurisdiction, preserving the plaintiff's ability to enforce any eventual judgment. This guide [...]
When a Singapore company has completed the winding-up process and all its affairs have been wound up, the liquidator's final task is to bring the company to a formal end. This is the stage of final dissolution — the point at which the company ceases to exist as a legal entity and is removed from [...]
When a Singapore company goes into liquidation, the impact on employees is often severe and immediate. Wages stop, employment contracts are terminated, and the company's assets are distributed according to a statutory priority order that determines who gets paid first. For employees, understanding where they stand in that queue — and what their rights are [...]
When a company in Singapore is wound up — whether by court order or by creditors' voluntary winding up — the liquidator and creditors do not simply take possession of whatever assets remain and distribute them. The insolvency process includes powerful investigative tools designed to uncover what happened to the company's assets, identify misconduct, and [...]