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 [...]
Introduction When a Singapore company enters insolvent liquidation, the appointed liquidator assumes responsibility for realising the company's assets, adjudicating creditor claims, and distributing proceeds in accordance with the statutory waterfall under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA). The liquidator's task is rarely straightforward. Winding-up estates often involve contested assets, disputed liabilities, unusual transactions, [...]
This article is part of our Singapore Court Cases series, examining key decisions and legal principles from Singapore's courts that affect businesses, insolvency practitioners, and creditors. When a company enters liquidation in Singapore, its creditors and the liquidator do not merely divide what is left in the pot. One of the most powerful tools in [...]
When a Singapore company enters liquidation, creditors must submit proofs of debt to the liquidator to participate in the distribution of the company's assets. But what happens when the liquidator rejects or reduces a creditor's claim? And what recourse does a creditor have when a proof of debt is admitted over the objection of another [...]
Corporate governance depends on authority. Directors and officers of a Singapore company must act within the powers conferred on them by the company's constitution, resolutions of the board or shareholders, and the Companies Act 1967. When a company takes an action — entering a contract, executing a document, issuing shares, disposing of an asset — [...]