Can a Minority Shareholder Apply to Wind Up a Singapore Company? (2026 Guide)

When a minority shareholder in a Singapore company has been shut out of management, had their economic rights undermined, or finds themselves locked into a deadlocked or fundamentally changed company, they face a critical question: can they force the company to be wound up? And if so, on what grounds, and at what cost? The [...]

Mutual Trust and Confidence: The Foundation of Just and Equitable Winding Up in Singapore

Of all the grounds on which a Singapore court may wind up a company, the just and equitable ground under Section 254(1)(i) of the Companies Act 1967 is the most discretionary and the most fact-sensitive. Among the various circumstances that can give rise to a just and equitable winding up, the irretrievable breakdown of mutual [...]

Winding Up a Singapore Company on Just and Equitable Grounds Explained

When a Singapore company reaches a point of irreconcilable breakdown — whether through deadlock between shareholders, the collapse of the mutual trust on which the enterprise was founded, or the abandonment of its original purpose — the court may order the company wound up on the ground that it is "just and equitable" to do [...]

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