Hau Khee Wee and Another v Chua Kian Tong and Another

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
Judgment Date22 November 1986
Docket NumberDistrict Court Appeal No 27 of 1986
Date22 November 1986

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  • Alluwi bin Salleh and Another; MBf Finance Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2002
  • Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party and Others and Another Suit
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 6 November 2007
    ...caused to the would-be respondent if an extension of time was in fact granted: see Pearson at 217, [15]; Hau Khee Wee v Chua Kian Tong [1986] SLR 484 at 488, [14]; Stansfield Business International Pte Ltd v Vithya Sri Sumathis [1999] 3 SLR 239 at [24]; Tan Chiang Brother’s Marble (S) Pte L......
  • Lai Swee Lin Linda v Attorney-General
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 7 December 2005
    ...(folld) Haco Far East Pte Ltd v Ong Heh Lai Francis [1999] 3 SLR (R) 959; [2000] 1 SLR 315, CA (refd) Hau Khee Wee v Chua Kian Tong [1985-1986] SLR (R) 1075; [1986] SLR 484 (folld) Henderson v Henderson (1842) 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 (folld) Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Polic......
  • Sun Jin Engineering
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 21 January 2011
    ... ... although there is prima facie another forum which ... is the more ... time were granted (see, inter alia , Hau Khee Wee and another ... v a Kian Tong and another ... ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...it wide discretion to extend the time limited for service of the notice of appeal. Relying on Hau Khee Wee & Anor v Chua Kian Tong & Anor[1986] SLR 484, the High Court stated that the four factors to be considered in deciding this issue were: “(1) the length of the delay; (2) the reasons fo......