Pearlson Enterprises Ltd v Hong Leong Co Ltd (No 2)

• Jurisdiction: Singapore
• Judge: M Buttrose J
• Judgment Date: 03 November 1967
• Neutral Citation: [1967] SGFC 21
• Citation: [1967] SGFC 21
• Date: 03 November 1967
• Published date: 19 September 2003
• Plaintiff Counsel: KA O’Connor
• Docket Number: Civil Appeal No Y38 of 1966
• Defendant Counsel: Ho Kian Ping
• Court: Federal Court (Singapore)
• Year: 1967

The formal order of the Federal Court dated 7 August 1967 allowing the appeal of the defendants (judgment reported in [1965-1968] SLR 32 ) was silent on the question of the successful appellants` entitlement to a refund of the taxed costs paid by the appellants to the respondents in the court below. The respondents having declined to repay these costs, the appellants applied by motion to amend the said formal order of the Federal Court by inserting an additional clause in the order requiring that the respondents should repay the...