Sinwa SS (HK) Co Ltd v Nordic International Ltd and others
Judge | Choo Han Teck J |
Judgment Date | 09 July 2014 |
Neutral Citation | [2014] SGHC 132 |
Citation | [2014] SGHC 132 |
Court | High Court (Singapore) |
Published date | 10 July 2014 |
Docket Number | Suit No 1166 of 2013 (Summons No 1544 of 2014) |
Plaintiff Counsel | June Lim (Fortis Law Corporation) and Andrew Ho (Engelin Teh Practice LLC) |
Defendant Counsel | Joseph Tan and Joanna Poh (Legal Solutions LLC) |
Subject Matter | Civil Procedure,Summary Judgment |
Hearing Date | 11 June 2014 |
This was the plaintiff’s application for summary judgment. Its prayer under Summons No 1544 of 2014 read:
Let all parties concerned attend before the Court on the date and time to be assigned for a hearing of an application by the Plaintiff for the following order(s):
The plaintiff was a company incorporated in Hong Kong, in the business of marine supply and logistics. The second defendant, a Norwegian national, was habitually resident in Singapore. On 4 July 2007, Sinwa Limited, a company incorporated in Singapore, and the second defendant entered into a shareholders’ agreement (“the Agreement”) which set out the terms of the parties’ joint venture involving the conversion of a fishing trawler into a seismic survey vessel (“the Vessel”). The first defendant, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, was designated as the vehicle of this joint venture. The first defendant owned the Vessel. Pursuant to the Agreement, the second defendant, who originally owned all the shares in the first defendant, sold half his shares to Sinwa Limited. On 28 August 2007, the rights and obligations of Sinwa Limited under the Agreement were novated to the plaintiff. The relevant portions of the Agreement are:
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