TIPCO ASPHALT PUBLIC COMPANY LTD & ANOR v. ARAS JALINAN SDN BHD & OTHER APPEALS [2013] 8 CLJ 498

COUNSEL & SOLICITOR:
(Civil Appeal No: W-02(IM)-816-04-2012 ) for the appellant – Low Chi Cheng (Sharifah Nadia Al-Jafri with her); M/s Lim Kian Leong & Co

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Striking out – Application for – Petition under s. 181 Companies Act 1965 – Whether obviously unsustainable – Reference to arbitration – Similar issues ventilated during arbitration – Allegation of – Whether issue of res judicata arose – Final arbitration award – Whether arbitration clause could oust statutory jurisdiction under s. 181 – Whether intercession of final award altered essential nature of interlocutory applications – Whether hearing of petition prejudiced appellants – Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)