Columbia Asia Healthcare v Hong Hin Kit: Sale Share Dispute & Liability Claims

This is a supplementary judgment by the High Court of Singapore, delivered by Justice Woo Bih Li on April 22, 2014, pertaining to Suits 861, 862 of 2008 and 964 of 2009, involving Columbia Asia Healthcare Sdn Bhd, PT Nusautama Medicalindo, Edward Hong Hin Kit, and Albert Hong Hin Kay. The court clarifies orders related to claims and counterclaims concerning a sale share agreement and liability claims. The court dismisses several prayers for relief and counterclaims, providing further clarity on the outcomes outlined in the initial judgment.

1. Case Overview

1.1 Court

High Court

1.2 Outcome

Clarification of orders and dismissal of several prayers for relief and counterclaims.

1.3 Case Type

Civil

1.4 Judgment Type

Supplementary Judgment

1.5 Jurisdiction

Singapore

1.6 Description

Supplementary judgment regarding claims and counterclaims related to a sale share agreement and liability claims. The court clarifies orders and dismisses several prayers for relief.

1.7 Decision Date

21 April 2014

2. Parties and Outcomes

Party Name	Role	Type	Outcome	Outcome Type	Counsels
Columbia Asia Healthcare Sdn Bhd	Plaintiff	Corporation	Costs of cure to be assessed for the Encumbrance Issue	Partial	Harish Kumar of Rajah & Tann LLP Jonathan Toh of Rajah & Tann LLP Troy Yeo of Troy Yeo & Co
PT Nusautama Medicalindo	Defendant	Corporation	Counterclaim dismissed	Dismissed	Harish Kumar of Rajah & Tann LLP Jonathan Toh of Rajah & Tann LLP Troy Yeo of Troy Yeo & Co
Edward Hong Hin Kit	Defendant	Individual	Prayers for relief dismissed	Dismissed	Harish Kumar of Rajah & Tann LLP Jonathan Toh of Rajah & Tann LLP Troy Yeo of Troy Yeo & Co
Albert Hong Hin Kay	Defendant	Individual	Prayers for relief dismissed	Dismissed	Harish Kumar of Rajah & Tann LLP Jonathan Toh of Rajah & Tann LLP Troy Yeo of Troy Yeo & Co

3. Judges

Judge Name	Title	Delivered Judgment
Woo Bih Li	Judge	Yes

4. Counsels

Counsel Name	Organization
Harish Kumar	Rajah & Tann LLP
Jonathan Toh	Rajah & Tann LLP
Troy Yeo	Troy Yeo & Co

4. Facts

Columbia Asia Healthcare sought damages for overpayment for Sale Shares and/or diminution in value of PTNM.
The Hongs filed a counterclaim in Suit 964, which was dismissed.
PTNM filed a counterclaim for damages for allegedly defective servers, which was dismissed.
Columbia Asia Healthcare sought declarations regarding the claims of Thermal Industries and Thermal International.
The Hongs filed a counterclaim for an order rectifying s 2.1.24 of the SSA, which was dismissed.

5. Formal Citations

Columbia Asia Healthcare Sdn Bhd and another v Hong Hin Kit Edward and another and other suits, Suits No 861 and 862 of 2008 and 964 of 2009, [2014] SGHC 83

6. Timeline

Date	Event
2014-04-10	Judgment dated
2014-04-22	Supplementary judgment issued

7. Legal Issues

8. Remedies Sought

Damages
Declarations
Rectification of contract

9. Cause of Actions

No cause of actions

10. Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

11. Industries

Healthcare

12. Cited Cases

Case Name	Court	Affirmed	Citation	Jurisdiction	Significance
No cited cases

13. Applicable Rules

Rule Name
No applicable rules

14. Applicable Statutes

Statute Name	Jurisdiction
No applicable statutes

15. Key Terms and Keywords

15.1 Key Terms

Sale Shares
PTNM
SSA
Encumbrance Issue
Liabilities
Alter ego

15.2 Keywords

sale shares
liability
counterclaim
supplementary judgment

17. Areas of Law

Area Name	Relevance Score
Contract Law	75
Commercial Disputes	70
Judgments and Orders	60
Corporate Law	50
Costs	40
Amendment	30
Rescission	30
Variation	30

16. Subjects

Contract Dispute
Share Sale Agreement