NATURE ONE DAIRY (AUSTRALIA) PTE. LTD. v BICHENO INVESTMENTS PTY. LTD.
Outcome
Application dismissedthe application were dismissed.
Source: [2024] SGCA 44, Court of Appeal, decided 25 October 2024. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | Court of Appeal |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Kannan Ramesh, Sundaresh Menon |
| Charges / claim | Civil Procedure, Insolvency Law |
| Outcome | Application dismissed |
| Counsel | Central Chambers Law Corporation, Setia Law LLC, Ayana Ki Su Jin, Lee Jin Loong, Ong Tun Wei Danny, Simone Bamapriya Chettiar, Tan Siew Bin Ronnie, Twang Kern Zern |
Source: [2024] SGCA 44, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Nature One Dairy (Australia) Pte Ltd v Bicheno Investments Pty Ltd [2024] SGCA 44 was a Court of Appeal decision delivered on 25 October 2024 in Civil Appeal No 43 of 2024 and Summonses Nos 24 and 25 of 2024, heard by Sundaresh Menon CJ and Kannan Ramesh JAD, with Kannan Ramesh JAD delivering the grounds of decision of the court. CA 43 was Nature One Dairy (Australia) Pte Ltd's appeal against the decision of the Judicial Commissioner below in HC/SUM 1559/2024, in which Bicheno Investments Pty Ltd had applied for interim judicial managers to be appointed over Nature One Dairy pending the determination of Bicheno's application in HC/OA 547/2024 for Nature One Dairy to be placed under judicial management. The Judge allowed the application and made the interim judicial management order on 11 June 2024. Nature One Dairy filed CA 43 on 12 June 2024, then filed SUM 24 on 25 June 2024 for permission to appeal the order and SUM 25 on 27 June 2024 for permission to adduce further evidence, both of which Bicheno resisted. The matter engaged the law on appeals and leave to appeal and on interim judicial management. Central Chambers Law Corporation acted for the applicant and Setia Law LLC for the respondent.
[2024] SGCA 44 explained
NATURE ONE DAIRY (AUSTRALIA) PTE. LTD. v BICHENO INVESTMENTS PTY. LTD. ([2024] SGCA 44) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 25 October 2024. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2024] SGCA 44 about?
NATURE ONE DAIRY (AUSTRALIA) PTE. LTD. v BICHENO INVESTMENTS PTY. LTD. ([2024] SGCA 44) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave” and “Insolvency Law — Administration of insolvent estates — Judicial management — Interim judicial management”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2024] SGCA 44 consider?
The judgment refers to Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act, Restructuring and Dissolution Act, and Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGCA 44 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 78. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
What was Nature One Dairy (Australia) Pte Ltd v Bicheno Investments Pty Ltd [2024] SGCA 44 about?
It concerned Nature One Dairy's appeal against the appointment of interim judicial managers over it. Bicheno Investments had obtained an interim judicial management order on 11 June 2024 pending its application to place Nature One Dairy under judicial management, raising questions of permission to appeal.
Who decided Nature One Dairy v Bicheno Investments [2024] SGCA 44?
The Court of Appeal decided the case, comprising Sundaresh Menon CJ and Kannan Ramesh JAD, with Kannan Ramesh JAD delivering the grounds of decision on 25 October 2024 in Civil Appeal No 43 of 2024 and Summonses Nos 24 and 25 of 2024.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGCA 44)