Transpac Investments Limited v TIH Limited

[2024] SGHC(I) 30 Singapore International Commercial Court 18 October 2024 SIC/OA 8/2023 22 min read

10 cases cited

Key facts

Court	Singapore International Commercial Court
Decided	18 October 2024
Judge	Sir Henry Bernard Eder
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure— Costs, Civil Procedure— Interest
Counsel	FC Legal Asia LLC, PK Wong & Nair LLC, Alex Chia Yao Wei, Chu Hua Yi, Foo Jyh Howe, Foo Maw Shen, Joshua Goh Zemin, Nair Suresh Sukumaran, Noel Chua Yi How

Source: [2024] SGHC(I) 30, Singapore International Commercial Court, decided 18 October 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure— Costs — Principles Civil Procedure— Interest — Pre-judgment interest

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure— Costs Civil Procedure— Interest

Judges (1)

Sir Henry Bernard Eder Delivered

Counsel (9)

FC Legal Asia LLC Firm PK Wong & Nair LLC Firm Alex Chia Yao Wei Counsel Defendant Chu Hua Yi Counsel Claimant Foo Jyh Howe Counsel Claimant Foo Maw Shen Counsel Claimant Joshua Goh Zemin Counsel Defendant Nair Suresh Sukumaran Counsel Defendant Noel Chua Yi How Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

TIH Limited Defendant Transpac Investments Limited Claimant

Case Significance

Transpac Investments Ltd v TIH Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 30 was a judgment of Sir Henry Bernard Eder IJ in the Singapore International Commercial Court, delivered on 18 October 2024 in Originating Application No 8 of 2023. It followed the court's earlier judgment of 20 August 2024 (Transpac Investments Ltd v TIH Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 23), in which judgment had been granted in favour of the claimant, Transpac, against the defendant, TIH. The two outstanding issues were Transpac's claim for costs and disbursements and its claim for interest. On costs, the judgment drew a distinction between pre-transfer costs (incurred before the Suit's transfer to the SICC) and post-transfer costs, with Appendix G of the Supreme Court Practice Directions 2021 accepted as a guide for assessing pre-transfer costs, citing Lao Holdings NV v Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic [2023] 4 SLR 77 and CBX v CBZ [2022] 1 SLR 88.

[2024] SGHC(I) 30 explained

Transpac Investments Limited v TIH Limited ([2024] SGHC(I) 30) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Singapore International Commercial Court on 18 October 2024. It is categorised under Civil Procedure— Costs and Civil Procedure— Interest. 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] SGHC(I) 30 about?

Transpac Investments Limited v TIH Limited ([2024] SGHC(I) 30) is a Singapore International Commercial Court decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure— Costs — Principles” and “Civil Procedure— Interest — Pre-judgment interest”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGHC(I) 30 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC(I) 26, [2024] SGHC(I) 23, and [2024] SGHC(I) 12, and 1 more. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

What did Transpac Investments Ltd v TIH Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 30 decide?

Sir Henry Bernard Eder IJ resolved the two outstanding issues following the main judgment, namely Transpac's claims for costs and disbursements and for pre-judgment interest, after the court had earlier granted judgment for Transpac against TIH in [2024] SGHC(I) 23.

How are costs assessed for proceedings transferred to the SICC ([2024] SGHC(I) 30)?

The judgment distinguished pre-transfer costs from post-transfer costs. Appendix G of the Supreme Court Practice Directions 2021 was accepted as a guide for pre-transfer costs, citing Lao Holdings NV v Government of Laos [2023] 4 SLR 77 and CBX v CBZ [2022] 1 SLR 88.