Guidance on Representative Actions: Koh Chong Chiah and others v Treasure Resort Pte Ltd [2013] SGCA 52

• Main Author: CHUA, Eunice
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2500; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4458/viewcontent/LGUPD__2013__SLWC_15_v1.0.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In Koh Chong Chiah and others v Treasure Resort Pte Ltd,1 the Court of Appeal issued acomprehensive judgment outlining when representative actions may be brought pursuant toO 15 r 12 of the Rules of Court,2 which provides that:Where numerous persons have the same interest in any proceedings, … theproceedings may be begun, and, unless the Court otherwise orders, continued, by oragainst any one or more of them as representing all or as representing all except oneor more of them [emphasis added].