5 Dec 2016
ASTRO NUSANTARA INTERNATIONAL B.V. AND OTHERS v. PT AYUNDA PRIMA MITRA AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ASTRO NUSANTARA INTERNATIONAL B.V. AND OTHERS v. PT AYUNDA PRIMA MITRA AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV272/2015
The Court of Appeal dismissed First Media's appeal. It held the judge was wrong to conclude that First Media was precluded by the good faith principle from relying on section 44(2), because proper weight must be given to the supervisory law and the Singapore Court of Appeal's findings on joinder and jurisdiction; however the judge did not err in refusing to extend time to apply to set aside the Hong Kong enforcement orders: the 14-month deliberate delay, the calculated decision not to act in Hong Kong, and the policy of speedy finality made the refusal of extension a lawfully exercised discre…