23 Dec 1985
RE SINGAPORE INSURANCE CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- RE SINGAPORE INSURANCE CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCW20/1983
The court held that entitlement to prove in a liquidation is fixed at the commencement of the winding up; unliquidated tort claims that were unliquidated at that date are not provable. Claims under Motor Vehicles Insurance Ordinance (Cap.272) arise by statute and not by contract and therefore unliquidated third party motor claims unliquidated at commencement are not provable during insolvency. Employees' Compensation claims under Cap.282 s.44 arise from the contract and are provable even if unliquidated at commencement. Contractual third-party rights transferred under Cap.273 remain provable.…