Chris Lim Su Heng

On the court record

The firm's record illustrates how the Companies Act 2016 governs minority shareholders' access to a derivative action and just-and-equitable winding-up, alongside the discretionary framework for interim maintenance under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976.

Chris Lim Su Heng appears in the corpus as counsel in corporate, succession and family litigation, argued in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) and the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan).

A notable strand of the firm's work is the statutory derivative action. Acting for the plaintiff in litigation involving Step Up Property Sdn Bhd, the firm appeared where the court examined whether a shareholder could obtain leave to sue on the company's behalf under the Companies Act 2016, including whether the plaintiff qualified as a complainant under section 345 in her dual capacity as a minority shareholder and executor of an estate, whether the internal remedy of convening a board meeting under section 311(3) had to be exhausted first, and whether the two-fold threshold for leave under section 348(4) — good faith and the company's interest — had been met.

The firm also acted for the respondent in winding-up litigation involving Loh Realty Sdn Bhd, where a petition sought to wind up the company on just and equitable grounds under section 465(1)(h) of the Companies Act 2016.

In family law the firm acted for an appellant before the Court of Appeal in a matrimonial dispute over interim maintenance, where the court addressed the scope and purpose of interim maintenance under sections 77 and 78 of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, the grounds for variation under section 83, and whether interim maintenance could extend to legal fees, drawing on comparative authority. A further matter concerned committal proceedings and the setting aside of an ex parte leave order under Order 52 rule 3(2) and Order 42 rule 13 of the Rules of Court 2012, engaging the requirement of full and frank disclosure. The firm's record therefore combines company-law disputes over minority rights with succession and matrimonial work, showing a chambers comfortable moving between the statutory tests of the Companies Act 2016 and the discretionary framework of family and contempt jurisdiction.