Tan Hong Kait
About Tan Hong Kait
Tan Hong Kait appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYHC (3) and MYCOA (1).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on banking, finance and consumer-credit recovery on the lender's side, grounded in High Court and Court of Appeal judgments.
Tan Hong Kait's reported matters, argued through Messrs Sidek Teoh Wong & Dennis, are concentrated in banking and finance recovery, appearing for lenders in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. A recurring pattern is the summary-judgment application under Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012. In one such matter a finance company sought summary judgment on a moneylending agreement, where the defendants disputed whether they had breached the agreement, whether they had signed a letter of guarantee and whether they had received notice of default; appearing for the plaintiff, the matter tested whether such denials raised a bona fide triable issue. In a related application the defendants raised bare denials and an unproven allegation of forgery against a claim on financing facilities and guarantees, and the Court, finding no bona fide triable issue, entered summary judgment for the plaintiff. In a further Order 14 application the Court entered judgment against the defendants jointly and severally for a sum of RM1,170,877.32 with interest at eight per cent.
The profile also reaches consumer-credit enforcement. In a Court of Appeal matter concerning the repossession of goods under a hire-purchase agreement, the question was whether leave of court was required to issue a statutory notice where instalments exceeding seventy-five per cent of the cash price had been paid and there had been a default of two consecutive instalments; appearing for the appellant, the matter engaged the statutory protections that surround repossession under a hire-purchase agreement.
A thread across these decisions is the enforcement of credit obligations against the standard defences raised to resist them, from disputed guarantees and allegations of forgery to the procedural safeguards on hire-purchase repossession, argued in the High Court and before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia. The reported work thus sits squarely in the banking, finance and consumer-credit fields, grounded in the judgments rather than any ranking.
How many cases has Tan Hong Kait appeared in?
Tan Hong Kait appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Tan Hong Kait appear in?
Tan Hong Kait appears before MYHC (3) and MYCOA (1).
What is the focus of Tan Hong Kait's reported cases?
They are concentrated in banking and finance recovery on the lender's side, principally summary-judgment applications under Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 on moneylending and financing facilities, together with a hire-purchase repossession appeal.
How did the courts treat the defences raised against the summary-judgment claims?
Appearing for the plaintiff lenders, the Court found that bare denials, a disputed guarantee and an unproven allegation of forgery did not raise a bona fide triable issue, and entered summary judgment, including for a sum of RM1,170,877.32 with interest in one matter.
What was the hire-purchase question before the Court of Appeal?
Whether leave of court was required to issue a statutory notice where instalments exceeding seventy-five per cent of the cash price had been paid and there had been a default of two consecutive instalments; he appeared for the appellant.