Victor Pang

On the court record

Engages appeals from the Sessions Court, locus standi and summary determination under Order 14A, and interim injunctions to preserve commercial premises pending trial.

Victor Pang's appearances in this corpus, all in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), engage appeals from the Sessions Court and interlocutory injunctions in commercial settings. As counsel for the respondents he acted on an appeal from the Sessions Court, where the question was whether the issues were suitable for determination under Order 14A of the Rules of Court 2012 — the summary determination of questions of law without a full trial — and whether the material facts relating to those questions were in dispute. A distinct point of standing arose: whether plaintiffs who owned only a few units in a development had locus standi to challenge a Form G7 and a certificate of completion and compliance issued for the entire development. Locus standi in strata and development disputes is a recurring gatekeeping question, since it determines who may bring a challenge to a certificate affecting a whole project.

As counsel for an appellant he acted in a further appeal from the Sessions Court, where the court allowed the appeal in part, permitting only the recovery of a defect-inspection cost while otherwise upholding the decision below. Appeals of that kind require the appellate court to review the Sessions Court's findings and to identify the limited respects, if any, in which its decision should be varied.

He also acted as counsel for the plaintiff in an interlocutory application for an interim injunction to preserve the status quo of premises pending the disposal of the main suit. The plaintiff sought to restrain the defendant — the operator of an airport's terminals — from exercising a right to terminate for an alleged breach of authorised use, engaging the familiar questions of a serious issue to be tried and the balance of convenience in a commercial-tenancy context. Across these matters, Victor Pang's practice engages appeals from the Sessions Court, questions of locus standi and summary determination under Order 14A, and interim injunctions to preserve commercial premises pending trial.