On 10 June 2021, the Singapore Court of Appeal published its decision in Sun Electric Power Pte Ltd v. RCMA Asia Pte Ltd. [2021] SGCA 60, which provided important clarifications to the law in Singapore winding-up proceedings. In particular, the Court of Appeal held that in winding-up proceedings, the cash flow test, as opposed to the balance sheet test, should be the sole and determinative test to prove to the court that the company is unable to…

In brief Simplified Insolvency Programme (“SIP”) The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Amendment) Bill 2020 (“Bill”) will be introduced this month and it will establish the SIP. Under the SIP, qualifying micro and small companies (“MSCs”), which are companies with an annual revenue of less than $1 million and $10 million respectively, can benefit from the two simplified but temporary processes that has been adapted from the existing framework in the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act…