Disputes

Autobahn Rent A Car group appeals dismissed moratorium, reveals potential SGX listco investor

The group also files for a new six-week interim moratorium to facilitate investment negotiations

The group has liabilities amounting to S$371.5 million among 58 creditors.

Autobahn Rent A Car and related companies’ moratorium application dismissed

The High Court ruling opens the way for creditor actions and insolvency proceedings, which may include being wound up

The group says that as at Jun 30, its total assets of around S$316.9 million outweigh its total liabilities of S$301.4 million.

Autobahn-Shariot group reveals possible S$100 million investment, says it is solvent

Shariot could be hived off into a JV with potential investors; group plans to begin repaying debts in January as its liabilities rise

Court documents mention that the group has financed some 1,200 cars in recent years, with around S$200 million in related debt.

Creditors of Autobahn Rent A Car, Shariot group claim S$38 million more, contrary to group’s own estimates

DBS, UOB, OCBC, Teck Wei Credit and Toyota Financial Services list liabilities higher than those listed by the group

Seatrium is seeking a declaration that the buyer wrongfully terminated the contract, among other things.

Seatrium to start its own arbitration in US$475 million contract termination dispute 

The contract, which is 98.9% complete, is for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel in a US offshore wind farm

Neo Tiam Ting, president of the Singapore Vehicle Traders Association, has had his appeal denied by the Appellate Division of the High Court.

Singapore vehicle traders’ association in leadership limbo after court voids disputed elections

While voting rules had been misapplied at a May 2024 AGM, SVTA’s president lacked the authority to reconvene the meeting a month later: Appellate Division

The house is currently owned by a company called 38 Oxley Road Pte Ltd, which is understood to be owned by Lee Hsien Yang and his second son Li Huanwu.

Future of 38 Oxley Road: What happens next

In determining the compensation amount, the Singapore Land Authority will weigh the market value of the site

Founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew's daughter Lee Wei Ling had continued living at 38 Oxley Road until her death in October 2024.
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A timeline of events surrounding 38 Oxley Road

A family feud surrounding the house erupted in June 2017 over an apparent disagreement between Lee Kuan Yew’s children over whether the house should be demolished

If a Preservation Order is made, the government intends to acquire the site at 38 Oxley Road to safeguard it and “preserve it in keeping with its historic significance and national importance”.

Government intends to gazette 38 Oxley Road site as national monument, issues notice to Lee Hsien Yang

Lee Hsien Yang says PAP has chosen to ‘trample’ on Lee Kuan Yew’s wish to have house demolished