Kok Hoong v Leong Cheong Kweng Mines Ltd

Subject Matter

ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Judgment by default — How far effective to estop — Only for what must “necessarily and with complete precision” have been determined — No estoppel in face of statute — Not confined to transactions made the subject of legislation

[1964] AC 993; [1964] 2 WLR 150; [1964] 1 All ER 300, PC

ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Statute, in face of — Which statutes preclude estoppels — Moneylending — Social policy — Application of principle to common law

[1964] AC 993; [1964] 2 WLR 150; [1964] 1 All ER 300, PC

ESTOPPEL — Malaya — Estoppel — Per rem judicatam — Default judgment — How far effective to estop

[1964] AC 993; [1964] 2 WLR 150; [1964] 1 All ER 300, PC

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