Legal Network Series [2015] 1 LNS 202 | PP lwn. LEVI IFEANYI NZEH & KES YANG LAIN | UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - S. 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran dadah berbahaya - Dadah jenis cannabis seberat 13,882g - Dadah dijumpai di dalam kereta - Sama ada inti pati s. 39B(1)(a) telah dibuktikan - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai milikan dan pengetahuan keatas dadah berbahaya - Sama ada dadah yang dirampas adalah untuk tujuan pengedaran - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai jagaan dan kawalan terhadap kereta dan dadah yang berada di dalam kereta - Sama ada anggapan statutori dibawah s. 37(da) terpakai UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - S. 12(2) - Pemilikan dadah berbahaya - Dadah jenis methamphetamine seberat 18.22g - Dadah dirampas dari poket seluar tertuduh - Sama ada inti pati s. 12(2) telah dibuktikan - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai milikan dan pengetahuan keatas dadah berbahaya - Sama ada anggapan statutori dibawah s. 37(d) terpakai PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Ekshibit - Pemutusan rantaian keterangan - Perbezaan dalam berat kasar dadah - Pengurangan seberat 179.82g daripada jumlah berat lebih kurang 15kg - Sama ada perbezaan dalam pengurangan berat kasar dadah adalah besar - Sama ada terdapat pemutusan rantaian keterangan barang kes UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Niat bersama - Pengedaran - Dadah berbahaya - Pembuktian melalui fakta dan keadaan keseluruhan kes - Sama ada tertuduh-tertuduh mempunyai niat bersama dalam memiliki dadah secara bersama dan untuk mengedar dadah tersebut secara bersama | [2015] 1 LNS 214 | PP lwn. AHMAD MUZANIR TAHARIN | PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Kesalahan pertama - Kesalahan penyeludupan migran - Sama ada faktor kesalahan pertama wajar diambil kira sebelum hukuman dijatuhkan - Sama ada hukuman yang panjang menguntungkan tertuduh dan masyarakat PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman dan sabitan - Kesalahan penyeludupan migran - Hukuman penjara 7 tahun - Sama ada tempoh pemenjaraan selama 7 tahun adalah terlampau panjang | [2015] 1 LNS 222 | PP lwn. ROSLI OMAR | PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman - Rayuan oleh pihak pendakwaan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman penjara 3 tahun keatas kesalahan merompak - Kepentingan awam - Pengadu pengsan setelah dijerut oleh tertuduh dengan tali - Penggunaan kekerasan ketika rompakan - Sama ada hukuman penjara 3 tahun adalah memadai PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Penghukuman - Prinsip-prinsip - Kesalahan merompak dan penggunaan kekerasan ketika rompakan - Kepentingan awam - Sama ada kesusahan peribadi atau keluarga merupakan faktor mitigasi yang perlu diambil kira dalam prinsip penghukuman PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Rompakan - Denda - Kewujudan keuntungan kewangan kepada penyerang daripada hasil rompakan - Sama ada hukuman denda wajar dijatuhkan | [2015] 1 LNS 417 | ALCIM SDN BHD v. MURALEE MENON | CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Injunction to restrain presentation of winding up petition - Abuse of process - Disputed debt - Presentation of winding up petition based on costs of action awarded by court - Costs of certain amount to be paid to several defendants without specifying apportionment - Payment made by plaintiff on equal apportionment - Whether there was balance costs unpaid to be a basis for a winding up petition - Whether presentation of winding up petition would constitute an abuse of process - Whether injunction ought to be granted CIVIL PROCEDURE: Costs - Apportionment - Court ordered costs of certain amount to be paid to several defendants without specifying exact apportionment payable to each defendant - Intention of court - Whether costs to be apportioned equally | [2015] 1 LNS 429 | TELEKOM SALES & SERVICES SDN BHD v. SA'ADIAH MOHD AJIB & ANOR | ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Declaration that dismissal was for just cause and excuse - Reliance on unpleaded allegation - Whether Industrial Court erred on application of law relating to dismissal - Whether Industrial Court exercised its twofold function properly - Whether Industrial Court's findings based on unpleaded findings ought to be quashed LABOUR LAW: Employment - Dismissal - Failure of officer to deposit revenue collected into company's account - Breach of company practice - Immunity from dismissal - Whether long years of unblemished service entitled an employee to immunity from dismissal - Whether there was serious breach of accepted practice which warranted dismissal - Whether dismissal was a proportionate punishment |
CLJ 2016 Volume 2 (Part 6) FEDERAL COURT Inas Faiqah Mohd Helmi (A Child Suing Through Her Father And Next Friend; Mohd Helmi Abdul Aziz) v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
Arifin Zakaria CJ,
Md Raus Sharif Pca,
Abdull Hamid Embong,
Hasan Lah,
Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ
(Tort - Medical negligence - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Claim for general,
special and future damages) [2016] 2 CLJ 885 [FC] COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Sayeed Majangah & Anor v. Lembaga Getah Malaysia & Anor
Lim Yee Lan,
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer,
Nallini Pathmanathan JJCA
(Contract - Formation - Subject to contract - Specific performance) [2016] 2 CLJ 905 [CA] HIGH COURT Cheah Wei Ping lwn. Warta Kekal Sdn Bhd
Mariana Yahya H
(Kontrak - Tanah Rizab Melayu - Pembelian tanah oleh orang bukan Melayu - Prasyarat perjanjian jual beli - Pembatalan Tanah Rizab Melayu) [2016] 2 CLJ 918 [HC] Dato' Ting Ching Lee & Ors v. Ting Siu Hua
Alwi Wahab JC
(Civil Procedure - Striking out - Counterclaim for recovery of gambling debt) [2016] 2 CLJ 933 [HC] Desiree Couture Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Anne F Co Ltd & Ors
Azizul Azmi Adnan JC
(Contract; Tort - Joint venture agreement - Termination - Defamation - Appointment of debt collector - Whether independent contractor - Vicarious liability) [2016] 2 CLJ 942 [HC] Kiu Su Sieng & Ors v. Registrar Of Lands And Surveys,
Kuching Division
Rhodzariah Bujang J
(Land Law - Registrar's caveat - Application for removal of caveats) [2016] 2 CLJ 959 [HC] Kovalan Rajoo v. Hanif Muhamad Pauzi
Choo Kah Sing JC
(Damages - Appeal against quantum - Fracture of pubic tubercle) [2016] 2 CLJ 965 [HC] Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
Wong Kian Kheong JC
(Civil Procedure; Company Law; Evidence - Setting aside earlier judgment or order in fresh suit - Striking out - Double derivative action - Fraud on minority - Commencement of common law derivative action in Malaysia against company incorporated in England - Judicial notice - Opinions on English law) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] SUBJECT INDEX CIVIL PROCEDURE Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Setting aside earlier judgment or order in fresh suit - Fraud or collusion - Whether judgment or order obtained by fraud or collusion could be invalidated - Evidence Act 1950,
s. 44
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Striking out - Action - Action against solicitors - Defence of legal privilege - Whether suit could be struck out by reason of legal privilege - Evidence Act 1950,
s. 126(1)
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Striking out - Action - Double derivative action - Existence of several cause of action - Non-disclosure of any reasonable cause of action after plaintiff filed application for discovery and interrogatories - Whether claim could be struck out
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Striking out - Action - Examination on restitutionary remedy at interlocutory stage - Allegation of illegality - Whether trial needed to determine availability of restitutionary remedy - Whether suit ought to be struck out
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Striking out - Counterclaim - Application for - Counterclaim for recovery of gambling debt - Whether against public policy and illegal - Whether counterclaim maintainable - Civil Law Act 1956,
s. 26(2),
(4) - Contracts Act 1950,
ss. 24,
31
Dato' Ting Ching Lee & Ors v. Ting Siu Hua
(Alwi Wahab JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 933 [HC] Striking out - Counterclaim - Counterclaim made against first plaintiff alone - Whether application to strike out counterclaim could be made against second and third plaintiffs jointly - Whether all plaintiffs entitled to be heard in course of justice - Failure to invoke O. 18 r. 19(1)(a) Rules of Court 2012 - Whether fatal
Dato' Ting Ching Lee & Ors v. Ting Siu Hua
(Alwi Wahab JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 933 [HC] COMPANY LAW Derivative action - Double derivative actions - Commencement of common law derivative action in Malaysia against company incorporated in England - Whether permission of English High Court required before filing suit in Malaysia
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Derivative action - Fraud on minority - Double derivative action and multiple derivative actions - Interest of justice - Safeguarding interest of company and shareholders - Whether double derivative actions and multiple derivative actions could be filed in Malaysia - Whether necessary in interest of justice to safeguard interest of company and shareholders
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] Derivative action - Leave - Leave to commence common law derivative action - Whether leave of Malaysian court required before commencement of a common law derivative suit against Malaysian company
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] CONTRACT Formation - Subject to contract - Draft lease agreement - Whether an offer simpliciter could be revoked by a counter offer - Whether terms of agreement negotiated fit for execution - Whether parties reached consensus ad idem - Whether contract prima facie concluded - Unilateral act of one party seeking to withdraw from agreement - Whether amounted to breach of obligations
Sarah Sayeed Majangah & Anor v. Lembaga Getah Malaysia & Anor
(Lim Yee Lan,
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer,
Nallini Pathmanathan JJCA) [2016] 2 CLJ 905 [CA] Joint venture - Joint venture agreement (`JVA') - Termination - Shipment of goods delivered prior to termination of JVA - Price of goods sold not determined in JVA - Whether price of goods sold should be wholesale price,
agreed price under joint venture or ex-factory price - Whether plaintiffs returned unsold goods within reasonable time - Whether plaintiffs deemed to have appropriated goods - Whether plaintiffs liable for diminution in value of returned goods
Desiree Couture Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Anne F Co Ltd & Ors
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 942 [HC] Specific performance - Refusal to grant - Appeal against - Draft lease agreement - Whether an offer simpliciter could be revoked by a counter offer - Whether terms of agreement negotiated fit for execution - Whether parties reached consensus ad idem - Whether contract prima facie concluded - Whether specific performance of lease agreement should be granted
Sarah Sayeed Majangah & Anor v. Lembaga Getah Malaysia & Anor
(Lim Yee Lan,
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer,
Nallini Pathmanathan JJCA) [2016] 2 CLJ 905 [CA] DAMAGES Quantum - Appeal against quantum - Fracture of pubic tubercle - Award of damages based on itemised injuries in each segment of bones surrounding pelvis - Whether damages awarded excessive - Whether pelvic injuries ought to be considered as one - Whether global sum should be awarded
Kovalan Rajoo v. Hanif Muhamad Pauzi
(Choo Kah Sing JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 965 [HC] EVIDENCE Judicial notice - Foreign law - Opinions on English law - Judicial notice of opinions on English law - Evidence Act 1950,
s. 57(1)(b)
Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 975 [HC] LAND LAW Caveat - Registrar's caveat - Application for removal of caveats - Registrar lodged caveats against lands upon official request by police - Whether land owners charged with criminal offence - Whether under any police investigation - Failure to disclose police report justifying lodgement of caveats - Whether fatal - Whether caveats maintainable in law
Kiu Su Sieng & Ors v. Registrar Of Lands And Surveys,
Kuching Division
(Rhodzariah Bujang J) [2016] 2 CLJ 959 [HC] TORT Damages - Negligence - Medical negligence - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Claim for general,
special and future damages - Whether quantum of damages awarded appropriate and justified
Inas Faiqah Mohd Helmi (A Child Suing Through Her Father And Next Friend; Mohd Helmi Abdul Aziz) v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
(Arifin Zakaria CJ,
Md Raus Sharif PCA,
Abdull Hamid Embong,
Hasan Lah,
Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2016] 2 CLJ 885 [FC] Defamation - Defamatory statements - Appointment of debt collector by defendant to collect amount owed by plaintiff - Debt collector issued flyers referring plaintiff as cheat - Relationship between defendant and debt collector - Whether debt collector an independent contractor - Whether defendant vicariously liable for defamation - Whether defendants participated in defamation
Desiree Couture Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Anne F Co Ltd & Ors
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2016] 2 CLJ 942 [HC] Negligence - Medical negligence - Claim for damages - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Assessment of future loss and damage - Standard of proof - Whether on a balance of probabilities - Whether trial judge placed strict proof or specific proof as basis for claim for future damage - Whether resulted in huge reduction in compensation - Whether sum awarded appropriate and justified
Inas Faiqah Mohd Helmi (A Child Suing Through Her Father And Next Friend; Mohd Helmi Abdul Aziz) v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
(Arifin Zakaria CJ,
Md Raus Sharif PCA,
Abdull Hamid Embong,
Hasan Lah,
Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2016] 2 CLJ 885 [FC] INDEKS PERKARA KONTRAK Perjanjian jual beli tanah - Tanah Rizab Melayu - Pembelian tanah oleh orang bukan Melayu - Prasyarat perjanjian jual beli - Pembatalan Tanah Rizab Melayu - Penyerahan hak milik daftar asal tanpa endorsmen Tanah Rizab Melayu - Sama ada prasyarat dipenuhi oleh plaintif - Sama ada defendan harus menyerahkan hak milik baru kepada plaintif - Sama ada perjanjian sah menurut undang-undang - Sama ada plaintif berhak ke atas ganti rugi - Akta Kontrak 1950,
s. 24
Cheah Wei Ping lwn. Warta Kekal Sdn Bhd
(Mariana Yahya H) [2016] 2 CLJ 918 [HC] UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH Rizab Melayu - Pembelian Tanah Rizab Melayu - Prasyarat perjanjian jual beli - Pembatalan Tanah Rizab Melayu - Penyerahan hak milik daftar asal tanpa endorsmen Tanah Rizab Melayu - Sama ada prasyarat dipenuhi oleh plaintif - Sama ada defendan harus menyerahkan hak milik baru kepada plaintif - Sama ada perjanjian sah menurut undang-undang
Cheah Wei Ping lwn. Warta Kekal Sdn Bhd
(Mariana Yahya H) [2016] 2 CLJ 918 [HC]
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