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CLJ 2016 Volume 8 (Part 3) FEDERAL COURT Dato' Tan Chin Woh v. Dato' Yalumallai V Muthusamy COURT OF APPEAL Akay Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Arch Reinsurance Ltd Anuar Abu Bakar v. Samsuri Booyman Kerajaan Malaysia v. Ambiga Sreenevasan & Ors Soo Cheng Lin v. Dr Kok Choong Seng & Anor And Another Appeal HIGH COURT Hock Peng Realty Sdn Bhd v. Ting Sie Chung Sidek Ibrahim & Satu Lagi lwn. Ibnu Asyakir Mohd Ghazali & Satu Lagi Tan Pooi Yee v. Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara SUBJECT INDEX CIVIL PROCEDURE Action - Government proceedings - Peaceful assembly - Damage to police vehicles - Suit against organisers for loss suffered by Government - Whether organisers in breach of statutory duty - Whether Government had right to sue and claim for damages - Whether 'police' fell within meaning of 'person who has interests' - Whether action maintainable in law - Peaceful Assembly Act 2012,
ss. 3,
4,
5 & 6(2)(g) - Government Proceedings Act 1956,
ss. 3,
39 Action - Tort - Unlawful arrest and detention - Assault by police - Claim against Government - Failure to identify tortfeasor responsible for alleged tort - No objection taken on non-compliance - Uncontroverted evidence on tortious act allowed to be adduced - Whether too late to object Appeal - Libel - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Defence of qualified privilege - Powers and jurisdiction of Court of Appeal - Whether could substitute defence as pleaded with that of absolute privilege which was never pleaded by defendant - Plaintiff not availed of opportunity to submit on substituted defence - Whether Court of Appeal acted contrary to rules of natural justice - Whether occasioning miscarriage of justice - Courts of Judicature Act 1964,
s. 69(4) - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994,
r. 18(2) Declaration - Application for - Plaintiff born as woman underwent reassignment surgery - Whether medical evidence conclusively established that plaintiff was a male - Whether chromosomal requirement a criteria for determination of gender - Whether plaintiff satisfied threshold to be legally recognised as male person - Whether plaintiff's constitutional right to be accorded gender status medically determined - Federal Constitution,
art. 5(1) Pleadings - Libel - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Defence of qualified privilege - Defence substituted by court with that of absolute privilege which was never pleaded by defendant - Whether Court of Appeal had misdirected itself - Power of appellate court to consider points not expressly taken in memorandum of appeal - Whether subject to paramount rule that parties were bound by their pleadings - Courts of Judicature Act 1964,
s. 69(4) - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994,
r. 18(2) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Fundamental liberties - Right to life - Plaintiff born as woman underwent reassignment surgery - Whether medical evidence conclusively established that plaintiff was a male - Whether right to life encompassed plaintiff's right to live with dignity as male - Whether to be legally accorded judicial recognition as male - Federal Constitution,
art. 5(1) CONTRACT Agreement - Joint venture agreement - Validity - Whether defendant as administrator and legal representative of estate has capacity to enter into agreement - Whether consent of other beneficiaries of estate obtained - Plaintiff complied with all terms stipulated in agreement - Whether defendant benefited from efforts made by plaintiff - Doctrine of estoppel - Whether applicable - Whether defendant obligated to transfer titles to plaintiff - Whether parties bound by terms of agreement - Contracts Act 1950,
s. 38 Agreement - Terms - Subscription agreement and bond conditions secured by charge of lease - Default in repayment - Whether respondent entitled to exercise right under charge - Whether conditional upon reference to arbitration - Whether 'dispute' pursuant to agreements established - Whether terms breached - Whether action premature - Arbitration Act 2005,
s. 10 JURISDICTION Court of Appeal - Powers and jurisdiction - Whether could consider new points not expressly taken in memorandum of appeal - Whether exercise of power subject to overriding discretion to do justice - Whether subject to paramount rule that parties were bound by their pleadings - Courts of Judicature Act 1964,
s. 69(4) - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994,
r. 18(2) POLICE Arrest - Peaceful assembly - Arrest and detention of participants - Assault - Whether arrest unlawful - Whether police acted within authority - Whether facts and circumstances of case warranted police interference - Claimant suffered injuries whilst under police custody - Whether subjected to inhumane beatings and assault - Aggravated damages - Criminal Procedure Code,
s. 23 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Construction of statutes - Government proceedings - Suit against organisers of peaceful assembly - Government incurred loss due to conduct of assembly - Whether Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 conferred right on Government to sue and claim for damages - Section 3 Government Proceedings Act 1956 - Whether to be read subject to s. 39 Construction of statutes - Section 6(2)(g) Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 - Organisers of peaceful assembly - Whether under duty to ensure that assembly would not cause damage to property - Responsibilities provided under Act - Whether legally binding on organisers TORT Damages - Unlawful arrest and detention - Assault by police - Peaceful assembly - Whether police authorised to arrest and detain a person for purpose of preserving peace and tranquility - Whether police acted within authority - Whether arrest lawful - Claimant suffered injuries whilst under police custody - Whether subjected to inhumane beatings and assault - Aggravated damages - Criminal Procedure Code,
s. 23 Defamation - Absolute privilege - Land developer and landowner entered into agreement to develop land - Payment advanced by land developer to discharge charge on land but landowner defaulted in repayment - Land developer lodged caveats against several units of houses that landowner was entitled to - Caveats removed and landowner ordered to pay damages for wrongful lodgement - Parties entered into consent order that assessment of damages should proceed but payment of amount assessed should be stayed - Landowner obtained prohibitory order against parcels of lands - Whether prohibitory order obtained in good faith - Whether issuance of prohibitory order gave rise to twin actions of defamation and abuse of court process Negligence - Medical negligence - Surgical procedure - Treatment in private hospital - Claim for medical expenses paid by insurer - Whether payment made by insurer under contract of insurance - Whether contractual agreement between claimant and insurance company independent of negligent medical act - Whether unjust enrichment - Whether claimant entitled to claim - Civil Law Act 1956,
s. 28A(1)(a) Negligence - Vicarious liability - Medical negligence - Surgical procedure - Treatment in private hospital - Whether claimant a patient dependent on protection of hospital against risk of injury - Whether hospital owed a non-delegable duty of care to claimant WORDS & PHRASES 'ensure' - Peaceful Assembly Act 2012,
s. 6(2)(g) - Meaning - Whether connoting imperative obligation - Whether only indicating preference INDEKS PERKARA GANTI RUGI Kemalangan - Kuantum - Rayuan - Penunggang motosikal cedera di kepala akibat dilanggar motokar - Sama ada kecederaan berlaku akibat kegagalan penunggang motosikal memakai topi keledar - Sama ada award yang diberi munasabah - Sama ada hakim mempertimbangkan semua keterangan dalam memberi award Kemalangan - Liabiliti - Versi berbeza antara pihak-pihak - Kedudukan kenderaan pihak-pihak - Keadaan tempat kejadian dan kerosakan pada kenderaan pihak-pihak - Versi yang lebih berkemungkinan - Sama ada bayaran saman satu pengakuan salah - Sama ada bayaran saman satu keterangan konklusif bagi menentukan darjah kecuaian - Darjah kecuaian pihak-pihak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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