CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 01
01 January 2010
CLJ Law MALAYSIA
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COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Cautioned statements - Admissibility of) [2010] 1 CLJ 1
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Trafficking in a dangerous drug - Common intention, whether established) [2010] 1 CLJ 17
COURT OF APPEAL
MMI Industries Sdn Bhd v. Let Sin Industries Sdn Bhd
(Specific performance - Sale and purchase of property) [2010] 1 CLJ 36
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Whether caution properly administered - Evidence Act 1950, s. 167) [2010] 1 CLJ 74
PP v. Lin Yu Choy
(Presumption - Drug trafficking) [2010] 1 CLJ 94
HIGH COURT
Government Of Malaysia v. Wong Kok Ping
(Income tax - Summary judgment - Service of notices of assessment) [2010] 1 CLJ 103
Sure Catch Fishing Tackle Mfg Sdn Bhd v. Lily Ng & Anor
(Industrial Court - Award - Application to quash) [2010] 1 CLJ 114
Uma Sundari Muthusamy v. Kanniappan Thiruvengadam
(Divorce - Maintenance - Variation of consent order) [2010] 1 CLJ 125
SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Record of appeal - Whether defective for want of a "decision" - Summary judgment - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 26A r. 1, O. 49 r. 6(3)
Government Of Malaysia v. Wong Kok Ping
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim J) [2010] 1 CLJ 103 [HC]
Summary judgment - Income tax - Claim for tax due and payable - Record of appeal - Service of notices of assessment - Whether triable issue raised - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 26A r. 1, O. 49 r. 6(3) - Income Tax Act 1967, ss. 103(4), (5A), 145(2)(c)
Government Of Malaysia v. Wong Kok Ping
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim J) [2010] 1 CLJ 103 [HC]
CONTRACT
Sale and purchase agreement - Application for specific performance - Application for summary judgment - Whether triable issues shown - Undisputed issue cannot constitute triable issue - Undisputed facts or questions of law can be determined summarily - No bona fide defence shown - Specific performance granted - Order 81 r. 2, Rules of the High Court 1980
MMI Industries Sdn Bhd v. Let Sin Industries Sdn Bhd
(Zainun Ali, Abdul Malik Ishak & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 36 [CA]
Specific performance - Sale and purchase of property - Conditions precedent to granting of specific performance - Whether plaintiff ready and willing to perform contract - Application for summary judgment - Order 81 r. 2, Rules of the High Court 1980
MMI Industries Sdn Bhd v. Let Sin Industries Sdn Bhd
(Zainun Ali, Abdul Malik Ishak & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 36 [CA]
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking - Appeal against conviction - Failure to call informer - Whether prosecution required to call informer as witness or to offer him to defence - Informer's role merely as introducer - Whether informer actually an agent provocateur and must be called as a witness
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in a dangerous drug - Common intention, whether established - Whether there was a pre-arranged plan - Plan must precede act constituting the offence - Pre-planning may develop on spot or during course of commission of offence - Existence of common intention a question of fact to be proved as a matter of inference from circumstances of case
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Cautioned statement - Admissibility of - Administration of caution - Previous drug transaction - Prima facie case of trafficking - Defence case - Beyond reasonable doubt
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Abu Samah Nordin & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 74 [CA]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Admissibility of cautioned statement - Administration of caution - Prejudicial evidence of previous drug transaction - Whether alleged defects rendered statement inadmissible - Whether other available evidence more than sufficient to sustain conviction
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 324.1 grams of monoacetylmorphines - Appeal against reduction of charge to one of possession - Whether trial judge correctly equated the drawing of an inference with the invoking of a statutory presumption - Presumptions of possession and trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37(d), (da)
PP v. Lin Yu Choy
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 94 [CA]
Penal Code - Section 34 - Common intention, definition of - Some act of prior concert or pre-planning to act together - Whether element of "common intention" proven - Plan must precede act constituting the offence - Pre-planning may develop on spot or during course of commission of offence - Existence of common intention a question of fact to be proved as a matter of inference from circumstances of case
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Conviction - Validity of conviction - Critical re-examination of evidence - Miscarriage of justice - Whether conviction safe
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Dangerous drugs - Trafficking - Elements - Whether proved - Whether doubt as to identity of drugs - Drug exhibits counted in presence of appellants after arrest - No suggestion of tampering of exhibits - No break in chain of evidence relating to exhibits - Whether adverse inference to be made under s. 114(g) of Evidence Act 1950 against prosecution for not producing search list and police report to clarify identity of exhibits
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Statements - Cautioned statements - Admissibility of - Administration of caution - Prejudicial evidence of previous drug transaction - Whether alleged defects rendered statement inadmissible
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Statements - Cautioned statements - Admissibility of - Whether caution properly administered - Previous drug transaction - Evidence Act 1950, s. 167
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Abu Samah Nordin & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 74 [CA]
Trial - Failure to cross-examine prosecution witness on crucial issue - Whether amounted to acceptance of witness's testimony
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Trial - Presumptions against accused - Whether trial judge correctly equated the drawing of an inference with the invoking of a statutory presumption - Presumptions of possession and trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37(d), (da)
PP v. Lin Yu Choy
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 94 [CA]
EVIDENCE
Adverse inference - Whether presumption arose - Failure to call informer as witness - Whether there was withholding or suppression of evidence - Whether adverse inference could be invoked against prosecution - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Agent provocateur - Informer, distinguished from - Failure of prosecution to call witness - Whether witness an agent provocateur or mere informer
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Cross-examination - Defence counsel's failure to cross-examine prosecution witness - Whether amounted to acceptance of witness's testimony
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Exhibits - Custody of exhibits - Dangerous drugs -Whether doubt as to identity of drugs - Drug exhibits counted in presence of appellants after arrest - No suggestion of tampering of exhibits - No break in chain of evidence relating to exhibits - Whether adverse inference to be made under s. 114(g) of Evidence Act 1950 against prosecution for not producing search list and police report to clarify identity of exhibits
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
Presumption - Drug trafficking - Whether trial judge correctly equated the drawing of an inference with the invoking of a statutory presumption - Presumptions of possession and trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37(d), (da)
PP v. Lin Yu Choy
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 94 [CA]
Statement - Cautioned statement - Admissibility of - Administration of caution - Prejudicial evidence of previous drug transaction - Whether alleged defects rendered statement inadmissible
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]
Statement - Cautioned statement - Admissibility of - Whether caution properly administered - Previous drug transaction - Evidence Act 1950, s. 167
Mohd Zaiham Mislan v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Abu Samah Nordin & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 1 CLJ 74 [CA]
Witness - Failure of prosecution to call informer as witness - Whether witness an agent provocateur or mere informer - Whether adverse inference under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 could be invoked against prosecution
Wan Yurillhami Wan Yaacob & Anor v. PP
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 1 CLJ 17 [FC]
FAMILY LAW
Children - Maintenance - Whether there was a legal obligation to provide maintenance for issue of marriage well past 18 years of age - Principles applicable
Uma Sundari Muthusamy v. Kanniappan Thiruvengadam
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 1 CLJ 125 [HC]
Divorce - Division of matrimonial assets - Variation of consent order - Principles applicable - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 76(1), (3)
Uma Sundari Muthusamy v. Kanniappan Thiruvengadam
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 1 CLJ 125 [HC]
Divorce - Maintenance - Variation of consent order - Principles applicable - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 80, 83, 84
Uma Sundari Muthusamy v. Kanniappan Thiruvengadam
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 1 CLJ 125 [HC]
Matrimonial property - Division of assets - Variation of consent order - Principles applicable - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 76(1), (3)
Uma Sundari Muthusamy v. Kanniappan Thiruvengadam
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 1 CLJ 125 [HC]
LABOUR LAW
Industrial Court - Award - Application to quash - Constructive dismissal - Whether proven - Conduct of applicant - Whether a reasonable tribunal would have concluded that 1st respondent dismissed - Whether Industrial Court's decision could not be supported
Sure Catch Fishing Tackle Mfg Sdn Bhd v. Lily Ng & Anor
(Jeffrey Tan J) [2010] 1 CLJ 114 [HC]
REVENUE LAW
Income tax - Assessment - Claim for tax due and payable - Service of notices of assessment - Summary judgment - Whether triable issue raised - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 26A r. 1 - Income Tax Act 1967, ss. 103(4), (5A), 145(2)(c)
Government Of Malaysia v. Wong Kok Ping
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim J) [2010] 1 CLJ 103 [HC]
Income tax - Summary judgment - Claim for tax due and payable - Record of appeal - Service of notices of assessment - Whether triable issue raised - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 26A r. 1, O. 49 r. 6(3) - Income Tax Act 1967, ss. 103(4), (5A), 145(2)(c)
Government Of Malaysia v. Wong Kok Ping
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim J) [2010] 1 CLJ 103 [HC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
RE TEH SIEW FAH; EX P PERWIRA HABIB BANK MALAYSIA BHD
BANKRUPTCY: Receiving and adjudicating orders - Setting aside - Application for - Whether bankruptcy notice a nullity ab initio - Delay of 20 years in making application - Whether immaterial - Whether creditor prejudiced
BANKRUPTCY: Bankruptcy notice - Validity - Amount in notice not yet due and payable - Whether a fatal flaw - Whether notice invalid and a nullity ab initio
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