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[2013] 1 LNS 511	PP lwn. EDI EKO SAPUTRO	UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Bunuh - S. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada intipati pertuduhan bunuh telah dibuktikan - Sama ada kecederaan yang menyebabkan kematian mangsa adalah berikutan perbuatan tertuduh PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Mens rea - Niat untuk membunuh - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai niat untuk membunuh - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai pengetahuan bahawa kecederaan yang dilakukan ke atas tubuh mangsa boleh menyebabkan kematian - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai niat untuk mendatangkan kecederaan teruk keatas tubuh badan mangsa PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pembelaan - Penafian - Tertuduh menafikan mempunyai niat untuk membunuh - Sama ada tertuduh boleh menafikan tidak mempunyai niat untuk membunuh jika tertuduh berada dalam keadaan bersahaja selepas membunuh mangsa - Sama ada tertuduh telah menimbulkan keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan
[2013] 1 LNS 1213	ALESIAH JUMIL & ANOR v. JULAS JOENOL	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Res judicata - Final judgment obtained - Earlier proceedings found that 1st marriage between defendant and 1st plaintiff was valid - Conclusive proof that the 2 infants were the lawful or legitimate children born of the 1st marriage - No DNA test performed earlier and no DNA results available in the earlier trial - DNA test and DNA report conclusively found that 2nd plaintiff was biological father of 2 infants - Whether res judicata applied on issue of paternity by estopping plaintiffs from raising new, cogent and material evidence which would rebut presumption under s. 112 of the Evidence Act 1950 EVIDENCE: Presumption - Legitimacy - Declaration sought that defendant was not the natural and/or adopted father of 2 infants - DNA report verified that both plaintiffs were biological parents of the 2 infants - Presumption of parenthood - Whether plaintiffs had rebutted presumption under s. 112 of the Evidence Act 1950 on the paternity of defendant - Whether against principle of justice to cling on to legal presumption under s. 112 given the true facts FAMILY LAW: Children - Legitimacy - Subsequent marriage between 1st and 2nd plaintiffs during subsistence of defendant's marriage with 1st plaintiff - Whether question of bigamy relevant to issue in present application - Whether allegation of bigamy immaterial to sole issue of paternity to be decided
[2014] 1 LNS 27	MOHD ROSLAN MOHD NOOR lwn. GHAZALI ABDULLAH & SATU LAGI	TORT: Fitnah - Libel - Penerbitan dan pengeluaran surat yang ditujukan kepada peguam dan ketua hakim syarie - Sama ada kenyataan dalam surat mempunyai unsur-unsur fitnah - Sama ada defendan mempunyai niat mala fide dalam mengeluarkan kenyataan terhadap plaintif TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Justifikasi - Sama ada kenyataan yang dibuat adalah benar dan mempunyai sebarang justifikasi
[2014] 1 LNS 146	NG POH CHOO v. PERWIRA INDRA SAKTI SDN BHD	COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Creditor's claim - Proof of debt - Plaintiff obtained judgment against defendant and maintained it was entitled to set off judgment sum from the balance purchase price due under the Sale & Purchase Agreement - Plaintiff did not file its proof of debt with the liquidator - Whether plaintiff precluded from raising a set off - Whether the liquidator in a position to admit or reject the debt due from defendant to plaintiff by virtue of the judgment - Whether plaintiff was a creditor for the purposes of enforcing its claim against defendant
[2014] 1 LNS 362	KESANG LEASING SDN BHD v. TETUAN ZUL RAFIQUE & PARTNERS	TORT: Negligence - Professional negligence - Whether defendant breached its duty of care to plaintiff - Whether defendant as solicitors had properly instructed counsel in the conduct of the trial - Whether counsel ie, SD4 and SD5, shown to be incompetent or glaringly wrong - Whether solicitors exercised a reasonable degree of care and skill as required of the ordinary skilled advocate and solicitor professing to have and to exercise that skill - Plaintiff instructed Messrs De Silva and Co to proceed with an appeal to the Court of Appeal - Whether plaintiff dissatisfied with the skill and performance of defendant as advocate and solicitor - Whether plaintiff's dissatisfaction was with the conduct of the case, namely events that occurred during trial, that were beyond defendant's control and the result of plaintiff's own doing

CLJ 2015 Volume 1 (Part 2)

COURT

ARTICLE

Towards An Effective Administration Of The Justice System And The Judges' Expectation Of Lawyers by YAA Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin [2015] 1 CLJ(A) i

COURT OF APPEAL

Ahmad Azhari Ahmad Zaini v. PP & Other Appeals
(Criminal Procedure - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Whether defence probable) [2015] 1 CLJ 157 [CA]

Dato' Ibrahim Ali v. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
(Tort - Defamation - Website, contents of - Knowledge or control) [2015] 1 CLJ 176 [CA]

Malaysian Oxygen Bhd v. Soh Tong Wah & Another Appeal
(Administrative Law - Disagreement with reasoning of Industrial Court - Whether could form basis for judicial review) [2015] 1 CLJ 191 [CA]

Saz Maritime Services Sdn Bhd v. Mui Continental Insurance Bhd
(Civil Procedure; Maritime Law - Shipping law - Claim for repairs to ship - Whether condition of vessel prior to incident proven) [2015] 1 CLJ 202 [CA]

The State Government Of Johor Darul Ta'zim v. Johor Coastal Development Sdn Bhd
(Civil Procedure - Security for costs - Non-compliance) [2015] 1 CLJ 210 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Azhar Che' San lwn. PP
(Prosedur Jenayah - Hukuman - Kesetimpalan) [2015] 1 CLJ 217 [HC]

Fairview International School Subang Sdn Bhd v. Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna Malaysia & Anor
(Civil Procedure; Word And Phrases - Judicial review - Whether reviewing court may go into merits of decision) [2015] 1 CLJ 224 [HC]

Iktika Jaya v. Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Pertahanan & Anor
(Contract - Breach - Whether valid termination notice given to plaintiff) [2015] 1 CLJ 243 [HC]

Medical Office Management Corporation Block v. Parkway Life Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(Land Law; Limitation - Strata title - Management corporation - Recovery of charges - Accrual of cause of action) [2015] 1 CLJ 264 [HC]

PP v. Muhammad Nor Azmil Khairuddin
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Statutory rape - Identity of offender - Corroboration) [2015] 1 CLJ 276 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial remedies - Judicial review - Whether High Court conducted thorough scrutiny of findings of fact and reasoning by Industrial Court - Test for intervention - Whether there was abuse of power or unfair treatment by Industrial Court - Whether disagreement with reasoning of Industrial Court could form basis for judicial review
Malaysian Oxygen Bhd v. Soh Tong Wah & Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Balia Yusof Wahi, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 191 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against judgment of High Court - Whether there was material error affecting merits of decision - Whether circumstances authorised intervention - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 72
Saz Maritime Services Sdn Bhd v. Mui Continental Insurance Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 202 [CA]

Judicial review - Application for - Principles to which reviewing court should scrutinise impugned decision - Whether reviewing court may go into merits of decision - Whether court should interfere with exercise of power or discretion
Fairview International School Subang Sdn Bhd v. Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna Malaysia & Anor
(Lim Chong Fong JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 224 [HC]

Judicial review - Consumer Claims Tribunal - Decision of - Private school ordered to return security deposit to student - Whether school entitled to forfeit deposit due to insufficient termination notice - Whether school entitled to amend terms and conditions of enrolment from time to time - Whether private schools exempted from provisions of Consumer Protection Act 1999 - Whether claimant a 'consumer' - Whether erred in failing to appreciate terms of contract - Whether judicial intervention warranted - Consumer Protection Act 1999, ss. 2(2)(e), (f); 3, 24A & 85
Fairview International School Subang Sdn Bhd v. Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna Malaysia & Anor
(Lim Chong Fong JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 224 [HC]

Security for costs - Security for plaintiff's costs - Non-compliance - Whether extension of time applied for - Whether blatant disregard of court order - Whether court could allow unless order
The State Government Of Johor Darul Ta'zim v. Johor Coastal Development Sdn Bhd
(Azahar Mohamed, Tengku Maimun, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 210 [CA]

CONTRACT

Breach - Damages - Terms of contract - Sale and disposal of stricken naval ship at sea - Failure of plaintiff to complete disposal work within stipulated time - Sale of ship by defendants to third party - Termination of contract - Whether defendants had right to terminate contract - Whether valid termination notice given to plaintiff - Whether contract breached
Iktika Jaya v. Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Pertahanan & Anor
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2015] 1 CLJ 243 [HC]

Termination - Right to terminate - Terms of contract - Sale and disposal of stricken naval ship at sea - Failure of plaintiff to complete disposal work within stipulated time - Sale of ship by defendants to third party - Termination of contract - Whether valid termination notice given to plaintiff - Whether contract breached
Iktika Jaya v. Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Pertahanan & Anor
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2015] 1 CLJ 243 [HC]

Criminal Law

Penal Code - Section 376 - Rape - Appeal - Victim under 16 years of age - Essential ingredients of charge - Whether established - Whether failure to produce analysed exhibits in court fatal to prosecution's case - Whether prosecution established case beyond reasonable doubt - Penal Code, s. 376
PP v. Muhammad Nor Azmil Khairuddin
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 276 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal by prosecution - Accused persons charged for trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs found in car boot and special compartment of car - First accused faced with second charge of trafficking in drugs found in special compartment of car - First accused acquitted and discharged of second charge - Whether charge against first accused proven beyond reasonable doubt
Ahmad Azhari Ahmad Zaini v. PP & Other Appeals
(Linton Albert, Tengku Maimun, Zakaria Sam JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 157 [CA]

Appeal - Appellate intervention - Statutory rape - Whether elements required to constitute offence of statutory rape considered - Whether appellate interference warranted
PP v. Muhammad Nor Azmil Khairuddin
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 276 [HC]

Appeal - Conviction and sentence - Accused persons convicted for offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs - Sentenced to death - Whether accused person had knowledge of drugs - Whether defence probable - Whether prima facie case of trafficking proven - Whether trial judge appreciated defence - Whether trial judge ruled on whether presumption of trafficking rebutted - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, ss. 37(da), 39B(2)
Ahmad Azhari Ahmad Zaini v. PP & Other Appeals
(Linton Albert, Tengku Maimun, Zakaria Sam JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 157 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Corroboration - Rape - Statutory rape - Victim under 16 years of age - Whether victim's evidence of sexual intercourse credible - Whether requirement of corroboration a mere rule of prudence - Whether victim's testimony sufficiently corroborated
PP v. Muhammad Nor Azmil Khairuddin
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 276 [HC]

Presumptions - Adverse inference - Rape - Identity of offender sufficiently proven - Whether additional witnesses should be called to establish identity of offender - Whether adverse inference arising - Whether suppression or withholding of material witnesses - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
PP v. Muhammad Nor Azmil Khairuddin
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 276 [HC]

LAND LAW

Strata title - Management corporation - Recovery of charges - Whether management corporation empowered to levy charges exceeding service charges - Whether could only levy payment approved at general meeting - Whether management corporation successor in title to developer - Whether entitled to recover unpaid service charges imposed by developer - Strata Title Act 1985, ss. 41 & 45
Medical Office Management Corporation Block v. Parkway Life Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy Suppiah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 264 [HC]

LIMITATION

Accrual of cause of action - Charges by management corporation - Claim for debt due - Whether cause of action arose when debt became payable - Discovery of unpaid debt at later date - Whether postponed limitation period - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6
Medical Office Management Corporation Block v. Parkway Life Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy Suppiah JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 264 [HC]

MARITIME LAW

Shipping law - Repairs to ship - Claim under Hull and Machinery Policy DC-S-Z4A-000180 - Appeal against dismissal - Whether condition of vessel prior to incident proven
Saz Maritime Services Sdn Bhd v. Mui Continental Insurance Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 202 [CA]

TORT

Defamation - Website, contents of - Article in website commenting on pending libel suit - Whether contemptuous of court and presiding judge - Website belonging to non-governmental organisation (NGO) - Whether President of NGO liable - Knowledge or control of Article not proven against President - Whether could be guilty of "contempt by omission"
Dato' Ibrahim Ali v. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
(Abdul Wahab Patail, David Wong Dak Wah, Varghese George JJCA) [2015] 1 CLJ 176 [CA]

WORD AND PHRASES:

"Consumer" - Section 3, Consumer Protection Act 1999 - Meaning of
Fairview International School Subang Sdn Bhd v. Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna Malaysia & Anor
(Lim Chong Fong JC) [2015] 1 CLJ 224 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Hukuman - Kesetimpalan - Rogol - Liwat - Dua kesalahan rogol dan satu kesalahan liwat - Pengakuan salah - 17 tahun penjara dan 12 sebatan bagi setiap kesalahan dengan hukuman berjalan secara berasingan - Sama ada setimpal dan memadai - Hukuman 36 sebatan rotan - Sama ada di luar batas undang-undang - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah s. 288
Azhar Che' San lwn. PP
(Ahmad Nasfy Yasin H) [2015] 1 CLJ 217 [HC]

ARTICLE

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    by: LORD NEUBERGER OF ABBOTSBURY [2015] 1 LNS(A) ii

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 765	Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 764	Finance (No. 2) Act 2014	The Income Tax Act 1967 [Act 53] see s 3; The Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 [Act 543] see s 24; The Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 [Act 169] see s 27	-Nil-
ACT 763	Yayasan Guru Tun Hussein Onn Act 2014	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 762	Goods And Services Tax Act 2014	1 July 2014 - Parts I, II, IV, VI and XVI, ss 10, 11, 17, 18, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 160, 163, 183, 184 and 197, the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Act; 1 April 2015 - Parts IX, XIII, XVII and XVIII, ss 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110, 122, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 and 196, the Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule to the Act [PU(B) 319/2014]	-Nil-
ACT 761	Finance Act 2014	See s 3 for the Income Tax Act; s 33 for the Stamp Act; s 36 for the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act; s 44 for the Real Property Gains Tax Act and s 50 for the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1478	Companies Commission Of Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 614
ACT A1477	Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 743
ACT A1476	Registration Of Businesses (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 197
ACT A1475	Inland Revenue Board Of Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2015	6 January 2015	ACT 533
ACT A1474	Prison (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 537

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 342/2014	Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Determination Of Maximum Price) (No. 6) Order 2014	22 December 2014	23 December 2014 to 27 December 2014	ACT 723
PU(A) 341/2014	Control Of Supplies (Controlled Articles) (No. 6) Order 2014	22 December 2014	23 December 2014 to 27 December 2014	ACT 122
PU(A) 340/2014	Federal Roads (Private Management) (Collection Of Tolls) (New North Klang Straits Bypass Expressway) Order 2014	22 December 2014	23 December 2014	ACT 306
PU(A) 339/2014	Federal Roads (New North Klang Straits Bypass Expressway) Order 2014	22 December 2014	23 December 2014	ACT 376
PU(A) 338/2014	Motor Vehicles (Construction And Use) (Amendment) Rules 2014	22 December 2014	23 December 2014	LN 170/1959

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 004/2015	Appointment Of Assistant Directors Of Industrial Relations	7 January 2015	Specified in column (2) of the Schedule	ACT 177
PU(B) 003/2015	Appointment Of Date Of Coming Into Operation	6 January 2015	7 January 2015	ACT A1470
PU(B) 002/2014	Appointment Under Subsection 3(1)	5 January 2015	Specified in column (3) of the Schedule	ACT 115
PU(B) 001/2014	Notice Of Proposed Recommendations For Federal And State Constituencies In The State Of Sarawak As Reviewed By The Election Commission In 2014	2 January 2015	3 January 2015	ACT 000
PU(B) 557/2014	Notification Of Values Of Crude Palm Oil Under Section 12	31 December 2014	1 January 2015 to 31 January 2015	ACT 235

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