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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 4
28 January 2005

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New This Week -	1. CLJ January (Part 3) 2005
	2. CLJ January (Part 4) 2005
	3. CLJ Supp January (Part 2) 2005

CLJ January (Part 3) 2005

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

UMW Industries (1985) Sdn Bhd v. Lim Chee Hian
(Bankruptcy - Request for issue of notice - Whether made by duly authorized officer of corporation or solicitors representing corporation) [2005] 1 CLJ 173

HIGH COURT

Build Tex Construction Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Agama Islam Melaka
(Contract - Deposit/Commitment fee - Forfeiture) [2005] 1 CLJ 186

Nasrul Annuar Abd Samad v. PP
(Rape of minor - Element of penetration - Whether proved) [2005] 1 CLJ 193

Rock Records (M) Sdn Bhd v. Audio One Entertainment Sdn Bhd
(Sound recordings - Reproduction in karaoke video compact disks - Whether unauthorized) [2005] 1 CLJ 200

Rubberflex Sdn Bhd v. Cargill (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Arbitration - Award - Setting aside, application) [2005] 1 CLJ 226

Tetuan Jaffar & Menon v. Senandung Kualiti Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Bill of costs - Application for taxation - Whether application under s. 121(1)(b) Legal Profession Act 1976applied to non-contentious business) [2005] 1 CLJ 234

SUBJECT INDEX

ARBITRATION

Award - Setting aside, application - Finding of facts by arbitrator, whether applicant sought re-evaluation - Representations of parties heard separately, whether breach of rule of natural justice - Cross-examination of witness, whether applicant given an opportunity - Arbitration Act 1952, s. 24(2)
Rubberflex Sdn Bhd v. Cargill (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Raus Sharif J) [2005] 1 CLJ 226 [HC]

BANKRUPTCY

Notice - Validity - Request for issue of notice - Whether made by duly authorized officer of corporation or solicitors representing corporation - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 133 - Bankruptcy Rules 1969, r. 215, Form 4
UMW Industries (1985) Sdn Bhd v. Lim Chee Hian
(Mokhtar Sidin, Arifin Zakaria & Hashim Yusoff JJCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 173 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Affidavits - Order 14 application - Statutory declarations annexed - Whether originals required - Whether mere copies sufficient - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 1A, O. 41 r. 11(1)
Rock Records (M) Sdn Bhd v. Audio One Entertainment Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 1 CLJ 200 [HC]

Costs - Bill of costs - Application for taxation - Non-contentious business - Whether application under s. 121(1)(b) Legal Profession Act 1976 applied to non-contentious business - Whether s. 113(6) allows for non-contentious business under s. 121 - Whether application filed within one month of service of writ proper
Tetuan Jaffar & Menon v. Senandung Kualiti Sdn Bhd & Anor
(James Foong J) [2005] 1 CLJ 234 [HC]

CONTRACT

Deposit/Commitment fee - Forfeiture - Defendant vendor forfeited commitment fee when plaintiff developer disagreed to carry out development at costs valued by government department - Whether development subject to valuation by government department - Whether contract concluded between parties - Whether parties agreed fee not refundable - Whether forfeiture not unconscionable
Build Tex Construction Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Agama Islam Melaka
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 1 CLJ 186 [HC]

COPYRIGHT

Piracy - Sound recordings - License to reproduce in laser disks - Whether license extends to reproduction in video compact disks - Copyright Act 1987, s. 13
Rock Records (M) Sdn Bhd v. Audio One Entertainment Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 1 CLJ 200 [HC]

Piracy - Sound recordings - Reproduction in karaoke video compact disks - Whether unauthorized - Whether ownership to copyright proved - Whether defence of mere denials - Whether copyright owner entitled to summary judgment - Copyright Act 1987, ss. 7(1)(e), 10(2)(a), 13(1)(a), 36, 42
Rock Records (M) Sdn Bhd v. Audio One Entertainment Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 1 CLJ 200 [HC]

Sound recordings - License agreement - Interpretation of “licensed materials” and “master tape”
Rock Records (M) Sdn Bhd v. Audio One Entertainment Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 1 CLJ 200 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 376 - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Rape of minor - Element of penetration - Whether proved - Whether evidence of minor unreliable - Whether corroborated by medical evidence
Nasrul Annuar Abd Samad v. PP
(Augustine Paul JCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 193 [HC]

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CLJ January (Part 4) 2005

COURT

HIGH COURT

Hj Salleh Hj Janan v. Financial Information Services Sdn; Affin-ACF Finance Bhd (Third Party)
(Tort - Defamation - Libel - Whether defendant could re-publish court records on adjudication orders madeagainst plaintiff) [2005] 1 CLJ 241

Koay Cheng Eng v. Linda Herawati Santoso
(Family law - Divorce - Culpability - Order for maintenance - Division of matrimonial property) [2005] 1 CLJ 247

Lim Eng Chuan Sdn Bhd v. United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd & Anor
(Limitation - Land - Sale of land under debenture - Whether sale caught by time bar) [2005] 1 CLJ 271

Lim Jit Kim & Ors v. Goh Siew Koon & Ors
(Company law - Winding up - Petition - Multiplicity of proceedings) [2005] 1 CLJ 281

Public Bank Bhd v. Anuar Hong & Ong
(Banking - Cheque - Forgery - Bank making payment on customer’s forged cheques - Whether bank negligent) [2005] 1 CLJ 289

Susu Lembu Asli Marketing Sdn Bhd v. Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd
(Civil procedure - Res judicata - Estoppel by record) [2005] 1 CLJ 297

SUBJECT INDEX

ARBITRATION

Arbitrator - Appointment - Application under s. 12 Arbitration Act 1952 - Judge previously decided to stay plaintiff’s action in fraud against defendant and have dispute referred to arbitration - Whether matter res judicata - Whether plaintiff can still oppose defendant’s subsequent application to appoint arbitrator on ground that dispute should be tried in open court
Susu Lembu Asli Marketing Sdn Bhd v. Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 1 CLJ 297 [HC]

BANKING

Cheque - Forgery - Bank making payment on customer’s forged cheques - Whether bank negligent - Whether cheques honoured bona fide in the ordinary course of business - Whether customer in breach of contractual obligation to scrutinise monthly account statements and notify bank of discrepancies or forgery promptly - Whether customer itself negligent for not verifying monthly account statements, monitoring cheque books and keeping them in a safe place, and supervising accounts clerk - Whether customer deemed to have ratified payments made on forged cheques - Whether estopped from relying on forgery committed by its own employee
Public Bank Bhd v. Anuar Hong & Ong
(Zaleha Zahari J) [2005] 1 CLJ 289 [HC]

Securities for advances - Debenture - Debenture secured by charge over land - Sale of land under debenture - Letter of demand and accrual of cause of action - Whether sale made within six-year time bar - Whether sale caught by time bar - Bank’s right to sell land under debenture, whether independent of charge under National Land Code - Power of attorney executed by borrower/company, whether affected by liquidation
Lim Eng Chuan Sdn Bhd v. United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd & Anor
(Suriyadi Halim Omar J) [2005] 1 CLJ 271 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Res judicata - Estoppel by record - Judge decided to stay plaintiff’s action in fraud against defendant and have dispute referred to arbitration - Whether matter res judicata - Whether plaintiff can still oppose defendant’s subsequent application to appoint arbitrator on ground that dispute should be tried in open court
Susu Lembu Asli Marketing Sdn Bhd v. Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 1 CLJ 297 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Winding up - Petition - Application to strike out - Multiplicity of proceedings - Two petitions presented by same petitioners upon similar grounds - Whether a duplicity of proceedings - Whether second petition must necessarily be struck out - Considerations - Whether more appropriate to stay second petition - Courts of Judicature Act 1956, s. 25(2) & para 11 of Schedule - Companies Act 1965, ss. 222, 218(1)(f), (i)
Lim Jit Kim & Ors v. Goh Siew Koon & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 1 CLJ 281 [HC]

FAMILY LAW

Divorce - Irretrievable breakdown of marriage - Reasons for breakdown - Culpability - Whether due to unreasonable behaviour of wife - Whether due to infidelity of husband - Order for maintenance - Division of matrimonial property
Koay Cheng Eng v. Linda Herawati Santoso
(Raus Sharif J) [2005] 1 CLJ 247 [HC]

Financial obligation - Maintenance payments - Whether just to order maintenance and arrears of maintenance for wife - Seventeen years of marriage - Wife having sacrificed professional career - Whether husband gave full and frank disclosure of income - Adverse inference - Fair sum to award - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce), s. 86 - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Koay Cheng Eng v. Linda Herawati Santoso
(Raus Sharif J) [2005] 1 CLJ 247 [HC]

Matrimonial property - Division of property - Principles - Contribution of parties - Real property - Motor vehicles - Business (medical clinic) - Provident fund contributions, whether matrimonial assets - Whether wife entitled to half of husband’s provident fund contribution as at date of divorce - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 76
Koay Cheng Eng v. Linda Herawati Santoso
(Raus Sharif J) [2005] 1 CLJ 247 [HC]

LIMITATION

Land - Sale of land under debenture - Letter of demand and accrual of cause of action - Whether sale made within six-year time bar - Whether s. 6(1)(a) Limitation Act 1953 applied to sale - Meaning of action under s. 2(1) - Whether sale caught by time bar - Bank’s right to sell land under debenture, whether independent of charge under National Land Code - Power of attorney executed by borrower/company, whether affected by liquidation
Lim Eng Chuan Sdn Bhd v. United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd & Anor
(Suriyadi Halim Omar J) [2005] 1 CLJ 271 [HC]

TORT

Defamation - Libel - Justification - Defendant publishing information that plaintiff had been adjudged a bankrupt twice - Fact that adjudication orders were rescinded and annulled were not included in published information - Whether published information defamatory - Whether defendant’s plea of justification succeeds - Whether defendant could re-publish court records on adjudication orders made against plaintiff - Whether a ‘public fact’ that anyone can re-state
Hj Salleh Hj Janan v. Financial Information Services Sdn; Affin-ACF Finance Bhd (Third Party)
(Linton Albert JC) [2005] 1 CLJ 241 [HC]

Negligence - Banker and customer - Bank making payment on customer’s forged cheques - Whether bank negligent - Whether cheques honoured bona fide in the ordinary course of business - Whether customer in breach of contractual obligation to scrutinise monthly account statements and notify bank of discrepancies or forgery promptly - Whether customer itself negligent for not verifying monthly account statements, monitoring cheque books and keeping them in a safe place, and supervising accounts clerk - Whether customer deemed to have ratified payments made on forged cheques - Whether estopped from relying on forgery committed by its own employee
Public Bank Bhd v. Anuar Hong & Ong
(Zaleha Zahari J) [2005] 1 CLJ 289 [HC]

WORDS & PHRASES

“action” - Limitation Act 1953, s. 2 - How widely to be interpreted - Suit or any other proceeding in a court of law - Right to sell land under debenture
Lim Eng Chuan Sdn Bhd v. United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd & Anor
(Suriyadi Halim Omar J) [2005] 1 CLJ 271 [HC]

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CLJ Supp January (Part 2) 2005

COURT

HIGH COURT

Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd v. MCK Development Sdn Bhd
(Land law - Charge - Order for sale) [2005] 5 CLJ 77

Balakrishnan Vairavapillai v. Pantai Holdings Bhd & Anor
(Company law - Members’ rights - Oppression) [2005] 5 CLJ 83

Mohd Nusi Ahmad & Ors v. Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd
(Striking out - Whether plaintiffs acted oppressively and abused process of court) [2005] 5 CLJ 111

Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Tunku Mudzaffar Tunku Mustapha
(Charge - Order for sale - Service of Form 16D on defendant) [2005] 5 CLJ 119

Sulfee Alias v. PP
(Criminal procedure - Sentence - Stay of execution) [2005] 5 CLJ 132

Tawin Industries (M) Sdn Bhd v. FEC Cables (M) Sdn Bhd
(Transfer of proceedings - Application for) [2005] 5 CLJ 140

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appearance - Unconditional appearance - Effect of such appearance on an application for transfer of proceedings - Whether right to challenge jurisdiction of court waived
Tawin Industries (M) Sdn Bhd v. FEC Cables (M) Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 5 CLJ 140 [HC]

Jurisdiction - Forum conveniens - Transfer of proceedings from High Court at Melaka to High Court at Shah Alam - Principles applicable
Tawin Industries (M) Sdn Bhd v. FEC Cables (M) Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 5 CLJ 140 [HC]

Pleadings - Striking out - Principles applicable - Whether pleadings disclosed reasonable cause of action - Whether embarrassing - Whether plaintiffs acted oppressively and abused process of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a), (b), (d)
Mohd Nusi Ahmad & Ors v. Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 5 CLJ 111 [HC]

Striking out - Grounds for - Petition by minority shareholder under s. 181 Companies Act 1965 - Whether petitioner had a cause of action - Whether petition an abuse of process of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) - Companies Act 1965, s. 181
Balakrishnan Vairavapillai v. Pantai Holdings Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 5 CLJ 83 [HC]

Striking out - Grounds for - Whether plaintiffs’ statement of claim disclosed reasonable cause of action - Whether embarrassing - Whether plaintiffs acted oppressively and abused process of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a), (b), (d)
Mohd Nusi Ahmad & Ors v. Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 5 CLJ 111 [HC]

Transfer of proceedings - Application for - Transfer from High Court at Melaka to High Court at Shah Alam - Unconditional appearance - Forum conveniens - Whether application ought to be allowed
Tawin Industries (M) Sdn Bhd v. FEC Cables (M) Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 5 CLJ 140 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Members’ rights - Oppression - Petition by minority shareholder under s. 181 Companies Act 1965 - Whether petitioner had a cause of action - Whether petition a mere “fishing expedition” - Whether an abuse of process of court - Companies Act 1965, s. 181
Balakrishnan Vairavapillai v. Pantai Holdings Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 5 CLJ 83 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Revision - Revisionary power of High Court - Refund of cash bail deposited in court earlier - Whether order of sessions court judge for deposit to be kept as part of condition of bail illegal - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 311, 325, 403
Sulfee Alias v. PP
(Lau Bee Lan JC) [2005] 5 CLJ 132 [HC]

Sentence - Stay of execution - Pending appeal - Inability of applicant to pay fine - Whether sessions court judge had erred in law - Exercise of discretion of court - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 283(i)(b), 311
Sulfee Alias v. PP
(Lau Bee Lan JC) [2005] 5 CLJ 132 [HC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Order for sale - Notice of default - Service of Form 16D on defendant - Whether governing provision for service s. 431(1)(c)(i) National Land Code or s. 9.33 Charge Annexure - Whether service had been effected on defendant - Whether originating summons a nullity - National Land Code, s. 431
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Tunku Mudzaffar Tunku Mustapha
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 5 CLJ 119 [HC]

Charge - Order for sale - Vesting order - Whether properly registered under s. 420 National Land Code - Whether charged properties vested in plaintiff - Whether plaintiff had locus standi to commence foreclosure proceedings - Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s. 50(3), (6)(a) - National Land Code, s. 420
Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd v. MCK Development Sdn Bhd
(Azahar Mohamed JC) [2005] 5 CLJ 77 [HC]

WORDS & PHRASES

“Without prejudice to any other method of service …” - National Land Code, s. 431(1)
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Tunku Mudzaffar Tunku Mustapha
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 5 CLJ 119 [HC]

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CASE OF THE WEEK

PP v. DATO' WAAD BIN MANSOR

CRIMINAL LAW: Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No 22 of 1970 – Section 2(1) – Corrupt practice – Accused politician took part in decisions to approve application for quarry land made by company in which he had interest – Whether an abuse of office – Whether use of public position for pecuniary advantage – Whether there was premeditation to commit corrupt act – Whether sentence imposed by Court of Appeal inadequate to reflect gravity of offence

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