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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2006, Issue 6
17 February 2006

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New This Week -	1. CLJ February (Part 1) 2006
	2. CLJ Supp February (Part 1) 2006

CLJ February (Part 1) 2006

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

A M Arumugam v. Standard Chartered Bank
(Banking - Securities for advances - Charge to secure credit facilities) [2006] 1 CLJ 357

APV Hill & Mills (M) Sdn Bhd v. AQ-Pacific Wide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Shipping - Carriage of goods - Bill of lading) [2006] 1 CLJ 370

Lim Teck Kong v. Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid & Anor
(Tort - Professional negligence - Engineers) [2006] 1 CLJ 391

Sabaee Bujang v. PP
(Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Caution-statement by accused) [2006] 1 CLJ 423

Yogananthy A S Thambaiya lwn. Idris Osman
(Prosedur sivil - Permohonan perayu supaya pelaksanaan penghakiman yang menolak tuntutan perayu dan membenarkan tuntutan balas responden digantung sehingga pendengaran dan keputusan rayuan perayu) [2006] 1 CLJ 430

HIGH COURT

Affin Bank Bhd v. Zulkifli Abdullah
(Banking - Islamic banking - Loan facility - Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil, principles of) [2006] 1 CLJ 438

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Islamic banking - Loan facility - Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil, principles of - Default in repayment - Rights of loan provider - Scope and extent - Whether could claim profit margin in respect of unexpired tenure - Claim for unearned profit margin - Whether unfair to borrower - Whether against principle of facility
Affin Bank Bhd v. Zulkifli Abdullah
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2006] 1 CLJ 438 [HC]

Securities for advances - Charge to secure credit facilities - Judgment debtor pledged goods to bank - Judgment creditor seized and sold said goods by way of auction - Whether there was an equitable charge created in favour of bank - Whether an equitable charge prevailed over a legal execution - Whether bank entitled to proceeds of sale of said goods
A M Arumugam v. Standard Chartered Bank
(Mohd Noor Ahmad, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 357 [CA]

Securities for advances - Charge to secure credit facilities - Judgment debtor pledged goods to bank - Whether bank could exercise rights as pledgee - Whether there was sufficient evidence of default by judgment debtor - Contracts Act 1960, s. 129
A M Arumugam v. Standard Chartered Bank
(Mohd Noor Ahmad, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 357 [CA]

Securities for advances - Charge to secure credit facilities - Whether documents used in creation of charge void due to non-registration under s. 3 Bills of Sale Ordinance No. 3 of 1936 (Sabah)
A M Arumugam v. Standard Chartered Bank
(Mohd Noor Ahmad, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 357 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Fact, finding of - Findings of fact by trial judge - Whether so unreasonable that no reasonable tribunal would have come to that conclusion
APV Hill & Mills (M) Sdn Bhd v. AQ-Pacific Wide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Richard Malanjum & Arifin Zakaria JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 370 [CA]

CONTRACT

Security - Banking business - Judgment debtor pledged goods to bank as security - Whether bank could exercise rights as pledgee - Whether there was sufficient evidence of default by judgment debtor - Contracts Act 1960, s. 129
A M Arumugam v. Standard Chartered Bank
(Mohd Noor Ahmad, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 357 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Caution-statement by accused - Whether properly admitted - Oral and documentary evidence identifying accused as person in possession of items worn by victim - Corroboration, whether mandatory - Whether any grounds to interfere with decision of trial judge
Sabaee Bujang v. PP
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & Hashim Yusoff JCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 423 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Expert evidence - Court to assess weight of evidence - Whether more weight to be given to opinion based on investigation carried out closer to time of incident taking place
Lim Teck Kong v. Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Haidar Mohd Noor & Abdul Kadir Sulaiman JCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 391 [CA]

LAND LAW

Charge - Order for sale - Loan granted under Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil facility - Default - Remedies of chargee - Whether entitled to order for sale - Cause to the contrary - National Land Code, ss. 256, 257 - Rules of High Court 1980, O. 83
Affin Bank Bhd v. Zulkifli Abdullah
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2006] 1 CLJ 438 [HC]

SHIPPING

Carriage of goods - Bill of lading - Where bill of lading does not represent true state of affairs regarding shipment of goods
APV Hill & Mills (M) Sdn Bhd v. AQ-Pacific Wide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Richard Malanjum & Arifin Zakaria JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 370 [CA]

SHIPPING

Carriage of goods - Transhipment - Meaning of transhipment - Whether storage on land for a period negates transshipment
APV Hill & Mills (M) Sdn Bhd v. AQ-Pacific Wide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Richard Malanjum & Arifin Zakaria JJCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 370 [CA]

TORT

Damages - Negligence - Whether damages may be awarded for pure economic loss
Lim Teck Kong v. Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Haidar Mohd Noor & Abdul Kadir Sulaiman JCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 391 [CA]

Negligence - Professional negligence - Engineers - Failure of engineer to do thorough testing of soil - Whether engineer owes duty to ensure whether safe to build on particular site
Lim Teck Kong v. Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Haidar Mohd Noor & Abdul Kadir Sulaiman JCA) [2006] 1 CLJ 391 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Pelaksanaan - Penggantungan - Permohonan perayu supaya pelaksanaan penghakiman yang menolak tuntutan perayu dan membenarkan tuntutan balas responden digantung sehingga pendengaran dan keputusan rayuan perayu - Sama ada rayuan tersebut merupakan satu penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Sama ada notis rayuan tersebut adalah cacat - Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Tinggi 1980, A. 35 kk. 1, 2 - Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Rayuan 1994, A. 12
Yogananthy A S Thambaiya lwn. Idris Osman
(Mokhtar Sidin, Saari Yusoff & Alauddin Mohd Sheriff HHMR) [2006] 1 CLJ 430 [CA]

Rayuan - Rayuan ke Mahkamah Rayuan - Rayuan perayu terhadap penghakiman yang menolak tuntutan perayu dan membenarkan tuntutan balas responden - Sama ada rayuan tersebut merupakan satu penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Sama ada notis rayuan tersebut adalah cacat - Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Tinggi 1980, A. 35 kk. 1, 2 - Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Rayuan 1994, A. 12
Yogananthy A S Thambaiya lwn. Idris Osman
(Mokhtar Sidin, Saari Yusoff & Alauddin Mohd Sheriff HHMR) [2006] 1 CLJ 430 [CA]

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CLJ Supp February (Part 1) 2006

COURT

HIGH COURT

Affin Bank Bhd v. Edaran Halaman Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil procedure - Summary judgment - Application for) [2006] 5 CLJ 129

Choong Yee Fong v. Ooi Seng Keat
(Family law - Financial obligation - Maintenance) [2006] 5 CLJ 144

Danaharta Urus Sdn Bhd v. HIPA Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Land law - Charge - Order for sale) [2006] 5 CLJ 161

Public Bank Bhd v. Kemajuan Flora Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil procedure - Costs - Security for costs) [2006] 5 CLJ 169

Tan Eng Siew & Anor v. Dr Jagjit Singh Sidhu & Anor
(Tort - Professional negligence - Medical practitioner) [2006] 5 CLJ 175

V Hariharan lwn. Dato’ Dr L Ramachandran & Yang Lain
(Prosedur sivil - Bidangkuasa - Mahkamah) [2006] 5 CLJ 196

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Setting aside - Application to set aside sanction given by Insolvency Department to defend suit - Sanction rescinded earlier and had not been reinstated - Whether there was a subsisting sanction - Whether there was no sanction for court to set aside
Public Bank Bhd v. Kemajuan Flora Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2006] 5 CLJ 169 [HC]

Costs - Security for costs - Application for - Factors to be considered - Whether sum sought fair and reasonable
Public Bank Bhd v. Kemajuan Flora Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2006] 5 CLJ 169 [HC]

Summary judgment - Application for - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 14 - Whether there were triable issues raised - Whether there was reasonable bona fide defence
Affin Bank Bhd v. Edaran Halaman Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2006] 5 CLJ 129 [HC]

FAMILY LAW

Financial obligation - Maintenance - Monthly maintenance sought - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 78 - Assessment of means and needs of both parties - Whether petitioner wife able to support herself financially - Capacity to seek employment - Whether there was evidence to prove petitioner’s incapability - Whether claims for maintenance upon dissolution of marriage dismissed
Choong Yee Fong v. Ooi Seng Keat
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2006] 5 CLJ 144 [HC]

Maintenance - Arrears - Whether there was existing interim maintenance order - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 86(1) - Whether petitioner failed to prove entitlement
Choong Yee Fong v. Ooi Seng Keat
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2006] 5 CLJ 144 [HC]

Marriage - Dissolution of - Adultery - Allegation of - Failure to prove adultery led to breakdown of marriage - Whether marriage had broken down irretrievably due to two year separation between parties - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 54(1)(d) - Whether dissolution of marriage granted on the ground of two years separation
Choong Yee Fong v. Ooi Seng Keat
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2006] 5 CLJ 144 [HC]

Matrimonial assets - Failure to identify - Application ambiguous - Petitioner bound by pleadings - Contribution - Whether petitioner contributed during the subsistence of marriage towards ‘substantially improving’ the matrimonial asset - Whether contributions within context of s. 76(5) of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976
Choong Yee Fong v. Ooi Seng Keat
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2006] 5 CLJ 144 [HC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Order for sale - Locus standi - Whether second defendant had interest in issues raised in proceedings - Certificate of indebtedness, whether conclusive - Whether binding on parties - Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad Act 1998, s. 14(6)(i) - Whether interpreted to include plaintiff - Whether there was non compliance with O. 83 r. 3 of the Rules of the High Court 1980
Danaharta Urus Sdn Bhd v. HIPA Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Linton Albert J) [2006] 5 CLJ 161 [HC]

TORT

Negligence - Professional negligence - Medical practitioner - Claim against second defendant - Whether second defendant vicariously liable for the action of first defendant - Whether second plaintiff and first defendant entered into an independent contract with each other - Whether second defendant independently liable to second plaintiff
Tan Eng Siew & Anor v. Dr Jagjit Singh Sidhu & Anor
(James Foong J) [2006] 5 CLJ 175 [HC]

Negligence - Professional negligence - Medical practitioner - Duty of care - Whether first defendant’s actions amounted to negligence in treating, managing and caring of second plaintiff -Whether first defendant liable to pay damages
Tan Eng Siew & Anor v. Dr Jagjit Singh Sidhu & Anor
(James Foong J) [2006] 5 CLJ 175 [HC]

Negligence - Professional negligence - Medical practitioner - Third party claim - Whether first plaintiff had cause of action against defendants - Lai Chi Kay & Ors v. Lee Kuo Shin - Ahmad Daman Huri Hussein v. Koo Chin Yau
Tan Eng Siew & Anor v. Dr Jagjit Singh Sidhu & Anor
(James Foong J) [2006] 5 CLJ 175 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

PERSATUAN TAK DIPERBADANKAN

Pertubuhan - Pertikaian - Tuntutan plaintif bagi perintah pengisytiharan - Sama ada Mahkamah mempunyai bidangkuasa untuk membuat perintah pengisytiharan - Akta Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan 1966, s. 40 - Keputusan Penolong Pendaftar Pertubuhan Negeri Kedah - Sama ada keputusan yang muktamad dan tidak boleh dirayukan - Kegagalan plaintif menyatakan apakah hak atau harta terjejas - Locus standi - Sama ada terbukti - Sama ada plaintif boleh menuntut gantirugi dan kos - Sama ada tuntutan plaintif ditolak
V Hariharan lwn. Dato’ Dr L Ramachandran & Yang Lain
(Zainal Adzam H) [2006] 5 CLJ 196 [HC]

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Bidangkuasa - Mahkamah - Perintah pengisytiharan - Akta Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan 1966, s. 40 - Sama ada mahkamah mempunyai bidangkuasa untuk membuat perintah pengisytiharan
V Hariharan lwn. Dato’ Dr L Ramachandran & Yang Lain
(Zainal Adzam H) [2006] 5 CLJ 196 [HC]

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CASE OF THE WEEK

AUTOKITA SDN BHD v. PUBLIC FINANCE BHD

HIRE-PURCHASE: Breach of agreement - Recovery of loan - Hirer defaulting on repayment - Whether financier can recover loan from dealer which sold car to hirer

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