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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 7
25 February 2005

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1. CLJ February (Part 4) 2005

CLJ February (Part 4) 2005

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Delta Enterprises Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Asia Commercial Finance (M) Bhd & Anor
(Contract - Loan - Interest payments - Whether failure to pay interest an event of default) [2005] 1 CLJ 501

Mars Equity Sdn Bhd v. Tis 'Ata' Ashar Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Performance - Reciprocal promises - Order of performance - Nature of transaction) [2005] 1 CLJ 513

HIGH COURT

Affin Bank Bhd v. Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(Civil procedure - Judgment - Final judgment - Triable issues) [2005] 1 CLJ 521

Chiam Yah Kiam v. Abdul Malik Zakaria & Anor & Another Case
(Land law - Indefeasibility of title and interests – Application for vacant possession - Whether plaintiff a bona fide purchaser) [2005] 1 CLJ 537

Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman v. Ketua Pengarah Imigresen & Ors
(Immigration - Cancellation of entry permit - Prohibited immigrant - Detention pending deportation - Whether unlawful) [2005] 1 CLJ 546

Nazirah Ismail v. Mohamed Fauzy Abdul Hamid
(Contract - Sale and purchase of land - Agreement - Whether there was undue delay on part of purchaser in removing caveat) [2005] 1 CLJ 554

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Remedies - Habeas corpus - Detention - Prohibited immigrant - Whether detention prior to deportation unlawful
Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman v. Ketua Pengarah Imigresen & Ors
(Abdul Kadir Musa J) [2005] 1 CLJ 546 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judgment - Final judgment - Triable issues - Overdraft facilities secured by shares - Repayment - Sale of shares - Sale of shares not disclosed to defendant - Whether guilty of non-disclosure - Whether in breach of duty of care - Whether summary judgment improperly granted - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 14
Affin Bank Bhd v. Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 1 CLJ 521 [HC]

Summary possession of land - Application for vacant possession of property by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff a bona fide purchaser - Whether sale of property to plaintiff tainted with fraud - Whether plaintiff had an indefeasible title
Chiam Yah Kiam v. Abdul Malik Zakaria & Anor & Another Case
(Arifin Zakaria JCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 537 [HC]

CONTRACT

Loan - Interest payments - Default - Whether service of monthly interest mandatory - Whether failure to pay interest an event of default under agreement - Whether proper demand made on guarantors
Delta Enterprises Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Asia Commercial Finance (M) Bhd & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 501 [CA]

Performance - Reciprocal promises - Order of performance - Not fixed in agreements - Looking at 'nature of transaction' - Whether all contemporaneous agreements within transaction to be read together as a whole - Interpretation of commercial contracts in accord with 'business common-sense' - Breach of contract relating to land - Presumption of pecuniary irremediableness and specific performance - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 53, 55 - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 11(2)
Mars Equity Sdn Bhd v. Tis 'Ata' Ashar Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Arifin Jaka JJCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 513 [CA]

CONTRACT

Sale and purchase of land - Agreement - Termination by vendor on ground of no consideration - Whether termination proper - Whether purchaser had caveatable interest on land upon execution of agreement - Whether there was undue delay on part of purchaser in removing caveat - Whether there was breach of agreement by purchaser
Nazirah Ismail v. Mohamed Fauzy Abdul Hamid
(Arifin Zakaria J) [2005] 1 CLJ 554 [HC]

IMMIGRATION

Cancellation of entry permit - Prohibited immigrant - Immigration Act 1959/1963, s. 14(4) - Detention pending deportation - Whether unlawful
Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman v. Ketua Pengarah Imigresen & Ors
(Abdul Kadir Musa J) [2005] 1 CLJ 546 [HC]

LAND LAW

Indefeasibility of title and interests - Registered owner - Application for vacant possession of property by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff a bona fide purchaser - Whether sale of property to plaintiff tainted with fraud - Whether plaintiff had an indefeasible title
Chiam Yah Kiam v. Abdul Malik Zakaria & Anor & Another Case
(Arifin Zakaria JCA) [2005] 1 CLJ 537 [HC]

PREVENTIVE DETENTION

Detention order - Validity - Detention under Immigration Act 1959/1963 - Prohibited immigrant - Whether effective date when person was made a prohibited immigrant stated in order of removal - Whether detention unlawful
Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman v. Ketua Pengarah Imigresen & Ors
(Abdul Kadir Musa J) [2005] 1 CLJ 546 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

INDUSTRIA DE DISENO TEXTIL, S.A. (INDITEX, S.A.) v. EDITION CONCEPT SDN BHD

Trade Marks - Trade Marks Act 1976 - ss. 45(1)(a) & 46 (1)(b)

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