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[2010] 1 LNS 1653	DOUBLESTEP SDN BHD & ORS v. UTAMA MERCHANT BANK BHD	CONTRACT: Breach - Breach of duty - Contractual and/or fiduciary - Plaintiffs were shareholders of the Company to be listed - No mandate letter executed between defendant and plaintiffs - Whether any duty owed by defendant to plaintiffs - Whether the contractual or fiduciary duty owed to the Company seeking defendant's advice should be extended to the plaintiffs - Whether plaintiffs had shown that their loss was caused by defendant's breach of duty to them
[2010] 1 LNS 1681	CHIENG HOCK TIEW & ANOR v. SENTOSA ADVOCATES & SOLICITORS	LEGAL PROFESSION: Solicitor's undertaking - Contended that undertaking was not given to the applicants but to the stakeholder - Whether enforcement of that undertaking could be extended to a person, other than to whom it was made, who had a direct and substantial interest in the subject matter of that undertaking - Whether the solicitor's undertaking was valid and enforceable by applicants - If so, whether respondent should be restrained from releasing the balance purchase price until vacant possession of the property was delivered to applicants
[2010] 1 LNS 1690	JAI PRAKASH PALANISAMY v. PP	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Decision of trial judge - Criminal intimidation - Words uttered by the appellant to threaten SP1 with intent to cause her alarm - Whether a prima facie case established by prosecution to the extent that the prosecution had adduced credible evidence to prove the ingredients of the charge - Finding by magistrate that police report lodged by complainant, SP1 and evidence offered by SP2 and SD3 corroborated SP1's testimony - Whether magistrate erred in his findings - Whether magistrate had judicially appreciated evidence before him when concluding that prosecution had established a prima facie case
[2010] 1 LNS 1691	PP v. JAYAKUMAR SUBRAMANIAM & ORS	CRIMINAL LAW: Penal Code - ss. 302, 34 - Murder and act in furtherance of a common intention - Facts and circumstances based on SP12's testimony - Whether common intention of all three accused established to make them criminally liable for deceased's murder - Whether common intention developed instantly in the course of committing the offence - Whether three accused vicariously liable for what Mani did when he stabbed deceased after three accused had hit and slapped deceased due to a quarrel - Whether prosecution proved that deceased's death was caused by and resulted from the three accuseds' acts in furtherance of a common intention
[2010] 1 LNS 1706	PACIFIC POINT SDN BHD v. SUNWAY KERAMO SDN BHD	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Forum conveniens - Appeal to Judge in Chambers - Suits filed in the Kota Kinabalu and Shah Alam High Court - Defendant's application to set aside the writ and statement of claim on grounds that the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak had no jurisdiction to try the proceedings and that this High Court was not the proper and convenient forum dismissed by the Registrar - Sole Distributorship Agreement made in Petaling Jaya but the supply of the pipes and the alleged breach of agreement were in Sabah - Whether both the Kota Kinabalu and Shah Alam High Courts had jurisdiction to try case CIVIL PROCEDURE: Jurisdiction - Submission to jurisdiction - Defendant filed defence pursuant to Registrar's directions - Whether defendant submitted to the jurisdiction of the High Court at Kota Kinabalu and was estopped from making this application - Plaintiff appeared as defendant in the Shah Alam suit - Whether plaintiff submitted to the jurisdiction of the High Court at Shah Alam and was estopped from filing this suit in the High Court at Kota Kinabalu CIVIL PROCEDURE: Forum conveniens - Whether the court should exercise its discretion to allow defendant's application to set aside the writ and statement of claim on the doctrine of forum non conveniens - Issues concerned the sale and market coverage of pipes in Sabah - Whether more suitable or appropriate for the High Court at Kota Kinabalu to try this suit

CLJ 2013 Volume 2 (Part 2)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
Ramly Ali, Azhar Ma'ah, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim JJCA
(Administrative Law - Judicial review - Certiorari - Application under O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980 to challenge Industrial Court award) [2013] 2 CLJ 137 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Alagenthiran Muniandy lwn. Avadiammal Doraraj
Abd Rahman Abdol PK
(Undang-undang Keluarga; Prosedur Sivil - Pembubaran perkahwinan - Perintah dekri nisi - Permohonan mengetepikan perintah dekri nisi) [2013] 2 CLJ 155 [HC]

Mohamad Sabu lwn. PP
Mohd Amin Firdaus PK
(Prosedur Jenayah - Pertuduhan - Pertimbangan - Pertuduhan melibatkan isu sejarah - Pentafsiran) [2013] 2 CLJ 168 [HC]

Munafsya Sdn Bhd lwn. Proquaz Sdn Bhd
Tengku Maimun H
(Kontrak - Penamatan - Perjanjian perlesenan - Sama ada pra matang) [2013] 2 CLJ 189 [HC]

Murugayah R Narayanasamy v. Dato' Tan Ting Wong & Anor
Nik Hasmat Mohamad JC
(Legal Profession; Tort - Complaint against advocate and solicitor - Whether motivated by malicious intent) [2013] 2 CLJ 211 [HC]

Shameer Sdn Bhd v. Inter-Cultural Language School (M) Sdn Bhd
Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC
(Landlord And Tenant - Agreement - Construction - Determination - Double rent) [2013] 2 CLJ 219 [HC]

Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Taiko Plantations Sdn Bhd
Su Geok Yiam J
(Public Utilities - Electricity - Charges - Under billing - Whether meters tampered with) [2013] 2 CLJ 229 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Certiorari - Application under O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980 to challenge Industrial Court award - Whether reference to High Court on question of law should have been under s. 33A Industrial Relations Act 1967 - Whether s. 33A confined to reference on question of law and does not involve issues of facts, evidence and merits - Whether application under O. 53 correct mode
Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
(Ramly Ali, Azhar Ma'ah, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim JJCA) [2013] 2 CLJ 137 [CA]

LANDLORD AND TENANT

Agreement - Construction - Absence of term for mode of handing over vacant possession - Whether tenant's solicitor could hold keys to premises for onward transfer to landlord - Whether accepted mode
Shameer Sdn Bhd v. Inter-Cultural Language School (M) Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2013] 2 CLJ 219 [HC]

Determination - Double rent - Claim for - Failure to deliver vacant possession - Whether entitled as of right - Whether there was holding over by tenant - Whether delay in getting vacant possession of premises attributable to landlord - Whether landlord's failure to mitigate losses negated claim for damages and double rental
Shameer Sdn Bhd v. Inter-Cultural Language School (M) Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2013] 2 CLJ 219 [HC]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Complaint against advocate and solicitor - Client and solicitor - Whether motivated by malicious intent - Whether frivolous and unreasonable - Whether to pressure advocate and solicitor to withdraw suit against client - Whether advocate and solicitor's reputation and integrity tarnished - Legal Profession Act 1976, ss. 94(3)(m), 99(1), 103D
Murugayah R Narayanasamy v. Dato' Tan Ting Wong & Anor
(Nik Hasmat Mohamad JC) [2013] 2 CLJ 211 [HC]

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Electricity - Charges - Under billing - Shortfall in billing for electricity consumed over five years and two months - Faulty electricity meter - Whether meters tampered with - Whether meters fixed and checked routinely - Whether readings on meter and amounts in monthly bills correct - Whether faults in meter due to plaintiff's negligence - Whether plaintiff estopped from claiming for shortfall in billing - Whether claim illegal and barred by limitation
Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Taiko Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Su Geok Yiam J) [2013] 2 CLJ 229 [HC]

TORT

Malicious prosecution - Want of reasonable and probable cause - Lodgment of complaint against advocate and solicitor with Disciplinary Board - Whether complaint motivated by malicious intent - Whether complaint frivolous and unreasonable - Whether advocate and solicitor suffered damage to professional career and reputation
Murugayah R Narayanasamy v. Dato' Tan Ting Wong & Anor
(Nik Hasmat Mohamad JC) [2013] 2 CLJ 211 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KONTRAK

Penamatan - Perjanjian perlesenan - Defendan pemilik perniagaan sistem pendidikan Islam - Kegagalan mendaftarkan perniagaan dengan Kementerian Pendidikan - Sama ada kegagalan pendaftaran menafikan defendan hak menawarkan lesen perniagaan kepada plaintif - Sama ada pendaftaran adalah keperluan mandatori - Sama ada plaintif bertanggungjawab mendapatkan lesen - Sama ada penamatan perjanjian oleh plaintif adalah pra matang - Akta Pendidikan 1996, ss. 20(1), 79
Munafsya Sdn Bhd lwn. Proquaz Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Maimun H) [2013] 2 CLJ 189 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Pertuduhan - Pertimbangan - Pertuduhan melibatkan isu sejarah - Pentafsiran - Sama ada mahkamah forum yang sesuai dan mempunyai kepakaran dalam soal pentafsiran sejarah - Sama ada pertuduhan tidak boleh diadili oleh mahkamah - Sama ada pertuduhan menindas dan penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Sama ada isu pentafsiran sejarah merupakan perkara untuk dibicarakan
Mohamad Sabu lwn. PP
(Mohd Amin Firdaus PK) [2013] 2 CLJ 168 [HC]

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Saman dalam kamar - Permohonan mengetepikan perintah dekri nisi - Dekri nisi berdasarkan petisyen bersama suami dan isteri untuk perceraian - Sama ada suatu penghakiman persetujuan - Sama ada perlu memfailkan tindakan baru dan bukan melalui saman dalam kamar - Sama ada mahkamah functus officio - Sama ada suami mempunyai alasan kuat dan kukuh mengetepikan dekri nisi - Sama ada permohonan suatu penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah
Alagenthiran Muniandy lwn. Avadiammal Doraraj
(Abd Rahman Abdol PK) [2013] 2 CLJ 155 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA

Pembubaran perkahwinan - Perintah dekri nisi - Permohonan membatalkan - Dekri nisi berdasarkan petisyen bersama suami dan isteri untuk perceraian - Sama ada suatu penghakiman persetujuan - Sama ada perlu memfailkan tindakan baru dan bukan melalui saman dalam kamar - Sama ada mahkamah functus officio - Sama ada suami mempunyai alasan kuat dan kukuh mengetepikan perintah dekri nisi - Sama ada permohonan suatu penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah
Alagenthiran Muniandy lwn. Avadiammal Doraraj
(Abd Rahman Abdol PK) [2013] 2 CLJ 155 [HC]

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