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[2011] 1 LNS 1503	LE HAZEN RESOURCES SDN BHD v. LAND ADMINISTRATOR OF FEDERAL TERRITORY KUALA LUMPUR	LAND LAW: Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fair and reasonable compensation to be awarded to applicant - Actual size of the land acquired - Whether area acquired was 59037.00 sq meters as stated in the gazette made pursuant to s. 8 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 - Category of land use not stated in the land title - Whether reference should be made to s. 53 of the National Land Code 1965 - Whether land was subject to an implied condition that it shall be used for building or agricultural purposes - Whether Government valuer erred in law or fact - Whether award of compensation of RM660.00 per sq meters was reasonable and within the law LAND LAW: Acquisition of land - Compensation - Land reference - Appeal - Whether decision regarding determination of compensation was final - Whether there was avenue to appeal from a decision of the Court on an award of compensation - Land Acquisition Act 1960, ss. 40D, 49
[2011] 1 LNS 1507	GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF KELANTAN v. PETROLEUM NASIONAL BERHAD & ANOR	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Discovery - Discovery of documents – Pending O. 14A application that would determine issue of liability - Whether nature and extent of the discovery sought by plaintiff was either relevant or necessary at this point in time - Whether a futile exercise if the court were to order discovery at this stage, when ultimately decision of O. 14A application went against plaintiff - Whether parties should proceed with O. 14A hearing as scheduled to prevent further waste of judicial time and costs
[2013] 1 LNS 541	AHMAD NAZARI ABD HAMID lwn. MENTERI DALAM NEGERI, MALAYSIA & YANG LAIN	PENAHANAN PENCEGAHAN: Perintah tahanan - Ketidakpatuhan prosedur - Sama ada perintah tahanan adalah defektif - Sama ada laporan penyiasatan telah dikemukakan oleh pegawai penyiasat polis mengikut kehendak s. 1 Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985 - Sama ada terdapat dua versi tarikh penerimaan laporan lengkap penyiasatan polis yang berbeza PENAHANAN PENCEGAHAN: Perintah tahanan - Permohonan untuk habeas corpus - Fakta untuk dipertimbangkan - Sama ada sebarang kecacatan yang berlaku semasa tahanan untuk tujuan siasatan relevan untuk dipertimbangkan dalam permohonan untuk habeas corpus
[2013] 1 LNS 1198	GLOVCO (M) SDN BHD v. ECOTHERM (TFT) SDN BHD	TORT: Negligence - Fire - Whether the Economizer owned and supplied by defendant was a factor in the cause of the fire at plaintiff's premises - Whether defendant owed a duty of care to plaintiff and/or was negligent in allowing the Economizer to be dismantled and removed from plaintiff's premises without notifying plaintiff's insurer, Alliance Insurance - Whether plaintiff's owed a duty to its own insurer and adjuster to get the insurer's approval before it instructed defendant to have the Economizer dismantled and removed - Whether defendant obliged to allow the adjuster appointed by Alliance Insurance to conduct further tests on the Economizer - Whether defendant as the owner of the Economizer was entitled to dismantle or dispose of the Economizer INSURANCE: Subrogation - Whether equitable for plaintiff to claim under doctrine of subrogation against defendant for the loss and damages for the acts of negligence - Whether Allianz Insurance had indemnified plaintiff - Whether plaintiff's insurer's right of subrogation even arose
[2014] 1 LNS 494	DATO' TEH HOCK SEONG v. SPICE GLOBAL SDN BHD & ORS	COMPANY LAW: Oppression - Conduct amounting to oppression - Failure to pay sums due to plaintiff and denial of plaintiff as a cheque signatory - Defendants refusal to pay collections from the restaurant business into new account which plaintiff would have access to - Whether plaintiff proved there was oppression, unfair discrimination and that the act complained of was prejudicial to him - Whether there was any trust or confidence in the relations between the parties to continue with the business arrangement

CLJ 2015 Volume 2 (Part 1)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Chong Boon Sim v. PP
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Whether charge based on joint charge or common intention - Failure to call material witness) [2015] 2 CLJ 1 [CA]

Leo Leslie Armstrong (Sebagai Presiden Dan Pemegang Jawatankuasa The Young Men's Christian Association Of Kuala Lumpur) (Persatuan Pemuda Kristian Kuala Lumpur) v. Jawatankuasa Kerja Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (Yang Dahulunya DiPegang Oleh Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor)
(Land Law; Limitation - Condition for subdivision - Application to declare change of land status ultra vires and unlawful - Whether application statute-barred) [2015] 2 CLJ 10 [CA]

PP v. Khoo Chong Ban
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Identity of exhibits - Whether exhibits had been tampered with) [2015] 2 CLJ 36 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Dr Gurmail Kaur Sadhu Singh v. Dr Teh Seong Peng & Anor
(Family Law - Divorce - Adultery - Maintenance - Matrimonial assets) [2015] 2 CLJ 42 [HC]

Kaniappa Selvarajoo lwn. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Yang Lain
(Undang-Undang Pentadbiran - Habeas corpus - Cabaran terhadap perintah tahanan) [2015] 2 CLJ 80 [HC]

Kerajaan Malaysia v. Cardigan Guards Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Terms - Construction - Clause in contract) [2015] 2 CLJ 86 [HC]

PP v. Ahmad Shahbudin Hussain
(Criminal Law - Mischief by fire - Whether ingredients of offence proved) [2015] 2 CLJ 92 [HC]

PP v. Nguyen Thi Huong
(Criminal Procedure - Appeal against sentence - Adequacy of sentence) [2015] 2 CLJ 102 [HC]

PP lwn. Redzohan Abdullah & Yang Lain
(Prosedur Jenayah - Pesalah muda - Kesahan keputusan Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen) [2015] 2 CLJ 109 [HC]

Prestige Global Resources Sdn Bhd v. Gabungan Hartamas Sdn Bhd
(Company Law; Evidence - Winding up - Disputed debt - Commercial solvency test - Legal professional privilege) [2015] 2 CLJ 116 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

COMPANY LAW

Winding up - Petition - Disputed debt - Claim by contractor for payment under construction agreement - Duly approved Interim Payment Certificates submitted for work done by contractor - Demand under s. 218(2)(a) of Companies Act 1965 issued without obtaining prior judgment - Whether bona fide dispute on debt shown - Whether respondent estopped from disputing debt due to dismissal of Fortuna injunction application - Whether creditor must obtain a monetary judgment before filing winding up petition - Whether debt admitted by respondent - Commercial solvency test - Whether respondent rebutted presumption of insolvency - Companies Act 1965, ss. 2181(e); (2)(a)
Prestige Global Resources Sdn Bhd v. Gabungan Hartamas Sdn Bhd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 116 [HC]

CONTRACT

Terms - Construction - Contract for security guard services - Clause in contract - Whether payment could be deducted for absent guard - Whether clause void and contravened s. 75 of the Contracts Act 1950
Kerajaan Malaysia v. Cardigan Guards Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy Suppiah JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 86 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 395.7g of methylenedioxymethamphetamine - 3,390 pills suspected to be drugs seized from plastic bag carried by respondent - 200 out of 3,390 pills missing and failed to be produced at trial - Whether shortfall explained by prosecution - Whether break in chain of evidence - Whether cast reasonable doubt on prosecution's case
PP v. Khoo Chong Ban
(Aziah Ali, Ahmadi Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 36 [CA]

Kidnapping Act 1961 - Section 3 - Offence of kidnapping - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Grounds of appeal - Whether charge based on joint charge or on common intention - Failure to call material witness - Whether absence of witness explained - Whether fatal to prosecution's case - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Chong Boon Sim v. PP
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 1 [CA]

Penal Code - Section 436 - Mischief by fire - Destruction of properties belonging to political party - Allegation of - Contradiction in oral evidence of eye witnesses - Whether testimony of witnesses supported prosecution's case - Whether respondent had intention to cause destruction to building - Whether "Markas BN" could be construed as building - Whether ingredients of offence proved
PP v. Ahmad Shahbudin Hussain
(Choo Kah Sing JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 92 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against acquittal - Trafficking in 395.7g of methylenedioxymethamphetamine - Doubt in drug exhibits - Whether there was break in chain of evidence affecting identity of exhibits - Whether exhibits had been tampered with - Whether gap in chain of evidence cast reasonable doubt on prosecution's case
PP v. Khoo Chong Ban
(Aziah Ali, Ahmadi Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 36 [CA]

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Grounds of appeal - Whether charge based on joint charge or on common intention - Whether charge defective and incurable - Whether ingredients to be proven in joint charge and charge with common intention different - Penal Code, s. 34
Chong Boon Sim v. PP
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 1 [CA]

Sentence - Appeal against sentence - Accused charged for smuggling of trophies of wild animals - Adequacy of sentence - Whether Sessions Court accorded sufficient consideration to public interest - Whether a deterrent sentence was necessary
PP v. Nguyen Thi Huong
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 102 [HC]

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Failure to call material witness - Whether prosecution had discretion in calling of witnesses - Whether adverse presumption should be invoked against prosecution - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Chong Boon Sim v. PP
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 1 [CA]

Documentary evidence - Extrinsic evidence - Admissibility - Claim by contractor for payment under construction agreement - Duly approved Interim Payment Certificates submitted for work done by contractor - Whether clauses in contract providing for conclusiveness of Interim Payment Certificates could be varied based upon quantity surveyor's letters - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 91 & 92
Prestige Global Resources Sdn Bhd v. Gabungan Hartamas Sdn Bhd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 116 [HC]

Exhibit - Identity of exhibits - Doubt in drug exhibits - 3,390 pills suspected to be drugs seized from plastic bag carried by respondent - 200 out of 3,390 pills missing and failed to be produced at trial - Whether break in movement of exhibits could be equated with break in chain of evidence - Whether trial judge correct in finding that exhibits had been tampered with
PP v. Khoo Chong Ban
(Aziah Ali, Ahmadi Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 36 [CA]

Privilege - Legal professional privilege - Without prejudice communications - Communication between solicitor and client - Letter exhibited in petitioner's affidavit - Failure to object by respondent - Whether respondent waived its right to object - Whether express consent required - Whether letter admissible - Evidence Act 1950, s. 126
Prestige Global Resources Sdn Bhd v. Gabungan Hartamas Sdn Bhd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 2 CLJ 116 [HC]

FAMILY LAW

Divorce - Petition - Breakdown of marriage - Adultery - Whether first respondent committed adultery with second respondent - Whether petitioner could be reasonably expected to live with first respondent - Whether marriage irretrievably broken down - Whether second respondent aided and abetted breakdown of marriage - Whether second respondent to pay damages to petitioner - Whether petitioner's drug abuse and unreasonable behaviour was cause of matrimonial breakdown - Whether marriage dissolved
Dr Gurmail Kaur Sadhu Singh v. Dr Teh Seong Peng & Anor
(Yaacob Md Sam J) [2015] 2 CLJ 42 [HC]

Divorce - Petition - Maintenance - Wife and children - Financial status of first respondent - Whether first respondent gave full and frank disclosure of income - Whether first respondent's adultery led to breakdown of marriage - Whether petitioner entitled to maintenance
Dr Gurmail Kaur Sadhu Singh v. Dr Teh Seong Peng & Anor
(Yaacob Md Sam J) [2015] 2 CLJ 42 [HC]

Divorce - Petition - Matrimonial assets - Division of - Medical clinics founded by parties during subsistence of marriage - Whether matrimonial properties jointly acquired - Whether parties reached agreement in relation to ownership of medical clinics - Whether agreement should be honoured - Employees' Provident Fund ('EPF') - Whether subjected to division - Whether parties entitled to retain respective EPF savings
Dr Gurmail Kaur Sadhu Singh v. Dr Teh Seong Peng & Anor
(Yaacob Md Sam J) [2015] 2 CLJ 42 [HC]

LAND LAW

Subdivision - Tenure - Application by registered owner to Collector of Land Revenue to subdivide freehold land - Condition for subdivision - Status of land changed from freehold to leasehold upon agreement by registered owner - Tenures of subdivided lots - Application by registered owner 45 years after subdivision to declare change of original land status ultra vires and unlawful - Whether Land Administrator had power to make applicant give up freehold title and receive leasehold title in exchange - Principle in Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Wilayah Persekutuan v. Sri Lempah Enterprise Sdn Bhd - Whether applicable - Whether retrospective - Whether action statute-barred
Leo Leslie Armstrong (Sebagai Presiden Dan Pemegang Jawatankuasa The Young Men's Christian Association Of Kuala Lumpur) (Persatuan Pemuda Kristian Kuala Lumpur) v. Jawatankuasa Kerja Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (Yang Dahulunya Di Pegang Oleh Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor)
(Alizatul Khair Osman, Mohtarudin Baki, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 10 [CA]

LIMITATION

Land - Division of land - Application by registered owner to Collector of Land Revenue to subdivide freehold land - Condition for subdivision - Status of landholding changed from freehold to leasehold upon agreement by registered owner - Tenures of lots - Application by registered owner 45 years after subdivision to declare change of original land status ultra vires and unlawful - Whether application statute-barred
Leo Leslie Armstrong (Sebagai Presiden Dan Pemegang Jawatankuasa The Young Men's Christian Association Of Kuala Lumpur) (Persatuan Pemuda Kristian Kuala Lumpur) v. Jawatankuasa Kerja Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (Yang Dahulunya Di Pegang Oleh Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor)
(Alizatul Khair Osman, Mohtarudin Baki, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA) [2015] 2 CLJ 10 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Hukuman - Pesalah muda - Kesahan keputusan Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen - Hukuman penjara dan sebatan dengan rotan nipis - Sama ada hukuman sebatan mematuhi peruntukan s. 287 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah - Sama ada hukuman sebatan boleh dilaksanakan di mahkamah terbuka
PP lwn. Redzohan Abdullah & Yang Lain
(Mohd Azman Husin H) [2015] 2 CLJ 109 [HC]

Semakan - Kesahan keputusan Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen - Pesalah muda dijatuhkan hukuman penjara dan sebatan dengan rotan nipis - Sama ada mahkamah mempunyai bidang kuasa untuk memberikan hukuman penjara dan pada masa yang sama menggunapakai peruntukan s. 293(1)(c) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah - Sama ada hukuman sebatan boleh dilaksanakan di mahkamah terbuka - Sama ada hukuman penjara harus diketepikan
PP lwn. Redzohan Abdullah & Yang Lain
(Mohd Azman Husin H) [2015] 2 CLJ 109 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN

Remedi-remedi - Habeas corpus - Cabaran terhadap perintah tahanan - Dakwaan ketidakpatuhan prosedur - Sama ada pendengaran representasi oleh Lembaga Penasihat sah - Sama ada pelantikan Pengerusi Lembaga Penasihat mematuhi per. 151(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan - Sama ada dakwaan ketidakpatuhan prosedur dipatahkan - Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985, s. 6(1)
Kaniappa Selvarajoo lwn. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Yang Lain
(Samsudin Hassan H) [2015] 2 CLJ 80 [HC]

ARTICLE

Legal Network Series Article(s)

1. EMPLOYMENT LAW
    IS THE PURCHASER IN A SPA OBLIGED TO OFFER CONTINUED
    EMPLOYMENT TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE VENDOR?* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: REENA ENBASEGARAM [2015] 1 LNS(A) xviii

2. THE IMPACT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT IN THE COMMUNITY* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: HEIDI YATES** [2015] 1 LNS(A) xix

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 765	Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 37/2015]	-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	Akta Cukai Barang Dan Perkhidmatan 2014	1 Julai 2014 - Bahagian I, II, IV, VI dan xviii, 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 dan 197, Jadual Pertama dan Jadual Kedua Akta mula berkuat kuasa; 1 April 2015 - Bahagian IX, XIII, xix and xixI, 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 dan 196, Jadual Ketiga dan Jadual Keempat Akta mula berkuat kuasa [PU(B) 319/2014]	-Nil-
ACT 762	Goods And Services Tax Act 2014	1 July 2014 - Parts I, II, IV, VI and xviii, 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, xix and xixI, 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-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1479	Registration Of Engineers (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 138
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

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 35/2015	Constitution Of The High Courts (Judicial Commissioner) Order 2015	18 February 2015	13 October 2014	ACT 000
PU(A) 34/2015	Unlawful Society Order 2015	16 February 2015	16 February 2015	ACT 335
PU(A) 33/2015	Medical (Amendment Of Second Schedule) Order 2015	16 February 2015	17 February 2015	ACT 50
PU(A) 32/2015	Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking Of Price-Controlled Goods) Order 2015	13 February 2015	14 February 2015 to 25 February 2015	ACT 723
PU(A) 31/2015	Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Determination Of Maximum Price) Order 2015	13 February 2015	14 February 2015 to 25 February 2015	ACT 723

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 53/2015	Appointment Under Section 3	23 February 2015	18 February 2015	ACT 19
PU(B) 52/2015	Appointment Under Section 3	23 February 2015	18 February 2015	ACT 19
PU(B) 51/2015	Determination Of Electoral Roll For The By-Election Of N. 06 Chempaka	18 February 2015	19 February 2015	PU(A) 293/2002
PU(B) 50/2015	Notice To Hold A By-Election Of A Member Of The Legislative Assembly Of The State Of Kelantan For The Constituency Of N. 06 Chempaka	18 February 2015	18 March 2015 and 22 March 2015	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 49/2015	Notification Under Subregulation 3(3)	18 February 2015	18 February 2015	PU(A) 185/2003

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