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[2010] 1 LNS 1812	SAPENA TOLAK v. ASNIN UJIP & ANOR	TORT: Negligence - Road accident - Contributory negligence - Whether deceased or 1st respondent wholly liable for accident - Whether 1st respondent contributed towards accident and deceased not solely to be blamed - Whether liability should be apportioned at 80% for appellant and 20% for respondents TORT: Vicarious liability - Road accident - Whether 2nd respondent vicariously liable for acts of their servant and/or agent, 1st respondent TORT: Negligence - Road accident - Finding that deceased wholly liable for accident - 1st respondent drove a heavy motor vehicle - Whether 1st respondent in breach of the Road Transport Rules 1959 - Whether 1st respondent negligent in emerging from slow lane to the fast lane to execute a U-turn without a proper lookout - Whether 1st respondent should have exercised extra care and caution
[2011] 1 LNS 1251	WELCO KITCHEN SDN BHD v. PE SETIA CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD	CONTRACT: Sale and purchase of property - Breach - Specific performance - Full purchase price settled - Non delivery of vacant possession - Whether there was delay by defendant or it's solicitors in forwarding redemption statement and security documents - Whether plaintiff or it's solicitors delayed making payment of balance of purchase price to defendant - Whether defendant or it's solicitors entitled to charge late payment interest on balance of purchase price - Whether plaintiff entitled to interest for late delivery of vacant possession - Whether defendant could withhold delivery of vacant possession although full purchase price paid by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff entitled to an order of specific performance against defendant for delivery of vacant possession of property
[2011] 1 LNS 1358	ISHAK ISMAIL v. KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD & ORS	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Striking out - Writ and statement of claim - Application for - Whether plaintiff's claim against defendants unsustainable and unlikely to succeed - Whether claim frivolous and vexatious - Whether action against defendants should be struck out CIVIL PROCEDURE: Res judicata - Issues, similarity of - Whether issues here were the same as those raised, litigated and adjudged until the Federal Court in Suit 1869 - Whether plaintiff's action caught by res judicata CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders - Judgment - Impeachment of - Whether there was intentional contrivance to keep plaintiff and the court ignorant of real facts and that judgment was obtained by "connivance" - Whether there was actual fraud on 1st defendant's part - Whether there was wilful concealment or suppression of evidence - Whether plaintiff showed he had a reasonable prospect of success and produced evidence of facts discovered since the judgment complained of - Whether judgment complained of was obtained by fraud or deceit - Whether there was abuse of process by 1st defendant in instituting Suit 1869 TORT: Conspiracy to injure - Bare allegation - No particulars of the purported conspiracy pleaded - Whether frivolous and vexatious
[2011] 1 LNS 1371	COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES SDN BHD v. SIOW BOON WOO	COMPANY LAW: Accounts - Financial position of company - Insolvency - Quick assets test - Whether current liabilities of the company exceeded current assets - Overall assets and liabilities test - Whether total liabilities of the company exceeded the total assets of the company - Whether the company was insolvent when the demand was made CONTRACT: Breach - Agreement - Put option agreement - Damages - Whether defendant's breach entitled plaintiff to substantial damages or nominal damages
[2011] 1 LNS 1372	JUBLILEE KARONOH v. AHMAD PATONG & ORS	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Case management - Directions made by trial judge during pre-trial case management - Failure to comply with direction on expert report - No witness statement by plaintiff given to defendants or the Court - Four trial dates vacated in the past - Whether plaintiff not serious about prosecution of case - Whether plaintiff's suit should be struck out for non compliance of Court's directions during case management

CLJ 2013 Volume 2 (Part 4)

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Pembinaan Perwira Harta Sdn Bhd v. Letrikon Jaya Bina Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Building sub-contract - Omission of sub-contract works) [2013] 2 CLJ 437 [FC]

Tong Soon Tiong & Ors v. FA Securities Sdn Bhd
(Bankruptcy; Evidence - Capacity of bankrupt - Competency to maintain an action) [2013] 2 CLJ 448 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Baharum Jusoh & Ors v. PP
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Sentencing - Appeals - Common intention) [2013] 2 CLJ 462 [CA]

Mohd Fazli Ismail & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Undang-Undang Jenayah; Keterangan - Kecederaan si mati - Saksi - Kredibiliti - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302) [2013] 2 CLJ 467 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Che Wan Lukman Che Wan Mansor v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Administrative Law - Remedies - Habeas corpus - Procedural non-compliance) [2013] 2 CLJ 527 [HC]

Mahfuz Omar v. Inspektor Mohd Zaid Madzizat & Ors & Another Case
(Criminal Procedure; Tort - Arrest - Damages - False imprisonment - Federal Constitution, art. 5(1)) [2013] 2 CLJ 541 [HC]

RHB Investment Bank Bhd & Ors v. Plaza Rakyat Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Banking; Limitation - Loan agreement - Accrual of cause of action - Acknowledgement) [2013] 2 CLJ 556 [HC]

Tokio Marine Insurans (Malaysia) Bhd v. WTS Electrical & Engineering SB & Anor
(Insurance - Motor insurance - Loss or damage to car - Reasonable precautions) [2013] 2 CLJ 595 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Remedies - Habeas corpus - Procedural non-compliance - Whether applicant duly served with documents - Whether there was breach of r. 5(1) Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Advisory Board Procedure) Rules 1987 - Whether arrest and detention of applicant done in accordance with s. 3(2)(c) Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 - Failure to cross out words "pagi/petang" - Whether gave rise to ambiguity as to time of service - Whether Inquiry Officer properly appointed - Whether applicant's continued detention rendered unlawful
Che Wan Lukman Che Wan Mansor v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Amelia Tee Abdullah J) [2013] 2 CLJ 527 [HC]

BANKING

Banks and banking business - Loan agreement - Default in loan drawdown - Limitation period - Whether limitation period six years - Whether claim within limitation period - Limitation Act 1953, ss. 6(1)(a), 21(1), 26(2) & 27(1)
RHB Investment Bank Bhd & Ors v. Plaza Rakyat Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof J) [2013] 2 CLJ 556 [HC]

BANKRUPTCY

Capacity of bankrupt - Competency to maintain an action - Whether sanction of Director General of Insolvency mandatory - Whether failure to obtain sanction rendered claim dismissed - Whether action fell under exception of s. 38 Bankruptcy Act 1967
Tong Soon Tiong & Ors v. FA Securities Sdn Bhd
(Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Sulong Matjeraie FCJJ) [2013] 2 CLJ 448 [FC]

CONTRACT

Building sub-contract - Omission of sub-contract works - Whether appellant entitled to omit works of respondent - Whether appellant could lawfully invoke cl. 19 of agreement to omit whole of sub-contract works resulting in termination of sub-contract - Whether cl. 19 a variation clause - Whether cl. 19 a separate and independent clause to reduce scope of sub-contract works
Pembinaan Perwira Harta Sdn Bhd v. Letrikon Jaya Bina Sdn Bhd
(Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Sulong Matjeraie FCJJ) [2013] 2 CLJ 437 [FC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 18,054 grams cannabis - Common intention - Failure by trial judge to address issue of common intention - Whether constituted misdirection - Whether appellate intervention warranted - Penal Code, s. 34
Baharum Jusoh & Ors v. PP
(KN Segara, Balia Yusof Wahi, Lim Yee Lan JJCA) [2013] 2 CLJ 462 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Arrest - Unlawful detention - Plaintiffs were Members of Parliament - Plaintiffs arrested before reaching venue where press conference was being held - Whether plaintiffs' arrest lawful - Whether plaintiffs' actions unlawful - Whether plaintiffs entitled to claim damages - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 105
Mahfuz Omar v. Inspektor Mohd Zaid Madzizat & Ors & Another Case
(Prasad Sandosham Abraham J) [2013] 2 CLJ 541 [HC]

Sentencing - Appeals - Appeal against conviction and sentence for drug trafficking - Common intention - Failure by trial judge to address issue of common intention - Whether constituted misdirection - Whether appellate intervention warranted - Penal Code, s. 34
Baharum Jusoh & Ors v. PP
(KN Segara, Balia Yusof Wahi, Lim Yee Lan JJCA) [2013] 2 CLJ 462 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Witness - Competency - Witness a bankrupt - Whether interested witness - Whether testimony required corroboration - Whether status as bankrupt rendered evidence inadmissible - Evidence Act 1950, s. 118
Tong Soon Tiong & Ors v. FA Securities Sdn Bhd
(Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Sulong Matjeraie FCJJ) [2013] 2 CLJ 448 [FC]

INSURANCE

Motor insurance - Loss or damage to car - Whether respondents took reasonable precautions to prevent loss of vehicles - Factors to consider - Whether evidence adduced to show that respondents' compound subject to theft - Whether respondents had been reckless
Tokio Marine Insurans (Malaysia) Bhd v. WTS Electrical & Engineering SB & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah J) [2013] 2 CLJ 595 [HC]

LIMITATION

Accrual of cause of action - Acknowledgement - Loan agreement - Default in loan drawdown - Limitation period - Whether limitation period six years - Whether claim within limitation period - Limitation Act 1953, ss. 6(1)(a), 21(1), 26(2) & 27(1)
RHB Investment Bank Bhd & Ors v. Plaza Rakyat Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof J) [2013] 2 CLJ 556 [HC]

TORT

Damages - False imprisonment - Plaintiffs were Members of Parliament - Plaintiffs arrested before reaching venue where press conference was being held - Whether plaintiffs' arrest under s. 105 Criminal Procedure Code lawful - Whether plaintiffs' actions unlawful - Whether plaintiffs' constitutional rights violated - Whether plaintiffs entitled to claim damages - Federal Constitution, art. 5(1)
Mahfuz Omar v. Inspektor Mohd Zaid Madzizat & Ors & Another Case
(Prasad Sandosham Abraham J) [2013] 2 CLJ 541 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Saksi - Kredibiliti - Tuduhan bunuh - Ujian bagi menerima keterangan seseorang saksi - Sama ada keterangan saksi utama pendakwaan tidak boleh dipercayai kerana terdapat percanggahan - Sama ada saksi seorang saksi berkepentingan
Mohd Fazli Ismail & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2013] 2 CLJ 467 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Bunuh - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Sama ada saksi pendakwaan tidak boleh dipercayai kerana terdapat percanggahan - Sama ada saksi pendakwaan saksi berkepentingan - Kecederaan si mati - Sama ada dilakukan dengan niat untuk membunuh - Sama ada ketiadaan kesan cap jari tertuduh menimbulkan keraguan munasabah - Sama ada keterangan mengenai pengakuan tertuduh boleh diterima
Mohd Fazli Ismail & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2013] 2 CLJ 467 [CA]

Legal Network Series Article

1. THE LAW OF DEFAMATION AND THE DEFENCE OF QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE ^{[Read excerpt]}
by: SOO SIEW MEI [2013] 1 LNS(A) xiii

2. IS YOUR BUSINESS COMPETITION LAW COMPLIANT? ^{[Read excerpt]}
by: RACHEL BURGESS* [2013] 1 LNS(A) xiv

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