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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2006, Issue 13
7 April 2006

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

CLJ Supp March (Part 2) 2006

COURT

HIGH COURT

BHLB Trustee Berhad & Anor v. HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad & Ors
(Civil procedure - Pleadings - Statement of claim) [2006] 5 CLJ 381

Kotak Malaysia (Kom) Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Insurans Sdn Bhd
(Insurance law - Marine insurance - Damage to goods) [2006] 5 CLJ 398

PP v. An Kee Cheng & Another Case
(Criminal procedure - Jurisdiction of court - Magistrate's court) [2006] 5 CLJ 427

PP v. Ee Boon Keat
(Criminal law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) [2006] 5 CLJ 436

Samanda Holdings Berhad v. Sakullah Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil procedure - Res judicata - Estoppel) [2006] 5 CLJ 459

Tan Tak & Ors v. Mahabuilders Sdn Bhd
(Land law - Acquisition of land - Acquisition by corporation) [2006] 5 CLJ 490

COMMONWEALTH REPORT

Lee Ah Lai v. Hj Sirat Duah
(Damages - Personal injuries - Pain and suffering) [2006] 5 CLJ 505

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Pleadings - Statement of claim - Striking out - Application for - Failure to allege malice - Whether plaintiffs failed to set out a cause of action against third defendant - Third defendant wrote alleged libelous letter in capacity as managing director of first defendant - Whether third defendant had prima facie defence of privilege - Whether cause of action in defamation would lie against an employee - Whether plaintiffs' claim and action against third defendant struck out
BHLB Trustee Berhad & Anor v. HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2006] 5 CLJ 381 [HC]

Res judicata - Estoppel - Action - Whether plaintiff can maintain and continue with action on existing statement of claim after execution of a settlement agreement and transfer of shares - Whether subject matter of suit ceased to exist - Whether plaintiff had estopped itself from exercising its alleged right of election under new deed of settlement - Whether suit dismissed
Samanda Holdings Berhad v. Sakullah Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2006] 5 CLJ 459 [HC]

Summons in chambers - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 14A & O. 33 r. 2 - Determination of question of law - Whether plaintiff can maintain and continue with action on existing statement of claim after execution of a settlement agreement and transfer of shares - Res judicata - Estoppel - Whether plaintiff estopped from doing so
Samanda Holdings Berhad v. Sakullah Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2006] 5 CLJ 459 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) - Trafficking - Whether proved - Police informer - Protection of - Section 40(1) - Whether informer legally competent to be a witness - Failure of prosecution to call informer as witness - Whether fatal - Whether prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt
PP v. Ee Boon Keat
(Augustine Paul J) [2006] 5 CLJ 436 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Jurisdiction of court - Magistrate's court - Transmission of cases to High Court - Whether consent of public prosecutor must be obtained - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, ss. 39B & 41A - Federal Constitution, art. 145 - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 177A, 376(1)
PP v. An Kee Cheng & Another Case
(Zaharah Ibrahim JC) [2006] 5 CLJ 427 [HC]

Police informer - Protection of - Section 40(1) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Role of informer - Whether an agent provocateur - Whether legally competent to be a witness - Failure of prosecution to call informer as witness - Whether fatal - Whether prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt
PP v. Ee Boon Keat
(Augustine Paul J) [2006] 5 CLJ 436 [HC]

DAMAGES

Personal injuries - Personal injuries causing death - Pain and suffering - Deceased died instantly in collision - Whether there was evidence deceased was conscious between time of infliction of personal injuries and time of death - Whether there was basis for an award of damages for pain and suffering - Dependency claims - Assessment of
Lee Ah Lai v. Hj Sirat Duah
(David John Leonard JC) [2006] 5 CLJ 505 [HC,Brunei]

INSURANCE LAW

Marine insurance - Construction of policy - Open cover policy - Purport of - Whether off-cover policy could contradict terms and conditions of marine open-cover policy - Whether terms of marine open-cover policy prevails - Whether a mistake in off-cover policy can be rectified to reflect terms of marine open-cover policy - Whether court empowered to rectify - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 30 - Whether off-cover policy terminated when goods delivered to warehouse in Port Klang
Kotak Malaysia (Kom) Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Insurans Sdn Bhd
(Ramly Ali J) [2006] 5 CLJ 398 [HC]

Marine insurance - Damage to goods - Claim for loss - Open cover policy - Purport of - Whether off-cover policy could contradict terms and conditions of marine open-cover policy - Whether terms of marine open-cover policy prevails - Whether a mistake in off-cover policy can be rectified to reflect terms of marine open-cover policy - Whether court empowered to rectify - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 30 - Whether off-cover policy terminated when goods delivered to warehouse in Port Klang
Kotak Malaysia (Kom) Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Insurans Sdn Bhd(Ramly Ali J) [2006] 5 CLJ 398

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Acquisition by corporation - Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad acquired charged land and sold it together with 305 units of ‘unsold units' of apartments to defendant - Plaintiffs' claims of entitled ownership of units free of charge from defendant - Some claims based on S&Ps entered into after entire asset vested in Danaharta - Whether claims could form the basis of any ‘disclosed' claim against Danaharta under s. 14 of the Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad Act 1998 - Whether Danaharta passed on the disclosed claims of the plaintiffs to the defendant under s. 19(3) of the Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad Act 1998 - Whether orders sought by plaintiffs unsustainable
Tan Tak & Ors v. Mahabuilders Sdn Bhd
(Kang Hwee Gee J) [2006] 5 CLJ 490 [HC]

TORT

Defamation - Libel - Allegation of - Alleged libelous letter written in third defendant's course of employment - Whether cause of action in defamation would lie against an employee - Whether third defendant had prima facie defence of privilege
BHLB Trustee Berhad & Anor v. HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2006] 5 CLJ 381 [HC]

CLJ April (Part 1) 2006

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya v. Steven Phoa Cheng Loon & Ors
(Tort - Damages - Negligence - Immunity under s. 95(2) Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974) [2006] 2 CLJ 1

Loh Hoot Yeang v. Derrick Edwin David
(Specific performance - Sale and purchase of property – Estoppel - Limitation) [2006] 2 CLJ 66

Keluarga Communication Sdn Bhd v. Normala Samsudin & Another Appeal
(Tort - Defamation - Libel in article - Objective test to be used) [2006] 2 CLJ 46

JT International Tobacco Sdn Bhd v. Lau Thow Sin
(Certiorari, application for - Backwages - Reinstatement - Practice Note No. 1 of 1987) [2006] 2 CLJ 79

RHB Capital Berhad v. Tan Sri Dato' Abdul Rashid Hj Mohamed Hussain
(Company law - Directors - Resignation of director - Compensation payable - Companies Act 1965, s. 137(1)) [2006] 2 CLJ 91

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Remedies - Certiorari, application for - To quash part of Industrial Court award - Backwages - Reinstatement - Practice Note No. 1 of 1987 - Whether Industrial Court erred in law
JT International Tobacco Sdn Bhd v. Lau Thow Sin
(Raus Sharif J) [2006] 2 CLJ 79 [CA]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Suits against directors - Resignation of director - Compensation payable - Validity - Interpretations of clauses in service contract regarding compensation payments - Companies Act 1965, s. 137(1)
RHB Capital Berhad v. Tan Sri Dato' Abdul Rashid Hj Mohamed Hussain
(Zainun Ali J) [2006] 2 CLJ 91 [CA]

CONTRACT

Specific performance - Sale and purchase of property - Whether there was a concluded contract - Whether merely a tenancy agreement - Estoppel - Limitation - Whether claim by respondent time-barred
Loh Hoot Yeang v. Derrick Edwin David
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Richard Malanjum & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2006] 2 CLJ 66 [CA]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Dismissal - Application for certiorari to quash part of Industrial Court award - Backwages - Reinstatement - Practice Note No. 1 of 1987 - Whether Industrial Court erred in law
JT International Tobacco Sdn Bhd v. Lau Thow Sin
(Raus Sharif J) [2006] 2 CLJ 79 [CA]

LIMITATION

Specific performance - Property, sale and purchase of - Whether there was a concluded contract - Estoppel - Whether claim by respondent time-barred
Loh Hoot Yeang v. Derrick Edwin David
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Richard Malanjum & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2006] 2 CLJ 66 [CA]

TORT

Damages - Assessment - Aggravated damages - Whether defence of justification pleaded - Whether untruth of matter complained of to be considered in awarding aggravated damages
Keluarga Communication Sdn Bhd v. Normala Samsudin & Another Appeal
(Abdul Aziz Mohamad, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Zulkefli Makinudin JJCA) [2006] 2 CLJ 46 [CA]

Damages - Negligence - Immunity under s. 95(2) Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 - Economic loss - Liability of joint tortfeasors - Public law
Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya v. Steven Phoa Cheng Loon & Ors
(Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Arifin Zakaria FCJJ) [2006] 2 CLJ 1 [CA]

Defamation - Libel - Libel in article - Whether statements defamatory - Article to be considered as a whole - Objective test to be used - Whether there was full and frank withdrawal of defamatory suggestions
Keluarga Communication Sdn Bhd v. Normala Samsudin & Another Appeal
(Abdul Aziz Mohamad, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Zulkefli Makinudin JJCA) [2006] 2 CLJ 46 [CA]

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