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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2006, Issue 14
14 April 2006

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CLJ Supp April (Part 1) 2006

COURT

HIGH COURT

Ah Poon & Ors v. PP
(Criminal procedure - Accused - Rights of accuseds to proper interpreter) [2006] 5 CLJ 521

Chase Perdana Bhd v. Md Afendi Hamdan
(Contract - Shares, sale and transfer of - Proposal rejected by Ministry of Finance) [2006] 5 CLJ 563

Chase Perdana Berhad v. Md Afendi Hamdan (No 2)
(Civil procedure - Execution - Stay) [2006] 5 CLJ 575

EON Bank Bhd v. Edwina Lau
(Civil procedure - Action - Res judicata) [2006] 5 CLJ 583

Yayasan Pelajaran Bahagian Pertama Sarawak v. Lim Teck Hai & Ors
(Civil procedure - Summary proceedings - Possession of land) [2006] 5 CLJ 595

Yazid Sufaat & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia
(Constitutional law - Fundamental liberties - Right to vote) [2006] 5 CLJ 606

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Res judicata - Applicability - Issues - Foreclosure action - Whether a final judgment - Whether an enforcement of a statutory right - Whether doctrine of res judicata could succeed as a defence to the action - Low Lee Lian v. Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd - Land Code (Cap 81) (Sarawak), s. 148(2)(c) - Limitation Ordinance (cap 49) (Sarawak), Item 115
EON Bank Bhd v. Edwina Lau
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2006] 5 CLJ 583 [HC]

Execution - Stay - Application for stay pending appeal - Whether appeal, if successful, would be rendered nugatory if stay not granted - Whether there was risk of assets being disposed - Special circumstances - Whether established
Chase Perdana Berhad v. Md Afendi Hamdan (No 2)
(Linton Albert J) [2006] 5 CLJ 575 [HC]

Summary proceedings - Possession of land - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 89 - Whether applicable - Whether defendants’ occupation of concerned portions on lands with licence or consent - Whether a triable issue was raised - Whether there was an abuse of the process of the court - Whether originating summons to be converted into writ action
Yayasan Pelajaran Bahagian Pertama Sarawak v. Lim Teck Hai & Ors
(Lau Bee Lan J) [2006] 5 CLJ 595 [HC]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Fundamental liberties - Right to vote - Applicants detainees under ISA in Kamunting - Unable to cast votes on day of election - Whether a denial of their rights - Whether Election Commission violated applicants’ constitutional rights under art. 119 Federal Constitution - Whether applicants’ right to vote must be at particular constituency where they are registered as electors - Whether there was a duty on the Election Commission to facilitate casting of votes by bringing applicants to respective constituencies - Whether applicants qualified to be postal voters under Regulation 3(1) of the Election (Postal Voting) Regulations 2003 - Whether the Election Commission had violated the applicants’ rights under art. 8 and 10 of the Federal Constitution
Yazid Sufaat & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia
(Raus Sharif J) [2006] 5 CLJ 606 [HC]

CONTRACT

Shares, sale and transfer of - Sale and purchase agreement - Proposal rejected by Ministry of Finance - Plaintiff commenced action for refund of RM1 million - Whether plaintiff was in breach of the condition precedent requiring it to make application to Ministry of Finance for approval - Whether defendant established its counterclaim on a balance of probabilities
Chase Perdana Bhd v. Md Afendi Hamdan
(Linton Albert J) [2006] 5 CLJ 563 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Accused - Police report - Contained serious allegations - Whether highly prejudicial and inadmissible - Whether contents of police report explained to the accuseds - Whether accusations relevant to the charge - Whether ought to have been disallowed or rejected by Magistrate
Ah Poon & Ors v. PP
(VT Singham J) [2006] 5 CLJ 521 [HC]

Accused - Rights of accuseds to proper interpreter - Accuseds of Thai Origin - Policeman directed to be interpreter - Whether an irregular and improper exercise - Accuseds deprived of a certified Thai interpreter - Whether a breach of a substantive right of doctrine of procedural fairness
Ah Poon & Ors v. PP
(VT Singham J) [2006] 5 CLJ 521 [HC]

Charge - Defective charge - Charge contained two distinct offences - Whether a duplicity of offence - Wording of charge - Whether misleading - National Registration Regulations 1990, s. 25(1)(e) - Whether accuseds could not plead guilty to a charge which was confusing - Whether charge bad for duplicity - Whether accuseds prejudiced - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 163
Ah Poon & Ors v. PP
(VT Singham J) [2006] 5 CLJ 521 [HC]

Revision - Magistrate’s decision - Plea of guilty of accuseds - Whether unsafe to sustain - Whether conviction constituted a miscarriage of justice - Whether charge against accuseds unsustainable - Retrial - Whether to be ordered - Whether not in the interest of justice to order retrial
Ah Poon & Ors v. PP
(VT Singham J) [2006] 5 CLJ 521 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

PP v. ABDUL MANAF MUHAMAD HASSAN

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in a dangerous drug - Whether totality of evidence could support a conviction under s. 39B(1)(a) despite misdirection

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