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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2007, Issue 16

4 May 2007

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New This Week -	1. CLJ May (Part 1) 2007
	2. CLJ Supp May (Part 1) 2007

1. CLJ May (Part 1) 2007

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Liability of agent - Director of company - Construction of terms "agent" and "merchant" under s. 183(a) Contracts Act 1950) [2007] 3 CLJ 1

Heng Yea Lee & Anor v. Cheah Cheng Lan
(Members' rights - Oppression - Contracts Act 1950, s. 24 - Racing (Totalisator Board) Act 1961, ss. 9, 16) [2007] 3 CLJ 16

Jetara Sdn Bhd v. Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Building contract - Claim for work done - Summary judgment) [2007] 3 CLJ 41

HIGH COURT

Courts Mammoth Bhd v. Subramaniam Paramasivam
(Civil procedure - Extension of time - Application for) [2007] 3 CLJ 59

Izzap Ltd v. Yeoh Jin Beng & Ors
(Examination of witness - Application under O. 39 rr. 1 and 2 Rules of the High Court 1980) [2007] 3 CLJ 71

Kamalanathan Ponnumbalan v. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Electricity - Charges - Electricity Supply Act 1990, ss. 30(1), 32) [2007] 3 CLJ 83

Kamra Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Mulia Cemerlang Sdn Bhd
(Land law - Private caveat - Extension, application for) [2007] 3 CLJ 93

SUBJECT INDEX

AGENCY

Liability of agent - Director of company - Claim against agent - Construction of terms "agent" and "merchant" under s. 183(a) Contracts Act 1950 - Whether agent personally liable for breach of agreement - Contracts Act 1950, s. 183(a)
George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Striking out - Grounds for - Agency - Claim against agent - Contracts Act 1950, s. 183(a) - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19
George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

Summary judgment - Contract - Claim for work done - Completion of sub-contract works and rectification of defects - Whether there were bona fide triable issues - Progress payment certificates - Release of retention money - Unauthorized deduction - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 14
Jetara Sdn Bhd v. Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Zainun Ali & Hasan Lah JJCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 41 [CA]

Time - Extension of time - Application for - Failure to file affidavit-in-reply within time frame fixed by court - Whether entirely due to extraneous circumstances - Justice of case - Whether there were any exceptional circumstances to refuse application - Whether delay in filing application a non-issue
Courts Mammoth Bhd v. Subramaniam Paramasivam
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2007] 3 CLJ 59 [HC]

Trial - Witness - Examination of witness - Application under O. 39 rr. 1 and 2 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Depositions to be taken - Person examined out of jurisdiction - Whether witness abroad unwilling to give evidence at trial - Whether application ought to be granted
Izzap Ltd v. Yeoh Jin Beng & Ors
(Kang Hwee Gee J) [2007] 3 CLJ 71 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Agency - Director - Liability of agent - Construction of terms "agent" and "merchant" under s. 183(a) Contracts Act 1950 - Whether agent personally liable for breach of agreement - Contracts Act 1950, s. 183(a)
George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

Members' rights - Oppression - Respondent and 1st appellant both equal shareholders and directors of company - 1st appellant brought 2nd appellant into company as nominee director - Whether 1st and 2nd appellants conducted affairs of company in a manner oppressive and prejudicial to respondent - Companies Act 1965, s. 181(1)(a), (b)
Heng Yea Lee & Anor v. Cheah Cheng Lan
(Mokhtar Sidin, Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin & Suriyadi Halim Omar JJCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 16 [CA]

CONTRACT

Agency - Claim against agent - Director - Rights and liabilities of agent - Construction of terms "agent" and "merchant" under
s. 183(a) Contracts Act 1950 - Whether agent personally liable for breach of agreement - Contracts Act 1950, s. 183(a)
George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

Breach - Action for damages - Public utilities - Supplier disconnected supply of electricity after refusal by consumer to pay charges - Whether a breach of contract by supplier - Electricity Supply Act 1990, ss. 30(1), 32
Kamalanathan Ponnumbalan v. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(KP Gengadharan J) [2007] 3 CLJ 83 [HC]

Building contract - Claim for work done - Completion of sub-contract works and rectification of defects - Summary judgment - Whether there were bona fide triable issues - Progress payment certificates - Release of retention money - Unauthorized deduction - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 14
Jetara Sdn Bhd v. Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Zainun Ali & Hasan Lah JJCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 41 [CA]

Illegality - Gaming or wagering - Licences issued under personal names of respondent, 1st and 2nd appellants - Agency agreements executed between them and company creating a trust in favour of company - Whether assignment of rights to company a contravention of law - Contracts Act 1950, s. 24 - Racing (Totalisator Board) Act 1961, ss. 9, 16
Heng Yea Lee & Anor v. Cheah Cheng Lan
(Mokhtar Sidin, Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin & Suriyadi Halim Omar JJCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 16 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Witness - Examination of witness - Application under O. 39 rr. 1 and 2 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Depositions to be taken - Person examined out of jurisdiction - Whether witness abroad unwilling to give evidence at trial - Whether application ought to be granted
Izzap Ltd v. Yeoh Jin Beng & Ors
(Kang Hwee Gee J) [2007] 3 CLJ 71 [HC]

LAND LAW

Caveat - Private caveat - Extension, application for - Right to enter caveat on land - Whether defendant's caveatable interest in land expressly agreed to by plaintiff
Kamra Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Mulia Cemerlang Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing J) [2007] 3 CLJ 93 [HC]

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Electricity - Charges - Refusal of consumer to pay - Supplier disconnected supply of electricity - Whether a breach of contract by supplier - Defamation - Damages - Electricity Supply Act 1990, ss. 30(1), 32
Kamalanathan Ponnumbalan v. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(KP Gengadharan J) [2007] 3 CLJ 83 [HC]

TORT

Damages - Defamation - Public utilities - Supplier disconnected supply of electricity after refusal by consumer to pay charges - Whether notices to disconnect and acts of disconnection considered defamatory to consumer - Electricity Supply Act 1990, ss. 30(1), 32
Kamalanathan Ponnumbalan v. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(KP Gengadharan J) [2007] 3 CLJ 83 [HC]

WORDS & PHRASES

"agent" and "merchant" - Construction and meaning of - Contracts Act 1950, s. 183(a)
George Wong Siu Cheng v. Amcan Sdn Bhd
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JCA) [2007] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

2. CLJ Supp May (Part 1) 2007

COURT

HIGH COURT

Annantan Subramaniam v. PP
(Criminal procedure - Sentence - Appeal against - Offences under ss. 376 and 326 Penal Code) [2007] 8 CLJ 1

Kamalul Annuar Abdul Rahman v. First Taz Money Brokers Sdn Bhd
(Civil procedure - Action - Damages) [2007] 8 CLJ 10

Mohammed Akbar Baba v. New Straits Times Press
(Tort - Defamation - Publication of letter in newspaper - Whether complaints and insinuations contained therein refer to plaintiff) [2007] 8 CLJ 16

PP lwn. Mohan Dass Ganesan
(Undang-undang jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Prima facie) [2007] 8 CLJ 23

Semenda Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi lwn. CD Anugerah Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi
(Kontrak - Akujanji - Kemungkiran - Gantirugi kemungkiran akujanji) [2007] 8 CLJ 36

Tiong Lee Sung v. B I G Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Land law - Sale of land - Sale by auction - Setting aside - Material irregularity) [2007] 8 CLJ 45

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Damages - Claim for damages for wrongful dismissal - Plaintiff dismissed by defendant as chief executive officer of company - Right to sue for wrongful dismissal - Whether plaintiff estopped from filing action in view of consent judgment handed down - Whether plaintiff obliged to make complaint under s. 20 Industrial Relations Act 1967 - Fung Keong Rubber Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd v. Lee Eng Kiat & Ors - Whether plaintiff restricted from filing civil suit
Kamalul Annuar Abdul Rahman v. First Taz Money Brokers Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 8 CLJ 10 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Sentence - Appeal against - Offences under ss. 376 and 326 Penal Code - Rape and causing grievous hurt - Cumulative sentences - Whether should have been passed - Whether there were extenuating circumstances - Whether right and proper case to vary effective sentence to maximum
Annantan Subramaniam v. PP
(Jeffrey Tan J) [2007] 8 CLJ 1 [HC]

LAND LAW

Sale of land - Sale by auction - Setting aside - Beneficial interest - Claim for - Whether supporting documents produced - Doctrine of resulting trust - Whether could impeach title shown on register - Asserting beneficial interest in land through concept of resulting trust - Whether equitable claim would not vitiate the sale - Whether there was material irregularity in conduct of sale - Sarawak Land Code (Cap 81)
Tiong Lee Sung v. B I G Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Clement Skinner J) [2007] 8 CLJ 45 [HC]

Sale of land - Sale by auction - Setting aside - Material irregularity in conduct of sale - Allegation of - Whether 10% of purchase price paid on fall of hammer constituted material irregularity - Whether successful purchaser should have been required to pay 25% - Request for reduction by Sarawak Land Association and agreement of registrar to said request - Whether bona fide - Whether irregularity or injustice occasioned by registrar's exercise of discretion to reduce amount payable - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 30 r. 14(3) - Sarawak Land Code (Cap 81)
Tiong Lee Sung v. B I G Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Clement Skinner J) [2007] 8 CLJ 45 [HC]

Sale of land - Sale by auction - Setting aside - Material irregularity in conduct of sale - Allegation of - Whether sold at grossly undervalued price - Whether there was duty or obligation on registrar to inspect land - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 30 r. 14(1), (2), (3) - Whether there was material irregularity by registrar or government valuer - Whether there was injustice caused to appellants - Sarawak Land Code (Cap 81)
Tiong Lee Sung v. B I G Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Clement Skinner J) [2007] 8 CLJ 45 [HC]

TORT

Defamation - Publication of letter in newspaper - Whether complaints and insinuations contained therein refer to plaintiff - Whether expressly directed at plaintiff - Whether a reasonable reader would believe and understand letter to be defamatory of plaintiff
Mohammed Akbar Baba v. New Straits Times Press
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 8 CLJ 16 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KONTRAK

Akujanji - Kemungkiran - Gantirugi kemungkiran akujanji - Tuntutan - Sama ada akujanji diberikan oleh defendan kedua atas sifatnya sendiri atau bagi pihak anak guamnya - Sama ada defendan kedua mempunyai apa-apa obligasi untuk menunaikan akujanji tersebut atas kapasitinya sendiri - Tuntutan terhadap defendan kedua - Sama ada gagal
Semenda Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi lwn. CD Anugerah Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi
(Sulaiman Daud H) [2007] 8 CLJ 36 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Prima facie - Pembuktian - Pembuktian kes prima facie di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Elemen-elemen penting - Mens rea - Sama ada dibuktikan - Faktor-faktor persekitaran - Elemen provokasi - Sama ada ujud - Sama ada perbuatan tertuduh tanpa dirancang - Sama ada tidak wajar untuk bergantung kepada takrifan s. 300(d) Kanun Keseksaan - Pembuktian 'actus reus' tanpa elemen 'mens rea' - Sama ada mencukupi untuk mensabitkan tertuduh di bawah tuduhan membunuh bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada satu kes 'prima facie' di bawah s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan dibuktikan
PP lwn. Mohan Dass Ganesan
(Abd Halim Aman PK) [2007] 8 CLJ 23 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Dituduh dengan kesalahan membunuh - Prima facie - Elemen-elemen penting - Mens rea - Sama ada dibuktikan - Faktor-faktor persekitaran - Elemen provokasi - Sama ada ujud - Sama ada perbuatan tertuduh tanpa dirancang - Sama ada tidak wajar untuk bergantung kepada takrifan s. 300(d) Kanun Keseksaan - Pembuktian 'actus reus' tanpa elemen 'mens rea' - Sama ada mencukupi untuk mensabitkan tertuduh di bawah tuduhan membunuh bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada satu kes 'prima facie' di bawah s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan dibuktikan
PP lwn. Mohan Dass Ganesan
(Abd Halim Aman PK) [2007] 8 CLJ 23 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

SUBASHINI RAJASINGAM v. SARAVANAN THANGATHORAY (NO 2)

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Erinford injunction - Application for - Jurisdiction and power of Court of Appeal to issue Erinford injunction - Status quo of parties - Leave to appeal - Exercise of discretion - Balance of justice - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 44, 80, 96(a) - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 3

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