CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 16
23 April 2010
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NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO PU(A) 108/2010 Custom Duties (Exemption) (Amendment) (No 2) Order 2010 12 April 2010 ACT 235 PU(A) 109/2010 Communications And Multimedia (Rates) (Amendment) Rules 2010 15 April 2010 ACT 588 PU(A) 110/2010 Securities Commission (Audit Oversight Board) (Fees) Regulations 2010 15 April 2010 ACT 498 PU(A) 111/2010 Road Transport (Prohibition Of Use Of Road) (Federal Roads) Order 2010 19 April 2010 ACT 333 PU(A) 112/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 16) Order 2010 19 April 2010 ACT 235 PU (B)
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COURT
FEDERAL COURT
PP v. Teong Lung Chiong & Ors
(Murder - Common intention - Cautioned statements, cumulative effect of) [2010] 4 CLJ 1
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Application to review decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges) [2010] 4 CLJ 25
COURT OF APPEAL
Chia Siew Li v. Liew Khey Cheong & Anor
(Succession - Distribution of estate) [2010] 4 CLJ 36
Folin & Brothers Sdn Bhd v. Wong Boon Sun & Ors And Another Appeal
(Contempt of court - Application to set aside leave) [2010] 4 CLJ 64
HIGH COURT
AXA Affin Assurance Bhd v. Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd
(Motor insurance - Indemnification) [2010] 4 CLJ 84
Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Raytheon Company
(Registered trade mark - Expungement) [2010] 4 CLJ 95
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Agent provocateur - Admissibility of evidence) [2010] 4 CLJ 110
Re Benjamin Taine & Anor
(Children - Adoption) [2010] 4 CLJ 126
SUBJECT INDEX
AGENCY
Liability of principal - Negligence - Application to set aside arbitrator's award allowing respondent's claim for indemnification under a private car insurance policy for loss of vehicle due to theft - Errors in law - Whether driver of vehicle an agent of respondent - Vicarious liability - Standard of care - Whether burden of proof on applicant to prove recklessness - Arbitration Act 1952, ss. 23, 24(2)
AXA Affin Assurance Bhd v. Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim J) [2010] 4 CLJ 84 [HC]
ARBITRATION
Award - Setting aside - Allegation of errors in law - Arbitrator allowed respondent's claim for indemnification under a private car insurance policy for loss of vehicle due to theft - Whether driver of vehicle an agent of respondent - Negligence - Vicarious liability - Standard of care - Whether burden of proof on applicant to prove recklessness - Arbitration Act 1952, ss. 23, 24(2)
AXA Affin Assurance Bhd v. Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim J) [2010] 4 CLJ 84 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Contempt of court - Application for leave - Statement supporting application, whether sufficiently particularised - Amended statement and supplementary affidavits filed subsequent to filing of original notice of motion - Whether in contravention of O. 52 r. 2(2) Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether affidavit verifying facts relied upon must be filed before application for leave is made - Whether non-compliance fatal - Whether deponents had personal knowledge of averments - Whether orders allegedly breached served personally on alleged contemnors
Folin & Brothers Sdn Bhd v. Wong Boon Sun & Ors And Another Appeal
(Denis Ong, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zaleha Zahari JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 64 [CA]
Contempt of court - Application to set aside leave - Respondents already filed affidavits in opposition to substantive notice of motion for committal order - Whether respondents precluded from filing application to set aside order granting leave to applicants - Whether court precluded from hearing respondents' application - Whether estoppel would apply
Folin & Brothers Sdn Bhd v. Wong Boon Sun & Ors And Another Appeal
(Denis Ong, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zaleha Zahari JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 64 [CA]
COMPANY LAW
Winding up - Liquidator - Application by liquidators to commit receivers and directors for contempt - Allegation that receivers and directors breached order restraining them from managing or dealing with company's assets - Allegation that confidential files respecting company's assets and agency contracts misused
Folin & Brothers Sdn Bhd v. Wong Boon Sun & Ors And Another Appeal
(Denis Ong, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zaleha Zahari JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 64 [CA]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Courts - Federal Court - Application to review decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Inherent power of court - Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Courts - Judicial power - Composition of Federal Court - Decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Courts of Judicature Act 1964,
ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Courts - Jurisdiction - Application to review decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Inherent power of Federal Court - Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Penal Code - Section 34 - Trafficking in cannabis in furtherance of a common intention - Evidence of agent provocateur - Whether failure by prosecution to lead said evidence fatal - Sale and purchase of drugs - Whether there was insufficient evidence to link drugs to both accused persons
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
Penal Code - Sections 302 and 34 - Murder - Common intention - Assessors - Cautioned statements, cumulative effect of - Confession of co-accused - Whether identification of who actually committed crime necessary - Circumstantial evidence - Findings of fact - Evidence Act 1950, s. 30
PP v. Teong Lung Chiong & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Judge - Quorum - Composition of Federal Court - Decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Judgment - Review, application for - Decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Inherent power of Federal Court - Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Jurisdiction of court - Federal Court - Application to review decision and order made by panel consisting of two judges - Whether there was a quorum failure - Inherent power of court - Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Prosecution - Witnesses - Agent provocateur - Whether prosecution's failure to lead evidence from agent provocateur fatal - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
Statements - Admissibility - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
Statements - Cautioned statement - Cumulative effect of cautioned statements - Confession of co-accused - Evidence Act 1950, s. 30 - Penal Code, ss. 34, 302
PP v. Teong Lung Chiong & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]
Trial - Assessors' opinions - Whether scrutiny of trial judge's judgment without taking into account that trial was with two assessors amounted to an error
PP v. Teong Lung Chiong & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]
Trial - Commencement of proceedings - Whether mere consideration of an application for adjournment set substantive matter in motion - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 74(1), 78(1)
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin v. Menteri Dalam Negeri
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak)) [2010] 4 CLJ 25 [FC]
Witness - Material witness - Agent provocateur - Whether prosecution's failure to lead evidence from agent provocateur fatal - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
EVIDENCE
Agent provocateur - Admissibility of evidence - Whether prosecution's failure to lead evidence from agent provocateur fatal - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
Statement - Cautioned statement - Cumulative effect of cautioned statements - Confession of co-accused - Evidence Act 1950, s. 30 - Penal Code, ss. 34, 302
PP v. Teong Lung Chiong & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]
Statement - Statement of person who could not be called as witness - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 110 [HC]
Witness - Prosecution's failure to call witness - Agent provocateur - Whether prosecution's failure to lead evidence from agent provocateur fatal - Admissibility of statement made by agent provocateur recorded under s. 112 Criminal Procedure Code - Evidence Act 1950, s. 32
PP v. Shah Rizan Ayoob Hussain & Anor
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]
FAMILY LAW
Adoption - Infant - Application made by residents of State of Sabah to adopt infant who was an offspring of a legal foreign worker - Whether infant a person residing in Sabah - Adoption Ordinance 1960, s. 4(5) - Immigration Regulations 1963, reg. 16 - Federal Constitution, art. 19
Re Benjamin Taine & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah J) [2010] 4 CLJ 126 [HC]
Children - Adoption - Application made by residents of State of Sabah to adopt infant who was an offspring of a legal foreign worker - Whether infant a person residing in Sabah - Adoption Ordinance 1960, s. 4(5) - Immigration Regulations 1963, reg. 16 - Federal Constitution, art. 19
Re Benjamin Taine & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah J) [2010] 4 CLJ 126 [HC]
Marriage - Customary marriage - "Comb-breaking" ceremony performed by plaintiff at wake of deceased - Whether constituted a customary marriage between plaintiff and deceased - Absence of expert evidence - Whether plaintiff a "spouse" of deceased within meaning in s. 6(1)(b) Distribution Act 1958
Chia Siew Li v. Liew Khey Cheong & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 36 [CA]
INSURANCE
Motor insurance - Indemnification - Application to set aside arbitrator's award allowing respondent's claim for indemnification under a private car insurance policy for loss of vehicle due to theft - Errors in law - Whether driver of vehicle an agent of respondent - Negligence - Vicarious liability - Standard of care - Whether burden of proof on applicant to prove recklessness - Arbitration Act 1952, ss. 23, 24(2)
AXA Affin Assurance Bhd v. Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim J) [2010] 4 CLJ 84 [HC]
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Construction of statutes - Aids to construction - Resort to a later Act of Parliament to fix interpretation of an earlier Act of Parliament - Conditions to be fulfilled - Distribution Act 1958,
s. 6(1)(b) - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 22(4), 27
Chia Siew Li v. Liew Khey Cheong & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 36 [CA]
SUCCESSION
Distribution of estate - Applicable law - Whether plaintiff entitled to one-half of deceased's estate - Meaning of "spouse" in s. 6(1)(b) Distribution Act 1958 - Whether provisions of a later Act of Parliament could be imported and applied to ascertain meaning - Customary marriage - Whether plaintiff a "spouse" of deceased - Distribution Act 1958, s. 6(1)(b) - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss. 22(4), 27
Chia Siew Li v. Liew Khey Cheong & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 36 [CA]
TORT
Negligence - Vicarious liability - Application to set aside arbitrator's award allowing respondent's claim for indemnification under a private car insurance policy for loss of vehicle due to theft - Errors in law - Whether driver of vehicle an agent of respondent - Standard of care - Whether burden of proof on applicant to prove recklessness - Arbitration Act 1952, ss. 23, 24(2)
AXA Affin Assurance Bhd v. Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim J) [2010] 4 CLJ 84 [HC]
TRADE MARKS
Infringement of registered trade mark and passing off - Application to rectify register by expunging trade mark - First common law user of trade mark in Malaysia - Whether trade mark law in Malaysia territorial in nature - Whether trade mark clearly descriptive of respondent's goods - Distinctiveness of trade mark - Trade Marks Act 1976, s. 10(1)(d), (e)
Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Raytheon Company
(Azahar Mohamed J) [2010] 4 CLJ 95 [HC]
Registered trade mark - Expungement - Application to rectify register by expunging trade mark - First common law user of trade mark in Malaysia - Whether trade mark law in Malaysia territorial in nature - Whether trade mark clearly descriptive of respondent's goods - Distinctiveness of trade mark - Trade Marks Act 1976, s. 10(1)(d), (e)
Lockheed Martin Corporation v. Raytheon Company
(Azahar Mohamed J) [2010] 4 CLJ 95 [HC]
WORDS & PHRASES
"spouse" - Distribution Act 1958, s. 6(1)(b) - Meaning of
Chia Siew Li v. Liew Khey Cheong & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 36 [CA]
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Nagaraja Ponusamy v. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Detention - Request for adjournment not put across to advisory board) [2010] 4 CLJ 133
COURT OF APPEAL
Aedy Osman v. PP
(Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)) [2010] 4 CLJ 138
Mirza Murtala v. PP
(Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a)) [2010] 4 CLJ 150
Pengarah Tanah Dan Galian Johor & Anor v. Ungku Sulaiman Abd Majid & Anor
(Validity of acquisition - Acquired land mortgaged to chettiar proprietor and redeemed by state government) [2010] 4 CLJ 166
Wee Lian Construction Sdn Bhd v. Ingersoll-Jati Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(Sale of goods by description) [2010] 4 CLJ 203
HIGH COURT
Adi Radlan & Co v. Create Fortune Enterprise Sdn Bhd
(Bill of costs) [2010] 4 CLJ 225
PP v. Arumugam Nadeson & Ors
(Bail - Non-bailable offence) [2010] 4 CLJ 230
Shamsulbahri Shaffie v. Titan Petchem (M) Sdn Bhd
(Action by way of writ to challenge dismissal) [2010] 4 CLJ 242
Tang Hak Ju lwn. Ketua Menteri Negeri Pulau Pinang & Yang Lain
(Prosiding kerajaan - Mandamus) [2010] 4 CLJ 253
Wet Ket & Anor v. Pejabat Daerah & Tanah Temerloh & Anor
(Aboriginal peoples' rights over land) [2010] 4 CLJ 260
SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Judicial review - Decision of land office to refuse grant of water and electricity supply - Land occupied by aborigines - Whether land an "aboriginal inhabited place" recognised by government - Whether decision of land office valid - Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954, s. 2
Wet Ket & Anor v. Pejabat Daerah & Tanah Temerloh & Anor
(Akhtar Tahir JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 260 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Wrongful dismissal - Action taken by plaintiff by way of writ to challenge purported dismissal - Whether court proper forum - Whether damages the only remedy available - Whether plaintiff's failure to include prayer for damages rendered suit struck out
Shamsulbahri Shaffie v. Titan Petchem (M) Sdn Bhd
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 242 [HC]
Bill of costs - Application for taxation and for final judgment to be entered - Bill for work done prior to transfer of file to new firm - Whether application justified - Legal Profession Act 1976, s. 135
Adi Radlan & Co v. Create Fortune Enterprise Sdn Bhd
(Vernon Ong Lam Kiat JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 225 [HC]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Right to property - Aboriginal peoples' rights over land - Land office refused grant of water and electricity supply - Whether land an "aboriginal inhabited place" recognised by government - Whether decision of land office valid - Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954, s. 2
Wet Ket & Anor v. Pejabat Daerah & Tanah Temerloh & Anor
(Akhtar Tahir JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 260 [HC]
CONTRACT
Contract for sale of goods - Sale of goods by description - Whether goods correspond with description - Whether buyer had opportunity to inspect goods -
Sale of Goods Act 1957, ss. 15, 41, 42, 55
Wee Lian Construction Sdn Bhd v. Ingersoll-Jati Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 203 [CA]
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Whether mens rea possession established - Whether presumption of possession invoked - Whether 'Radhi' direction properly applied - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37(d)
Aedy Osman v. PP
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 138 [CA]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Whether accused framed up by prosecution's witnesses - Appellant shown to have requisite knowledge of nature of drugs involved - Possession of drugs by appellant proven - Appellant's intention to sell and deliver drugs proven - Defence of mere denial - Whether reasonable doubt raised on prosecution's case
Mirza Murtala v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Abu Samah Nordin & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 150 [CA]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Fact, finding of - Approach of appellate court to trial court's findings of fact
Aedy Osman v. PP
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 138 [CA]
Bail - Non-bailable offence - Offence of kidnapping - Test applicable for bail - Whether there appeared reasonable grounds for believing accused guilty of offence - Kidnapping Act 1961, s. 3 - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 388
PP v. Arumugam Nadeson & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 230 [HC]
EVIDENCE
Cross-examination - Suggestions made by defence counsel to prosecution's witnesses at prosecution's stage - Whether suggestions amount to evidence - Proposition unsupported by evidence and successfully refuted by prosecution
Mirza Murtala v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Abu Samah Nordin & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 150 [CA]
LAND LAW
Acquisition of land - Validity of acquisition - Acquired land was mortgaged to a chettiar by registered proprietor in 1890 and redeemed by state government in 1895 - Land redeemed and acquired without consent of beneficiaries - Claim made by beneficiaries 104 years later - Whether acquisition valid - Whether land redeemed according to law then in force - Whether limitation set in - Land Enactment (No. 1) - Limitation Enactment No. 23 (Johore), Pt II, s. 3
Pengarah Tanah Dan Galian Johor & Anor v. Ungku Sulaiman Abd Majid & Anor
(Heliliah Mohd Yusof, KN Segara & Ramly Ali JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 166 [CA]
LEGAL PROFESSION
Bill of costs - Application for taxation and for final judgment to be entered - Bill for work done prior to transfer of file to new firm - Whether application justified - Legal Profession Act 1976, s. 135
Adi Radlan & Co v. Create Fortune Enterprise Sdn Bhd
(Vernon Ong Lam Kiat JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 225 [HC]
PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Detention - Legality of detention - Appellant's request for adjournment to engage counsel through interpreter not put across to advisory board - Absence of cogent affidavit evidence on part of respondents - Whether appellant prejudiced - Whether habeas corpus must issue - Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969, s. 4(1)
Nagaraja Ponusamy v. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Gopal Sri Ram & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 133 [FC]
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Construction of statutes - Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 - Section 2 - Interpretation of "aboriginal inhabited place" - Land inhabited by aboriginal community where gazette notification not required - Whether government approval still required to recognise land as "aboriginal inhabited place"
Wet Ket & Anor v. Pejabat Daerah & Tanah Temerloh & Anor
(Akhtar Tahir JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 260 [HC]
INDEKS PERKARA
PROSEDUR SIVIL
Prosiding kerajaan - Mandamus, permohonan untuk - Sijil di bawah s. 33 Akta Prosiding Kerajaan 1956 - Kerajaan Negeri diperintahkan membayar bayaran gantirugi penghakiman terhadap plaintif - Perintah taksiran gantirugi dalam tahap rayuan - Sama ada sijil telah dikeluarkan pra-masa - Sama ada rayuan mesti ditentukan terlebih dahulu - Sama ada perintah mandamus tidak boleh dikeluarkan selagi kedudukan rayuan belum ditentukan - Sama ada amaun dalam sijil didepositkan ke mahkamah sementara menunggu pelupusan rayuan - Akta Prosiding kerajaan 1956, s. 33
Tang Hak Ju lwn. Ketua Menteri Negeri Pulau Pinang & Yang Lain
(Abdul Halim Aman H) [2010] 4 CLJ 253 [HC]
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Criminal Procedure - Appeal - Appellate court, power and duty of) [2010] 4 CLJ 265
Ex p Guan Teik Sdn Bhd (Substituting Lim Oo Guan, Deceased)
(Parties - Substitution of parties) [2010] 4 CLJ 289
COURT OF APPEAL
Aziz Mat Shah v. PP
(Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder) [2010] 4 CLJ 305
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Section 51A of Criminal Procedure Code) [2010] 4 CLJ 331
HIGH COURT
Bumiputra Commerce Bank Bhd v. Amanah Raya Bhd; Sivaloganathan Kanagasabai (Intervener)
(Parties - Intervention - Application to intervene) [2010] 4 CLJ 360
PP v. Azli Daud
(Criminal Law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a)) [2010] 4 CLJ 367
Professor Dr Hj Mohammed Feizal Abdullah & Anor v. Harvender Jeet Kaur Kaka Singh & Anor
(Civil Procedure - Action - Suit for defamation - Defence and counterclaim) [2010] 4 CLJ 378
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd & Another Case
(Banking - Banks and banking business - Islamic banking - Facilities) [2010] 4 CLJ 388
SUBJECT INDEX
BANKING
Banks and banking business - Islamic banking - Facilities - Murabaha Facilities restructured into Revolving Al-Bai Bithan Ajil Facility (BBA Facility Agreement) - Default of payment - Claim for sum of USD18,521,806.13 - Allegation of the existence of a collateral agreement - Whether highly improbable - Whether oral evidence could be used to contradict written obligations - Validity of BBA Facility Agreement - Whether challenged for want of compliance with principles of Shariah - Evidence of admission of liability - Whether application for summary judgment allowed
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd & Another Case
(Rohana Yusuf J) [2010] 4 CLJ 388 [HC]
Banks and banking business - Securities - Pledged shares - Bank has absolute discretion to sell shares as security in satisfaction of sums due - Whether bank wrongfully sold pledged shares - Whether there was requirement to seek consent of defendant to sell pledged shares - Whether there was impropriety in sale of shares
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd & Another Case
(Rohana Yusuf J) [2010] 4 CLJ 388 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Suit for defamation - Defence and counterclaim - Negligence - Whether inadequate arrangements made to monitor baby - Whether baby was in the exclusive care, control and management of plaintiffs - Cause of death - Whether within peculiar knowledge of plaintiffs - Issue of causation - Failure to provide medical evidence on how death occurred and if delay in attending baby led to his demise - Whether first defendant failed on balance of probabilities to prove negligence
Professor Dr Hj Mohammed Feizal Abdullah & Anor v. Harvender Jeet Kaur Kaka Singh & Anor
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwar JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 378 [HC]
Parties - Intervention - Application to intervene in proceedings to set aside order for sale - Whether legitimate and appropriate - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 83 - National Land Code, s. 259(3)
Bumiputra Commerce Bank Bhd v. Amanah Raya Bhd; Sivaloganathan Kanagasabai (Intervener)
(Abdul Alim Abdullah J) [2010] 4 CLJ 360 [HC]
Parties - Substitution of parties - Seeking to appoint deceased respondent's son to represent estate - Whether consent must be obtained from person not already a party to the proceedings - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, rr. 41, 43
Ex p Guan Teik Sdn Bhd (Substituting Lim Oo Guan, Deceased)
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya) & Augustine Paul FCJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 289 [FC]
Summary judgment - Application for - Triable issues - Whether raised
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd & Another Case
(Rohana Yusuf J) [2010] 4 CLJ 388 [HC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Whether accused committed offence of trafficking in a dangerous drug - Presence of a person by the name of Wan backbone of accused's defence - Whether Wan a material witness - Failure to call Wan - Whether fatal to prosecution's case - Whether clearly warranted court to invoke adverse inference rule under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 - Whether defence succeeded in raising reasonable doubt upon prosecution's case - Whether statutory presumption under s. 37(d)(da) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 could not apply
PP v. Azli Daud
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 367 [HC]
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Whether High Court judge entitled to rely on s. 300(c) Penal Code in convicting appellant - Whether there was intention to cause injury - Whether injury sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death - Whether findings of High Court judge could be reversed - Whether conviction and sentence affirmed
Aziz Mat Shah v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah & Syed Ahmad Helmy JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 305 [CA]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appellate court, power and duty of - Exercise of discretion by first instance judge - Circumstances when such discretion subject to interference by appellate court
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
Appeal - Right of - Decision of High Court on a s. 51 Criminal Procedure Code application - Whether such decision finally disposing of rights of parties - Whether such decision appealable - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 3, 50(1)
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 331 [CA]
Appeal - Right of - Order of High Court on a s. 51 Criminal Procedure Code application - Whether such order finally disposing of rights of parties - Whether such order appealable - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 3, 50(1)
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Application for discovery made at pre-trial stage - Whether applicant only entitled to documents and materials pertaining to the charge - 'in the course of trial', meaning of
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Application under s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code - 'Necessary or desirable', whether dependent on when application is made - Whether roving or fishing inquiries for evidence permissible - Whether accused entitled to know at pre-trial stage how prosecution would advance its case - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Section 51 of CPC - Scope and extent of - Whether s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code separate and distinct from s. 51A - Whether judge had erred in importing philosophy behind s. 51A when interpreting s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 51, 51A
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Section 51A of Criminal Procedure Code - Scope and extent of - Whether s. 51A of Criminal Procedure Code separate and distinct from s. 51 - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 51, 51A
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 331 [CA]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Whether application for discovery of documents and other things ought to be made after commencement of trial, generally - Whether discretionary power of court in such an application limited - Whether application for discovery under s. 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code limited to those documents mentioned under s. 51A - Whether ss. 51 and 51A of Criminal Procedure Code separate and distinct provisions - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 51, 51A
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 331 [CA]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Whether lacuna in Malaysian law relating to criminal discovery and inspection - Whether necessary for courts to invoke s. 5 of Criminal Procedure Code and apply English law - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 331 [CA]
Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Witness statements and/or police statements - Whether a general demand for witness statements ought not to be entertained - Whether undesirable for prosecution to supply defence with witness statements and/or police statements as a matter of public policy
PP v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim & Another Appeal
(Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 4 CLJ 331 [CA]
EVIDENCE
Adverse inference - Failure to produce witness - Whether witness necessary to establish prima facie case - Whether fatal to prosecution's case - Whether adverse inference rule under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 invoked
PP v. Azli Daud
(Ahmadi Asnawi JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 367 [HC]
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Construction of statutes - Literal approach - Whether statute to be given a literal, grammatical interpretation where the meaning is plain and clear - Whether object or purpose of statute ought to be promoted when interpreting its provisions - Interpretation Acts 1948 & 1967
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
TORT
Negligence - Death of baby - Whether inadequate arrangements made to monitor baby - Whether baby was in the exclusive care, control and management of plaintiffs - Cause of death - Whether within peculiar knowledge of plaintiffs - Issue of causation - Failure to provide medical evidence on how death occurred and if delay in attending baby led to his demise - Whether first defendant failed on balance of probabilities to prove negligence
Professor Dr Hj Mohammed Feizal Abdullah & Anor v. Harvender Jeet Kaur Kaka Singh & Anor
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwar JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 378 [HC]
Negligence - False imprisonment - Whether first defendant wrongfully detained in premises - Whether first defendant failed to notice exit doors due to her agonized situation - Whether claim for wrongful detention could succeed
Professor Dr Hj Mohammed Feizal Abdullah & Anor v. Harvender Jeet Kaur Kaka Singh & Anor
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwar JC) [2010] 4 CLJ 378 [HC]
WORDS & PHRASES
'Necessary or desirable' - Whether dependent on when application is made - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 4 CLJ 265 [FC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
DATO' SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM v. PP
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appellate court, power and duty of - Exercise of discretion by first instance judge - Circumstances when such discretion subject to interference by appellate court
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Right of - Order of High Court on a s. 51 Criminal Procedure Code application - Whether such order finally disposing of rights of parties - Whether such order appealable - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 3, 50(1)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Application for discovery made at pre-trial stage - Whether applicant only entitled to documents and materials pertaining to the charge - 'in the course of trial', meaning of
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Section 51 of Criminal Procedure Code - Scope and extent of - Whether s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code separate and distinct from s. 51A - Whether judge had erred in importing philosophy behind s. 51A when interpreting s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 51, 51A
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Disclosure of information - Discovery of documents and other things - Application under s. 51 of Criminal Procedure Code - 'Necessary or desirable', whether dependent on when application is made - Whether roving or fishing inquiries for evidence permissible - Whether accused entitled to know at pre-trial stage how prosecution would advance its case - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Literal approach - Whether statute to be given a literal, grammatical interpretation where the meaning is plain and clear - Whether object or purpose of statute ought to be promoted when interpreting its provisions - Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967
WORDS & PHRASES: 'Necessary or desirable' - Whether dependent on when application is made - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 51
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