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[2011] 1 LNS 830	KURNIA INSURANS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD v. ALUNAN PESONA SDN BHD & ANOR	INSURANCE: Motor insurance - Liability of insurer - Declaration sought that accident should be classified as an accident at the work place and not subject to the provisions of the Road Transport Act 1987 - Consequently whether applicant liable to indemnify respondents under the motor insurance claim - Whether application was misconceived and an abuse of the process of court - Civil suit on accident already pending in the Sessions Court - Whether a proper issue to be tried and decided separately in the High Court STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Intention of Parliament - Whether prerequisite for the operation of s. 96(3) of the Road Transport Act 1987 was that judgment in respect of such liability must have been obtained - Case still pending - Exception where insurance declared void or unenforceable before the date liability was incurred - Whether liability incurred must refer to the date when accident took place and not when the court decided on the liability - Whether reading and interpretation of provision in this manner gave the desired effect as envisaged - Whether for the insurers to be safe from liability, the insurance must have been declared void or unenforceable before the occurrence of the accident
[2011] 1 LNS 839	HAMIDAH AHMAD v. LEE KAI MUN	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal to the High Court - Appeal against Sessions Court Judge's (SCJ) decision on issue of liability only - Threshold question was whether the motor-tractor was driven by an agent/employee of respondent at the material time - All four drivers employed by defendant confirmed that they had not driven the tractor involved in the accident - Police investigations could not determine who driver was - Whether SCJ erred in principle and misdirected himself on the evidence when he found that appellant had not discharged the burden of proving negligence against respondent - Whether appellant demonstrated that SCJ erred in fact, law or principle that caused a miscarriage of justice - Whether any valid grounds for interference in his decision
[2013] 1 LNS 841	SEVASANGAR P RAMASAMY & SATU LAGI lwn. ABDUL NAZAR & SATU KES LAGI	AKTA UNDANG-UNDANG SIVIL: Ganti rugi - Kecederaan diri - Tuntutan kos prosthesis - Hak untuk memilih kaki palsu - Sama ada mangsa mempunyai hak untuk memilih kaki palsu dari pembekal luar berbanding dengan kaki palsu yang dibekalkan oleh SOCSO - Akta Undang-Undang Sivil 1956, s. 28A GANTI RUGI: Kehilangan keupayaan untuk menjana pendapatan - Kehilangan keupayaan untuk menjana pendapatan atau kehilangan pendapatan masa hadapan - Kaki mangsa telah kudung sebelah - Sama ada kaki mangsa yang telah kudung sebelah menyebabkan kehilangan keupayaan untuk menjana pendapatan atau kehilangan pendapatan masa hadapan - Sama ada mangsa boleh mendapatkan pekerjaan dengan pendapatan yang sama seperti sebelum kemalangan - Sama ada kecacatan yang dialami oleh mangsa adalah kekal sepanjang hidup PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pliding - Tuntutan ganti rugi - Ganti rugi kehilangan keupayaan untuk menjana pendapatan - Sama ada awad ganti rugi kehilangan keupayaan untuk menjana pendapatan boleh diberi oleh mahkamah walaupun tidak dituntut atau diplidkan
[2013] 1 LNS 904	MOHD ROSLAN MOHD NOOR lwn. MOHD JAMIL MOHD NOOR & YANG LAIN	PERBANKAN: Bank dan perniagaan perbankan - Kewajipan menjaga rahsia maklumat pelanggan - Permohonan maklumat dan akaun oleh pentadbir pusaka - Sama ada bank boleh mendedahkan maklumat dan akaun pelanggan kepada pentadbir pusaka - Sama ada kebenaran bertulis daripada semua pentadbir diperlukan dalam memohon maklumat dan akaun si mati daripada bank - Akta Bank Dan Institusi-Institusi Kewangan 1989, s. 97(1), 99(1)
[2014] 1 LNS 237	LIEW CHUM WAH & ORS v. LIEW CHEE SENG & ORS (NO. 3)	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders - Consent order - Deceased prepared Trust Deed, and memorandum of transfer for the Titiwangsa house from him to 1st defendant for love and affection - After deceased's death, probate proceedings settled and parties entered into a consent order - Failure to reserve the power to bring an action against defendants on any ground - Plaintiffs commenced action that they had a right to occupy the Titiwangsa house pursuant to the Trust Deed - Plaintiffs unaware of Trust Deed when consent order recorded - Whether plaintiffs bound by terms of consent order and must apply to set it aside, if they wished to proceed with present action - Whether plaintiffs having accepted the monies under terms of consent order could now contend they were not bound by it - Whether plaintiff could approbate and reprobate - Whether plaintiffs' claim should be dismissed TRUSTS: Trusts - Validity – 1st defendant was not the registered owner of the Titiwangsa house when the Trust Deed was created - Whether Trust Deed was valid and enforceable - Whether there was certainty of subject-matter in the Trust Deed - Plaintiffs did not give any consideration for the creation of the Trust Deed - Whether mere volunteers - Whether the court could render assistance to a volunteer in the case of an incompletely constituted trust

CLJ 2015 Volume 3 (Part 5)

COURT

ARTICLE

Implementation of the Islamic Criminal Law (Hudud, Qisas, Ta'zir) in Malaysia - Prospects and Challenges by Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad [2015] 3 CLJ(A) ix

COURT OF APPEAL

Dewi Nadia Alias v. PP
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Cause of death - Whether deceased physically abused - Child giving unsworn evidence - Corroboration) [2015] 3 CLJ 577 [CA]

Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees' Union v. Tri-wall (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Labour Law - Collective agreement - Salary adjustment - Whether requirements under s. 30(4) Industrial Relations Act 1967 considered) [2015] 3 CLJ 615 [CA]

SKKPJ (Tanah Merah) Development Sdn Bhd v. North East Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Frustration - Sale and purchase transaction conditional upon grant of consent to transfer) [2015] 3 CLJ 626 [CA]

HIGH COURT

ACE Jerneh Insurance Bhd v. Best Re (L) Ltd
(Arbitration; Insurance; Words And Phrases - Arbitration clause - Construction of - 'arbitration agreement' - Whether as defined in s. 9) [2015] 3 CLJ 636 [HC]

Gagah Perkasa Security Services Sdn Bhd lwn. Mohamed Abdul Rashid & Yang Lain
(Undang-Undang Buruh - Perintah Gaji Minimum 2012 - Sama ada majikan masih membayar gaji terdahulu walaupun perintah telah berkuatkuasa) [2015] 3 CLJ 656 [HC]

LNE Network Systems (Asia) Sdn Bhd v. Loi Chew Ping & Ors
(Civil Procedure - Cause of action - Siphoning of funds - Breach of trust) [2015] 3 CLJ 663 [HC]

Peninsular Concord Sdn Bhd v. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor
(Civil Procedure - Limitation - Whether time expressed to run from date of occurrence of damage) [2015] 3 CLJ 682 [HC]

See Teow Guan & Ors v. Kian Joo Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Company Law - Liquidator - Application for remuneration to be fixed on percentage scale basis) [2015] 3 CLJ 699 [HC]

Tan Bak Lee v. Chen Siew Lee; Jasmine Yeoh Seow Ling (As Party Cited)
(Civil Procedure - Security for costs - Whether requirements under O. 23 r. 1(1) Rules of Court 2012 satisfied) [2015] 3 CLJ 710 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ARBITRATION

Arbitration clause - Construction of - Whether arbitration clause in insurance policy had been incorporated into reinsurance contract - Whether there was 'arbitration agreement' - General reference in contract to document containing separate arbitration clause - Whether fulfilled s. 9(5) of Arbitration Act 2005 to incorporate separate arbitration clause into contract - Whether format clearly evinced manifest intention to incorporate arbitration clause into reinsurance contract - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 2(1), 10(1)
ACE Jerneh Insurance Bhd v. Best Re (L) Ltd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 636 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Cause of action - Claim for liability - Fraud - Conspiracy to defraud - Siphoning of funds - Whether there was an agreement between second defendant and fourth defendant to siphon funds of plaintiff - Whether evidence showed third defendant involved in fraud - Whether second and fourth defendants liable for conspiracy to defraud plaintiff - Whether second and fourth defendants liable to account to plaintiff as constructive trustee for having knowingly received sums belonging to plaintiff
LNE Network Systems (Asia) Sdn Bhd v. Loi Chew Ping & Ors
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 663 [HC]

Cause of action - Claim for liability - Siphoning of funds - Breach of trust - Knowing receipt - Whether recipient's state of knowledge must be such as to make it unconscionable to retain benefit of receipt - Whether there was beneficial receipt by second defendant of plaintiff's money - Whether second defendant was in knowing receipt of money belonging to plaintiff that had been transferred in breach of trust - Whether second defendant's conduct was dishonest - Whether second and fourth defendants liable to account to plaintiff as constructive trustee for having knowingly received sums belonging to plaintiff
LNE Network Systems (Asia) Sdn Bhd v. Loi Chew Ping & Ors
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 663 [HC]

Costs - Security for costs - Application for - Divorce proceedings - Respondent applied for order that petitioner provide security for costs due to petitioner's failure to comply with a previous court order - Whether there were good grounds for security for costs to be provided - Principles applicable - Whether requirements under O. 23 r. 1(1) Rules of Court 2012 satisfied - Whether respondent failed to discharge burden of proof to establish entitlement to security for costs
Tan Bak Lee v. Chen Siew Lee; Jasmine Yeoh Seow Ling (As Party Cited)
(Wong Teck Meng JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 710 [HC]

Limitation - Cause of action - Accrual of - When cause of action accrued - Whether time expressed to run from date of occurrence of damage - Whether discoverability rule applied - Whether cause of action barred by limitation - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6
Peninsular Concord Sdn Bhd v. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor
(Sm Komathy Suppiah JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 682 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Winding up - Liquidator - Remuneration - Application for remuneration to be fixed on percentage scale basis - Whether in contravention to agreed time costs basis - Whether liquidators agreed for remuneration to be based on time taken, level of staff involved, nature and complexity of work involved - Consensus ad idem - Whether sum requested fair and reasonable - Whether application should be allowed - Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972, r. 195
See Teow Guan & Ors v. Kian Joo Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abu Bakar Jais JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 699 [HC]

CONTRACT

Damages - Sale and purchase of property - Whether damages should be awarded - Whether advantages or benefits derived from land should be restored - Contracts Act 1950, s. 66
SKKPJ (Tanah Merah) Development Sdn Bhd v. North East Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Clement Skinner, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 626 [CA]

Frustration - Sale and purchase - Sale and purchase transaction conditional upon grant of consent to transfer - Application for consent from State Authority rejected - Whether non-fulfilment of condition precedent - Whether contract frustrated - Contracts Act 1950, s. 57
SKKPJ (Tanah Merah) Development Sdn Bhd v. North East Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Clement Skinner, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 626 [CA]

Sale and purchase of land - Breach - Application for State consent within stipulated time - Whether time was of essence - Failure to object to delay - Whether amounted to waiver
SKKPJ (Tanah Merah) Development Sdn Bhd v. North East Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Clement Skinner, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 626 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Death caused by blunt force trauma consistent with child battered syndrome or child abuse - Whether sufficient evidence to show deceased physically abused - Whether evidence pointed to guilt of accused and nobody else - Whether anyone else had access to deceased - Whether conviction safe - Penal Code, s. 302
Dewi Nadia Alias v. PP
(Mohtarudin Baki, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 577 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Offence of murder - Cause of death - Post mortem evidence that death was caused by blunt force trauma to chest and abdomen of deceased - Whether misdirection by trial judge - Whether sufficient evidence to show deceased physically abused - Whether evidence pointed to guilt of accused and nobody else - Whether anyone else had access to deceased - Whether conviction safe
Dewi Nadia Alias v. PP
(Mohtarudin Baki, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 577 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Circumstantial evidence - Inferences from facts - Death caused by blunt force trauma consistent with child battered syndrome or child abuse - Whether sufficient evidence to show deceased physically abused - Whether evidence pointed to guilt of accused and nobody else - Whether anyone else had access to deceased
Dewi Nadia Alias v. PP
(Mohtarudin Baki, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 577 [CA]

Corroboration - Child giving unsworn evidence - Whether child witness understood nature of oath - Competency of witness - Whether unsworn testimony must be corroborated - Whether circumstantial evidence sufficient corroboration - Evidence Act 1950, s. 133A
Dewi Nadia Alias v. PP
(Mohtarudin Baki, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 577 [CA]

INSURANCE

Reinsurance - Construction of reinsurance contract - Whether arbitration clause in insurance policy had been incorporated into reinsurance contract - Approach by English Courts - Section 6(b) of the English Arbitration Act 1996 - Whether interpretation relevant to statutory construction of s. 9(5) of Arbitration Act 2005
ACE Jerneh Insurance Bhd v. Best Re (L) Ltd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 636 [HC]

Reinsurance - Construction of reinsurance contract - Whether arbitration clause in insurance policy had been incorporated into reinsurance contract - Whether there was express or implied term in reinsurance contract to show parties' intention to incorporate arbitration clause - Whether there was manifest omission of arbitration clause - Whether extension clause in contract supported incorporation of arbitration clause - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 9(5)
ACE Jerneh Insurance Bhd v. Best Re (L) Ltd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 636 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Collective agreement - Trade dispute - Whether requirements under s. 30(4) Industrial Relations Act 1967 considered - Whether company's financial status taken into account when awarding salary adjustment - Whether salary levels in similar industries considered - Whether Industrial Court committed an error of law
Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees' Union v. Tri-wall (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Linton Albert, Aziah Ali, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 615 [CA]

Industrial Court - Award - Trade dispute - Collective agreement - Appeal against decision of High Court in quashing award of Industrial Court - Whether requirements under s. 30(4) Industrial Relations Act 1967 considered - Whether company's financial status taken into account when awarding salary adjustment - Whether salary levels in similar industries considered - Whether Industrial Court committed an error of law
Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees' Union v. Tri-wall (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Linton Albert, Aziah Ali, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 615 [CA]

WORDS AND PHRASES

'arbitration agreement' - Meaning of - Section 2(1) of Arbitration Act 2005 - Whether an arbitration agreement as defined in s. 9
ACE Jerneh Insurance Bhd v. Best Re (L) Ltd
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 636 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH

Pekerjaan - Gaji - Perintah Gaji Minimum 2012 ('perintah') - Penguatkuasaan - Kadar gaji minimum bagi sektor swasta ditetapkan sebanyak RM900 - Sama ada majikan masih membayar gaji terdahulu sebanyak RM450 walaupun perintah telah berkuatkuasa - Sama ada majikan membuat permohonan kepada Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara untuk penangguhan pelaksanaan perintah terhadapnya - Sama ada rundingan diadakan sebelum perintah berkuatkuasa - Sama ada perayu perlu mematuhi gaji minimum sebagaimana kehendak s. 24(4) Akta Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara 2011 - Sama ada sebarang pelanggaran merupakan satu kesalahan di bawah s. 43 Akta Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara 2011
Gagah Perkasa Security Services Sdn Bhd lwn. Mohamed Abdul Rashid & Yang Lain
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 656 [HC]

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LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
AKTA 766	Akta Penghasilan Bersih Perjanjian Kewangan 2015	30 Mac 2015 [PU(B) 131/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 766	Netting Of Financial Agreements Act 2015	30 March 2015 [PU(B) 131/2015]	-Nil-
AKTA 765	Akta Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Pentadbiran) 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 37/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 765	Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 37/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 764	Finance (No. 2) Act 2014	The Income Tax Act 1967 [Act 53] see s 3; The Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 [Act 543] see s 24; The Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 [Act 169] see s 27	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1481	Quantity Surveyors (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 487
ACT A1480	Architects (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force except for paragraphs 3(d) and (p) and section 23 come into operation on 1 June 2015	ACT 117
ACT A1479	Registration Of Engineers (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 138
ACT A1478	Companies Commission Of Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 45/2015] except sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15	ACT 614
ACT A1477	Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 743

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 78/2015	Postal Services (Licensing) Regulations 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015	ACT 741
PU(A) 77/2015	Postal Services (Universal Service) Regulations 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015	ACT 741
PU(A) 76/2015	Water Services Industry (Water Reticulation And Plumbing) (Amendment) Rules 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015 except subparagraph 2(a)(ii) and subsubparagraph 2(b)(i)(B) come into operation on 14 April 2017	PU(A) 36/2014
PU(A) 75/2015	Printing Presses And Publications (Control Of Undesirable Publications) (No. 10) Order 2015	10 April 2015	11 April 2015	ACT 301
PU(A) 74/2015	Printing Presses And Publications (Control Of Undesirable Publications) (No. 9) Order 2015	10 April 2015	11 April 2015	ACT 301

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 180/2015	Notice Under Subregulation 11(5a) - Polling Hours	17 April 2015	Mentioned in column (7)	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 179/2015	Notice Under Subregulation 11(5a) - Polling Hours	17 April 2015	Mentioned in column (7)	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 178/2015	Notice Under Subsection 70(2)	17 April 2015	1 June 2015 until 3 March 2016	ACT 333
PU(B) 177/2015	Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose Damansara-Puchong Highway	17 April 2015	3 March 2003	ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 176/2015	Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose For Lot 50057 Town Kuala Lumpur	17 April 2015	3 March 2003	ACT 56/1965

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