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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 19
20 May 2005

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COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Francis Antonysamy v. PP
(Evidence - Cautioned statement - Voluntariness – Information leading to fact discovered - Privilege against self-incrimination - Accomplice - Accessory after the fact) [2005] 2 CLJ 481

COURT OF APPEAL

North South Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors v. David Teh Teik Lim & Anor
(Contract - Letter of undertaking - Letter by directors of company) [2005] 2 CLJ 510

HIGH COURT

Ajit Singh Mangal Singh v. Rajakumar Mangal Singh & Satu Lagi
(Undang-undang keluarga - Kanak-kanak - Pengangkatan) [2005] 2 CLJ 521

Balachandran Kandasamy v. Permata Saujana (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Civil procedure - Execution - Stay - Application to stay orders winding up company and appointing provisional liquidator) [2005] 2 CLJ 537

Cempaka Properties Sdn Bhd v. Sia Moi Choo
(Legal proffesion - Practice and etiquette - Deception) [2005] 2 CLJ 544

United Malayan Banking Corporation Bhd v. Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil procedure - Want of prosecution - Delay in prosecuting action) [2005] 2 CLJ 550

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Limitation period - Whether action commenced more than six years from date cause of action arose
North South Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors v. David Teh Teik Lim & Anor
(Abdul Malek Ahmad PCA, Richard Malanjum & Augustine Paul JJCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 510

Execution - Stay - Application for - Whether there was competent application for stay before High Court - Whether appeal against winding-up order properly brought before Court of Appeal - Whether notice of appeal must be served on every supporting creditor - Whether supporting creditors were parties to winding-up action - Whether r. 6 Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994 applied
Balachandran Kandasamy v. Permata Saujana (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Zulkefli Makinudin J) [2005] 2 CLJ 537

Execution - Stay - Application to stay orders winding up company and appointing provisional liquidator - Principles and considerations - Whether appeal to Court of Appeal would be rendered nugatory - Provisional liquidator liquidating assets of company and dealing with creditors and bona fide third parties - Whether restitution might become impossible - Whether petitioner would be prejudiced by stay - Preservation of status quo and safeguarding integrity of appeal
Balachandran Kandasamy v. Permata Saujana (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Zulkefli Makinudin J) [2005] 2 CLJ 537

Execution - Writ of seizure and sale - Writ set aside - Order staying execution of judgment still valid - Setting aside order of stay not appraised by registrar at time writ was issued - Whether appraisal required before issuance of writ - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 42 r. 7 - Subordinate Court Rules 1980, O. 31 r. 4
Cempaka Properties Sdn Bhd v. Sia Moi Choo
(Mohamed Apandi Ali J) [2005] 2 CLJ 544

Judgments and orders - Order setting aside stay - Order not appraised by registrar at time writ of seizure and sale issued - Whether stay order still valid and subsisting - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 42 r. 7 - Subordinate Court Rules 1980, O. 31 r. 4
Cempaka Properties Sdn Bhd v. Sia Moi Choo
(Mohamed Apandi Ali J) [2005] 2 CLJ 544

Want of prosecution - Delay in prosecuting action - Whether inordinate and inexcusable - Whether there was complete disregard of the rules of the court - Whether defendants prejudiced - Whether delay jeopardised fair trial of action
United Malayan Banking Corporation Bhd v. Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 2 CLJ 550

Winding-up - Stay - Jurisdiction of court to order stay - Whether within inherent jurisdiction of court - Whether winding-up can be stayed notwithstanding making of orders winding up company and appointing provisional liquidator - Relevance of s. 243 Companies Act 1965
Balachandran Kandasamy v. Permata Saujana (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Zulkefli Makinudin J) [2005] 2 CLJ 537

CONTRACT

Letter of undertaking - Letter by directors of company - Undertaking that payment would be made for work done - Whether letter in fact a letter of comfort that had no legal implications
North South Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors v. David Teh Teik Lim & Anor
(Abdul Malek Ahmad PCA, Richard Malanjum & Augustine Paul JJCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 510

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against conviction and death sentence - Whether offence proved beyond reasonable doubt - Whether defence of intoxication failed
Francis Antonysamy v. PP
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Pajan Singh Gill FCJ & Augustine Paul JCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 481

EVIDENCE

Accomplice - Whether witness is - Whether an accessory after the fact - Whether evidence corroborated
Francis Antonysamy v. PP
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Pajan Singh Gill FCJ & Augustine Paul JCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 481

Information leading to fact discovered - Admissibility - Whether admissibility depends on voluntariness - Whether privilege against self-incrimination applies - Evidence Act 1950, s. 27 - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 112
Francis Antonysamy v. PP
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Pajan Singh Gill FCJ & Augustine Paul JCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 481

Statement - Cautioned statement admitted in evidence - Admissibility - Whether evidence should be adduced to show actual words of caution administered - Whether voluntariness of statement established
Francis Antonysamy v. PP
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Pajan Singh Gill FCJ & Augustine Paul JCA) [2005] 2 CLJ 481

LEGAL PROFESSION

Practice and etiquette - Deception - Counsel challenged validity of order setting aside stay on grounds order not appraised before issue of writ of seizure and sale - Whether amounted to deception practiced on court - Legal Profession (Practice and Etiquette) Rules 1980, rr. 17, 31
Cempaka Properties Sdn Bhd v. Sia Moi Choo
(Mohamed Apandi Ali J) [2005] 2 CLJ 544

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA

Kanak-kanak - Pengangkatan - Permohonan untuk perintah deklarasi bahawa pemberian anak angkat kepada defendan adalah tidak sah dan terbatal - Sama ada defendan telah memungkiri akujanjji sewaktu pemberian anak angkat - Syarat-syarat pendaftaran pengangkatan de facto - Akta Pendaftaran Pengangkatan 1952, s. 6(1) - Sama ada syarat-syarat dipenuhi - Sama ada plaintif terikat dengan isi kandungan surat akuan berkanun keizinan pengangkatan - Sama ada plaintif diestop dari menuntut kembali anak tersebut - Kebajikan kanak-kanak - Sama ada pengangkatan seharusnya dikekalkan
Ajit Singh Mangal Singh v. Rajakumar Mangal Singh & Satu Lagi
(Suriyadi Halim Omar H) [2005] 2 CLJ 521

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