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[2013] 1 LNS 1179	TIMEOUT RESOURCES SDN BHD lwn. BADAN PENGURUSAN TIARA DUTA	KONTRAK: Perjanjian - Kesahihan - Perjanjian yang telah ditandatangani oleh pengerusi dan setiausaha badan pengurusan bersama dengan pihak ketiga - Sama ada perjanjian yang telah dimasuki adalah sah - Sama ada perjanjian yang telah ditandatangani oleh pengerusi dan setiausaha badan pengurusan bersama adalah mengikut s. 8 Akta Bangunan & Harta Bersama (Penyelenggaraan & Pengurusan) 2007 - Sama ada pengerusi dan setiausaha badan pengurusan bersama telah diberi mandat oleh penduduk-penduduk semasa perlantikan mereka KONTRAK: Penamatan - Notis penamatan - Penamatan perjanjian - Kesahihan - Sama ada notis penamatan yang telah dikeluarkan adalah sah - Penamatan secara konstruktif - Sama ada penamatan kontrak oleh tuan tanah adalah secara konstruktif berikutan keengganan untuk memberikan surat sokongan kepada penyewa untuk menjalankan perniagaan yang menjadi asas perjanjian penyewaan KONTRAK: Kemungkiran - Kewajipan - Tuan tanah - Perjanjian penyewaan untuk tujuan perniagaan - Sama ada tuan tanah mempunyai kewajipan untuk memberikan surat sokongan kepada penyewa bagi membantu penyewa mendapatkan lesen perniagaan daripada pihak berkuasa tempatan untuk meneruskan perjanjian penyewaan - Sama ada keengganan tuan tanah memberikan surat sokongan kepada penyewa merupakan kemungkiran perjanjian penyewaan
[2013] 1 LNS 1184	HEZER KARSIN lwn. PP	UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Persetubuhan luar aturan tabii - Kesalahan dibawah s. 377C Kanun Keseksaan - Pembelaan - Kerelaan daripada mangsa - Sama ada mangsa telah dipaksa untuk melakukan persetubuhan luar tabii - Sama ada tertuduh telah menggunakan ugutan dan kekerasan terhadap mangsa PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Hukuman - Kesalahan seksual - Hukuman sebatan - Kesalahan melibatkan kekerasan, ugutan serta trauma - Sama ada hukuman sebat harus diberikan untuk kesalahan seksual PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Hukuman - Kesalahan seksual - Masa penguatkuasaan hukuman - Dua pertuduhan - Sama ada hukuman harus berjalan secara serentak atau secara berturutan
[2014] 1 LNS 94	ZAHYAH HANAFI lwn. ZAMALIK ABDUL RAHMAN	UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH: Kelulusan merancang - Permohonan kelulusan merancang - Surat kuasa wakil daripada tuan punya tanah - Sama ada pemohon yang bukan tuan punya tanah dibenarkan untuk membuat permohonan untuk kelulusan merancang berdasarkan persetujuan yang telah diberikan oleh tuan punya tanah melalui surat kuasa wakil - Akta Perancangan Bandar & Desa 1976, s. 21(2) PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pliding - Kegagalan memplidkan pembelaan - Pertimbangan mahkamah - Sama ada mahkamah boleh mempertimbangkan pembelaan yang tidak diplidkan dalam penyataan pembelaan
[2014] 1 LNS 506	AHMAD KAMAL MD ALIF & ORS v. AHMAD KAMAL MD ALIF	LAND LAW: Strata title - Common property - Riviera Bay Resort Condominium (RBRC) - Contemporaneous documents - Whether showed that RBRC comprised of only 550 parcels or units - Whether everything else not comprised in these 550 parcels was common property of RBRC LAND LAW: Strata title - Common property - Defendant contended that developer intended to create additional parcels out of the resort or recreational facilities - Whether a housing developer could sell anything other than parcels of housing accommodation - Whether anything not comprised in a parcel was common property to be used or enjoyed in common by all occupiers of the building - Whether common property could be disposed of, sold or contracted away - Whether contrary to the law to create more parcels out of the common property EQUITY: Maxims of equity - No one can give what he does not have - Defendants made a claim for 579 parcels when its own agreement with Danaharta confirmed that there were only 550 parcels - Whether developer and it's successors including Danaharta could give more parcels than they owned
[2014] 1 LNS 541	MAJOR ENTREPRENEUR SDN BHD v. Y.A.B MENTERI BESAR KEDAH & ORS	LIMITATION: Public authorities - Whether action time barred - Breach of joint venture - Term that D2 must transfer the state land to KRC within 6 months from its formation on 19.12.1995 or within such extended time - Latest possible date of breach was 2003 when the approved layout plan lapsed due to failure to transfer the state land - Plaintiff's claim filed on 12.7.2010 - Whether limitation of 36 months in Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 applied - Whether plaintiff's claim against D1-D3 time barred LIMITATION: Accrual of cause of action - Breach of contract - Plaintiff to cause joint venture company to increase its authorized and paid up capital and subscribe in cash for such portion of the increased capital - Claim for return of 2 million shares in KRC - Letter of demand sent to D5 dated 2.4.2010 for payment of allotment of shares - Whether breach only occurred when there was no repayment - Whether time ran from 16.4.2010, the deadline for D5 to pay - Whether D5's claim to transfer the 2 million shares to plaintiff was within time

CLJ 2015 Volume 3 (Part 8)

COURT

SC INDIA

Mahavir Singh v. State Of Haryana
(Criminal Law - Conspiracy to murder - Circumstantial evidence) [2015] 3 CLJ 1009 [SC India]

FEDERAL COURT

Tunku Yaacob Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Kedah & Ors
(Civil Procedure; Land Law; Statutory Interpretation - Acquisition of land - Objection against acquisition - Application for leave to commence judicial review) [2015] 3 CLJ 1017 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Asnah Ahmad v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Ors
(Labour Law - Industrial Court - Joining of parties - Reasonable factual or legal nexus test) [2015] 3 CLJ 1053 [CA]

Khairy Jamaluddin v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
(Tort; Civil Procedure - Defamation - Defence of justification - Lucas Box principle - Defamation Act 1957, s. 8) [2015] 3 CLJ 1062 [CA]

Naveen Raj Naidu Gunasegaran v. PP & Another Appeal
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Exhibit - Admissibility of - Chemist report - Agreement to dispense with presence of chemist at trial) [2015] 3 CLJ 1082 [CA]

HIGH COURT

In Re Chen Jie; Petitioner
(Legal Profession - Admission - Petition by non-citizen - Whether had chosen Sarawak as present domicile) [2015] 3 CLJ 1093 [HC]

JNA Ikhtisas Sdn Bhd v. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Contract - Formation - Whether there was contract between parties when no formal agreement drawn up and signed) [2015] 3 CLJ 1100 [HC]

Mohd Bakri Mohd Noor v. Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi Bagi Aset Dan Liabiliti Syarikat Taba Silver Sdn Bhd
(Company Law - Winding up - Dissolution - Setting aside, application for - Whether application made out of time) [2015] 3 CLJ 1114 [HC]

Mohd Iskandar Idris lwn. Adenan Md Isa & Yang Lain
(Tort - Kecuaian - Representasi cuai - Tanggungan vikarius - Liabiliti kerajaan) [2015] 3 CLJ 1126 [HC]

Nyong Chin Khean & Yang Lain lwn. Pendaftar Hakmilik Tanah, Kedah Darul Aman
(Undang-undang Tanah - Hartanah - Sewa beli) [2015] 3 CLJ 1144 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judicial review - Application for leave - Filing of - Challenging State Authority's decision made pursuant to s. 8(1) Land Acquisition Act 1960 to acquire land - Whether application for leave filed within 40 days from date of publication of Form D under Land Acquisition Act 1960 - Whether time frame of 40 days to file leave application started from date Form E served on appellant - Whether commencement of proceedings for land acquisition communicated to appellant - Whether publication in Gazette amounted to constructive notice as opposed to actual knowledge - Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s. 18 - Whether applicable - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53 r. 3(6)
Tunku Yaacob Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Kedah & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJSS, Zaleha Zahari, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ) [2015] 3 CLJ 1017 [FC]

Pleadings - Defence - Amendment - Proposed amendment to defence in defamation case - Whether proposed amendments passed all legal requirements - Whether prejudicial to party against whom amendments to be made - Whether indicated lesser meaning attributed to impugned words - Whether defendant bona fide in pursuit of proposed amendments
Khairy Jamaluddin v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, David Wong Dak Wah, Abang Iskandar JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1062 [CA]

COMPANY LAW

Liquidators - Failure to carry out duty - Whether there was incomplete appreciation and disposal of company's assets - Whether sale of company's land grossly undervalued - Whether liquidator pursued company's interests in respect of sale of shares in another company
Mohd Bakri Mohd Noor v. Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi Bagi Aset Dan Liabiliti Syarikat Taba Silver Sdn Bhd
(Mohamed Zaini Mazlan JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 1114 [HC]

Winding up - Disposition of property - Whether there was incomplete appreciation and disposal of company's assets - Disposal of company's land by tender - Whether sale of company's land grossly undervalued
Mohd Bakri Mohd Noor v. Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi Bagi Aset Dan Liabiliti Syarikat Taba Silver Sdn Bhd
(Mohamed Zaini Mazlan JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 1114 [HC]

Winding up - Dissolution - Setting aside, application for - Whether application to set aside dissolution of company flawed - Whether application should have been made in winding up suit and not through fresh application - Whether application made out of time - Companies Act 1965, s. 307
Mohd Bakri Mohd Noor v. Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi Bagi Aset Dan Liabiliti Syarikat Taba Silver Sdn Bhd
(Mohamed Zaini Mazlan JC) [2015] 3 CLJ 1114 [HC]

CONTRACT

Formation - No written contract signed between parties - Whether there was contract between parties when no formal agreement drawn up and signed - Whether defendant requested and plaintiff rendered services
JNA Ikhtisas Sdn Bhd v. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Mary Lim J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1100 [HC]

Service contract - Services rendered, claim for - Whether plaintiff can claim for services rendered - Whether plaintiff's services according to requirements set out - Whether plaintiff can claim for full sum under scale fees
JNA Ikhtisas Sdn Bhd v. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Mary Lim J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1100 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 302, 120-B and 201 - Conspiracy to murder husband of one S, who had illicit relationship with J, co-conspirator with appellant who had a grudge against deceased over marriage of S with deceased - Circumstantial evidence - Chain of - Found complete with no link missing - That accused had opportunity to commit murder, established - No material contradictions present - Conviction of appellant confirmed
Mahavir Singh v. State Of Haryana
(Dr BS Chauhan, Dr AK Sikri J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1009 [SC India]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Criminal Trial - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen together - Theory of - When comes into play - Murder trial - Held, it normally comes into play only in a case where time-gap between point of time when accused and deceased were seen alive and when deceased was found dead, is small - When said time-gap is very small, there may not be any possibility that any person other than accused, may be the author of crime - Herein, examining medical report minutely, it becomes evident that deceased was murdered one week prior to post mortem which was in close proximity to time when deceased was last seen alive with appellant-accused and co-accused - Conviction of appellant, confirmed - Penal Code, 1860, Ss. 302, 120 B and 201
Mahavir Singh v. State Of Haryana
(Dr BS Chauhan, Dr AK Sikri J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1009 [SC India]

Trial - Case management - Agreement to dispense with presence of chemist at trial - Chemist report served on counsel during case management - Whether service effected on accused persons - Whether accused persons' written consent obtained for admission of chemist report during case management - Whether proviso to s. 399(1) of Criminal Procedure Code complied with - Whether non-compliance occasioned in failure of justice - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 172B(2)(iv), (6) & 422
Naveen Raj Naidu Gunasegaran v. PP & Another Appeal
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Zakaria Sam, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1082 [CA]

Trial - Pre-trial conference - Procedure - Agreement to dispense with presence of chemist at trial - Whether accused persons participated in pre-trial conference between prosecution and counsel - Whether matters agreed upon reduced into writing and signed by accused persons, counsel and prosecution - Whether non-compliance curable - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 172A(5) & 422
Naveen Raj Naidu Gunasegaran v. PP & Another Appeal
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Zakaria Sam, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1082 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Criminal Trial - Examination - Cross examination - Question not put to witness in cross-examination - Effect of - Held, in case question is not put to witness in cross-examination who could have furnished explanation on a particular issue, correctness or legality of said fact/issue cannot later be raised - Evidence Act, 1872, Ss. 155 to 157 and 146
Mahavir Singh v. State Of Haryana
(Dr BS Chauhan, Dr AK Sikri J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1009 [SC India]

Exhibit - Admissibility of - Chemist report - Agreement to dispense with presence of chemist at trial - Chemist report served on counsel during case management - Whether accused persons' written consent obtained for admission of chemist report during case management - Whether chemist report correctly admitted - Whether proviso to s. 399(1) of Criminal Procedure Code complied with - Whether agreement between parties supersedes written law - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 172A(5), 172B(2)(iv), (6) & 422
Naveen Raj Naidu Gunasegaran v. PP & Another Appeal
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Zakaria Sam, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1082 [CA]

LABOUR LAW

Industrial Court - Joining of parties - Whether third party can be made liable to pay award notwithstanding it was not employer - Whether there was sufficient nexus between party to be joined and party named in reference - Test - Reasonable factual or legal nexus test - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 29(a), (b), 32(1)(a), 56(1) and (2)(a)(i)
Asnah Ahmad v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Ors
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Idrus Harun JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1053 [CA]

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Objection against acquisition - Application for leave to commence judicial review - Challenging State Authority's decision made pursuant to s. 8(1) Land Acquisition Act 1960 to acquire land - Whether application for leave filed within 40 days from date of publication of Form D under Land Acquisition Act 1960 - Whether time frame of 40 days to file leave application started from date Form E served on appellant - Whether commencement of proceedings for land acquisition communicated to appellant - Whether publication in Gazette amounted to constructive notice as opposed to actual knowledge - Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s. 18 - Whether applicable - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53 r. 3(6)
Tunku Yaacob Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Kedah & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJSS, Zaleha Zahari, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ) [2015] 3 CLJ 1017 [FC]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Petition - Admission - Admission as advocate of High Court in Sarawak - Petition by non-citizen - Whether having `Sarawak connection' - Domicile - Whether having abandoned domicile of origin - Whether had chosen Sarawak as present domicile - Advocates Ordinance (Cap 110) (Sarawak), ss. 2, 4(1), (2) - Compliance
In Re Chen Jie; Petitioner
(Rhodzariah Bujang J) [2015] 3 CLJ 1093 [HC]

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Construction of statute - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53 r. 3(6) - Application for leave to commence judicial review - Prescribed time for filing - Challenging State Authority's decision made pursuant to s. 8(1) Land Acquisition Act 1960 to acquire land - Whether application for leave filed within 40 days from date decision first communicated to appellant - Whether O. 53 r. 3(6) must be read together or in context with relevant provisions under Land Acquisition Act 1960 relating to land acquisition proceedings - Whether publication in Gazette amounted to constructive notice as opposed to actual knowledge - Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s. 18 - Whether applicable
Tunku Yaacob Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Kedah & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJSS, Zaleha Zahari, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ) [2015] 3 CLJ 1017 [FC]

TORT

Defamation - Defence - Defence of justification - Subsequent proposed amendment to defence - Lucas Box principle - Whether defendant pleaded meaning with clarity - Whether proposed amendments will be prejudicial to plaintiff - Whether proposed amendment complied with Lucas Box principle - Whether proposed amendments met requirements of O. 78 r. 3(2) of Rules of Court 2012 - Whether amendment justified - Defamation Act 1957, s. 8
Khairy Jamaluddin v. Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, David Wong Dak Wah, Abang Iskandar JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 1062 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

TORT

Kecuaian - Representasi cuai - Lelongan awam - Pembeli membeli motokar berdasarkan representasi bahawa motokar sah dan tidak bermasalah - Pembeli ditangkap kerana didakwa memiliki motokar curi - Tuntutan bagi ganti rugi terhadap defendan-defendan - Sama ada defendan-defendan sedia maklum bahawa motokar adalah motokar curi - Sama ada proses lelongan sah - Sama ada defendan pertama dan kedua cuai atau gagal melaksanakan tugas dan tanggungjawab rasmi - Sama ada defendan ketiga selaku majikan bertanggungan secara vikarius - Sama ada plaintif berhak menuntut ganti rugi daripada kesemua defendan
Mohd Iskandar Idris lwn. Adenan Md Isa & Yang Lain
(Rozana Yusoff PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 1126 [HC]

Tanggungan vikarius - Liabiliti kerajaan - Pembeli membeli motokar berdasarkan representasi bahawa motokar sah dan tidak bermasalah - Pembeli ditangkap kerana didakwa memiliki motokar curi - Sama ada defendan-defendan sedia maklum bahawa motokar adalah motokar curi - Sama ada defendan pertama dan kedua cuai atau gagal melaksanakan tugas dan tanggungjawab rasmi - Sama ada defendan ketiga selaku majikan bertanggungan secara vikarius
Mohd Iskandar Idris lwn. Adenan Md Isa & Yang Lain
(Rozana Yusoff PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 1126 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH

Hartanah - Sewa beli - Surat hakmilik dalam pendaftaran tanah - Pengendorsan `Lot Untuk Orang Melayu' - Permohonan membatalkan catatan `Lot Untuk Orang Melayu' dengan serta merta - Tindakan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri dalam memutuskan pengendorsan `Lot Untuk Orang Melayu' - Sama ada lebih kepada polisi kerajaan - Sama ada dimasukkan dalam sekatan kepentingan - Sama ada penetapan syarat kepentingan `Lot Untuk Orang Melayu' bercanggah dengan niat Parlimen - Kanun Tanah Negara, s. 124(5)(c)
Nyong Chin Khean & Yang Lain lwn. Pendaftar Hakmilik Tanah, Kedah Darul Aman
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 1144 [HC]

CLJ 2015 Volume 4 (Part 1)

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Damai Freight (M) Sdn Bhd v. Affin Bank Bhd
(Land Law - Loan agreement cum assignment ('LACA') - Assignment of rights, title and interest under principle agreement to bank - Whether bank had right to enforce loan agreement) [2015] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]

Ho Tack Sien & Ors v. Rotta Research Laboratorium S.p.A & Anor; Registrar Of Trade Marks (Intervener) & Another Appeal
(Intellectual Property - Infringement of registered trade mark and passing off - Role of Registrar in rectification and expungement proceedings) [2015] 4 CLJ 20 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Mohd Isa Biran v. Khatijah Abdullah & Ors
(Limitation - Whether cause of action commenced from breach of sale and purchase agreement or after discovery of caveats lodged on land) [2015] 4 CLJ 41 [CA]

Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd v. Kamacheh Karuppen
(Road Traffic; Insurance; Words And Phrases - Third party rights against insurer - Construction of policy) [2015] 4 CLJ 54 [CA]

Shah Rehan Abdul Rahman v. PP
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Failure of defence to call witnesses - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked - Alcontara notice) [2015] 4 CLJ 71 [CA]

HIGH COURT

HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Jejak Maju Resources Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil Procedure - Stay of civil suit pending completion of criminal proceedings) [2015] 4 CLJ 81 [HC]

Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy v. Rui Development Sdn Bhd
(Bankruptcy; Statutory Interpretation - Leave to commence bankruptcy proceedings - Whether subordinate courts had jurisdiction in bankruptcy matters - Bankruptcy Rules 1969, r. 91(4) - Whether 'court' should be read to include subordinate courts) [2015] 4 CLJ 94 [HC]

PP v. Ramli Saion
(Criminal Procedure - Charge - Alteration or amendment of) [2015] 4 CLJ 104 [HC]

Tai Choi Yu & Co, Advocates v. Ting Sie Chung (No. 3)
(Civil Procedure - Amendment - Writ and statement of claim - Application to vary interest rate from 8% to 14% per annum) [2015] 4 CLJ 109 [HC]

Tan Kang Ho v. Mao Sheng Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil Procedure - Committal proceedings - Failure to comply with consent order - Whether consent order had to be served personally - Whether mandatory for consent order to be endorsed with penal notice) [2015] 4 CLJ 113 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKRUPTCY

Notice - Leave to issue - Leave obtained from subordinate court that pronounced judgment against judgment debtor - Failure by judgment creditor to obtain leave from High Court - Whether irregularity curable under s. 131 of Bankruptcy Act 1967
Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy v. Rui Development Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 94 [HC]

Notice - Setting aside - Application to set aside bankruptcy notice and creditor's petition - Leave to commence bankruptcy proceedings - Failure to comply with r. 91(4) of Bankruptcy Rules 1969 - Whether High Court should follow decision in Kumpolan Kemajuan Raya Sdn Bhd v. Faidz Darus for leave to be granted by court that pronounced judgment against judgment debtor - Whether subordinate courts had jurisdiction in bankruptcy matters - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 88
Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy v. Rui Development Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 94 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Amendment - Writ and statement of claim - Application for - Claim for legal professional fees and services rendered - Amendment to vary interest rate from 8% to 14% per annum - Whether amendment misconceived and an abuse of process of court - Whether amendment changed nature of suit - Rules of Court 2012, O. 20 r. 3 - Yamaha Motor Co Ltd v. Yamaha (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
Tai Choi Yu & Co, Advocates v. Ting Sie Chung (No. 3)
(Stephen Chung J) [2015] 4 CLJ 109 [HC]

Committal proceedings - Application for - Failure to comply with consent order - Whether non-compliance warranted committal proceedings - Whether consent order vague - Whether consent order had to be served personally - Whether mandatory for consent order to be endorsed with penal notice - Whether applicant for committal proceedings failed to comply with procedural safeguards to protect alleged contemnor - Whether non-compliance could be cured - Whether applicant had other avenues other than committal proceedings
Tan Kang Ho v. Mao Sheng Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 113 [HC]

Res judicata - Committal proceedings - Setting aside leave for order of committal - Whether applicants' complaints already addressed by suit which had been disposed of earlier - Whether there was an abuse of process of court
Tan Kang Ho v. Mao Sheng Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 113 [HC]

Stay of proceedings - Application for - Stay of civil suit pending completion of criminal proceedings - Whether special circumstances arose to grant stay order - Whether plaintiff prejudiced from alleged late filing of stay application - Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, s. 54(3)
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad v. Jejak Maju Resources Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Azimah Omar JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 81 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against acquittal - Whether prosecution's appeal had any merits - Whether victims cheated by accused - Whether victims claim against accused subjected to civil claim or criminal charge
PP v. Ramli Saion
(Akhtar Tahir J) [2015] 4 CLJ 104 [HC]

Charge - Alteration or amendment of - Prosecution applied to amend charge after testimony of witness - Whether prosecution merely amended or altered charge altogether - Whether case fit for retrial or postponement - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 158, 159 & 160
PP v. Ramli Saion
(Akhtar Tahir J) [2015] 4 CLJ 104 [HC]

Defence - Witnesses - Trafficking in 1,952 grams cannabis - Failure of defence to call witnesses - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked - Alcontara notice - Whether duly given - Whether accused placed with burden to prove his innocence - Whether trial judge considered defence sufficiently - Whether there was misdirection by trial judge - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Shah Rehan Abdul Rahman v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Aziah Ali, Rohana Yusuf JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 71 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Burden of proof - Accused's burden - Whether to cast a reasonable doubt on prosecution's case - Failure of defence to call witnesses - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 - Alcontara notice - Whether duly given - Whether accused placed with burden to prove his innocence
Shah Rehan Abdul Rahman v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Aziah Ali, Rohana Yusuf JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 71 [CA]

Witness - Failure to call witness - Adverse inference - Whether accused placed with burden to call witnesses - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked - Alcontara notice - Whether duly given - Whether trial judge considered defence sufficiently - Whether there was misdirection by trial judge - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Shah Rehan Abdul Rahman v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Aziah Ali, Rohana Yusuf JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 71 [CA]

INSURANCE

Motor insurance - Construction of policy - Whether insurer ought to be held liable to pay third party whose injuries were caused by criminal use of vehicle by insured - Road Transport Act 1987, s. 91(1)(b) - Whether restricted insurer's liability to only where vehicle used for purpose within contemplation of insurer
Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd v. Kamacheh Karuppen
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Mohtarudin Baki, Varghese George JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 54 [CA]

Third party rights against insurer - Claim under policy - Third party obtained judgment against insured - Third party claimed against insurer upon failure by insured to satisfy judgment sum - Whether s. 96 Road Transport Act 1987 created statutory obligation on insurer to pay third party - Insured vehicle used for criminal purpose - Whether defeated third party's claim - Whether insurer satisfied conditions for avoidance of payment - Road Transport Act 1987, s. 96(2) & (3)
Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd v. Kamacheh Karuppen
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Mohtarudin Baki, Varghese George JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 54 [CA]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Trade marks - Infringement of registered trade mark and passing off - Allegation of - Role of Registrar in rectification and expungement proceedings - Whether Registrar should be made a party in an application to expunge or rectify register of trade marks - Trade Marks Act 1976, s. 45 - Whether registered proprietor or owner of aggrieved mark proper party to bring an action in court - Whether remedy of removal or expungement of trade mark from Registrar dependent on s. 62(1) of Trade Marks Act 1976 - Whether s. 40(1)(f) Trade Marks Act 1976 afforded a defence in relation to marks wrongfully entered in Register
Ho Tack Sien & Ors v. Rotta Research Laboratorium S.p.A & Anor; Registrar Of Trade Marks (Intervener) & Another Appeal
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) Abdull Hamid Embong, Hasan Lah, Mohamed Apandi Ali FCJJ) [2015] 4 CLJ 20 [FC]

LAND LAW

Lease - Assignment - Alienated land charged as security - Loan agreement cum assignment ('LACA') - Absolute assignment of rights, title and interest under principle agreement to bank - Default in repayment of loan - Auction carried out by bank to sell land - Whether bank had right to enforce loan agreement - Whether bank obliged to ensure execution of charge - Whether sale by bank ultra vires the National Land Code - Whether auction sale ought to be set aside - Whether lender with absolute assignment of rights to land could realise security under terms of assignment
Damai Freight (M) Sdn Bhd v. Affin Bank Bhd
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Abdull Hamid Embong, Ahmad Maarop, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2015] 4 CLJ 1 [FC]

LIMITATION

Commencement of action - When action commenced - Whether cause of action was for breach of contract or for recovery of land - Whether cause of action commenced from breach of sale and purchase agreement or after discovery of caveats lodged on land - Limitation Act 1953, ss. 6(1)(a), 9
Mohd Isa Biran v. Khatijah Abdullah & Ors
(Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Alizatul Khair Osman, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 41 [CA]

ROAD TRAFFIC

Insurance - Third party claims - Judgment against insured by third party - Whether third party could claim against insurer upon failure by insured to satisfy judgment sum - Whether s. 96 Road Transport Act 1987 created statutory obligation on insurer to pay third party
Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd v. Kamacheh Karuppen
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Mohtarudin Baki, Varghese George JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 54 [CA]

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Construction of statutes - Purposive interpretation - Whether r. 91(4) of the Bankruptcy Rules 1969 should be given purposive interpretation - Whether 'court' should be read to include subordinate courts - Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s. 17A
Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy v. Rui Development Sdn Bhd
(SM Komathy JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 94 [HC]

WORDS AND PHRASES

'use' - Road Transport Act 1987, s. 91(1)(b) - Whether covered use of vehicle in commission of criminal act
Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd v. Kamacheh Karuppen
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Mohtarudin Baki, Varghese George JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 54 [HC]

ARTICLE

Legal Network Series Article(s)

1. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS OF BANKS AND INSURANCE
    COMPANIES UNDER THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT 2013 AND
    THE ISLAMIC FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT 2013* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: MICHELLE WONG MIN ER [2015] 1 LNS(A) xxxvi

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 766	Netting Of Financial Agreements Act 2015	30 March 2015 [PU(B) 131/2015]	-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-
ACT 763	Yayasan Guru Tun Hussein Onn Act 2014	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 762	Goods And Services Tax Act 2014	1 July 2014 - Parts I, II, IV, VI and XVI, ss 10, 11, 17, 18, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 160, 163, 183, 184 and 197, the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Act; 1 April 2015 - Parts IX, XIII, XVII and XVIII, ss 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110, 122, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 and 196, the Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule to the Act [PU(B) 319/2014]	-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) 84/2015	National Archives (Fees) Regulations 2015	8 May 2015	11 May 2015	ACT 629
PU(A) 83/2015	Customs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015	5 May 2015	6 May 2015	PU(A) 162/1977
PU(A) 82/2015	Renewable Energy (Amendment Of Schedule) Order 2015	5 May 2015	6 May 2015	ACT 725
PU(A) 81/2015	Water Services Industry (Rates For Water Supply Services) (State Of Negeri Sembilan) Regulations 2015	28 April 2015	1 May 2015	ACT 655
PU(A) 80/2015	Water Services Industry (Rates For Water Supply Services) (State Of Malacca) (Amendment) Regulations 2015	28 April 2015	1 May 2015	PU(A) 372/2010

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 222/2015	Notification Of Values Of Crude Petroleum Oil Under Section 12	14 May 2015	14 May 2015 to 27 May 2015	ACT 235
PU(B) 221/2015	Results Of Contested Election And Statement Of The Poll After The Official Addition Of Votes For The By-Election Of P. 044 Permatang Pauh	13 May 2015	7 May 2015	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 220/2015	Results Of Contested Election And Statement Of The Poll After The Official Addition Of Votes For The By-Election Of P. 091 Rompin	7 May 2015	5 May 2015	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 219/2015	Notification Of Symbol And Representation For The Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia And Feed-In Tariff System	7 May 2015	8 May 2015	ACT 726
PU(B) 218/2015	Notice To Third Parties	7 May 2015	21 May 2015	ACT 613

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