Legal Network Series

[2013] 1 LNS 103	PP v. MOHAMMADERFAN ESHTYAGHI AHMAD	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Prosecution's case - Prima facie case - Whether box was in accused's custody and under his control at material time - Whether by virtue of s. 37(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, accused deemed to have knowledge of the nature of the drugs - Weight of the drugs - Whether irresistible inference that accused was carrying drugs for purpose of trafficking - Whether prima facie case established CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Defence's story - Whether accused's claim to ignorance credible - Whether accused failed to discharge his burden of disproving knowledge - Whether mens rea possession proved by default - Accused offered no explanation whatsoever as to the purpose for which drugs were carried - Whether accused had duty to prove that the drugs were not for the purpose of trafficking - Whether any material before the court to come to a finding that his explanation was capable of casting a reasonable doubt in prosecution's case - Whether case against accused proved beyond reasonable doubt
[2013] 1 LNS 150	CAYMAN DEVELOPMENT (S.P.) SDN BHD v. BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA KOMPLEKS CAYMAN & ANOR	LAND LAW: Strata title - Management corporation - Existence of 2 bodies in respect of the complex - Joint Management Body (JMB) and management corporation (MC) - Whether there could only be one body responsible for the complex be it the MC or JMB - Whether MC and JMB could co-exist - Failure of plaintiff to appeal within 14 days as stated in s. 41 of the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 - Whether with the opening of the book on strata title and the existence of MC under s. 39 of the Strata Titles Act 1985, appeal to State Authority applicable - Whether plaintiff had locus standi to seek a declaration that JMB was invalid
[2013] 1 LNS 152	AW ENG SUN & ANOR v. LAU KOOI CHEUN & ORS	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Declaration - Alternative remedy to be exhausted - Plaintiffs seeking declaration that Form 49 filed and registered in the CCM null and void - Whether plaintiffs should have first resorted to ss. 11(8) & (9) of Companies Act 1965 and were precluded from bringing present action - Court had no power under Companies Act 1965 to expunge Form 49 - Whether declaration would be rendered nugatory - Whether Registrar must ensure that these documents were accurate and must speedily dispose of complaints under ss. 11(8) and (9) - Whether sufficient to seek a declaration of rights - Whether expunging of the offending Form in the CCM Registrar was more important COMPANY LAW: Shares - Rectification of register - Whether proper party should be the company - Whether both parties could have relied on specific provisions of the Companies Act 1965 to redress their grievances rather than resorting to declaratory relief TORT: Defamation - Libel - Letters - Whether tended to lower plaintiffs in the estimation of right thinking men in general and would expose plaintiffs to ridicule - Whether defence of justification and qualified privilege applied while the investigation of the Registrar was pending on various allegations - Whether plaintiff made out a case for defamation on the two impugned articles in paras. 3 and 4 of Statement of Claim - Whether compensatory damages should be awarded
[2013] 1 LNS 156	VELL PAARI SAMY VELLU v. DATO' PARDIP KUMAR KUKREJA & ANOR	COMPANY LAW: Directors - Suit against director - Whether appropriate for First defendant who was a director of Second defendant to attempt to escape liability by saying that liability was merely between plaintiff and Second defendant - Whether First defendant was the alter ego of Second defendant - Whether there was any privity of contract between plaintiff and First defendant - Whether plaintiff could bring an action against First defendant TORT: Conversion - Claim in conversion - Elements of - Whether defendants had without authority taken possession of plaintiff's property with intention of asserting a right over it - Whether plaintiff proved his case in conversion
[2013] 1 LNS 159	TENG SUNG @ SIEW KAM LIAN v. SOON KON YIN	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Service - Writ of summons - Setting aside service - Whether cause of action arose in Kuala Lumpur as the oral agreement was arrived at in Malaysia and the representations made in Malaysia - Whether the High Court of Malaya had jurisdiction - Whether application of defendant to set aside service of the Writ on account of lack of jurisdiction must fail CIVIL PROCEDURE: Jurisdiction - Forum conveniens - Whether the High Court of Malaya was proper forum to hear plaintiff's claim or the relevant court in China as alleged - Whether defendant had shown that the Court in China would be a preferred forum - Although some inconvenience in coming back from China for defendant, whether such inconvenience would cause prejudice or injustice to defendant

CLJ 2014 Volume 4 (Part 4)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Racha Urud & Ors v. Ravenscourt Sdn Bhd & Ors
Abdul Wahab Patail, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Varghese George JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Action - Commencement of - Whether should have been brought by way of judicial review) [2014] 4 CLJ 393 [CA]

Seyedalireza Seyedhedayatollah Ehteshamiardestani v. PP
Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA
(Criminal Law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking - Presumption of knowledge and trafficking) [2014] 4 CLJ 406 [CA]

Steven Pangiraja & Ors v. PP
Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Evidence - Witness - Child witness - Preliminary inquiry to test competency of witness) [2014] 4 CLJ 418 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
Kamardin Hashim H
(Perbankan - Bank dan pelanggan - Hak istimewa kerahsiaan - Pemakaian) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Natsafe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Cimb Bank Berhad
Yeoh Wee Siam J
(Banking - Banker and customer - Forgery - Dishonoured cheques) [2014] 4 CLJ 510 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Banker and customer - Forgery - Dishonoured cheques - Three authorised signatories to account - One signatory alleged to be fraudster - Bank debited sum despite detecting signatory's signature different from specimen signature - Whether payment of cheques by bank null and void - Whether plaintiff had right to institute proceedings against bank - Whether forgery proven - Whether bank liable to plaintiff for honouring payment of cheques - Whether bank acted in good faith - Bills of Exchange Act 1949, ss. 24, 73A, 95
Natsafe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. CIMB Bank Berhad
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 4 CLJ 510 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Commencement of - Claim under infringement of native customary rights - Whether should have been brought by way of judicial review - Whether based solely on substantive principles of public law - Whether enforcement of native customary rights is preponderance of private rights - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53
Racha Urud & Ors v. Ravenscourt Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Varghese George JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 393 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 2,849g of methamphetamine - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Presumption of knowledge and trafficking - Failure by trial judge to determine which presumption relied upon - Whether appellant rebutted presumption - Whether amounted to a misdirection - Whether defence sufficiently considered by trial judge - Whether trial judge undertaken exercise under s. 182A Criminal Procedure Code - Whether conviction and sentence safe - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37(d) & (da)
Seyedalireza Seyedhedayatollah Ehteshamiardestani v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 406 [CA]

Kidnapping Act 1961 - Section 3 - Offence of kidnapping - Grounds of appeal - Whether identification parade flawed and defective - Whether trial judge failed to warn himself against accepting evidence of 13 year old victim - Whether test of maximum evaluation and beyond reasonable doubt rightly applied - Whether trial judge erred in law and fact in sentencing - Whether appellate interference warranted - Kidnapping Act 1961, s. 3
Steven Pangiraja & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 418 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Dangerous drugs - Trafficking - Presumption of knowledge and trafficking - Failure by trial judge to determine which presumption relied upon - Whether appellant rebutted presumption - Whether defence sufficiently considered by trial judge - Whether trial judge undertaken exercise under s. 182A Criminal Procedure Code - Whether conviction and sentence safe - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, ss. 37(d), (da) & 39B(1)(a)
Seyedalireza Seyedhedayatollah Ehteshamiardestani v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 406 [CA]

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Offence of kidnapping - Grounds of appeal - Whether identification parade flawed and defective - Whether trial judge failed to warn himself against accepting evidence of 13 year old victim - Whether test of maximum evaluation and beyond reasonable doubt rightly applied - Whether trial judge erred in law and fact in sentencing - Whether appellate interference warranted - Kidnapping Act 1961, s. 3
Steven Pangiraja & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 418 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Witness - Child witness - Preliminary inquiry to test competency of witness - Whether required under law - Whether witness was `child of tender years' - Whether trial judge considered competency issues relating to `sufficient intelligence' - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 118 & 133A
Steven Pangiraja & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 418 [CA]

LIMITATION

Accrual of cause of action - Fresh accrual of - Infringement of native customary rights - Terms in timber license granting access to land - Whether no basis for complaint until operations entered land subject to NCR
Racha Urud & Ors v. Ravenscourt Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Varghese George JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 393 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Hak istimewa - Hak istimewa perundangan profesional - Pemakaian - Sama ada peruntukan s. 128 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 menghapuskan hak perlindungan terhadap dokumen guaman - Sama ada prinsip kerahsiaan hanya melindungi hak anak guaman dan bukan peguam - Sama ada hak istimewa terpakai dalam siasatan jenayah
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

PERBANKAN

Bank dan pelanggan - Hak istimewa kerahsiaan - Pemakaian - Sama ada peruntukan s. 128 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 menghapuskan hak istimewa kerahsiaan perbankan - Sama ada hak istimewa terpakai dalam siasatan jenayah - Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan 2013, ss. 133, 134
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Pendakwaan - Hak untuk memulakan, mengendalikan atau memberhentikan pendakwaan - Kuasa pendakwaan di bawah s. 126 Akta Perindustrian Sekuriti 1983 - Sama ada pendakwa perlu mendapat izin terlebih dahulu daripada Peguam Negara - Sama ada sah di bawah per. 145(3) Perlembagaan Persekutuan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Pendakwaan - Rundingan prabicara - Sama ada peruntukan rundingan prabicara dan pengurusan kes menghakis hak tertuduh - Sama ada bercanggah dengan per. 5(1) dan 8(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah ss. 172A, 172B
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

SEKURITI

Suruhanjaya Sekuriti - Siasatan kesalahan sekuriti - Urusniaga dalaman - Sama ada peruntukan ss. 128 dan 134 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 mencabuli hak asasi perlembagaan tertuduh - Sama ada penyimpangan kecil berkaitan dengan prosedur dibenarkan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN

Hak-hak asasi - Hak seorang tahanan atau seseorang dalam penyiasatan untuk mendapatkan khidmat guaman - Sama ada satu hak mutlak - Sama ada boleh dibataskan berdasarkan kepentingan awam
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Hak-hak asasi - Hak terhadap nyawa dan kebebasan diri - Perlembagaan Persekutuan, per. 5(1) dan 8(1) - Sama ada satu hak mutlak - Sama ada boleh dibataskan melalui peruntukan undang-undang - Sama ada kepentingan awam diberikan keutamaan - Sama ada peruntukan ss. 128 dan 134 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 mencabuli hak asasi di bawah per. 5(1) dan 8(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Hak-hak asasi - Hak untuk berdiam diri dan hak perlindungan daripada menjerat diri sendiri - Sama ada peruntukan s. 134 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 mencabuli hak asasi di bawah per. 5(1) dan 8(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Hak-hak asasi - Pencabulan - Undang-undang yang bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan - Sama ada peruntukan ss. 128 dan 134 Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993 mencabuli hak asasi tertuduh - Ujian bagi menentukan sama ada sesuatu peruntukan statut bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan - Sama ada undang-undang terbatal - Sama ada penyimpangan kecil berkaitan dengan prosedur dibenarkan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Peguam Negara - Hak untuk memulakan, mengendalikan atau memberhentikan pendakwaan - Kuasa pendakwaan di bawah s. 126 Akta Perindustrian Sekuriti 1983 - Sama ada pendakwa perlu mendapat izin terlebih dahulu daripada Peguam Negara - Sama ada sah di bawah per. 145(3) Perlembagaan Persekutuan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

Undang-undang - Keabsahan - Keabsahan undang-undang dari pandangan perlembagaan
Dato' Sreesanthan Eliathamby lwn. PP & Kes Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2014] 4 CLJ 432 [HC]

CLJ 2014 Volume 4 (Part 5)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Agrovenus LLP v. Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Anantham Kasinather JJCA
(Arbitration - Arbitral tribunal - Jurisdiction - Sales contract - Award - Doctrine of estoppel) [2014] 4 CLJ 525 [CA]

Hossein Shakeri v. PP & Other Appeals
Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Law; Evidence; Criminal Procedure - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Knowledge - Presumption) [2014] 4 CLJ 540 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Perbandaran Sepang; Peguam Negara Malaysia (Intervener)
Zaleha Yusof J
(Civil Procedure; Statutory Interpretation - Judicial review - Application against decision for planning permission - Intervention) [2014] 4 CLJ 551 [HC]

Hj Zainie Abdul Aucasa v. Yabi Yangkat
Chew Soo Ho J
(Administrative Law - Judicial review - Whether applicant deprived of rights to be heard - Whether applicant an aggrieved person) [2014] 4 CLJ 568 [HC]

Low Long Yoong & Anor v. Low Kok Choon & Anor
S Nantha Balan JC
(Civil Procedure - Judgment - Default judgment - Setting aside - Transfer of action) [2014] 4 CLJ 577 [HC]

Mohamed Sam Sailan v. Syarikat Asal Construction Sdn Bhd
Teo Say Eng JC
(Company Law; Evidence; Tort - Directors - Resignation - Presumption - Adverse inference - Fraud) [2014] 4 CLJ 601 [HC]

North Malaya Engineers Trading Co Sdn Bhd v. Aik Aik Holdings Sdn Bhd
Lee Swee Seng JC
(Company Law - Liquidation - Leave to commence action against company - Test to be applied) [2014] 4 CLJ 629 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Certiorari and mandamus - Application for - Order to quash respondent's decision in refusing to forward applicant's appeal to Environmental Appeal Board ('Board') - Whether applicant deprived of rights to be heard - Whether there was breach of natural justice - Whether respondent should perform his public duty by allowing applicant to appeal to Board - Whether applicant an aggrieved person - Environment Protection Enactment 2002, ss. 12(2), 13, 46(2) & 47(a)
Hj Zainie Abdul Aucasa v. Yabi Yangkat
(Chew Soo Ho J) [2014] 4 CLJ 568 [HC]

ARBITRATION

Arbitral tribunal - Jurisdiction - Parties entered into sales contract - Dispute as to whether there was reduction of freight rate component agreed in sales contract - Whether arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction to determine dispute - Respondent only raised objection to jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal in High Court and not at proceedings before arbitral tribunal - Whether doctrine of estoppel applied - Whether respondent failed to provide proof of why recognition or enforcement of award ought to be refused - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 38 & 39(1)(a)
Agrovenus LLP v. Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 525 [CA]

Award - Recognition or enforcement of - Objection to jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal - Parties entered into sales contract - Dispute as to whether there was reduction of freight rate component agreed in sales contract - Whether arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction to determine dispute - Respondent only raised objection to jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal in High Court and not at proceedings before arbitral tribunal - Whether doctrine of estoppel applied - Whether respondent failed to provide proof of why recognition or enforcement of award ought to be refused - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 38 & 39(1)(a)
Agrovenus LLP v. Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 525 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Intervention - Application for - Application by Attorney General of Malaysia to intervene in judicial review - Application against decision for planning permission for construction of AES pole and camera on highway roads - Locus standi to intervene - Whether matter of public interest - Rules of Court 2012, O. 15 r. 6 & O. 53 r. 8 - Federal Constitution, art. 145
Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Perbandaran Sepang; Peguam Negara Malaysia (Intervener)
(Zaleha Yusof J) [2014] 4 CLJ 551 [HC]

Judgment - Default judgment - Setting aside - Delay in filing application - Whether justified - Whether judgment regularly obtained - Judgment obtained under O. 13 r. 4 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether dealt with claims for possession of immovable property and not for liquidated demands - Whether sum claimed represented general damages - Whether there were triable issues - Whether court's discretion warranted to set aside judgment in default
Low Long Yoong & Anor v. Low Kok Choon & Anor
(S Nantha Balan JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 577 [HC]

Judicial review - Application for - Application against decision for planning permission - Construction of AES pole and camera on highway roads - Requirement to obtain permission from city council - Proper party to seek permission from - Whether AES pole and camera located on Federal or State road - Whether roads fell under town council's jurisdiction - Whether AES pole and camera fell under definition of 'building' - Federal Roads Act 1959, s. 3 - Road Transport Act 1987, ss. 67 & 85 - Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, ss. 70 & 72
Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Perbandaran Sepang; Peguam Negara Malaysia (Intervener)
(Zaleha Yusof J) [2014] 4 CLJ 551 [HC]

Transfer of action - From one High Court to another - Suit initiated in Penang High Court - Whether important to ascertain which court had closest nexus to dispute - Consideration of - Whether defendant and witnesses reside in Kluang - Whether Muar High Court proper forum - Whether application to transfer suit ought to be allowed
Low Long Yoong & Anor v. Low Kok Choon & Anor
(S Nantha Balan JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 577 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Resignation - Whether former company director's name fraudulently continued to be used by company to secure contracts - Forgery of signature - Whether proved beyond reasonable doubt - Whether claim for damages allowed
Mohamed Sam Sailan v. Syarikat Asal Construction Sdn Bhd
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 601 [HC]

Liquidation - Leave to commence action against company - Test to be applied - Applicants claiming beneficial interest in property developed by company in liquidation - Whether applicants failed to act expeditiously to protect their alleged interest - Whether liquidator had properly obtained vesting order - Property concerned sold to bona fide third party purchaser - Whether court reluctant to interfere with exercise of liquidator's duties - Whether leave to commence action refused - Companies Act 1965, s. 226(3)
North Malaya Engineers Trading Co Sdn Bhd v. Aik Aik Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 629 [HC]

Winding up - Proceedings against company - Leave to commence action against company - Test to be applied - Applicants claiming beneficial interest in property developed by company in liquidation - Whether applicants failed to act expeditiously to protect their alleged interest - Where liquidator had properly obtained vesting order - Property concerned sold to bona fide third party purchaser - Whether court reluctant to interfere with exercise of liquidator's duties - Whether leave to commence action refused - Companies Act 1965, s. 226(3)
North Malaya Engineers Trading Co Sdn Bhd v. Aik Aik Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 629 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Knowledge - Whether inferred from conduct of accused persons - Whether proven without having to invoke presumption under s. 37(d) - Whether trial judge's misdirection in invoking presumption prejudiced accused persons - Whether possession made out - Whether trafficking proven
Hossein Shakeri v. PP & Other Appeals
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 540 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Findings of fact by trial judge - Misdirection in invoking presumption under s. 37(d) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether misdirection offended law on double presumption - Whether misdirection prejudiced accused persons - Whether trial judge considered evidence in totality - Whether convictions safe - Whether appellate interference warranted
Hossein Shakeri v. PP & Other Appeals
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 540 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Presumption - Adverse inference - Failure to call material witness - Witness diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease - Witness's condition deteriorated and speech hardly intelligible - Whether adverse inference could be drawn
Mohamed Sam Sailan v. Syarikat Asal Construction Sdn Bhd
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 601 [HC]

Presumption - Drug trafficking - Whether knowledge proven without having to invoke presumption under s. 37(d) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether trial judge's misdirection in invoking presumption prejudiced accused persons - Whether misdirection offended law on double presumption - Whether misdirection prejudiced accused persons
Hossein Shakeri v. PP & Other Appeals
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 540 [CA]

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Definition - Application against decision for planning permission for construction of AES pole and camera on highway roads - Definition of 'building' - Whether AES pole and camera fell under definition of 'building' - Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, s. 3
Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd v. Majlis Perbandaran Sepang; Peguam Negara Malaysia (Intervener)
(Zaleha Yusof J) [2014] 4 CLJ 551 [HC]

TORT

Fraud - Proof, of - Whether former company director's name fraudulently continued to be used by company to secure contracts - Forgery of signature - Whether proved beyond reasonable doubt - Whether claim for damages allowed
Mohamed Sam Sailan v. Syarikat Asal Construction Sdn Bhd
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 601 [HC]

CLJ 2014 Volume 4 (Part 6)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Ambiya Mohamad & Ors v. PP
Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Witness - Non-calling of third party as witness - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)) [2014] 4 CLJ 653 [CA]

Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad v. Siu Yan Tam & Anor And Another Appeal
Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Insurance - Life insurance - Policy - Fraud - Whether change of trustee of life insurance policy done fraudulently) [2014] 4 CLJ 666 [CA]

Mohd Nasaruddin Mohd Ali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun HHMR
(Undang-undang Jenayah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 40 - Sumber - Identiti tidak lagi menjadi rahsia - Sama ada hilang perlindungan di bawah s. 40) [2014] 4 CLJ 688 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Boo Choon Kooy v. PP
Zamani A Rahim J
(Criminal Procedure - Judge - Recusal - Application for) [2014] 4 CLJ 701 [HC]

Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing v. Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat
Lau Bee Lan J
(Civil Procedure; Evidence - Disclosure - Privilege - Information relating to journalist's source of information - Whether protected from disclosure) [2014] 4 CLJ 715 [HC]

Karen Isabel Wilfred v. Dhyana Shila Vasanthan
Azizah Nawawi JC
(Partnership; Civil Procedure; Words & Phrases - Dissolution - Notice of dissolution - Failure to resolve issues between partners – Application under O. 33 r. 2 Rules of Court 2012) [2014] 4 CLJ 737 [HC]

Tau Kau Tiah v. Tetuan Teh Kim Teh, Salina & Co
Vernon Ong J
(Legal Profession; Civil Procedure - Professional discipline - Misconduct - Breach of undertaking) [2014] 4 CLJ 753 [HC]

Tiong Cheng Peng & Anor v. Ker Min Choo & Ors
Gunalan Muniandy JC
(Company Law - Winding up - Liquidators - Application for removal of court appointed liquidator) [2014] 4 CLJ 773 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Finding of facts - Finding by trial judge that evidence insufficient to prove fraud, forgery and falsification of signature - Whether appellate court could countenance otherwise
Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad v. Siu Yan Tam & Anor And Another Appeal
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 666 [CA]

Disclosure - Privilege - Information relating to journalist's source of information - Whether protected from disclosure - Whether journalist may be ordered to disclose source of information - Criteria to be satisfied for ordering disclosure
Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing v. Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat
(Lau Bee Lan J) [2014] 4 CLJ 715 [HC]

Judgments - Grounds of - Whether entire decision of Court of Appeal set aside by decision of Federal Court - Legal firm held land as stakeholder and refused to return titles - Whether there was breach of undertaking - Whether legal firm entitled to make interpleader application - Whether Federal Court set aside Court of Appeal's finding that there was collusion between legal firm and developer in withholding titles
Tau Kau Tiah v. Tetuan Teh Kim Teh, Salina & Co
(Vernon Ong J) [2014] 4 CLJ 753 [HC]

Preliminary issue - Dissolution of partnership - Application for issue or question raised in pleadings to be tried on preliminary basis - Rules of Court 2012, O. 33 r. 2 - Scope of - Whether resulted in substantial saving of time and expenditure - Whether court empowered to determine any question or issue arising in cause or matter - Whether case suitable to be tried on preliminary issue - Conduct of parties - Whether partnership should be dissolved
Karen Isabel Wilfred v. Dhyana Shila Vasanthan
(Azizah Nawawi JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 737 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Winding up - Liquidators - Application for removal of court appointed liquidator - Grounds for - Failure of liquidator to carry out fiduciary duties - Whether allegations of impropriety against liquidator made out - Whether liquidator acted in breach of fiduciary duties - Companies Act 1965, s. 232(1)
Tiong Cheng Peng & Anor v. Ker Min Choo & Ors
(Gunalan Muniandy JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 773 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Judge - Recusal - Application for - Grounds of bias and breach of natural justice - Allegation of - Judge had formerly represented complainant - Whether judge should have recused himself - Whether court proper forum to decide - Whether there was clear abuse of court process - Whether court could conclude there was possibility of real danger of bias - Whether judge's decision properly delivered and in accordance with s. 316 Criminal Procedure Code
Boo Choon Kooy v. PP
(Zamani A Rahim J) [2014] 4 CLJ 701 [HC]

Witness - Calling of witness by prosecution - Accused persons charged for common intention of trafficking in 212.6g dangerous drugs - Negotiation for sale and purchase of drugs carried out by third party - Participation of third party - Whether active - Whether role of third party led to arrest of accused persons - Whether third party mere informer or agent provocateur - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 39B(1)(a)
Ambiya Mohamad & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 653 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Failure of prosecution to call informer as witness - Accused persons charged for common intention of trafficking in dangerous drugs - Negotiation for sale and purchase of drugs carried out by third party - Participation of third party - Whether led to arrest of accused persons - Non-calling of third party as witness - Whether detrimental to prosecution's case - Whether adverse inference ought to be invoked - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Ambiya Mohamad & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 653 [CA]

Agent provocateur - Informer - Accused persons charged for common intention of trafficking in dangerous drugs - Negotiation for sale and purchase of drugs carried out by third party - Participation of third party - Whether active - Whether role of third party led to arrest of accused persons - Whether third party mere informer or agent provocateur - Whether protected under s. 40 Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
Ambiya Mohamad & Ors v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 653 [CA]

Privilege - Information relating to journalist's source of information - Whether protected from disclosure - Whether journalist may be ordered to disclose source of information - Criteria to be satisfied for ordering disclosure
Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing v. Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat
(Lau Bee Lan J) [2014] 4 CLJ 715 [HC]

INSURANCE

Life insurance - Payment of sum assured - Whether insurance monies paid out to wrong person - Insured person making claim on life insurance policy based on major illness defined under policy - Insured person passed away before receiving payment - Whether insurer correct in releasing policy monies to trustee of policy and insured's executor - Whether policy monies should have been paid to nominees/beneficiaries under policy
Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad v. Siu Yan Tam & Anor And Another Appeal
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 666 [CA]

Life insurance - Payment of sum assured - Locus standi - Wife removed as nominee under husband's life insurance policy - Whether wife beneficiary of husband's estate - Whether wife had locus standi to commence action against insurer in relation to husband's policy monies
Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad v. Siu Yan Tam & Anor And Another Appeal
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 666 [CA]

Life insurance - Policy - Fraud - Whether change of trustee of life insurance policy done fraudulently - Whether insured person's signature forged or falsified
Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad v. Siu Yan Tam & Anor And Another Appeal
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 4 CLJ 666 [CA]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional discipline - Misconduct - Breach of undertaking - Appeal against Disciplinary Board's decision in dismissing complaint against legal firm - Legal firm held land as stakeholder - Whether in breach of undertaking in refusing to return land titles - Whether legal firm acted in manner unbefitting of advocate and solicitor - Whether legal firm entitled to make interpleader application - Whether evidence showed collusion between developer and legal firm - Whether appeal allowed and decision of Disciplinary Board set aside
Tau Kau Tiah v. Tetuan Teh Kim Teh, Salina & Co
(Vernon Ong J) [2014] 4 CLJ 753 [HC]

PARTNERSHIP

Dissolution - Notice of dissolution - Failure to resolve issues between partners - Application under O. 33 r. 2 Rules of Court 2012 - Trial on preliminary issues - Whether resulted in substantial saving of time and expenditure - Conduct of parties - Issues on dissolution and expulsion - Whether related - Whether premised on interpretation of partnership agreement and Partnership Act 1961 - Whether power to expel another partner could only be exercised if there was express provision in partnership agreement to allow it - Whether partner defaulted in obligations - Whether partner could apply for dissolution of partnership - Whether partnership should be dissolved
Karen Isabel Wilfred v. Dhyana Shila Vasanthan
(Azizah Nawawi JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 737 [HC]

WORDS & PHRASES

'Majority' - Meaning of - Partnership Act 1961, s. 27 - Expulsion of partner - Two partners in one firm - Whether one partner is in position to expel other partner - Whether one partner constitutes majority over other partner
Karen Isabel Wilfred v. Dhyana Shila Vasanthan
(Azizah Nawawi JC) [2014] 4 CLJ 737 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran - Sama ada terdapat keterangan yang amat banyak terhadap tertuduh - Sama ada kegagalan memanggil sumber sebagai saksi memprejudiskan tertuduh - Sama ada hakim bicara telah menilai dan menganalisa keterangan dengan sewajarnya - Sama ada sabitan selamat
Mohd Nasaruddin Mohd Ali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun HHMR) [2014] 4 CLJ 688 [CA]

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 40 - Sumber - Identiti tidak lagi menjadi rahsia - Sumber melampaui peranan - Sama ada hilang perlindungan di bawah s. 40 - Sama ada perlu dipanggil sebagai saksi - Sama ada saksi penting - Sama ada kegagalan memanggil sumber sebagai saksi memprejudiskan tertuduh - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g)
Mohd Nasaruddin Mohd Ali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun HHMR) [2014] 4 CLJ 688 [CA]