CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 22
4 June 2010
CLJ Law MALAYSIA
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Amending Acts
NUMBER
TITLE
DATE COMING INTO FORCE
AMENDING
ACT A1369 Securities Commission (Amendment) Act 2010 1 April 2010 [PU (B) 141/2010] ACT A1370 Capital Markets And Services (Amendment) Act 2010 1 April 2010 [PU (B) 142/2010] ACT A1371 Energy Commission (Amendment) Act 2010 15 March 2010 [PU(B) 105/2010] ACT A1372 Supplementary Supply (2009) Act 2010 21 May 2010 - ACT A1373 Supplementary Supply (2010) Act 2010 12 February 2010 -
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By Datuk Wira Low Hop Bing*
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Chian Swee Ong v. PP
(Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder) [2010] 5 CLJ 1
COURT OF APPEAL
Bank Pembangunan Dan Infrastruktur Malaysia Bhd v. Omar Hj Ahmad
(Land Law - Charge - Third party charge) [2010] 5 CLJ 15
Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja v. Ong Lian Chee
(Civil Procedure - Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Dependent's claim to EPF) [2010] 5 CLJ 23
Renault SA v. Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor And Other Applications
(Tort - Conspiracy - Elements of) [2010] 5 CLJ 32
HIGH COURT
Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd v. Azhar Osman & Other Cases
(Banking - Islamic banking - Loan facility - Bai Bithaman Ajil) [2010] 5 CLJ 54
PP v. Jayaprakasan Thangavel
(Criminal Procedure - Appeal - Petition to appeal) [2010] 5 CLJ 73
PP v. Kok Seong Yoon
(Criminal Law - Film Censorship Act 2002 - Section 5(1)(a)) [2010] 5 CLJ 77
Taman Bandar Baru Masai Sdn Bhd v. Dindings Corporations Sdn Bhd
(Arbitration - Award - Setting aside) [2010] 5 CLJ 83
SUBJECT INDEX
ARBITRATION
Award - Enforcement - Application for - Plaintiff objected to defendant's application on ground arbitrator acted outside his jurisdiction - Whether issues dealt by arbitrator were within subject matter of arbitration agreement - Minimum interference by court - Whether compulsory for courts to respect decision of arbitrators - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 9, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42
Taman Bandar Baru Masai Sdn Bhd v. Dindings Corporations Sdn Bhd
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JC) [2010] 5 CLJ 83 [HC]
Award - Setting aside - Breach of trust - Allegation of - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 37 and 42 - Failure to intitule appropriate subsection - Failure to set out facts leading to grounds in a concise manner - Averments in affidavits lumped up unintelligibly - Substantial level of prolixity - Whether plaintiff's application and affidavits in breach of rules of court - Whether plaintiff's application should be dismissed in limine - Arbitration Act 2005, ss. 9, 3, 38, 39
Taman Bandar Baru Masai Sdn Bhd v. Dindings Corporations Sdn Bhd
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JC) [2010] 5 CLJ 83 [HC]
Stay of proceedings - Dispute - Breach of Master Agreement - Whether within ambit of arbitration agreement - Whether governing law Arbitration Act 2005 or Arbitration Act 1952 - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10
Renault SA v. Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor And Other Applications
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdull Hamid Embong & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 32 [CA]
BANKING
Islamic banking - Loan facility - Bai Bithaman Ajil - Determination of quantum of plaintiff's claim - Whether bank had legal right to claim for full sale price as stipulated in Property Sale Agreement - Doctrine of stare decisis - Whether there was binding precedent - National Land Code, ss. 257(1), 266(1)
Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd v. Azhar Osman & Other Cases
(Rohana Yusuf J) [2010] 5 CLJ 54 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Dependent's claim to EPF for additional amount under s. 54(1)(a) read with s. 58(1) and the Fifth Schedule to the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 - Whether additional amount payable to defendant based on date of member's death or date of approval by EPF Board - Whether additional amount payable under s. 58(1) Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 to the dependent RM30,000 set out in Fifth Schedule (pre-amendment) or RM2,000 set out in Fifth Schedule (post amendment)
Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja v. Ong Lian Chee
(Low Hop Bing, Ramly Ali & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 23 [CA]
Striking out - Statement of claim - Whether disclosed cause of action in tort of conspiracy - Whether elements of tort of conspiracy shown - Whether fit and proper case for striking out as against 2nd defendant/appellant - Whether statement of claim frivolous and vexatious as against 3rd defendant/appellant
Renault SA v. Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor And Other Applications
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdull Hamid Embong & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 32 [CA]
CRIMINAL LAW
Film Censorship Act 2002 - Section 5(1)(a) - Possession of obscene DVDs - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Prima facie case - Whether proved - Failure to carry out screen testing of DVDs - Whether DVDs proved to be obscene
PP v. Kok Seong Yoon
(Hue Siew Kheng JC) [2010] 5 CLJ 77 [HC]
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Death of a human being - Failure to put name of deceased in the charge - Whether rendered charge defective to warrant acquittal
Chian Swee Ong v. PP
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 5 CLJ 1 [FC]
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Defence - Provocation - Whether appellant ought reasonably not to have lost self control when victim rejected and mocked him - Whether there was provocation as envisaged in Exception 1 to s. 300 Penal Code
Chian Swee Ong v. PP
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 5 CLJ 1 [FC]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Petition to appeal - Whether lodged out of time - Whether service of relevant documents sent to wrong address - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 307(3), (5), (9), 310
PP v. Jayaprakasan Thangavel
(Choong Siew Khim JC) [2010] 5 CLJ 73 [HC]
Police investigation - Cautioned statement - Whether caution properly administered to accused - Whether cautioned statement rightly admitted by trial judge - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 113
Chian Swee Ong v. PP
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 5 CLJ 1 [FC]
LAND LAW
Charge - Third party charge - Third party charge relating to Malay Reserve land - Attestation by an advocate and solicitor instead of a Land Administrator - Whether ipso facto negated creation of an equitable third party charge - National Land Code, s. 349(3) - Malay Reservations Enactment (FMS Cap 142), s. 12
Bank Pembangunan Dan Infrastruktur Malaysia Bhd v. Omar Hj Ahmad
(Low Hop Bing, Kang Hwee Gee & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 15 [CA]
LIMITATION
Cause of action - Accrual of - Whether cause of action accrued from date of death of deceased member or from date when EPF Board refused to grant authority for withdrawal of additional amount of RM30,000 - Whether defendant's claim time barred by s. 6(1)(d) Limitation Act 1953
Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja v. Ong Lian Chee
(Low Hop Bing, Ramly Ali & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 23 [CA]
TORT
Conspiracy - Elements of - Failure to plead agreement to conspire, purpose and object of conspiracy - Absence of allegation of overt acts by 3rd defendant/appellant in furtherance of the conspiracy - Whether there can be conspiracy when there was no element of secrecy
Renault SA v. Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor And Other Applications
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdull Hamid Embong & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 32 [CA]
Conspiracy - Elements of - Whether an agreement to injure and the acts on execution resulted in damage - Agreement to injure must precede unlawful act in execution of agreement - Whether 1st and 2nd defendants/appellants had conspired - Alleged representation pleaded to be made in 2000 whereas alleged conspiracy pleaded to have occurred in 2001
Renault SA v. Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor And Other Applications
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdull Hamid Embong & KN Segara JJCA) [2010] 5 CLJ 32 [CA]
CASE OF THE WEEK
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Police investigation - Cautioned statement - Whether caution properly administered to accused - Whether cautioned statement rightly admitted by trial judge - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 113
CRIMINAL LAW: Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Death of a human being - Failure to put name of deceased in the charge - Whether rendered charge defective to warrant acquittal
CRIMINAL LAW: Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Defence - Provocation - Whether appellant ought reasonably not to have lost self control when victim rejected and mocked him - Whether there was provocation as envisaged in Exception 1 to s. 300 Penal Code
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