CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 22
10 June 2011
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Principal Acts
NUMBER TITLE
DATE COMING INTO FORCE
REPEALING
ACT 723 Price Control And Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 1 April 2011 [PU(B) 146/2011] - Nil - ACT 724 National Visual Arts Development Board Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil - ACT 725 Renewable Energy Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil - ACT 726 Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil - ACT 727 Food Analysts Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil - PU(A)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(A) 170/2011 Private Healthcare Facilities And Services (Compoundable Offences) Regulations 2011 23 May 2011 ACT 586 PU(A) 171/2011 Control Of Supplies (Controlled Articles) (No 2) Order 2011 23 May 2011 ACT 122 PU(A) 172/2011 Fees (Employment Pass, Visit Pass (Temporary Employment) And Work Pass) (Amendment) Order 2011 25 May 2011 ACT 209 PU(A) 173/2011 Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Fixing Of Maximum Price And Price Marking Of Price-Controlled Goods) Order 2011 26 May 2011 ACT 723 PU(A) 174/2011 Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Fixing Of Maximum Price And Price Marking Of Price-Controlled Goods) (No 2) Order 2011 26 May 2011 ACT 723 PU(B)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(B) 271/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 2 June 2011 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 272/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 2 June 2011 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 273/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 2 June 2011 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 274/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 2 June 2011 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 275/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 2 June 2011 ACT 56/1965
Bills
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
DR 1/2011 Veterans Bill 2011 - - DR 2/2011 Promotion of Investments (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 327
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By Noorfajri Ismail
CITATION TITLE SUBJECT [2009] 1 LNS 708 [HC] Anum Mohammed v. Hasburllah Ismail; Rogayah Tamel (Third Party) EVIDENCE:
ROAD TRAFFIC: Negligence - Collision between motor cycle and oncoming car - Probability of respondent's version of accident - Respondent claiming motorcycle exited junction into his path - Whether evidence supported respondent's version - Whether respondent's car was travelling against flow of traffic - Whether third party rider misjudged distance and time required to exit safely
[2009] 1 LNS 709 [HC] Hock Peng Realty Sdn Bhd v. Ting Sieh Chung @ Ting Sie Chung [2009] 1 LNS 713 [HC] Usama Industries Sdn Bhd v. Jati Bahagia Sdn Bhd CONTRACT:
EVIDENCE: Documentary evidence - Whether plaintiff able to prove content of ITTO's journals - Pre-requisites to rebutting presumption on genuineness of journals - Whether journals kept in form required by law - No authoritative person called as a witness at trial to produce journals - Whether plaintiff has proven its case on a balance of probability
[2009] 1 LNS 718 [HC] Merino-ODD Sdn Bhd v. PECD Construction Sdn Bhd [2009] 1 LNS 719 [HC] Sri Alam Sdn Bhd v. Wan Khairani Wan Mahmood & Anor
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Biing Han Enterprise Sdn Bhd v. Siew Leong
Tengku Baharudin Shah, Kang Hwee Gee, Abdul Wahab Patail JJCA
(Contract; Agency - Termination - Loss of earnings) [2011] 4 CLJ 465 [CA]Cosco Container Lines Co Ltd & Anor v. Trengganu Forest Products Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad Azhar Ma'ah JJCA
(Contract; Civil Procedure - Frustration - Fraudulent misrepresentation - Limitation) [2011] 4 CLJ 473 [CA]Sulaiman Ismail lwn. PP
Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah Sulaiman Daud HHMR
(Undang-undang Jenayah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran) [2011] 4 CLJ 485 [CA]CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC
(Banking; Civil Procedure; Contract; Evidence - Banks and banking business - Securities - Breach - Facility agreement) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]HIGH COURT
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri v. Kang Keng Tee & Anor
Mohd Amin Firdaus JC
(Constitutional Law; Criminal Procedure; Words & Phrases - Proceedings - Powers of Public Prosecutor) [2011] 4 CLJ 532 [HC]Ng Hoy Keong v. Chua Choon Yang & Ors
Hinshawati Shariff JC
(Company Law - Derivative action - Application for leave to defend) [2011] 4 CLJ 545 [HC]PP lwn. Lau Chin Huat
Kamardin Hashim PK
(Prosedur Jenayah - Rayuan - Sabitan dan hukuman) [2011] 4 CLJ 554 [HC]PP v. Murugan Arumugam
Mohd Yazid Mustafa J
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Murder - Mens rea - Dying declaration - Prima facie case) [2011] 4 CLJ 566 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
AGENCY
Termination - Compensation - Claim for - Compensation payable if termination without sufficient cause - Commission payable - Variation of commission - Whether best evidence would be previous year's commissions - Award of compensation - Whether varied - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 158 & 159
Biing Han Enterprise Sdn Bhd v. Siew Leong
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Kang Hwee Gee, Abdul Wahab Patail JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 465 [CA]BANKING
Banks and banking business - Securities - Pledged shares - Bank having absolute discretion to sell shares as security in satisfaction of sums due - Whether legal obligation on bank to consult borrower before disposing pledged shares
CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
(Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Limitation - Issue of estoppel - Whether arose
Cosco Container Lines Co Ltd & Anor v. Trengganu Forest Products Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 473 [CA]No case to answer - Effect of a defendant electing not to call evidence - Whether plaintiff will automatically succeed in its claim
CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
(Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]COMPANY LAW
Derivative action - Application for leave to defend on behalf of defendant company - Whether notice to defendants can be abridged - Whether non-compliance of notice period mere irregularity - Whether provision of s. 335(4) of the Companies Act 1965 applicable to s. 181B(2) of the same Act
Ng Hoy Keong v. Chua Choon Yang & Ors
(Hinshawati Shariff JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 545 [HC]Derivative action - Application for leave to defend on behalf of defendant company - Whether plaintiff demonstrated a prima facie case - Whether plaintiff acting in good faith - Whether leave can be granted although not prayed for in the originating summons
Ng Hoy Keong v. Chua Choon Yang & Ors
(Hinshawati Shariff JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 545 [HC]CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Proceedings - Power to institute, conduct or discontinue - Whether Director General of Inland Revenue has power to institute criminal proceedings - Whether sanction of Public Prosecutor required - Whether Inland Revenue Board given discretion - Federal Constitution, art. 145(3) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 30
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri v. Kang Keng Tee & Anor
(Mohd Amin Firdaus JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 532 [HC]CONTRACT
Agency - Termination - Loss of earnings - Compensation payable if termination without sufficient cause - Commission payable - Variation of commission - Whether best evidence would be previous year's commissions - Award of compensation - Whether varied - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 158 & 159
Biing Han Enterprise Sdn Bhd v. Siew Leong
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Kang Hwee Gee, Abdul Wahab Patail JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 465 [CA]Breach - Facility agreement - Failure to settle term loan by final maturity date - Whether event of default had occurred - Reliance on certificate of indebtedness as proof of sums due and owing - Borrower failing to prove defence of set off on a balance of probabilities
CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
(Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]Frustration - Fraudulent misrepresentation - Bill of lading - Whether contained misrepresentations - Whether trial judge failed to appreciate importance and significance of contemporaneous documents - Whether trial judge had carefully and judicially evaluated and appreciated the facts - Whether trial judge had fallen into error
Cosco Container Lines Co Ltd & Anor v. Trengganu Forest Products Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 473 [CA]CRIMINAL LAW
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Prima facie case - Whether established - Victim viciously beaten up and locked in toilet for two days without food and water - Whether victim's dying declaration and circumstantial evidence pointed to accused as person who caused victim's injuries - Evidence of accused's wife that victim was beaten by accused - Whether intention to cause victim's death proven - Defence merely an afterthought and a concocted story to deflect blame - Whether charge proven beyond reasonable doubt
PP v. Murugan Arumugam
(Mohd Yazid Mustafa J) [2011] 4 CLJ 566 [HC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Mens rea - Murder - Whether proven - Whether intention or mens rea a matter of inference - Whether intention may be assessed from nature and extent of victim's injuries and weapons used to cause victim's death
PP v. Murugan Arumugam
(Mohd Yazid Mustafa J) [2011] 4 CLJ 566 [HC]Preliminary inquiry - Powers of Public Prosecutor - Proceedings - Power to institute, conduct or discontinue - Whether Director General of Inland Revenue has power to institute criminal proceedings - Whether sanction of Public Prosecutor required - Whether Inland Revenue Board given discretion - Federal Constitution, art. 145(3) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 30
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri v. Kang Keng Tee & Anor
(Mohd Amin Firdaus JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 532 [HC]EVIDENCE
Adverse inference - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Defendant choosing to close its case at end of plaintiff's case - Whether adverse inference may be drawn for failure to tender evidence - Whether s. 114(g) restricted to situations where a party has called evidence
CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
(Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]Documentary evidence - Agreed bundle - Document included in part B - Effect of - Document admitted as authentic - Calling of makers dispensed with - Whether truth of their contents may be challenged
CIMB Bank Bhd v. Dato' Tio Sian Pah & Another Case
(Amelia Tee Hong Geok JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 505 [HC]Dying declaration - Admissibility - Victim's s. 112 statement recorded when victim was conscious and lucid - Victim identifying accused as her attacker - Victim's statement consistent with her earlier statements
PP v. Murugan Arumugam
(Mohd Yazid Mustafa J) [2011] 4 CLJ 566 [HC]WORDS & PHRASES
"Discretion" - Federal Constitution, art. 145(3)
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri v. Kang Keng Tee & Anor
(Mohd Amin Firdaus JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 532 [HC]"May" - Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Act 1995 - Whether mandatory or directory
Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri v. Kang Keng Tee & Anor
(Mohd Amin Firdaus JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 532 [HC]INDEK PERKARA
PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Rayuan - Sabitan dan hukuman - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Sama ada hukuman dikenakan boleh diringankan - Sama ada hukuman patut jalan serentak atau berasingan - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, ss. 292, 316 & 325
PP lwn. Lau Chin Huat
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2011] 4 CLJ 554 [HC]UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran - Mengedar 3340 gram cannabis - Rayuan terhadap pembebasan dan pelepasan tertuduh - Sama ada keterangan dikemukakan oleh pihak pendakwaan tidak mencukupi bagi mengaitkan tertuduh dengan dadah dijumpai - Sama ada pihak pendakwaan gagal membuktikan kes prima facie
Sulaiman Ismail lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 4 CLJ 485 [CA]Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran - Mengedar 335 gram cannabis - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Sama ada terdapat percanggahan dalam keterangan yang menyebabkan ketidakadilan dan prejudis kepada tertuduh - Milikan, kawalan dan mens rea - Sama ada terbukti - Sama ada hakim perbicaraan tersalah arah - Sama ada pihak pendakwaan membuktikan kes terhadap tertuduh melampaui keraguan munasabah
Sulaiman Ismail lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 4 CLJ 485 [CA]
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Lawrence Masuni & Anor v. PP
Low Hop Bing JCA, Syed Ahmad Helmy JCA, Mohamed Apandi Ali JCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Murder - Sections 34, 302 Penal Code - Confession - Whether confession per se of co-accused can be made foundation of a conviction) [2011] 4 CLJ 593 [CA]HIGH COURT
Cyber Village Sdn Bhd v. Illustra IT (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
Mary Lim JC
(Company Law; Evidence - Company directors - Liability for fraudulent trading - Whether business of company conducted with intent to defraud creditors) [2011] 4 CLJ 613 [HC]Dewan Pemuda Masjid Malaysia v. SIS Forum (Malaysia)
Zabariah Mohd Yusof J
(Civil Procedure - Declaration and injunction - Locus standi - Assertion of private and public rights - Whether applicant's private rights not in any way impacted) [2011] 4 CLJ 630 [HC]Mohd Alias Ibrahim v. RHB Bank Bhd & Anor
Mohd Zawawi Salleh J
(Banking; Constitutional Law; Islamic Law - Islamic banking - Shariah Advisory Council, rulings of - Whether binding on civil courts) [2011] 4 CLJ 654 [HC]Salmah Abdul Rahman v. Mohd Faizal Osman
Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC
(Civil Procedure - Accord and satisfaction - Suit against two defendants - Consent judgment entered with first defendant - Whether constituting settlement of entire claim) [2011] 4 CLJ 694 [HC]Tan Jing Jeong v. Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd & Anor
Abang Iskandar J
(Insurance; Contract - Insurance policy - Duty of disclosure - Effect of misrepresentation and non-disclosure of material facts) [2011] 4 CLJ 710 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
BANKING
Islamic banking - Shariah Advisory Council - Roles and functions - Rulings of Shariah Advisory Council - Whether constituting expert opinion - Whether amounting to collective itjihad - Whether not a fatwa - Whether binding on civil courts - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, ss. 56, 57
Mohd Alias Ibrahim v. RHB Bank Bhd & Anor
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh J) [2011] 4 CLJ 654 [HC]Islamic banking - Shariah Advisory Council - Roles and functions - Sections 56, 57 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 - Court to refer questions concerning Shariah matter to Syariah Advisory Council - Court to be bound by ruling - Whether a usurpation of court's judicial power - Whether Act and ss. 56, 57 valid laws - Whether unconstitutional - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 (Repealed), s. 16 - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, ss. 51, 56, 57 - Federal Constitution, arts. 74, 121(1), 128, Ninth Schedule
Mohd Alias Ibrahim v. RHB Bank Bhd & Anor
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh J) [2011] 4 CLJ 654 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Judgments and orders - Consent judgment - Construction of terms - Suit against two defendants - Consent judgment entered with first defendant - Whether constituting settlement of entire claim against both defendants - Accord and satisfaction - Applicability - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 14 r. 21
Salmah Abdul Rahman v. Mohd Faizal Osman
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 694 [HC]Locus standi - Action for declaration and injunction - Application to prohibit respondent from using the name "SISTERS IN ISLAM" - Matter complained of by applicant related to contravention of Companies Act 1965 and tenets and teachings of Islam - Whether clearly matters pertaining to public law - Applicant's private rights not impacted - Applicant having no locus standi
Dewan Pemuda Masjid Malaysia v. SIS Forum (Malaysia)
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2011] 4 CLJ 630 [HC]Locus standi - Meaning of - Principles applicable - Private rights can be asserted by individuals - Public rights can only be asserted by Attorney General
Dewan Pemuda Masjid Malaysia v. SIS Forum (Malaysia)
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2011] 4 CLJ 630 [HC]Striking out - Action - Matters complained of by applicant related to contravention of public law - Applicant's private rights not impacted - Applicant having no locus standi - No reasonable cause of action disclosed against respondent - Whether action frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process of court
Dewan Pemuda Masjid Malaysia v. SIS Forum (Malaysia)
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2011] 4 CLJ 630 [HC]Striking out - Statement of claim - Whether there was accord and satisfaction - Application to strike out made more than two years after close of pleading - Whether wilful delay - Whether fatal - Subordinate Courts Rules 1980, O. 14 r. 21
Salmah Abdul Rahman v. Mohd Faizal Osman
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 694 [HC]COMPANY LAW
Directors - Director's responsibility for fraudulent trading - Section 304 Companies Act 1965 - Whether business of company conducted with intent to defraud creditors - Whether company's acts constituted "carrying on of business of the company" - Whether directors knowingly a party to carrying on of business in that manner - Burden and standard of proving requisite ingredients of s. 304(1) - Whether company's negative financial position was known to creditors - Whether creditors should have investigated creditworthiness of company - Whether fraudulent trading established - Whether corporate veil to be lifted
Cyber Village Sdn Bhd v. Illustra IT (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Mary Lim JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 613 [HC]Directors - Recovery of debt against director - Whether business of company conducted with intent to defraud creditors - Whether company's acts constituted "carrying on of business of the company" - Whether directors knowingly a party to carrying on of business in that manner - Burden and standard of proving requisite ingredients of s. 304(1) - Whether company's negative financial position was known to creditors - Whether creditors should have investigated credit-worthiness of company - Whether fraudulent trading established - Whether corporate veil to be lifted - Companies Act 1965, s. 304(1)
Cyber Village Sdn Bhd v. Illustra IT (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Mary Lim JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 613 [HC]CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Courts - Forum for trial - Reference of questions of law - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 and ss. 56, 57 thereof, constitutionality of - Whether to be heard by the High Court or Federal Court - Federal Constitution, arts. 121(1), 128 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 84
Mohd Alias Ibrahim v. RHB Bank Bhd & Anor
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh J) [2011] 4 CLJ 654 [HC]Courts - Judicial power - Judicial power of High Court - Islamic banking and finance - Court to refer questions concerning Shariah matter to Syariah Advisory Council and be bound by its ruling - Whether a usurpation of court's judicial power - Enabling provisions thereof - Whether unconstitutional - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, ss. 56, 57 - Federal Constitution, arts. 121(1), 128 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 84
Mohd Alias Ibrahim v. RHB Bank Bhd & Anor
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh J) [2011] 4 CLJ 654 [HC]CONTRACT
Misrepresentation - False representation - Whether fraud must be perpetrated by representor to amount to misrepresentation - Contracts Act 1950, s. 18
Tan Jing Jeong v. Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd & Anor
(Abang Iskandar J) [2011] 4 CLJ 710 [HC]CRIMINAL LAW
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against conviction - Prima facie case - Whether established - Whether nature of wounds inflicted showed intention to kill - Whether defence of denial laced with inconsistencies properly rejected - Whether confession in accused's cautioned statement properly admitted - Whether common intention established - Whether prosecution witness an accomplice and his evidence properly accepted
Lawrence Masuni & Anor v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 593 [CA]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Trial - Confession - Admissibility - Confession made in cautioned statement - Whether statement by 1st accused pertaining to 2nd accused hitting the deceased was a confession admissible against 1st accused - Whether confession per se of a co-accused can be made foundation of a conviction - Whether cautioned statement could be used as an aid to support conviction - Evidence Act 1950, s. 30
Lawrence Masuni & Anor v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 593 [CA]EVIDENCE
Confession - Admissibility of confession - Confession made in cautioned statement - Whether statement by 1st accused pertaining to 2nd accused hitting the deceased was a confession admissible against 1st accused - Whether confession per se of a co-accused can be made foundation of a conviction - Whether cautioned statement could be used as an aid to support conviction - Evidence Act 1950, s. 30
Lawrence Masuni & Anor v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 4 CLJ 593 [CA]Documentary evidence - Presumptions as to documents produced as record of evidence - Reference made to earlier judgment debtor summons proceedings - Whether certified or true copies of JDS proceedings required - Whether record of proceedings to be presumed to be duly and regularly taken - Whether maker to be called - Evidence Act 1950, s. 80
Cyber Village Sdn Bhd v. Illustra IT (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Mary Lim JC) [2011] 4 CLJ 613 [HC]INSURANCE
Duty of disclosure - Contracts uberrimae fides - Effect of misrepresentation and non-disclosure of material facts - Misrepresentation by insurer and agent regarding payment features of life insurance policy - Duty on insurer and agent to make full disclosure of material facts - Duty on insurer and agent not to misrepresent about features of policy - Duty of insurer to ensure that potential contract fits needs and benefits of insured - Whether policy can be avoided by insured due to non-disclosure - Whether payment made can be recovered on the ground of mistake of fact - Whether insured estopped from avoiding policy
Tan Jing Jeong v. Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd & Anor
(Abang Iskandar J) [2011] 4 CLJ 710 [HC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
DR KOAY CHENG BOON v. THE MALAYSIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Courts - Appeals - Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal to hear appeals - Unqualified jurisdiction conferred by art. 121(1B) Federal Constitution - Whether legislation limiting appeals to Court of Appeal rendered null and void by virtue of art. 121(1B) - Whether s. 31(2) Medical Act 1971 providing High Court decision as final upon appeal contravened art. 121(1B) - Whether appellant had right of appeal to Court of Appeal - Yong Teck Lee v. Harris Mohd Salleh & Anor - Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock v. PP - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 68(1)(d)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Courts - Appeals - Jurisdiction of Federal Court to hear appeals - Unqualified jurisdiction conferred by art. 121(2)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether art. 128(3) of same limiting and qualifying general power conferred by art. 121(2)(a) - Whether art. 128(3) to be construed as proviso to art. 121(2)(a) - Interpretation of "proviso" in Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock v. PP
PROFESSIONS: Medical practitioners - Dismissal of appeal against findings of Medical Council by High Court - Whether appellant had right of appeal to Court of Appeal - Whether s. 31(2) Medical Act 1971 rendered null and void by virtue of art. 121(1B) Federal Constitution - Yong Teck Lee v. Harris Mohd Salleh & Anor - Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock v. PP
WORDS & PHRASES: "proviso" - Meaning and application of - Article 121(2)(a) and art. 128(3) Federal Constitution - Interpretation given by Federal Court in Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock v. PP - Whether art. 128(3) limiting appeals to Federal Court to be construed as proviso to general power contained in art. 121(1B)
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