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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 26
8 July 2005

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New This Week -	1. CLJ July (Part 1) 2005
	2. CLJ Supp July (Part 1) 2005

1. CLJ July (Part 1) 2005

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Lee Guan Par v. Hotel Universal Sdn Bhd
(Landlord and Tenant - Rent - Action for) [2005] 3 CLJ 1

Teoh Heng Seng & Ors v. Teoh Kiew Seng & Anor
(Land - Land transferred to defendants by deceased father - Whether land held on trust for plaintiffs/siblings) [2005] 3 CLJ 15

HIGH COURT

Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Goh Sin Khai
(Land law - Absolute assignment - Whether amounted to a transfer of legal right of chose in action from purchaser to financier) [2005] 3 CLJ 24

PP v. Scott Allen Hazlett & Ors
(Evidence - Witness - Impeachment) [2005] 3 CLJ 47

Taipan Focus Sdn Bhd v. Baiduri PJ Sdn Bhd
(Private caveat - Application for removal - Principles applicable) [2005] 3 CLJ 73

Thangasamy Brown DN Gnanayutham lwn. Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi
(Undang-undang buruh - Pembuangan kerja secara konstruktif) [2005] 3 CLJ 83

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Securities for advances - Deed of assignment - Absolute assignment - Whether amounted to a transfer of legal right of chose in action from purchaser to financier - Whether an equitable mortgage - Whether extinguished upon issuance of individual or strata title - Whether financier could realize his security without registering a National Land Code charge and applying to court for an order for sale
Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Goh Sin Khai
(Syed Ahmad Helmy J) [2005] 3 CLJ 24 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Costs - Costs follow the event - Whether to be awarded to successful party - Whether a matter of discretion of court - Rules of High Court 1980, O. 59 r. 3(2)
Lee Guan Par v. Hotel Universal Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

Interest - Tenancy Agreement - Breach of tenancy by tenant - Judgment - Pre-judgment interest - Whether allowable - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 11
Lee Guan Par v. Hotel Universal Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Statement - Cautioned statement - Nine page statement with twenty uninitialed corrections - Whether safe to admit such statement
PP v. Scott Allen Hazlett & Ors
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2005] 3 CLJ 47 [HC]

Statement - Oral statement - Admissibility of - Whether voluntarily made
PP v. Scott Allen Hazlett & Ors
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2005] 3 CLJ 47 [HC]

Witness - Impeachment - Serious discrepancies in evidence of witness - Whether impeachment ought to be allowed - Effect on evidence of impeached witness
PP v. Scott Allen Hazlett & Ors
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2005] 3 CLJ 47 [HC]

LAND LAW

Caveat - Private caveat - Application for removal - Principles applicable - Whether plaintiff an aggrieved party - Whether caveatable interest existed - Whether caveat ought to be removed
Taipan Focus Sdn Bhd v. Baiduri PJ Sdn Bhd
(Suriyadi Halim Omar J) [2005] 3 CLJ 73 [HC]

Charge - Deed of assignment - Absolute assignment - Whether amounted to a transfer of legal right of chose in action from purchaser to financier - Whether an equitable mortgage - Whether extinguished upon issuance of individual or strata title - Whether financier could realize his security without registering a National Land Code charge and applying to court for an order for sale
Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Goh Sin Khai
(Syed Ahmad Helmy J) [2005] 3 CLJ 24 [HC]

LANDLORD AND TENANT

Rent - Action for - Non-payment of rent - Tenant continuing to be in occupation of premises - Whether a trespasser - Landlord - Whether entitled to double rental - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 28(4)(a)
Lee Guan Par v. Hotel Universal Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 3 CLJ 1 [CA]

TRUSTS

Land - Land transferred to defendants by deceased father - Whether land held on trust for plaintiffs/siblings - Whether trial judge correct in finding there was no trust
Teoh Heng Seng & Ors v. Teoh Kiew Seng & Anor
(Denis Ong JCA, Pajan Singh Gill FCJ & Hashim Yusoff JCA) [2005] 3 CLJ 15 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH

Pekerjaan - Pembuangan kerja secara konstruktif - Sama ada Mahkamah Perusahaan betul memutuskan pemohon dibuang kerja secara konstruktif - Sama ada pemohon mempunyai “legitimate expectation” untuk bekerja dengan responden sampai bersara - Sama ada pemohon patut diberi balik kerjanya - Sama ada gaji pemohon patut dibayar dari tarikh pemohon dibuang kerja sehingga tarikh awad Mahkamah Perusahaan - Sama ada Mahkamah Perusahaan gagal memberi pampasan dan gantirugi teladan kepada pemohon atas alasan kehilangan kerja selama lima tahun
Thangasamy Brown DN Gnanayutham lwn. Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi
(Mohd Noor Abdullah H) [2005] 3 CLJ 83 [HC]

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2. CLJ Supp July (Part 1) 2005

COURT

HIGH COURT

Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP
(Criminal procedure - Appeal - Conviction, against – Accused charged under s. 14(1) Securities Industry Act 1983) [2005] 6 CLJ 309

M & W Zander (M) Sdn Bhd v. Director General Of Inland Revenue
(Administrative law - Judicial review - Leave to commence proceedings against Director General of Inland Revenue to protect interest of applicant) [2005] 6 CLJ 336

PP v. Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock
(Criminal procedure - Revision - Power of revision) [2005] 6 CLJ 355

Southern Bank Bhd v. Kamarudin Othman & Anor
(Labour law - Employment - Misconduct - Appropriate penalty for employee's misconduct) [2005] 6 CLJ 379

Time Online Dotcom Bhd v. Bates (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Civil procedure - Transfer - Sessions Court to High Court - Counterclaim exceeds value limit of Sessions Court's jurisdiction) [2005] 6 CLJ 389

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Application for - Leave to commence proceedings against Director General of Inland Revenue to protect interest of applicant - Whether Inland Revenue Board's action resembled a decision or sub-decision - Absence of decision by Director General - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53 r. 2(4) - Whether applicant acquired status or right against Director-General - Whether applicant had arguable case for review - Whether there was locus standi - Whether application premature and an abuse of the process of the court
M & W Zander (M) Sdn Bhd v. Director General Of Inland Revenue
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 6 CLJ 336 [HC]

Judicial review - Certiorari - To quash part of award handed down by Industrial Court - Setting aside dismissal and awarding monetary compensation - Whether Industrial Court could substitute its own view as to what was appropriate penalty - Failure to question whether it was reasonable for applicant to dismiss respondent - Whether an error of law - Whether award handed down unsustainable - Whether Industrial Court could invoke power of s. 30(5) Industrial Relations Act 1967
Southern Bank Bhd v. Kamarudin Othman & Anor
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim JC) [2005] 6 CLJ 379 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Counterclaim - Amount exceeding value limit of Sessions Court's jurisdiction - Respondent's refusal to have matter tried in Sessions Court - Subordinate Courts Act 1948, s. 65(3) - Whether applicant compelled to file for transfer - Whether matter should be transferred to High Court - Whether the right forum to adjudicate applicant's counterclaim
Time Online Dotcom Bhd v. Bates (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 6 CLJ 389 [HC]

Transfer - Sessions Court to High Court - Application for - Counterclaim exceeds value limit of Sessions Court's jurisdiction - Respondent's refusal to have matter tried in Sessions Court - Subordinate Courts Act 1948, s. 65(3) - Whether applicant compelled to file for transfer - Whether High Court the right forum to adjudicate applicant's counterclaim - Whether applicant purposely delaying trial
Time Online Dotcom Bhd v. Bates (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 6 CLJ 389 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Conviction, against - Finding of facts - Accused charged under s. 14(1) Securities Industry Act 1983 - Whether proved - Whether nexus existed between accused and exhibits seized - ‘Investment adviser' under s. 2 of the Securities Industry Act 1983 - Definition of - Failure to produce two police reports - Whether first information reports - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Whether fatal to prosecution's case - Evidence of defence - Whether duly considered - Whether trial judge failed to consider standard of proof required - Whether court should interfere with trial judge's findings
Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP [HC]
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 6 CLJ 309 [HC]

Accused - Police report - Failure to produce police reports - Whether first information reports - Whether there was withholding or suppression of evidence - Whether fatal to prosecution's case - Evidence Act 1950, s.114(g) - Whether applicable
Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 6 CLJ 309

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Revision - Power of revision - Evidence recorded by Hong Kong Magistrate under provisions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 (MACMA) - Sessions Court ruled Hong Kong evidence inadmissible - Whether Sessions Court's order open to revision by High Court - Whether law was misconceived resulting in miscarriage of justice - Whether High Court obliged to act under s. 323 of the Criminal Procedure Code - Whether s. 33 of the Evidence Act 1950 applicable - Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002, ss. 8(1), (3), (4)
PP v. Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock
(Abdull Hamid Embong J) [2005] 6 CLJ 355 [HC]

Sentence - Adequacy - Public interest - Whether taken into consideration - Facts and circumstances - Whether trial judge had erred in the exercise of discretion in imposing sentence
Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 6 CLJ 309 [HC]

Trial - Standard of proof - Beyond reasonable doubt - Whether trial judge applied correct standard of proof - Whether accused rebutted prosecution's case on balance of probabilities - Evidence Act 1950, s. 106 - Whether prosecution established charge under s. 14 of Securities Industry Act 1983
Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 6 CLJ 309 [HC]

EVIDENCE

Exhibit - Chain of evidence - Identity of exhibits - Whether doubted - Nexus between accused and exhibits seized - Whether all exhibits seized from accused's premises - Whether produced in the form of primary evidence in accordance with best evidence rule - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 61, 62 & 64
Anuar Abdul Aziz v. PP
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 6 CLJ 309 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Dismissal - Misconduct - Failure to comply with banking procedures - Appropriate penalty for employee's misconduct - Whether Industrial Court could substitute its own view as to what was appropriate penalty - Whether dismissal was reasonable - Whether award handed down unsustainable
Southern Bank Bhd v. Kamarudin Othman & Anor
(Wan Afrah Ibrahim JC) [2005] 6 CLJ 379 [HC]

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CASE OF THE WEEK

THE RITZ HOTEL CASINO LIMITED & ANOR v. DATU SERI OSU HJ SUKAM

Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgment Act 1958 - Order 65 of the Rules of the High Court 1980 - Public policy

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