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CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 26

8 July 2011

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New This Week	1. Legislation Highlights
	2. Articles
	a) Legal Network Series Articles
	3. Latest Cases
	a) Legal Network Series
	b) CLJ Volume 5 (Part 4) 2011

1. Legislation Highlights

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 -

Amending Acts

NUMBER
TITLE

DATE COMING INTO FORCE

AMENDING

ACT A1391 Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2011 31 January 2011 [PU(B) 37/2011] ACT 333

ACT A1392 Supplementary Supply (2010) Act 2011 3 June 2011 ACT A1361

ACT A1393 Merchant Shipping (Amendment And Extension) Act 2011 Not Yet Inforce ORD 70/1952

ACT A1394 Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Act 2011 Not Yet Inforce ACT 515

ACT A1395 Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2011 1 July 2011 [PU(B) 342/2011] ACT 646

PU(A)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(A) 207/2011 Optical (Amendment Of Second Schedule) Order 2011 28 June 2011 ACT 469

PU(A) 208/2011 Rules Of The Federal Court (Amendment) 2011 30 June 2011 ACT 91

PU(A) 209/2011 Rules Of The Court Of Appeal (Amendment) 2011 30 June 2011 ACT 91

PU(A) 210/2011 Rules Of The High Court (Amendment) 2011 30 June 2011 ACT 91

PU(A) 211/2011 Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Rules 2011 30 June 2011 ACT 55

PU(B)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(B) 338/2011 Prescription Under Section 6 24 June 2011 ACT 32

PU(B) 339/2011 Exemption From Paragraphs 5(1)(A) And (B) 24 June 2011 ACT 206

PU(B) 340/2011 Exemption From Subsection 3(2) 24 June 2011 ACT 206

PU(B) 341/2011 Special Direction Of The Minister 27 June 2011 ACT 621

PU(B) 342/2011 Appointment Of Date Of Coming Into Operation 28 June 2011 ACT A1395

Bills

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL ACT NO / AMENDING ACT NO

DR 42/2010 Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2010 - ACT 646

DR 43/2010 Sustainable Energy Development Authority Bill 2010 - ACT 726

DR 44/2010 Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Bill 2010 - -

DR 45/2010 Kampong Bharu Development Corporation Bill 2010 - -

DR 9/2011 Medical Device Bill 2011 - -

DR 10/2011 Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 520

DR 11/2011 Supplementary Supply (2011) Bill 2011 - ACT A1388

DR 12/2011 Medical Device Authority Bill 2011 - -

DR 13/2011 Limited Liability Partnerships Bill 2011 - -

2. Articles

a) Legal Network Series Articles

1. Hukuman Sebat: Satu Analisa Dari Perspektif Prinsip Syariah Serta Penguatkuasaannya Oleh Mahkamah Syariah Di Malaysia* ^{[Read
excerpt]}
By Ahmad Azam Mohd Shariff, Mazupi Abdul Rahman, Anita Abdul Rahim

2. Rights And Responsibilities: Civic Duty And The Rule Of Law* ^{[Read
excerpt]}
By Lord Neuberger Of Abbotsbury MR

3. Latest Cases

a) Legal Network Series

CITATION TITLE SUBJECT

[2009] 1 LNS 574 [HC] Yap Choo @ Yap Geok Yee v. Syarikat Agent ENE (Jalan Kelang) Sdn Berhad
COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS: Oppression - Conduct amounting to oppression - Petitioner terminated as manager - No re-election as director by shareholders - Whether conduct complained of related to petitioner's interest as a shareholder - Whether amounted to oppression of minority shareholder

[2009] 1 LNS 705 [HC] Voon Nyuk Piaw v. Tnay Sin Noi @ Tnay Siew Noi

DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH): Personal injuries - Shoulder - Assessment of damages - Sessions judge omitting material consideration regarding injuries to appellant's left shoulder - Whether appellate interference warranted - Whether global sum of RM60,000.00 for injuries suffered by appellant appropriate

TORT: Negligence - Road accident - Liability - Sessions Judge concluding appellant speeding due to respondent's serious injuries - Liability apportioned at 30:70 in favour of appellant - Whether Sessions Judge wrong - Whether respondent 100% liable

[2009] 1 LNS 911 [HC] World Equipment Sdn Bhd v. A' Famosa Golf Resort Bhd

CONTRACT: Payment for work done - Claim for balance due for work done - Parties agreeing to extension of completion date until 10 April 1996 - Whether plaintiff completed project by extended completion date - Whether works defective - Whether total failure of consideration by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff entitled to balance sum due

CONTRACT: Breach - Contract for work done - Counterclaim - Defendant's witness testifying to losses suffered due to plaintiff's defective works - Failure to challenge by cross-examination - Whether defendant incurred losses due to plaintiff's failure to perform its part on the project - Whether defendant entitled to damages

[2009] 1 LNS 1009 [HC] Suhartono (Ah Ho) & Ors v. PP

CRIMINAL LAW: Immigration Act 1959/63 - s. 6(1)(c) - Entering Malaysia without a valid pass or permit - Appellants found in boat without valid travel documents - Whether charge and facts upon which appellants were convicted disclosed an offence had been committed

WORDS AND PHRASES: "Disembarking" - Immigration Act 1959/63, s. 6(1)(c) - Not defined in Act - Ordinary meaning - 'to land or cause to land from a ship, air craft" - "leave a ship, aircraft or train"- Whether appellants had not disembarked

[2009] 1 LNS 1030 [HC] See Teow Guan & Ors v. Kian Joo Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors

COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS: Liquidators - Application by majority contributories for leave to proceed against Liquidators - Liquidators partners in KPMG and KPMG Corporate Services Sdn. Bhd (KCSSB) - Alleged conflict of interest - Can-One International, audit client of KPMG, successfully bidding for sale of subject shares - Whether Liquidators, KPMG or KCSSB placed themselves in a position of conflict of interest - Allegation of impropriety against liquidators - Whether any evidence to warrant a finding of illegal gratification on part of Liquidators - Whether application for leave to proceed against Liquidators lacked merit

COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS: Liquidators - Application for directions - Allegations of impropriety, illegality and mala fides against Liquidators - Whether proper case in which directions should be given - Whether Liquidators' application an abuse of process of the court - Whether Court should issue directions to the Liquidators to proceed with or abort sale to Can-One International - Companies Act 1965, s. 237(3)

CITATION	TITLE	SUBJECT
[2009] 1 LNS 574 [HC]	Yap Choo @ Yap Geok Yee v. Syarikat Agent ENE (Jalan Kelang) Sdn Berhad	COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS: Oppression - Conduct amounting to oppression - Petitioner terminated as manager - No re-election as director by shareholders - Whether conduct complained of related to petitioner's interest as a shareholder - Whether amounted to oppression of minority shareholder
[2009] 1 LNS 705 [HC]	Voon Nyuk Piaw v. Tnay Sin Noi @ Tnay Siew Noi	DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH): Personal injuries - Shoulder - Assessment of damages - Sessions judge omitting material consideration regarding injuries to appellant's left shoulder - Whether appellate interference warranted - Whether global sum of RM60,000.00 for injuries suffered by appellant appropriate TORT: Negligence - Road accident - Liability - Sessions Judge concluding appellant speeding due to respondent's serious injuries - Liability apportioned at 30:70 in favour of appellant - Whether Sessions Judge wrong - Whether respondent 100% liable
[2009] 1 LNS 911 [HC]	World Equipment Sdn Bhd v. A' Famosa Golf Resort Bhd	CONTRACT: Payment for work done - Claim for balance due for work done - Parties agreeing to extension of completion date until 10 April 1996 - Whether plaintiff completed project by extended completion date - Whether works defective - Whether total failure of consideration by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff entitled to balance sum due CONTRACT: Breach - Contract for work done - Counterclaim - Defendant's witness testifying to losses suffered due to plaintiff's defective works - Failure to challenge by cross-examination - Whether defendant incurred losses due to plaintiff's failure to perform its part on the project - Whether defendant entitled to damages
[2009] 1 LNS 1009 [HC]	Suhartono (Ah Ho) & Ors v. PP	CRIMINAL LAW: Immigration Act 1959/63 - s. 6(1)(c) - Entering Malaysia without a valid pass or permit - Appellants found in boat without valid travel documents - Whether charge and facts upon which appellants were convicted disclosed an offence had been committed WORDS AND PHRASES: "Disembarking" - Immigration Act 1959/63, s. 6(1)(c) - Not defined in Act - Ordinary meaning - 'to land or cause to land from a ship, air craft" - "leave a ship, aircraft or train"- Whether appellants had not disembarked
[2009] 1 LNS 1030 [HC]	See Teow Guan & Ors v. Kian Joo Holdings Sdn Bhd & Ors	COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS: Liquidators - Application by majority contributories for leave to proceed against Liquidators - Liquidators partners in KPMG and KPMG Corporate Services Sdn. Bhd (KCSSB) - Alleged conflict of interest - Can-One International, audit client of KPMG, successfully bidding for sale of subject shares - Whether Liquidators, KPMG or KCSSB placed themselves in a position of conflict of interest - Allegation of impropriety against liquidators - Whether any evidence to warrant a finding of illegal gratification on part of Liquidators - Whether application for leave to proceed against Liquidators lacked merit COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS: Liquidators - Application for directions - Allegations of impropriety, illegality and mala fides against Liquidators - Whether proper case in which directions should be given - Whether Liquidators' application an abuse of process of the court - Whether Court should issue directions to the Liquidators to proceed with or abort sale to Can-One International - Companies Act 1965, s. 237(3)

b. CLJ Volume 5 (Part 4) 2011

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Loh Kah Loon v. PP
Zulkefli Makinudin, Raus Sharif, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ
(Criminal Law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking) [2011] 5 CLJ 345 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Arensi-Marley (M) Sdn Bhd v. Middy Industries Sdn Bhd
Tengku Baharudin Shah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin JJCA
(Intellectual Property - Registered design - Revocation and expungement of) [2011] 5 CLJ 355 [CA]

Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Penal Code - Sections 149 & 302 - Murder - Whether intention to kill inferred) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

WTK Holdings Bhd v. Foo Sae Heng & Anor
Tengku Baharudin Shah, Kang Hwee Gee, Abdul Wahab Patail JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Action - Limitation - Cause of action) [2011] 5 CLJ 433 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Mahmood Rafat Manesh Vaghei Alimohammad lwn. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri Malaysia & Yang Lain
Kamardin Hashim H
(Tahanan Pencegahan - Perintah tahanan - Permohonan untuk habeas corpus) [2011] 5 CLJ 443 [HC]

Mediacorp News Pte Ltd & Ors v. Mediabanc (Johor Bharu) Sdn Bhd & Ors; Lim Leong Wuoh & Ors (Proposed Contemnors)
Azahar Mohamed J
(Civil Procedure - Contempt of court - Order for committal, application for) [2011] 5 CLJ 454 [HC]

Subramaniam Krishna Kutti lwn. Ganesan Rengasamy & Satu Kes Lagi
Umi Kalthum Majid PK
(Tort - Kemalangan jalanraya - Tuntutan) [2011] 5 CLJ 459 [HC]

Wee Kok Bin v. Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd
Mohamad Ariff Yusof J
(Civil Procedure - Subpoena - Setting aside - Subpoena ad testificandum) [2011] 5 CLJ 466 [HC]

Yew Cheng Lim v. Regal Marketing & Trading Sdn Bhd
Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC
(Contract; Evidence; Labour Law - Employment contract - Breach - Misrepresentation) [2011] 5 CLJ 472 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Action - Limitation - Cause of action - Whether claim time barred under s. 6(1) Limitation Act 1953 - Burden of proof - Whether lay on plaintiff - BPI International Finance Ltd v. Tengku Abdullah Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar - Whether findings of judge justified on evidence - Limitation Act 1953, ss. 26(2), 27(2)
WTK Holdings Bhd v. Foo Sae Heng & Anor
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Kang Hwee Gee, Abdul Wahab Patail JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 433 [CA]

Contempt of court - Order for committal, application for - Breach of injunction order - Aiding and abetting defendants in disobeying injunction - Allegation of - Whether Proposed Contempt Parties wilfully or deliberately disobeyed or disregarded order of court
Mediacorp News Pte Ltd & Ors v. Mediabanc (Johor Bharu) Sdn Bhd & Ors; Lim Leong Wuoh & Ors (Proposed Contemnors)
(Azahar Mohamed J) [2011] 5 CLJ 454 [HC]

Subpoena - Setting aside - Application for - Whether issue of subpoenas constituted an abuse of court process - Calling of witnesses - Whether opposing party allowed to interfere with selection, choice and order of witnesses - Whether there was sufficient cause to issue subpoenas ad testificandum against two proposed witnesses - Whether court satisfied subpoenas made bona fide
Wee Kok Bin v. Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof J) [2011] 5 CLJ 466 [HC]

CONTRACT

Employment contract - Breach - Whether appellant misrepresented to respondent - Whether respondent had lawfully repudiated employment contract - Whether respondent entitled to a refund of payments made to appellant during his employment
Yew Cheng Lim v. Regal Marketing & Trading Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2011] 5 CLJ 472 [HC]

Rescission - Restitutio in integrum - Whether applicable - Whether respondent had lawfully repudiated employment contract - Whether respondent entitled to a refund of payments made to appellant during his employment - Whether payments would have been made if respondent knew of appellant's misrepresentation - Whether there was merit in appellant's contention
Yew Cheng Lim v. Regal Marketing & Trading Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2011] 5 CLJ 472 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Whether there was doubt as to identity of drug exhibits - Difference in weight of drug exhibits - Whether a material discrepancy - Whether prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt - Whether conviction of accused on charge of trafficking safe
Loh Kah Loon v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Raus Sharif, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2011] 5 CLJ 345 [FC]

Penal Code - Sections 149 & 302 - Members of illegal assembly with common intention to cause injury had caused death - Murder - Murder of fellow student in school hostel - Evidence of prosecution witnesses sufficiently corroborated - Intention to kill established from nature of injuries suffered by victim - A total of five or more persons involved over whole duration of the offence - Actions reflected common object - Defence merely of bare denial - Defence of alibi rejected for failure to give notice - Whether prosecution case established beyond reasonable doubt
Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Charge - Amendment - Murder - Amended charge introduced at commencement of trial - Same ingredients required for original charge and amended charge - Whether court should have disallowed amendment - Whether amendment occasioned failure of justice - Whether appellants prejudiced - Whether there was miscarriage of justice
Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

Defence - Alibi - Pre-trial notice - Section 402A Criminal Procedure Code - Failure to give mandated notice to prosecution - Whether fatal - Evidence in support of defence of alibi - Whether to be excluded
Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

Mens rea - Inference from facts established - Whether mens rea for murder may be gathered from indirect evidence by reference to facts and circumstances of the case - Whether intention to kill can be inferred from nature of injuries sustained by victim
Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Corroboration - Principles - Whether independent of witness it supports - Whether credible - Whether confirms truthfulness of witness it supports - Whether implicates accused in alleged crime
Mohd Haikal Mohd Khatib Saddaly & Ors v. PP
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 369 [CA]

Documentary evidence - Admissibility - Evidence Act 1950, s. 73A - Whether letter from university admissible - Whether courts had wide discretionary power to admit letter - Whether maker should be called as witness - Whether testimony of maker commensurate to time and expenses incurred - Whether appellant had produced documents to rebut respondent's allegations
Yew Cheng Lim v. Regal Marketing & Trading Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2011] 5 CLJ 472 [HC]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Registered design - Revocation and expungement of - Application for - Application to revoke and expunge registration - Whether made under correct and appropriate provision - Industrial Designs Act 1996, s. 27
Arensi-Marley (M) Sdn Bhd v. Middy Industries Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 355 [CA]

Registered design - Revocation and expungement of - Application for - Whether respondent's design new and within meaning of s. 12 of Industrial Designs Act 1996 - Whether differences in designs was only in immaterial details and in features commonly used in the trade - Whether design validly granted registration - Whether design should be allowed to remain in Register of Industrial Designs, Malaysia
Arensi-Marley (M) Sdn Bhd v. Middy Industries Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 355 [CA]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Contract of employment - Whether appellant misrepresented to respondent - Whether respondent had lawfully repudiated employment contract - Whether respondent entitled to a refund of payments made to appellant during his employment - Whether there was merit in appellant's contention
Yew Cheng Lim v. Regal Marketing & Trading Sdn Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2011] 5 CLJ 472 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

TAHANAN PENCEGAHAN

Perintah tahanan - Permohonan untuk habeas corpus - Sama ada penahanan tidak berasas dan tidak sah - Sama ada Timbalan Menteri bertindak secara mekanikal semasa mengeluarkan perintah tahanan - Sama ada perintah tahanan dikeluarkan menurut peruntukan di bawah s. 6(1) Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985
Mahmood Rafat Manesh Vaghei Alimohammad lwn. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri Malaysia & Yang Lain
(Kamardin Hashim H) [2011] 5 CLJ 443 [HC]

TORT

Kemalangan jalanraya - Liabiliti - Rayuan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen - Pengakuan defendan melanggar motosikal plaintif dari belakang - Sama ada defendan bertanggungan 100% - Sama ada keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen diketepikan
Subramaniam Krishna Kutti lwn. Ganesan Rengasamy & Satu Kes Lagi
(Umi Kalthum Majid PK) [2011] 5 CLJ 459 [HC]

Kemalangan jalanraya - Tuntutan - 'Nursing care' - Rayuan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen - Perkiraan amaun 'nursing care' - Faktor-faktor dipertimbangkan - Multiplier 12 tahun - 'Post trial cost of nursing care' berdasarkan 'life expectancy' - Sama ada amaun yang munasabah diberikan
Subramaniam Krishna Kutti lwn. Ganesan Rengasamy & Satu Kes Lagi
(Umi Kalthum Majid PK) [2011] 5 CLJ 459 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

BLUE VALLEY PLANTATION BHD v. PERIASAMY KUPPANNAN & ORS

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Striking out - Winding up petition - Respondents continued to seek for appellant company to be wound up despite payment claimed deposited in court - Whether petition an abuse of court's process - Eight-year delay in filing striking out application - Whether inordinate delay on appellant's part - Whether striking out application justified - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19

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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 -