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[2011] 1 LNS 964	ABDUL RASHID ABDULLAH v. SHIMIZU CORPORATION & ORS	TORT: Negligence - Breach of duty - Plaintiff's claim premised upon main road leading to Lot 9277 and his kebun being flooded due to construction of project by 1st and 2nd defendants - Whether plaintiff's land became an island as claimed - Whether land could still be accessed through a small road connecting plaintiff's land to the main road - Whether damage suffered by plaintiff, if any, arose from a breach by 1st and 2nd defendants or due to a breach by 3rd and 4th defendants - Whether plaintiff proved his losses
[2011] 1 LNS 986	CHIN FOH TRADING SDN BHD & ANOR v. SEDIA MAKMUR SDN BHD & ORS	COMPANY LAW: Directors - Breach of fiduciary duties - Money disbursed by Banker's Acceptance claims based on fictitious claims made - Whether 1st and 2nd defendants abused their position as directors when such monies were disbursed SALE OF GOODS: Goods sold and delivered - Claim for price of goods supplied to defendant - Whether 1st defendant owed plaintiff RM1,969,949.39 including interest for goods sold and delivered SALE OF GOODS: Goods sold and delivered - Whether Bankers Acceptance (BA) claims fictitious - Whether goods totaling RM37,098,914.51 sold and delivered by 1st defendant to plaintiff were for purposes of claims for the BA - Whether BA facilities were duly paid out on fictitious documents and/or created without actual goods sold, purchased or ordered
[2011] 1 LNS 987	FDM ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD v. CHAN FOONG CHOO & ANOR	SALE OF GOODS: Goods sold and delivered - Claim for price of goods supplied to defendant - Whether goods were ordered to be purchased by defendants - If so, whether such goods were supplied and delivered to defendants SALE OF GOODS: Goods sold and delivered - Claim for price of goods supplied to defendant - Fraud - Whether there was fraud involved in transaction - 2nd defendant charged for criminal breach of trust - Whether this necessarily meant there was fraud involved in transaction - Whether sufficient evidence by 1st defendant to support or corroborate allegation of fraud
[2011] 1 LNS 989	NARAYANI SIVAPRAKASPILLAI & ORS v. TELUK ANSON AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES SDN BHD	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Affidavits - Affidavit verifying winding up petition - Filed on same date as when petition filed - Rule 26 of the Winding up Rules 1972 - Whether petitioners rectified the defect COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Petition - Just and equitable grounds - Whether there was a total breakdown in the relationship between the families - Whether there was in existence a quasi partnership between the parties - Whether 1st respondent was a quasi partnership company - Whether parties no longer able to continue a healthy working relationship to ensure and sustain the growth and progress of 1st respondent company - Whether there was justification to wind up 1st respondent under the just and equitable provision
[2011] 1 LNS 991	AFFIN BANK BERHAD v. H&I NIAGA SDN BHD	CONTRACT: Assignment - Breach - Failure by defendant to comply with requirement in letter of notification requiring it to remit proceeds of BNM Project to plaintiff - Whether letter of notification sufficiently conveyed meaning that debt had been assigned - Whether proceeds of BNM Project were made over by the borrower to plaintiff - Whether defendant had knowledge that such proceeds were to be paid by defendant to plaintiff - Whether defendant's failure to forward proceeds rendered defendant liable to plaintiff for the amounts paid to the borrower CONTRACT: Construction of terms of contract - Intention of parties - Commercial purpose of transaction - Whether the word 'authorised' in letter of notification amounted to an instruction to pay - Whether defendant's conduct suggested it understood the word 'authorised' to mean it was legally obliged to pay - Whether defendant estopped from contending that the word 'authorised' did not create a legal obligation for defendant to remit contract proceeds to plaintiff

CLJ 2013 Volume 4 (Part 6)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Ali Tan Abdullah v. PP
Abdul Malik Ishak, Clement Skinner, Azahar Mohamed JJCA
(Criminal Law; Evidence - Murder - Circumstantial evidence) [2013] 4 CLJ 757 [CA]

Karim AB Jabbar v. PP
Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA
(Criminal Procedure - Trial - Misdirection by trial judge) [2013] 4 CLJ 774 [CA]

Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd
Low Hop Bing, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA
(Banking; Islamic Law; Constitutional Law - Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) - Roles and functions) [2013] 4 CLJ 794 [CA]

Tetuan Ros, Lee & Co v. Tan Ming Yeow
Abu Samah Nordin, Alizatul Khair Osman, Anantham Kasinather JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Legal Profession - Res judicata - Bill of costs - Legal fees) [2013] 4 CLJ 807 [CA]

The Ayer Molek Rubber Company Bhd v. Bintang-Bintang Sdn Bhd
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA)
(Company Law - Winding-up - Stay of order) [2013] 4 CLJ 820 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Edmund Ming Kwan v. Extra Excel (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd & Ors
Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J
(Company Law - Directors - Members' rights) [2013] 4 CLJ 842 [HC]

Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd v. Cheah Yew Keat
Hasnah Mohammed Hashim J
(Civil Procedure; Contract - Pleadings; Misrepresentation) [2013] 4 CLJ 861 [HC]

Wong Twee Keng & Ors v. Wong Swee Min & Anor And Another Case
Hinshawati Shariff J
(Succession - Probate - Validity of will - Testamentary capacity) [2013] 4 CLJ 876 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Islamic banking - Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) - Roles and functions - Court to refer questions concerning Shariah matter to Shariah Advisory Council - Whether High Court functus officio - Whether there was a previous reference to SAC for a ruling - Whether an usurpation of court's judicial power - Whether ss. 56 and 57 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 valid, constitutional and had retrospective effect - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 (Repealed), s. 16B
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd
(Low Hop Bing, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA)[2013] 4 CLJ 794 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Pleadings - Facts not pleaded - Loan agreement - Approval based on declaration made in statutory declaration - Fraudulent misrepresentation in loan application - Reliance on misrepresentation caused loss and damages - Whether necessary particulars of alleged fraudulent misrepresentation pleaded - Whether fraudulent misrepresentation mere inference - Rules of Court 2012, O. 18 r. 12(1)
Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd v. Cheah Yew Keat
(Hasnah Mohammed Hashim J) [2013] 4 CLJ 861 [HC]

Res judicata - Matters which could and should reasonably have been raised in earlier proceedings - Solicitor and client - Agreement on costs - Claim in first suit based on fee calculated from gross sum bill - High Court dismissed claim - Appeal against - Claim in second suit based on detailed bill of costs - Whether second suit similar to first suit in terms of facts, issues and substance - Whether there was duplicity in claim pursued under second suit - Whether doctrine of res judicata applied - Asia Commercial Finance (M) Berhad v. Kawal Teliti Sdn Bhd
Tetuan Ros, Lee & Co v. Tan Ming Yeow
(Abu Samah Nordin, Alizatul Khair Osman, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 807 [CA]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Action against - Petition by minority shareholder - Whether directors accountable for alleged losses to company - Whether petitioner entitled to relief sought - Whether complaints bona fide - Whether petitioner came to court with clean hands - Whether majority shareholders could rely on s. 181 Companies Act 1965 to cross-petition for relief against minority shareholder - Whether allegation of fraud established beyond reasonable doubt
Edmund Ming Kwan v. Extra Excel (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2013] 4 CLJ 842 [HC]

Members' rights - Petition under Companies Act 1965, s. 181 - Action against directors - Whether directors accountable for alleged losses to company - Whether petitioner entitled to relief sought - Whether petition under s. 181 can be brought against minority shareholder
Edmund Ming Kwan v. Extra Excel (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2013] 4 CLJ 842 [HC]

Winding-up - Stay of order - Sale of property - Sale and transfer of company's land during period of stay of winding-up order - Whether transaction valid - Companies Act 1965, s. 223
The Ayer Molek Rubber Company Bhd v. Bintang-Bintang Sdn Bhd
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 820 [CA]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Courts - Judicial power - Islamic banking and finance - Court to refer questions concerning Shariah matter to Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) - Whether an usurpation of court's judicial power - Whether ss. 56 and 57 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 valid, constitutional and had retrospective effect - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 (Repealed), s. 16B
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd
Low Hop Bing, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 794 [CA]

CONTRACT

Misrepresentation - Fraudulent misrepresentation - Loan agreement - Whether there was fraudulent misrepresentation in application for loan - Whether there was reliance on misrepresentation - Whether misrepresentation particularised in pleadings - Whether claim proven on balance of probabilities
Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd v. Cheah Yew Keat
(Hasnah Mohammed Hashim J) [2013] 4 CLJ 861 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Convictions based on circumstantial evidence - Whether sufficient evidence to convict - Whether charges proven beyond reasonable doubt - Whether evidence taken together pointed towards guilt of appellant - Whether appellate interference warranted
Ali Tan Abdullah v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Clement Skinner, Azahar Mohamed JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 757 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Trial - Misdirection by trial judge - Conviction based on presumption - Failure by trial judge to rule whether defence had rebutted presumption - Whether serious misdirection - Whether conviction to be set aside - Whether proviso to s. 60(1) Courts of Judicature Act 1964 applicable to uphold conviction
Karim AB Jabbar v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 774 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Circumstantial evidence - Murder - Convictions based on circumstantial evidence - Whether sufficient evidence to convict - Whether charges proven beyond reasonable doubt - Whether evidence taken together pointed towards guilt of appellant - Penal Code, s. 302
Ali Tan Abdullah v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Clement Skinner, Azahar Mohamed JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 757 [CA]

Information leading to fact discovered - Principles applicable - Recovery of articles belonging to murder victim from accused soon after murder - Whether surrounding circumstances pointed to commission of murder by accused - Penal Code, s. 302
Ali Tan Abdullah v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Clement Skinner, Azahar Mohamed JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 757 [CA]

ISLAMIC LAW

Banking and finance - Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) - Roles and functions - Court to refer questions concerning Shariah matter to Shariah Advisory Council - Whether High Court functus officio - Whether there was a previous reference to SAC for a ruling - Whether an usurpation of court's judicial power - Whether ss. 56 and 57 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 valid, constitutional and had retrospective effect - Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 (Repealed), s. 16B
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim v. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd
(Low Hop Bing, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 794 [CA]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Bill of costs - Legal fees - Agreement on costs - Whether proven - Whether detailed bill of costs must be submitted for taxation - Initial claim based on sum derived from gross sum bill - High Court dismissed claim - Appeal against - Whether appellant allowed to claim sum derived from detailed bills of costs in second suit - Whether doctrine of res judicata applied - Legal Profession Act 1976, ss. 121, 124 & 126
Tetuan Ros, Lee & Co v. Tan Ming Yeow
(Abu Samah Nordin, Alizatul Khair Osman, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 807 [CA]

SUCCESSION

Probate - Testamentary capacity - Suspicious circumstances - Whether existed - Whether testators' health condition vitiated testamentary capacity to execute wills - Whether beneficiaries failed to dispel suspicious circumstances
Wong Twee Keng & Ors v. Wong Swee Min & Anor And Another Case
(Hinshawati Shariff J) [2013] 4 CLJ 876 [HC]

Probate - Validity of will - Whether wills and inter vivos gift made in suspicious circumstances - Whether beneficiaries under wills and gift had dispelled suspicious circumstances - Whether testators had testamentary capacity when wills and gift executed
Wong Twee Keng & Ors v. Wong Swee Min & Anor And Another Case
(Hinshawati Shariff J) [2013] 4 CLJ 876 [HC]

CLJ 2013 Volume 4 (Part 7)

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Dato' See Teow Chuan & Ors v. Ooi Woon Chee & Ors And Another Appeal
Arifin Zakaria CJ, Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdull Hamid Embong, Zainun Ali FCJJ
(Civil Procedure; Jurisdiction - Federal Court - Inherent jurisdiction) [2013] 4 CLJ 922 [FC]

Nike Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia & Anor
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Hasan Lah, Zaleha Zahari FCJJ
(Customs And Excise - Customs duty - Valuation of goods - Royalties) [2013] 4 CLJ 928 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab & Ors v. PP
Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence; Criminal Law - Dangerous Drugs - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence) [2013] 4 CLJ 949 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Dato' Mohamad Salim Fateh Din v. Nadeswaran Rajah
Amelia Tee Abdullah J
(Civil Procedure; Tort - Defamation - Libel - Whether defamed party only entitled to nominal damages) [2013] 4 CLJ 961 [HC]

Gemencheh Enterprises Sdn Bhd v. Hock Seng Mining Sdn Bhd
Abdul Karim Jalil JC
(Land Law - Caveat - Caveatable interest - Removal of private caveat - Whether beneficial interest to land acquired) [2013] 4 CLJ 980 [HC]

Go Yu Kin lwn. PP
Samsudin Hassan PK
(Prosedur Jenayah; Undang-undang Jenayah - Akta Anti-Pemerdagangan Orang 2007 - Seksyen 13 - Eksploitasi wanita warganegara Indonesia bagi pelacuran) [2013] 4 CLJ 994 [HC]

Lim Lek Yan v. Yayasan Melaka
Mah Weng Kwai J
(Bankruptcy; Civil Procedure - Notice - Setting aside - Res judicata) [2013] 4 CLJ 1016 [HC]

Shahidan Shafie v. Atlan Holdings Bhd & Anor
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer J
(Securities - General mandatory offer - Securities Commission Act 1993) [2013] 4 CLJ 1029 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKRUPTCY

Notice - Setting aside - Whether amount stated in notice erroneous - Whether judgment creditor was required to account for value of properties pledged as security into account when notice issued - Whether judgment creditor breached its duty to state correct amount in notice - Whether interest claimed rendered notice invalid and void - Whether issue of properties and issue of interest attracted principle of res judicata - Whether judgment creditor had given judgment creditor notice that amount claimed in notice was wrong
Lim Lek Yan v. Yayasan Melaka
(Mah Weng Kwai J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1016 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Jurisdiction - Inherent jurisdiction - Grounds - Biasness - Whether there was actual or real danger of bias
Dato' See Teow Chuan & Ors v. Ooi Woon Chee & Ors And Another Appeal
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdull Hamid Embong, Zainun ALI FCJJ) [2013] 4 CLJ 928 [FC]

Pleadings - Failure to file defence - Whether defendant deemed to admit each and every averment in statement of claim - Whether defendant disentitled from cross-examining plaintiff and witnesses on positive averments in statement of claim or from calling own witnesses to testify - Whether defendant could only cross-examine plaintiff and witnesses on issue of damages
Dato' Mohamad Salim Fateh Din v. Nadeswaran Rajah
(Amelia Tee Abdullah J) [2013] 4 CLJ 961 [HC]

Res judicata - Whether issue of properties and issue of interest could have been raised and decided in earlier proceedings - Whether judgment creditor's failure to raise issues attracted principle of issue estoppel and res judicata
Lim Lek Yan v. Yayasan Melaka
(Mah Weng Kwai J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1016 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Drug trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 39B(1)(a) - Three accused charged, convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking - Whether evidence implicated all three accused
Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab & Ors v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 949 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Drug trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 39B(1)(a) - Three accused charged, convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking - Whether evidences implicated all three accused - Whether second accused had possession, custody and knowledge of drugs
Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab & Ors v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 949 [CA]

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

Customs duty - Valuation of goods - Royalties - Whether to be included as part of paid or payable price of goods - Whether considered as condition of sale for goods to be exported to Malaysia - Whether valid adjustment item - Whether to be added to transaction value of imported goods - Customs (Rules of Valuation) Regulations 1999, regs. 4, 5(1)(a)(iv)
Nike Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia & Anor
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Hasan Lah, Zaleha Zahari FCJJ) [2013] 4 CLJ 928 [FC]

EVIDENCE

Statement - Cautioned statement - Whether cautioned statement by second accused exonerated liability - Whether trial judge had considered cautioned statement - Whether second accused had possession, custody and knowledge of drugs
Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab & Ors v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 949 [CA]

JURISDICTION

Federal Court - Inherent jurisdiction - Application to review and set aside decision of Federal Court under r. 137 Rules of the Federal Court 1995 - Grounds for application - Copying and plagiarism in grounds of judgment - Whether sufficient ground for setting aside - Whether merits of appeal considered
Dato' See Teow Chuan & Ors v. Ooi Woon Chee & Ors And Another Appeal
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdull Hamid Embong, Zainun ALI FCJJ) [2013] 4 CLJ 928 [FC]

LAND LAW

Caveat - Caveatable interest - Removal of private caveat - Whether beneficial interest to land acquired - Principles of competing equities - Whether plaintiff aggrieved party - Onus of proof - National Land Code, ss. 323 & 327
Gemencheh Enterprises Sdn Bhd v. Hock Seng Mining Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Karim Jalil JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 980 [HC]

Caveat - Wrongful lodgment - Whether caveator had caveatable interest - Whether financial transaction constitutes a caveatable interest - Whether caveat ought to be removed
Gemencheh Enterprises Sdn Bhd v. Hock Seng Mining Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Karim Jalil JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 980 [HC]

SECURITIES

General mandatory offer - Control of more than 33% of shares in company - Defendants acquiring more than 33% shares in company but failing to carry out mandatory general offer - Whether minority shareholder of company could compel defendants to make mandatory take-over offer to all shareholders - Failure to lodge complaint with Securities Commission - Whether shareholders possess cause of action - Whether only Securities Commission entitled to secure compliance of provisions of Take-over Code and Securities Commission Act 1993 - Securities Commission Act 1993, ss. 33(2), 33A(4), (5); 33D(1)(a) to (g), (2), (3)
Shahidan Shafie v. Atlan Holdings Bhd & Anor
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1029 [HC]

TORT

Defamation - Libel - Whether defamed party only entitled to nominal damages - Whether defamed party able to show loss and damage to reputation - Whether aggravated damages payable on account of defamer's arrogance to victim's request to retract defamatory remarks and apologise
Dato' Mohamad Salim Fateh Din v. Nadeswaran Rajah
(Amelia Tee Abdullah J) [2013] 4 CLJ 961 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Hukuman - Kesalahan pemerdagangan orang kesalahan serius - Sama ada hukuman berat wajar diutamakan - Kesalahan dilakukan secara "one transaction" - Hukuman penjara bagi tiga pertuduhan dibenarkan berjalan serentak
Go Yu Kin lwn. PP
(Samsudin Hassan PK) [2013] 4 CLJ 994 [HC]

Pembelaan - Alibi - Notis alibi - Pembelaan bahawa perayu pergi memancing dengan kawannya - Sama ada terjumlah kepada alibi - Notis alibi tidak dikemukakan - Sama ada pembelaan wajar diterima
Go Yu Kin lwn. PP
(Samsudin Hassan PK) [2013] 4 CLJ 994 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Anti-Pemerdagangan Orang 2007 - Seksyen 13 - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Eksploitasi wanita warganegara Indonesia bagi pelacuran - Elemen-elemen kesalahan yang perlu dibuktikan - Sama ada dibuktikan oleh pendakwaan - Sama ada sabitan selamat - Hukuman penjara bagi tiga pertuduhan dibenarkan berjalan serentak
Go Yu Kin lwn. PP
(Samsudin Hassan PK) [2013] 4 CLJ 994 [HC]

CLJ 2013 Volume 4 (Part 8)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Code Focus Sdn Bhd v. Tan Chee Hoe & Sons Sdn Bhd
Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA
(Company Law; Contract - Directors - Disposal of company's property - Delay in performance) [2013] 4 CLJ 1053 [CA]

Mohd Za'ba Abdul Talib & Anor v. PP
Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Witness - Credibility - Agent provocateur - Admissibility of evidence) [2013] 4 CLJ 1081 [CA]

Poh Weng Nam v. PP & Another Appeal
Aziah Ali, Mohtarudin Baki, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Intention to cause bodily injury - Whether established) [2013] 4 CLJ 1096 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Ding Laeng & Ors v. Minister Of Planning And Resource Management & Ors
Ravinthran Paramaguru JC
(Civil Procedure; Limitation; Native Law And Custom - Public authorities - Land dispute - Customary rights) [2013] 4 CLJ 1110 [HC]

Ing Hua Fu Marine Line Sdn Bhd v. Vitachem (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
Nallini Pathmanathan J
(Tort; Agency; Evidence - Negligence - Sinking of vessel - Expert evidence) [2013] 4 CLJ 1120 [HC]

Kelana Erat Sdn Bhd v. Niche Properties Sdn Bhd & Another Case
Lee Swee Seng JC
(Arbitration - Award - Setting aside - General allegations without proof) [2013] 4 CLJ 1172 [HC]

Nur Ibrahim Masilamani & Anor v. Joseph Lopez
Yeoh Wee Siam J
(Civil Procedure - Mode of filing - Electronic filing - Failure to comply) [2013] 4 CLJ 1202 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

AGENCY

Agent - Freight forwarder - Disclosed principal - Whether second defendant jointly and severally liable for negligence of first defendant
Ing Hua Fu Marine Line Sdn Bhd v. Vitachem (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1120 [HC]

ARBITRATION

Award - Clarification - Whether Arbitration Act 2005 or UNCITRAL Rules provide for "clarifications" of an award
Kelana Erat Sdn Bhd v. Niche Properties Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1172 [HC]

Award - Enforcement - Application for - Matters raised in defendant's affidavit unconnected to statutory grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement - Whether application for enforcement allowed - Arbitration Act 2005 s. 39
Kelana Erat Sdn Bhd v. Niche Properties Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1172 [HC]

Award - Setting aside - Grounds for - General allegations without proof - Whether award beyond scope of submission to arbitration - Whether award final and binding - Whether award could be set aside - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 37(1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) & (b)
Kelana Erat Sdn Bhd v. Niche Properties Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1172 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Case management - Pre-trial case management - Failure to comply - Unless order - Filing of trial documents - Electronic filing ('e-filing') - Whether complied - Whether court only recognised documents which are e-filed - Rules of Court 2012, O. 34 r. 2(2)(j) & (k) - Signing by defendant's counsel on physical copies of trial documents - Whether constituted official e-filing - Whether defendant precluded from defending case - Rules of Court 2012, O. 33 r. 5, O. 34 r. 1(3)
Nur Ibrahim Masilamani & Anor v. Joseph Lopez
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1202 [HC]

Mode of filing - Electronic filing - Filing of trial documents through e-filing - Whether complied - Whether court only recognised documents which are e-filed - Rules of Court 2012, O. 34 r. 2(2)(j) & (k) - Whether documents filed manually constituted proper filing of documents - Rules of Court 2012, O. 33 r. 5, O. 34 r. 1(3)
Nur Ibrahim Masilamani & Anor v. Joseph Lopez
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1202 [HC]

Striking out - Claim for native customary rights - Whether action maintainable - Appeal pending in Superior Chief's Court over same land - Whether multiplicity of proceedings - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(b) and (d)
Ding Laeng & Ors v. Minister Of Planning And Resource Management & Ors
(Ravinthran Paramaguru JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1110 [HC]

Unless order - Failure to comply - Pre-trial case management directions - Whether unless order was a peremptory order - Whether compliance mandatory - Rules of Court 2012, O. 33 r. 5, O. 34 rr. 1(3), 2(2)(j) & (k)
Nur Ibrahim Masilamani & Anor v. Joseph Lopez
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1202 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Disposal of company's property - Sale of shares conditional upon obtaining shareholders' approval - Whether conditions may be waived by agreement of parties - Companies Act 1965, s. 132C
Code Focus Sdn Bhd v. Tan Chee Hoe & Sons Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1053 [CA]

CONTRACT

Repudiation - Delay in performance - Time of essence - Contract for sale of shares - Shares purchased with intention to obtain land owned by company - Vendor failing to deliver vacant possession of land by completion date - Whether vendor in breach of contract - Whether purchaser could terminate contract - Contracts Act 1950, s. 56
Code Focus Sdn Bhd v. Tan Chee Hoe & Sons Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1053 [CA]

Sale of shares - Breach - Conditional agreement - Shares purchased with intention to obtain land owned by company - Vendor's failure to obtain shareholders' approval for sale of shares - Vendor failing to deliver vacant possession of land by completion date - Time of essence - Vendor in breach of contract - Reciprocal obligations - Whether purchaser could refuse to pay balance purchase price - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 52, 53, 55 & 56
Code Focus Sdn Bhd v. Tan Chee Hoe & Sons Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1053 [CA]

Time - Time of the essence - Contract for sale of shares - Repudiation of - Appeal against - Shares purchased with intention to obtain land owned by company - Vendor's failure to deliver vacant possession of land by completion date - Whether vendor in breach of contract - Whether purchaser could terminate contract - Contracts Act 1950, s. 56
Code Focus Sdn Bhd v. Tan Chee Hoe & Sons Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1053 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Whether intention to cause bodily injury established - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death - Whether mens rea under s. 300 Penal Code made out - Whether conviction substituted with one under s. 304(b) Penal Code
Poh Weng Nam v. PP & Another Appeal
(Aziah Ali, Mohtarudin Baki, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1096 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Evidence - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Whether intention to cause bodily injury established - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death - Whether mens rea under s. 300 Penal Code made out - Whether conviction under s. 302 Penal Code substituted with one under s. 304(b) Penal Code
Poh Weng Nam v. PP & Another Appeal
(Aziah Ali, Mohtarudin Baki, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1096 [CA]

Appeal - Trial judge's findings - Whether sufficiently evaluated evidence - Whether trial judge misdirected himself - Whether conviction safe
Mohd Za'ba Abdul Talib & Anor v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1081 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Failure to call witness - Agent provocateur - Whether adverse inference invoked against prosecution - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Mohd Za'ba Abdul Talib & Anor v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1081 [CA]

Agent provocateur - Whether informer was agent provocateur - Whether informer exceeded role - Whether could claim protection under s. 40 Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
Mohd Za'ba Abdul Talib & Anor v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1081 [CA]

Circumstantial evidence - Whether nexus between appellants and death of deceased proven - Whether intention to cause bodily injury established - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death - Penal Code, ss. 302 & 304(b)
Poh Weng Nam v. PP & Another Appeal
(Aziah Ali, Mohtarudin Baki, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1096 [CA]

Expert evidence - Conflicting expert evidence - Whether plaintiff's expert evidence was more credible - Whether defendant's expert witness was marginally less independent than expected of expert witness
Ing Hua Fu Marine Line Sdn Bhd v. Vitachem (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1120 [HC]

Witness - Credibility - Agent provocateur - Admissibility of evidence - Remark by trial judge on demeanour of witness on examination - Whether erroneous and contrary to available evidence - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 271
Mohd Za'ba Abdul Talib & Anor v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Linton Albert, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2013] 4 CLJ 1081 [CA]

LIMITATION

Public authorities - Whether action time barred - Native customary rights over land - Whether plaintiff's claim for declaratory relief caught by limitation
Ding Laeng & Ors v. Minister Of Planning And Resource Management & Ors
(Ravinthran Paramaguru JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1110 [HC]

NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM

Land dispute - Customary rights over land - Whether infringement in plaintiff's native customary rights - Whether native customary rights established - Whether action maintainable
Ding Laeng & Ors v. Minister Of Planning And Resource Management & Ors
(Ravinthran Paramaguru JC) [2013] 4 CLJ 1110 [HC]

TORT

Negligence - Carriage of goods by sea - Sinking of vessel - Loss and damage - Liability - Claim by owner of vessel against shipper and freight forwarder - Causation - Whether first defendant's cargo of agro-chemicals had caused fire that led to sinking of vessel - Whether plaintiff had known or should have known of 'dangerous' nature of cargo - Whether plaintiff had undertaken contractual risk of shipment - Whether Hague Rules applied - Whether defendants negligent
Ing Hua Fu Marine Line Sdn Bhd v. Vitachem (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 4 CLJ 1120 [HC]

ARTICLE

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1. TIME TO BRING BACK THE STOCKS?
    THE HOLLOW VICTORY OF TABLOID JUSTICE* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: JOHN WILSON** [2013] 1 LNS(A) xliii

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    by: LORD JUSTICE JACKSON* [2013] 1 LNS(A) xliv

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 755	Finance Act 2013	See s 3 for the Income Tax Act; s 41 for the Stamp Act; s 47 for the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act and s 55 for the Real Property Gains Tax Act	-Nil-
ACT 756	Traditional And Complementary Medicine Act 2013	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 757	Strata Management Act 2013	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 758	Financial Services Act 2013	30 June 2013 [PU(B) 276/2013] - except s 129 and Schedule 9	-Nil-
ACT 759	Islamic Financial Services Act 2013	30 June 2013 [PU(B) 277/2013] - except para(s) 1 to 10 of Schedule 9 and para(s) 13 to 19 of Schedule 9	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1448	Central Bank Of Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2013	8 February 2013 [PU(B) 44/2013]	ACT 701
ACT A1449	Industrial Designs (Amendment) Act 2013	1 July 2013 [PU(B) 86/2013]	ACT 552
ACT A1450	Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2013	Not Yet In Force	ACT 318
ACT A1451	Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2013	1 April 2013 [PU(B) 89/2013]	ACT 244
ACT A1452	Animals (Amendment) Act 2013	Not Yet In Force	ACT 647

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 201/2013	Financial Services (Financial Holding Company) (Non-Application And Application With Modification) Order 2013	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 758
PU(A) 202/2013	Financial Services (Designated Payment Instruments) Order 2013	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 758
PU(A) 203/2013	Financial Services (Exemption) Order 2013	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 758
PU(A) 204/2013	Financial Services (Minimum Amount Of Capital Funds) (Approved Person) Order 2013	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 758
PU(A) 205/2013	Financial Services (Contract Of General Insurance For Property Or Liability) Order 2013	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 758

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 276/2013	Appointment Of Date Of Coming Into Operation	28 June 2013	29 June 2013	ACT 758
PU(B) 277/2013	Appointment Of Date Of Coming Into Operation	29 June 2013	30 June 2013	ACT 759
PU(B) 278/2013	Appointment Of Members Of Pardons Board	29 June 2013	1 July 2013 until 30 June 2016	ACT 000
PU(B) 279/2013	Appointment Of Members Of Pardons Board For Security Offences	29 June 2013	1 July 2013 until 30 June 2016	PU(A) 320/1975
PU(B) 280/2013	Notice Of Initiation Of An Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation With Regard To Cellulose Fibre Reinforced Cement Flat And Pattern Sheets Originating Or Exported From The Kingdom Of Thailand	2 July 2013	3 July 2013	ACT 504; PU(A) 233/1994

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