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CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2009, Vol 32

27 November 2009

CLJ Law MALAYSIA

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COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Judicial review proceedings - Application to intervene) [2009] 6 CLJ 405

Moh Chuan Pin v. PP
(Murder - Appeal against conviction and sentence to death) [2009] 6 CLJ 420

Pacific Forest Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Lin Wen-Chih & Anor
(Issue not pleaded - Frustration of contract) [2009] 6 CLJ 430

COURT OF APPEAL

Chen, Leong & Company v. Sri Naka Jaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd
(Whether solicitor acting as stakeholder at time of receipt of monies) [2009] 6 CLJ 444

Herman Ando v. Tactland Development Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Judgment and orders - Alteration of) [2009] 6 CLJ 448

Stephen Wong Leong Kiong v. HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Validity of creditor's petition - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 6(3)) [2009] 6 CLJ 466

Tan Tang Seng lwn. PP
(Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a)) [2009] 6 CLJ 471

HIGH COURT

Pasukhas Construction Sdn Bhd & Anor v. MTM Millenium Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Judicial precedent) [2009] 6 CLJ 480

Tun Naing Oo v. PP
(Revision - Sentence) [2009] 6 CLJ 490

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Judicial review proceedings - Application to intervene - Whether O. 15 r. 6(2)(b) Rules of the High Court 1980 applicable - Whether application must be brought under O. 53 r. 8(1) - Whether indirect interest insufficient to justify intervention - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 15 r. 6(2)(b), O. 53 r. 8(1)
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

Statutory bodies - Appeal - Intervention in judicial review proceedings - Whether O. 15 r. 6(2)(b) Rules of the High Court 1980 applicable - Whether application must be brought under O. 53 r. 8(1) - Whether indirect interest insufficient to justify intervention - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 15 r. 6(2)(b), O. 53 r. 8(1)
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

BANKRUPTCY

Petition - Validity of creditor's petition - Whether a formal defect would invalidate bankruptcy proceedings - Misstatement of date of act of bankruptcy - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 6(3)
Stephen Wong Leong Kiong v. HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Denis Ong, Hashim Yusoff & Zaleha Zahari JJCA) [2009] 6 CLJ 466 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Contempt of court - Failure to comply with court order - Punishment for contempt - Whether sentence of imprisonment proper
Herman Ando v. Tactland Development Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Gopal Sri Ram, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2009] 6 CLJ 448 [CA]

Injunction - Interlocutory injunction - Interlocutory injunction to restrain call on performance bond - Principles applicable - Whether the fraud or unconscionability principles applicable - Whether the American Cynamid principles applicable
Pasukhas Construction Sdn Bhd & Anor v. MTM Millenium Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2009] 6 CLJ 480 [HC]

Injunction - Principles to be applied in granting injunction - Whether serious questions to be tried in existence - Whether balance of convenience in favour of the grant of injunction - Whether damages an adequate remedy
Herman Ando v. Tactland Development Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Gopal Sri Ram, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2009] 6 CLJ 448 [CA]

Intervention - Application for - Judicial review proceedings - Whether O. 15 r. 6(2)(b) Rules of the High Court 1980 applicable - Whether application must be brought under O. 53 r. 8(1) - Whether indirect interest insufficient to justify intervention - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 15 r. 6(2)(b), O. 53 r. 8(1)
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

Judgment and orders - Alteration of - Judge altering own judgment/order after entering the same - Whether judge empowered to review, rehear, vary or set aside own judgment/order after formally recording the same - Whether judge was functus officio - Whether judgment/order altering or varying earlier judgment/order a nullity
Herman Ando v. Tactland Development Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Gopal Sri Ram, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2009] 6 CLJ 448 [CA]

Judgments and orders - Setting aside or varying judgments and orders - Application to expunge order - Order made in ignorance of terms agreed between the parties - Whether such order should be expunged
Herman Ando v. Tactland Development Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Gopal Sri Ram, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2009] 6 CLJ 448 [CA]

Judicial precedent - Court of Appeal of Singapore, decisions by - Whether merely persuasive - Whether Supreme Court of Malaysia decision binding on High Court of Malaya - Court of Appeal of Malaysia decision inconsistent with Supreme Court of Malaysia decision - Whether High Court of Malaya ought to reject inconsistent Court of Appeal of Malaysia decision - Whether High Court of Malaya bound to follow Supreme Court of Malaysia decision
Pasukhas Construction Sdn Bhd & Anor v. MTM Millenium Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2009] 6 CLJ 480 [HC]

Parties - Proper parties to be sued, whether - Allegation of fraudulent or unconscionable conduct against first defendant - Nothing to suggest that second defendant had notice of any fraudulent or unconscionable conduct by the first defendant - Whether second defendant ought not to have been sued
Pasukhas Construction Sdn Bhd & Anor v. MTM Millenium Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2009] 6 CLJ 480 [HC]

Jurisdiction - Federal Court - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Whether cannot be invoked to override application of a specific provision - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 15 r. 6(2)(b), O. 53 r. 8(1)
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

Parties - Intervention - Judicial review proceedings - Whether O. 15 r. 6(2)(b) Rules of the High Court 1980 applicable - Whether application must be brought under O. 53 r. 8(1) - Whether indirect interest insufficient to justify intervention - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 15 r. 6(2)(b), O. 53 r. 8(1)
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

Pleadings - Issue not pleaded - Frustration of contract - Particulars - Frustration not pleaded in trial court or as a ground of appeal in appellate court - Whether appellate court could still hold that contract has been frustrated
Pacific Forest Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Lin Wen-Chih & Anor
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Hashim Yusoff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 430 [FC]

CONTRACT

Frustration - Sale and purchase - Difficulty in interpreting terms of agreement - Whether amounted to frustration - Whether agreement not frustrated since there was no impossibility of interpreting parties' intentions
Pacific Forest Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Lin Wen-Chih & Anor
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Hashim Yusoff & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 430 [FC]

Performance bond - Injunction against call on performance bond - Principles applicable - Whether the fraud or unconscionability principles applicable - Whether the American Cynamid principles applicable
Pasukhas Construction Sdn Bhd & Anor v. MTM Millenium Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus J) [2009] 6 CLJ 480 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 300 - Murder - Appeal against conviction and sentence to death - Inadmissible statement by appellant - Whether there must be express direction by court to itself to exclude statement - Assessment of evidence - Defence's case - Flight of accused - Other relevant circumstances - Inference of guilt
Moh Chuan Pin v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Gopal Sri Ram FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 420 [FC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Decision of trial judge - Murder - Assessment of evidence - Defence's case - Flight of accused - Other relevant circumstances - Inference of guilt
Moh Chuan Pin v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Gopal Sri Ram FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 420 [FC]

Revision - Sentence - Sentence of whipping imposed upon asylum-seeker in respect of an immigration offence - Offence not involving violence, brutality or threatening public order - Asylum-seeker not a habitual offender - Whether sentence of whipping manifestly excessive - Whether inhumane to impose whipping upon asylum-seekers or refugees
Tun Naing Oo v. PP
(Yeoh Wee Siam JC) [2009] 6 CLJ 490 [HC]

Sentence - Whipping - Sentence of whipping imposed upon asylum-seeker in respect of an immigration offence - Offence not involving violence, brutality or threatening public order - Asylum-seeker not a habitual offender - Whether sentence of whipping manifestly excessive
Tun Naing Oo v. PP
(Yeoh Wee Siam JC) [2009] 6 CLJ 490 [HC]

Statements - Inadmissible statement - Whether there must be express direction by court to itself to exclude statement - Whether court's decision arrived at uninfluenced by anything contained in inadmissible statement
Moh Chuan Pin v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Gopal Sri Ram FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 420 [FC]

EVIDENCE

Statement - Inadmissible statement - Whether there must be express direction by court to itself to exclude statement - Whether court's decision arrived at uninfluenced by anything contained in inadmissible statement
Moh Chuan Pin v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Gopal Sri Ram FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 420 [FC]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Solicitor's undertaking - Construction of undertaking - Claim for interest on monies held by solicitor in respect of a conveyancing transaction - Whether solicitor acting as stakeholder at time of receipt of monies
Chen, Leong & Company v. Sri Naka Jaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Ahmad Maarop JJCA & Kang Hwee Gee J) [2009] 6 CLJ 444 [CA]

WORDS & PHRASES

"appears to the judge to be a proper person" - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53 r. 8(1) - Meaning of
Majlis Agama Islam Selangor v. Bong Boon Chuen & Ors
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA & Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ) [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [FC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Inferen bertentangan - Kegagalan pendakwaan untuk memanggil saksi material - Saksi tidak ditawarkan kepada pembelaan - Sama ada jurang-jurang dalam kes pendakwaan - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g)
Tan Tang Seng lwn. PP
(Raus Sharif, Hasan Lah & Wan Adnan Muhamad HHMR) [2009] 6 CLJ 471 [CA]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Rayuan - Fakta, dapatan - Hakim perbicaraan khilaf dalam menggunakan prinsip yang betul - Sama ada campur tangan rayuan diperlukan
Tan Tang Seng lwn. PP
(Raus Sharif, Hasan Lah & Wan Adnan Muhamad HHMR) [2009] 6 CLJ 471 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Ketidakpanggilan saksi material oleh pendakwaan - Kegagalan untuk menimbangkan pembelaan dengan betul - Hakim perbicaraan mendapati versi pembelaan tentang kejadian-kejadian sebagai bukan yang tidak masuk akal atau mustahil - Sama ada hakim perbicaraan khilaf dalam menyabitkan tertuduh
Tan Tang Seng lwn. PP
(Raus Sharif, Hasan Lah & Wan Adnan Muhamad HHMR) [2009] 6 CLJ 471 [CA]

CASE OF THE WEEK

SABAH FOREST INDUSTRIES SDN BHD v. UNP PLYWOOD SDN BHD

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Framing of questions - Whether framing of questions vague and incomplete - Whether questions if answered would have no relevance to outcome of appeal - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 96(a)

TRADE AND INDUSTRY: Forestry - Licence to take timber - Whether non-transferable licence - Appeal to Federal Court on questions posed that licence non-transferable - Whether framing of questions vague and incomplete - Whether questions if answered would have no relevance to outcome of appeal - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 96(a) - Forest Enactment 1968 (Sabah), ss. 15, 24(6) - Forest Rules 1969, r. 3

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