CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 32
13 August 2010
CLJ Law MALAYSIA
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PU(A)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(A) 213/2010 Entertainments Duty (Exemption) (No 10) Order 2010 24 June 2010 ACT 103 PU(A) 214/2010 Entertainments Duty (Exemption) (No 11) Order 2010 24 June 2010 ACT 103 PU(A) 215/2010 Entertainments Duty (Exemption) (No 12) Order 2010 24 June 2010 ACT 103 PU(A) 216/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 26) Order 2010 28 June 2010 ACT 235 PU(A) 217/2010 Federal Roads (South Klang Valley Expressway) Order 2010 29 June 2010 ACT 376 PU(B)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(B) 299/2010 Polling Districts, Polling Centre And Polling Hours - Corrigendum 14 July 2010 ACT 19 PU(B) 300/2010 Appointment Of Gaming Expert 15 July 2010 ACT 289 PU(B) 301/2010 Appointment Of Deputy Public Prosecutors 15 July 2010 ACT 593 PU(B) 302/2010 Special Direction Of The Minister 15 July 2010 ACT 621 PU(B) 303/2010 Notice To Third Parties 15 July 2010 ACT 613 Latest Bills
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
DR 25/2010 Employment (Amendment) Bill 2010 - ACT 265 DR 26/2010 Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia Bill 2010 - -
a) Legal Network Series Articles
1. Employment Law Matters - Discretionary Salary Increases And Bonuses Are Just That: Discretionary - Aren't They?* [Read
excerpt]
By John Wilson (Williams Love & Nicol)**
2. "The Role Of Money In Islamic Banking And Finance" [Read
excerpt]
By Syed Adam Alhabshi*
CITATION TITLE SUBJECT [2010] 1 LNS 379 [HC] Chung Fui Chu v. Foo Ho Cheng & Anor FAMILY LAW: Maintenance - Wife and children - Application for variation of maintenance order - Considerations - No full disclosure of respondent's assets - Respondent not acting bona fide - Whether there was a material change in circumstances to justify variation of order - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 83
FAMILY LAW: Maintenance - Wife and children - Application for variation of maintenance order - Delay in making application - O. 42 r. 13 of the Rules of the High Court - Non compliance of interim order to pay maintenance and arrears - Whether amounts to contempt of court
[2010] 1 LNS 386 [HC] PP lwn. Ismail Ali UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 376 - Kesalahan merogol - Prima facie - Keterangan sokongan menunjukkan kelahiran bayi dan ujian DNA mengesahkan responden bapa bayi - Sama ada laporan DNA boleh diterima masuk sebagai keterangan - Sama ada pendakwaraya berjaya membuktikan kes prima facie terhadap responden
KETERANGAN: Terima masuk - Bukti sahih - Kesalahan merogol - Prima facie - Sama ada laporan DNA boleh diterima masuk sebagai keterangan - Ahli kimia tidak dipanggil memberi keterangan - Sama ada peruntukan s. 114(g) Akta Keterangan 1950 terpakai
KETERANGAN: Keterangan yang bercanggah - Keputusan fakta hakim bicara - Sama ada wujudnya bukti bahawa responden dapat dikaitkan dengan actus reus "merogol" mangsa - Sama ada pihak responden berjaya membangkitkan keraguan munasabah
[2010] 1 LNS 388 [HC] Panflex Sdn Bhd v. Gymtech Development Sdn Bhd & Anor CIVIL PROCEDURE: Res judicata - Parties and issues same as in previous application - Whether 2nd defendant estopped from relitigating the matter - Whether an abuse of process of court
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders - Setting aside, application for - Application made more than two years after final judgment handed down - Non-compliance with O. 42 r. 13 of the Rules of the High Court 1980 - Failure to provide reasonable explanation for delay - Whether application vexatious and an abuse of process of court
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Edmund Chan Kai Khoon v. Abrizah Abdullah & Ors
(Company law - Return of allotted shares) [2010] 6 CLJ 249COURT OF APPEAL
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Statement - Admissibility) [2010] 6 CLJ 256Tetuan LM Ong & Co v. Chia Kah Gek
(Counterclaim - Striking out) [2010] 6 CLJ 268HIGH COURT
Gadang Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd v. Bluwater Developments Bhd
(Arbitration - Stay of proceedings) [2010] 6 CLJ 277Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors v. Menteri Tenaga, Air Dan Komunikasi & Ors
(Water tariff - Judicial review) [2010] 6 CLJ 291PP v. Madsae Summan & Anor
(Trafficking in 38.33 grams methamphetamine - Whether possession proved) [2010] 6 CLJ 305PP v. Rosmaizol Mohamad
(Trafficking in 440.59 grams cannabis - Whether conduct of accused alluded to guilty mind) [2010] 6 CLJ 322Radion Trading Sdn Bhd v. Sin Besteam Equipment Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Injunction - Infringement of copyright) [2010] 6 CLJ 334SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Exercise of administrative powers - Judicial review - Decision - Rejection by 1st respondent of applicants' request seeking disclosure of concession agreement and audit report pertaining to increase in water tariff for Selangor - Whether applicants adversely affected by 1st respondent's decision and had locus standi to bring action - Whether disclosure of both documents detrimental to national security or public interest
Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors v. Menteri Tenaga, Air Dan Komunikasi & Ors
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 291 [HC]ARBITRATION
Stay of proceedings - Application - Dispute - Whether plaintiff's application for summary judgment should be heard first or defendant's application for a stay - Court has no discretion but to grant stay unless there is in fact no dispute between the parties on the matter agreed to be referred - Whether plaintiff's case fell under Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10(1)(b)- Dispute of fact on final account statements signed by defendant - Whether person signing statement on defendant's behalf was authorised to do so - Triable issues
Gadang Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd v. Bluwater Developments Bhd
(Prasad Sandosham Abraham JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 277 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Counterclaim - Striking out - Whether counterclaim maintainable in law - Whether counterclaim must have material affinity with subject matter of claim - Whether test in Esso Standard Malaysia v. Southern Cross Airways (Malaysia) Bhd met
Tetuan LM Ong & Co v. Chia Kah Gek
(Gopal Sri Ram FCJ, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 268 [CA]Injunction - Infringement of copyright - Technical design drawings for Automatic Swing Gate Actuator - Whether first and second works original works protected under Copyright Act 1987 - Whether the plaintiff the owner of copyright at material time - Prima facie presumption of copying
Radion Trading Sdn Bhd v. Sin Besteam Equipment Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Azahar Mohamed J) [2010] 6 CLJ 334 [HC]Injunction - Setting aside - Setting aside of injunctive order - Whether proper as it was a consequential order that could be made anytime
Tetuan LM Ong & Co v. Chia Kah Gek
(Gopal Sri Ram FCJ, Raus Sharif & Sulong Matjeraie JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 268 [CA]COMPANY LAW
Shares - Allotment - Return of allotted shares - Whether compensation must be paid - Holding costs and costs of registration of allotted shares, reimbursement of
Edmund Chan Kai Khoon v. Abrizah Abdullah & Ors
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, James Foong & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 249 [FC]CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Fundamental liberties - Right of access to water - Judicial review - Decision - Rejection by 1st respondent of applicants' request seeking disclosure of concession agreement and audit report pertaining to increase in water tariff for Selangor - Whether applicants adversely affected by 1st respondent's decision and had locus standi to bring action - Whether disclosure of both documents detrimental to national security or public interest
Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors v. Menteri Tenaga, Air Dan Komunikasi & Ors
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 291 [HC]CONTRACT
Agreement - Shares - Return of allotted shares - Whether restitution could be ordered without compensation to a person who received benefit under a contractual agreement
Edmund Chan Kai Khoon v. Abrizah Abdullah & Ors
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, James Foong & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 249 [FC]CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B - Trafficking in 38.33 grams methamphetamine - Whether charge defective due to weight of drugs - Whether common intention established - Whether possession proved - Whether actual sale of drugs established - Whether shortcomings in police investigation pertaining to handphone seized from accused - Whether gaps in evidence pertaining to handling of drugs by police
PP v. Madsae Summan & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 305 [HC]Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(2) - Trafficking in cannabis - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Accused's statements to police, admissibility of - Information leading to fact discovered - Whether accused had possession of cannabis - Whether there was insufficient evidence to convict - Evidence Act 1950, s. 27
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Hasan Lah & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 256 [CA]Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 440.59 gram cannabis - Possession - Drugs found in car driven by accused - Whether possession proved - Whether accused had possession and control of car - Whether conduct of accused alluded to guilty mind
PP v. Rosmaizol Mohamad
(Akhtar Tahir JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 322 [HC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Statements - Admissibility - Accused's statements to police - Whether actual words spoken by accused established - Whether alleged information led to discovery of fact - Evidence Act 1950, s. 27
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Hasan Lah & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 256 [CA]EVIDENCE
Improper admission of evidence - Failure to object - Inadmissible evidence did not become admissible by reason of failure of defence to object
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Hasan Lah & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 256 [CA]Information leading to fact discovered - Admissibility of statement - Accused's statement to police - Whether actual words spoken by accused established - Whether alleged information led to discovery of fact - Evidence Act 1950, s. 27
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Hasan Lah & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 256 [CA]Statement - Admissibility - Accused's statement to police - Whether actual words spoken by accused established - Whether alleged information led to discovery of fact - Evidence Act 1950, s. 27
Mustakim Chek Man v. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Hasan Lah & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 256 [CA]PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Remedies - Judicial review - Decision - Rejection by 1st respondent of applicants' request seeking disclosure of concession agreement and audit report pertaining to increase in water tariff for Selangor - Whether applicants adversely affected by 1st respondent's decision and had locus standi to bring action - Whether disclosure of both documents detrimental to national security or public interest
Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors v. Menteri Tenaga, Air Dan Komunikasi & Ors
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 291 [HC]PUBLIC UTILITIES
Water - Water tariff - Judicial review - Decision - Rejection by 1st respondent of applicants' request seeking disclosure of concession agreement and audit report pertaining to increase in water tariff for Selangor - Whether applicants adversely affected by 1st respondent's decision and had locus standi to bring action - Whether disclosure of both documents detrimental to national security or public interest
Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors v. Menteri Tenaga, Air Dan Komunikasi & Ors
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 291 [HC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Conviction, against - Penal Code, s. 302 - Whether conviction and sentence affirmed
CRIMINAL LAW: Murder - Defence - Automatism - Non-insane automatism - Whether there was sufficient evidence to show appellant in state of non-insane automatism
CRIMINAL LAW: Murder - Actus reus - No eye witness to the actus reus - Whether deceased's death caused by appellant's act
CRIMINAL LAW: Murder - Defence - Grave and sudden provocation - Applicant cut deceased's throat - Whether clearly out of proportion to alleged provocation - Penal Code, s. 300
CRIMINAL LAW: Murder - Defence - Sudden fight - Whether proved - Penal Code, s. 300
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