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GLOBE ENGINEERING SDN BHD v. BINA JATI SDN BHD
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
RAUS SHARIF PCA, RICHARD MALANJUM CJ (SABAH & SARAWAK), HASAN LAH FCJ, JEFFREY TAN FCJ, ABU SAMAH NORDIN FCJ
[RAYUAN SIVIL NO: 02-23-05-2013(W)]
2 JULY 2014
CONTRACT: Building contract - Claim for work done - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether 'pay when paid' clause absolved main contractor's liability to pay sub-contractor
CONTRACT: Termination - Construction of clause - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - 'Pay when paid' clause in sub-contract - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether main contractor's liability under sub-contract conditional upon receipt of payment from employer
CONTRACT: Terms - Construction - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - 'Pay-when-paid' clause - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether 'pay when paid' clause absolved main contractor's liability to pay sub-contractor
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[2013] 1 LNS 980 DATO' DR HASAN HAJI MOHAMED ALI lwn. KHALID ABDUL SAMAD TORT: Fitnah - Libel - Sama ada pernyataan-pernyataan defendan mempunyai elemen-elemen tort fitnah - Sama ada pernyataan-pernyataan yang diadukan adalah mengandungi unsur-unsur fitnah - Sama ada pernyataan-pernyataan fitnah merujuk kepada plaintif - Sama ada pernyataan-pernyataan fitnah telah diterbitkan kepada pihak ketiga
TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Komen berpatutan - Sama ada pembelaan komen berpatutan terbuka kepada plaintif - Sama ada terdapat sebarang kebenaran di atas tuduhan defendan - Sama ada artikel yang diterbitkan oleh defendan membawa maksud yang negatif terhadap plaintif - Sama ada tindakan defendan adalah bertujuan untuk merosak dan mencederakan reputasi plaintif
TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Perlindungan bersyarat - Sama ada pernyataan yang dibuat oleh defendan adalah untuk tujuan murni dan niat baik - Sama ada defendan mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk mengeluarkan pernyataan-pernyataan terhadap plaintif - Sama ada tindakan defendan memuat naik pernyataan-pernyataan dari sidang media defendan ke laman blog defendan adalah untuk tujuan paparan umum - Sama ada defendan telah mengabaikan perlindungan bersyarat dengan tindakannya sendiri
TORT: Fitnah - Ganti rugi - Ganti rugi teruk - Sama ada plaintif layak diberikan ganti rugi teruk - Sama ada mahkamah boleh mengambil kira ketiadaan sebarang langkah bagi membetulkan pernyataan-pernyataan fitnah oleh defendan dalam memberikan ganti rugi teruk kepada plaintif
PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pliding - Fitnah - Niat jahat - Sama ada plaintif telah memplidkan unsur-unsur niat jahat yang hendak disandar - Sama ada ketiadaan pengulangan semula butir-butir niat jahat dalam jawapan kepada pembelaan adalah fatal dan memprejudiskan defendan - Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012, A. 78 k. 3(3)[2013] 1 LNS 1087 THANABALAN SUBRAMANIAM v. MAJLIS KELAB BELL BELIA TAMIL MALAYSIA & ORS UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS: Clubs - Disciplinary proceedings - Show cause letter - Whether show cause letter should detail specific charges against plaintiff - Whether show cause letter was imprecise and indefinite - Whether plaintiff's action in issuing press statement, was contrary to Article 8 of the Constitution entitling defendants to suspend plaintiff - Whether decision to suspend plaintiff was with basis and merits - Whether decision to suspend plaintiff was in accordance with established rules and procedures - Whether decision to suspend plaintiff as Vice President of CWC was made in a just and fair manner
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS: Clubs - Disciplinary proceedings - Whether dispute between plaintiff and defendant should be referred to the Registrar pursuant to the Youth Societies and Youth Development Act 2007 - Whether mandatory for parties to refer dispute to the Registrar of Youth - Word 'may' employed in s. 29(1) of the Act - Whether meant that reference of any dispute to the Registrar was not mandatory - Defendants had taken positive steps by entering unconditional appearance, filing their defence and participating in the trial - Whether defendants had voluntarily surrendered to the jurisdiction of this court and waived their right to refer dispute to the Registrar[2014] 1 LNS 67 QUALITY PROPERTY DEVELOPEMENT SDN BHD v. XAVIER FRANCIS & ANOR ARBITRATION: Award - Findings of the Arbitrator on damages recoverable for plaintiff's claim for loss of profit - Whether Arbitrator correctly applied the test to determine the remoteness of the damages as per s. 74 of the Contracts Act 1950 - Issue of pleadings - Whether findings of the Arbitrator wrong - Whether jurisdiction of the Arbitrator was confined to the pleaded issues as agreed by the parties
ARBITRATION: Award - Application to set aside - Most of the complaints raised went to the findings of facts of the Arbitrator - Whether Court should disturb the same - Whether findings of the Arbitrator were patently unlawful which mandated it to be set aside - Whether the Arbitrator carefully evaluated the evidence and applied the correct principles of law in her findings - Whether any questions of law that required the intervention of this Court under s. 42 of the Arbitration Act 2005[2014] 1 LNS 68 VASANTHA KUMAR KRISHNAN v. SARAVANAN MURUGAN & ORS ELECTION: Petition - Filing of - Locus standi - Whether petitioner fell under any of the category of persons to whom a right to present an election petition had been conferred - Merely pleaded that he was a registered voter - Whether to qualify as a rightful petitioner he must be a person who had voted or had a right to vote at the election "to which the petition relates" - Petitioner a registered voter in the constituency of Merbok in the State of Kedah, whereas petition related to election at Tapah constituency - Whether he was a qualified person within meaning of s. 34(a) of the Election Offences Act 1954 (EOA) - Paragraph 2 of petition did not contain a statement that petitioner had a right to present the petition - Whether constituted a breach of a mandatory requirement under rule 4(1)(a) of the Election Petition Rules 1954 - Whether failure to comply with this requirement was fatal
ELECTION: Petition - Defective petition - Failure to comply with rule 15(1)(a) of the Election Petition Rules 1954 - Whether two modes of service adopted by the petitioner made the service ambiguous and confusing, thus making it null and void - Failure to comply with rule 4(1)(b) and rule 4(4) - Whether stating the facts and grounds relied on to sustain the prayer was a mandatory requirement and petitioner's failure to comply rendered the petition defective and liable to be struck out in limine - None of the complaints against 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents contained reference to s. 32 of the EOA - Whether failure to plead invalidated the petition - Use of words indicated petitioner's self doubt as to who actually committed the acts of bribery as alleged - Whether ambiguity a fatal flaw as it led to an incomplete cause of action against all three respondents - Whether any fundamental defects in the petition which rendered it null and void - Whether defects in the pleadings resulted in a jurisdictional failure
ELECTION: Petition - Defective petition - Paragraph 41 of the petition made a reference to s. 32 of the EOA - Whether fleeting reference was sufficient fulfillment of the mandatory requirement that grounds relied on to sustain the prayer must be stated with clarity - Whether lumping together all allegations in preceding paragraphs of the petition and then pleading in paragraph 41 that all those allegations were to support a ground under s. 32(b) of the EOA was contrary to what was required by rule 4(1)(b) read with rule 4(4) paragraph (3) - Whether petitioner fulfilled precondition that the transgressions or non-compliance with the relevant written laws by the 2nd and 3rd respondents affected the result of the election[2014] 1 LNS 149 MOHANDAS GANDHI v. TAY MAY CHEAN & ORS LEGAL PROFESSION: Retainer - Authority - Warrants To Act - Whether February and March Warrants were obtained by undue influence and misrepresentation of plaintiff and George and were therefore rendered void and unenforceable under s. 16 and s. 18 of the Contracts Act 1950 - Deceased's health condition - Whether Deceased signed the February Warrant - When March Warrant for the 864 Suit was executed by the Deceased, he was heavily sedated, in a weakened state and unable to make any well-considered and sound decision - Even if Deceased had signed the March Warrant, whether such execution was valid in view of the undue influence of plaintiff, as solicitor, on the Deceased - Whether plaintiff took advantage of the dying Deceased to dominate his will - Whether the March Warrant was valid and enforceable - Whether plaintiff's claim for Legal Fees for the 864 Suit could be allowed - Whether plaintiff could rely on s. 126 and 128 of the Legal Profession Act 1976
LEGAL PROFESSION: Remuneration - Costs – Whether s. 126 and 128 of the Legal Profession Act only applicable where the Bills were validly issued - Whether estate of the Deceased should pay the Bills - Whether February and March Warrants were valid - Whether the Legal Fees totaling RM500,000.00 for the 3 matters in the February Warrant were reasonable and ought to be allowed, varied or taxed pursuant to s. 118 of the LPA - Whether fees out of proportion to the amount of work done by plaintiff for the Deceased in respect of the 3 matters - Whether ss. 126 and 128 of the LPA could apply in view of defendants' challenge of the relevant bill made under s. 118 of the LPACLJ 2014 Volume 7 (Part 1)
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Globe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Bina Jati Sdn Bhd
Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) Hasan Lah, Jeffrey Tan, Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ
(Contract - Building contract - Termination - Terms) [2014] 7 CLJ 1 [FC]COURT OF APPEAL
Arba'ei Othman & Yang Lain lwn. PP & Rayuan Yang Lain
Azahar Mohamed, Tengku Maimun, Umi Kalthum Abd Majid HHMR
(Perbankan; Undang-undang Jenayah; Prosedur Jenayah - Kesalahan perbankan - Menerima deposit tanpa lesen sah) [2014] 7 CLJ 32 [CA]Industrial Concrete Products Berhad v. Huang Khairun Kumar & Associates
Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA
(Legal Profession; Revenue Law - Professional fees - Sales tax - Refund) [2014] 7 CLJ 52 [CA]Mas Anita Abdullah v. Lew Wai Koung
Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Land Law - Forfeiture of tenancy - Powers of re-entry) [2014] 7 CLJ 67 [CA]PP v. Ifeanyi Christian Nwankwo
Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Ambiguity over identity of drugs) [2014] 7 CLJ 76 [CA]HIGH COURT
Ganison Krishnasamy v. Kong Sii Cheng & Anor
Supang Lian J
(Damages - Assessment - Personal injuries) [2014] 7 CLJ 88 [HC]Lee Chee Keong v. Fadason Holdings Sdn Bhd
Yeoh Wee Siam J
(Contract; Limitation - Specific performance) [2014] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]Ng Kwok Seng & Anor v. Mei Ling Ng
Lee Heng Cheong JC
(Succession; Civil Procedure - Will - Principle of ademption) [2014] 7 CLJ 121 [HC]Oxbridge Height Sdn Bhd v. Azizan Mohammad Ali & Anor
Gunalan Muniandy JC
(Administrative Law; Land Law - Judicial review - Certiorari) [2014] 7 CLJ 135 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to quash decision of Tribunal for Homebuyers Claims - Whether Tribunal acted within jurisdiction - Whether only relevant facts and circumstances considered - Whether award by Tribunal based purely on undisputed facts - Whether error of law, illegality, irrationality or procedural impropriety shown - Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989, reg. 11
Oxbridge Height Sdn Bhd v. Azizan Mohammad Ali & Anor
(Gunalan Muniandy JC) [2014] 7 CLJ 135 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Cause of action - Issue formed part of same subject matter of disposed litigation - Whether issue could have been raised in earlier proceedings - Whether abuse of process of court - Whether court adopted findings of earlier proceedings
Ng Kwok Seng & Anor v. Mei Ling Ng
(Lee Heng Cheong JC) [2014] 7 CLJ 121 [HC]Writ of summons - Writ of possession - Vacant possession of premises - Order for vacant possession obtained - Recovery of vacant possession - Whether by way of s. 234(2) of National Land Code - Whether writ of possession required - Rules of Court 2012, O. 45 rr. 3(1)(a), 3(2) - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 7(1)
Mas Anita Abdullah v. Lew Wai Koung
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Abdul Aziz Rahim Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 67 [CA]CONTRACT
Building contract - Claim for work done - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether 'pay when paid' clause absolved main contractor's liability to pay sub-contractor
Globe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Bina Jati Sdn Bh
(Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) Hasan Lah, Jeffrey Tan, Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2014] 7 CLJ 1 [FC]Fraud - Conspiracy to defraud - Sale and purchase agreement - Sale and purchase of property - Allegation of conspiracy, breach of trust and fraud between purchaser and developer's director - Whether proven or mere suspicion
Lee Chee Keong v. Fadason Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]Specific performance - Sale and purchase agreement - Sale and purchase of property - Developer held vacant possession but failed to deliver original individual title and all necessary documents to purchaser - Developer entered private caveat on property - Purchaser unable to register as registered owner of property - Whether sale and purchase agreement valid and enforceable - Whether there was breach of sale and purchase agreement by developer - Whether developer had caveatable interest in land
Lee Chee Keong v. Fadason Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]Termination - Construction of clause - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - 'Pay when paid' clause in sub-contract - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether main contractor's liability under
sub-contract conditional upon receipt of payment from employer
Globe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Bina Jati Sdn Bhd
(Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) Hasan Lah, Jeffrey Tan, Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2014] 7 CLJ 1 [FC]Terms - Construction - Claim for payment by sub-contractor against main contractor - 'Pay-when-paid' clause - Whether 'pay when paid' clause merely fixed time limit for payment - Whether 'pay when paid' clause absolved main contractor's liability to pay sub-contractor
Globe Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Bina Jati Sdn Bhd
(Raus Sharif PCA, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) Hasan Lah, Jeffrey Tan, Abu Samah Nordin FCJJ) [2014] 7 CLJ 1 [FC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Accused charged for trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs seized at airport - Ambiguity over identity of drugs - Exhibits tendered inconsistent with handing over list - Contradiction of statements between raiding officer and investigating officer - Drugs produced in court too stiff and large to fit into original wrapping - Whether detrimental to prosecution's case - Whether prima facie case established
PP v. Ifeanyi Christian Nwankwo
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 76 [CA]DAMAGES
Appeal - Appeal against award - Assessment - Whether manifestly excessive or unjustified - Whether assessment supported by reasons and authorities - Whether court entitled to vary or substitute award
Ganison Krishnasamy v. Kong Sii Cheng & Anor
(Supang Lian J) [2014] 7 CLJ 88 [HC]Personal injuries - Loss of future earnings - Claim for pensions - Whether an item of special damages - Whether to be specifically pleaded - Whether failure to plead fatal - Whether loss of pension proven - Whether claim for pensions sustainable
Ganison Krishnasamy v. Kong Sii Cheng & Anor
(Supang Lian J) [2014] 7 CLJ 88 [HC]Personal injuries - Loss of earning capacity - Army personnel - Whether highly sought after by private sector upon retirement - Whether plaintiff employable after injuries - Whether earning capacity would be drastically reduced - Whether entitled to loss of earning capacity
Ganison Krishnasamy v. Kong Sii Cheng & Anor
(Supang Lian J) [2014] 7 CLJ 88 [HC]EVIDENCE
Exhibit - Identity of exhibits - Accused charged for trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs seized at airport - Ambiguity over identity of drugs - Exhibits tendered inconsistent with handing over list - Contradiction of statements by raiding officer and investigating officer - Drugs produced in court too stiff and large to fit into original wrapping - Whether exhibits tampered with - Whether exhibits admissible as evidence
PP v. Ifeanyi Christian Nwankwo
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 76 [CA]LAND LAW
Delivery of vacant possession - Late delivery of - Award of liquidated ascertained damages by Tribunal for Homebuyers Claims - Whether settlement agreement between developer and homebuyers valid and enforceable - Whether parties bound by terms of sale and purchase agreement without any modification or waiver - Whether Tribunal acted within jurisdiction - Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989, reg. 11
Oxbridge Height Sdn Bhd v. Azizan Mohammad Ali & Anor
(Gunalan Muniandy JC) [2014] 7 CLJ 135 [HC]Tenancy - Forfeiture of tenancy - Powers of re-entry - Vacant possession of premises - Order for vacant possession obtained - Re-entry by way of s. 234(2) of National Land Code - Whether respondent could enforce order by entry into tenanted premises without a writ of possession - Rules of Court 2012, O. 45 rr. 3(1)(a), 3(2) - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 7(1)
Mas Anita Abdullah v. Lew Wai Koung
(Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 67 [CA]LEGAL PROFESSION
Remuneration - Professional fees - Claim for - Whether appellant appointed respondent as its exclusive agent - Whether respondent entitled to stipulated commission - Letter of appointment - Whether letter of appointment illegal - Whether solicitor could enter into arrangement with client whereby entitlement to fees was conditional on success - Legal Profession Act 1976, s. 112(1)(b) - Whether letter of appointment precluded appellant from appointing other persons to be its agents - Whether appellant at liberty to appoint other agents - Whether respondent discharged all obligations under letter of appointment
Industrial Concrete Products Berhad v. Huang Khairun Kumar & Associates
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 52 [CA]LIMITATION
Contract - Counterclaim - Sale and purchase agreement - Sale and purchase of property - Developer held vacant possession but failed to deliver original individual title and all necessary documents to purchaser - Purchaser unable to register as registered owner of property - Developer entered private caveat on property - Counterclaim for declaration and order revoking sale and purchase agreement and return of vacant possession of property to developer - Whether counterclaim time-barred
Lee Chee Keong v. Fadason Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]REVENUE LAW
Sales tax - Refund - Recovery of erroneously paid sales tax - Proper procedure - Whether claim to be made to Director General of Customs under s. 32 Sales Tax Act 1972 within one year - Whether appeal to Minister of Finance to exercise power under s. 10 Sales Tax Act 1972 could only be made after claim to Customs Department gives no positive result - Whether overpayment or erroneous payment must be acknowledged by Customs Department before Minister of Finance can direct refund to individual - Whether s. 32 precedes s. 10 of Sales Tax Act 1972
Industrial Concrete Products Berhad v. Huang Khairun Kumar & Associates
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 52 [CA]SUCCESSION
Will - Ademption - Principle of - Whether applicable - Presumption against double portions - Whether rebutted - Whether testator intended beneficiary to benefit from inter vivos and legacy under will
Ng Kwok Seng & Anor v. Mei Ling Ng
(Lee Heng Cheong JC) [2014] 7 CLJ 121 [HC]INDEKS PERKARA
PERBANKAN
Akta Bank dan Institusi-Institusi Kewangan 1989 ('BAFIA') - Menerima deposit daripada pendeposit-pendeposit tanpa lesen sah di bawah s. 6(4) BAFIA - Sama ada satu kesalahan di bawah s. 25 BAFIA - Konsep perniagaan syarikat - Sama ada tidak tergolong dalam kategori perniagaan perbankan dan syarikat kewangan sepertimana diperuntukkan di bawah s. 25(1) BAFIA - Sama ada syarikat tertakluk kepada mana-mana peruntukan BAFIA - Doktrin estopel - Sama ada boleh dipakai - Sama ada kesalahan di bawah s. 25(1) dibaca bersama s. 106(1) adalah bersifat liabiliti ketat - Sabitan terhadap perayu-perayu - Sama ada selamat - Sama ada hukuman yang dijatuhkan terlampau berat
Arba'ei Othman & Yang Lain lwn. PP & Rayuan Yang Lain
(Azahar Mohamed, Tengku Maimun, Umi Kalthum Abd Majid HHMR) [2014] 7 CLJ 32 [CA]PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Menerima deposit daripada pendeposit-pendeposit tanpa lesen sah di bawah s. 6(4) Akta Bank dan Institusi-Institusi Kewangan 1989 ('BAFIA') - Sama ada satu kesalahan di bawah s. 25 BAFIA - Sama ada terbukti - Sama ada pembelaan dapat menimbulkan keraguan munasabah ke atas kes pendakwaan - Sabitan terhadap perayu-perayu - Sama ada selamat - Sama ada hukuman yang dijatuhkan terlampau berat - Akta Bank dan Institusi-Institusi Kewangan 1989, s. 106(1)
Arba'ei Othman & Yang Lain lwn. PP & Rayuan Yang Lain
(Azahar Mohamed, Tengku Maimun, Umi Kalthum Abd Majid HHMR) [2014] 7 CLJ 32 [CA]UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Kesalahan perbankan - Syarikat menerima deposit daripada pendeposit-pendeposit tanpa lesen sah di bawah s. 6(4) BAFIA - Sama ada satu kesalahan di bawah s. 25 BAFIA - Konsep perniagaan syarikat - Sama ada tidak tergolong dalam kategori perniagaan perbankan dan syarikat kewangan sepertimana diperuntukkan di bawah s. 25(1) BAFIA - Sama ada syarikat tertakluk kepada mana-mana peruntukan BAFIA - Doktrin estopel - Sama ada boleh dipakai - Sama ada kesalahan di bawah s. 25(1) dibaca bersama s. 106(1) BAFIA adalah bersifat liabiliti ketat - Sabitan terhadap perayu-perayu - Sama ada selamat - Sama ada hukuman yang dijatuhkan terlampau berat
Arba'ei Othman & Yang Lain lwn. PP & Rayuan Yang Lain
(Azahar Mohamed, Tengku Maimun, Umi Kalthum Abd Majid HHMR) [2014] 7 CLJ 32 [CA]ARTICLELegal Network Series Article(s)
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