CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 34
27 August 2010
CLJ Law MALAYSIA
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PU(A)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(A) 268/2010 Customs (Values) (Crude Petroleum Oil) (No 16) Order 2010 8 July 2010 ACT 235 PU(A) 269/2010 Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009 - Corrigendum 8 July 2010 ACT 127 PU(A) 270/2010 Environmental Quality (Control Of Pollution From Solid Waste Transfer Station And Landfill) Regulations 2009 - Corrigendum 12 July 2010 ACT 127 PU(A) 271/2010 Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009 - Corrigendum 15 July 2010 ACT 127 PU(A) 272/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 33) Order 2010 15 July 2010 ACT 235 PU(B)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(B) 345/2010 Notice To Third Parties 5 August 2010 ACT 613 PU(B) 346/2010 Census Act 1960 - Corrigendum 5 August 2010 ACT 16 PU(B) 347/2010 Notice Of Proposed Revocation Of Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 5 August 2010 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 348/2010 Notice To Third Parties 9 August 2010 ACT 613 PU(B) 360/2010 Notice To Third Parties 16 August 2010 ACT 613
a) Legal Network Series Articles
1. Weaknesses In The Registration Of Land Dealings System In Malaysia: Suggestions For Improvements For Enhancing The System [Read
excerpt]
By Ainul Jaria Bt Maidin* And Hunud Abia Kadouf**
2. Effective Ways To Persuade In Taxation Proceedings* [Read
excerpt]
By Pretam Singh Darshan Singh**
1. Tan Ying Hong v. Tan Sian San & Ors [Read
excerpt]
By Cheryl Nicholson*
CITATION TITLE SUBJECT [2010] 1 LNS 398 [HC] Ultra Dimension Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah, Lembaga Penggalakan Pelancongan Malaysia & Ors COPYRIGHT: Artistic works - Infringement - Photograph incorporated in Visit Malaysia Year Brochure 2007 - Distinction between author and owner - Whether work created in the course of employment - Material contradiction as to who actually took photograph - Whether plaintiff able to establish ownership - Copyright Act 1987, ss. 26(1), (2)(b)
COPYRIGHT: Artistic works - Infringement - Photograph incorporated in Visit Malaysia Year Brochure 2007 published by first defendant - Brochure used for public interest and distributed free of charge - Whether first defendant entitled to protection under Copyright Act 1987, s. 13(2)(i)
COPYRIGHT: Infringement - Ownership of copyright - Photograph incorporated in Visit Malaysia Year Brochure 2007 - Reliance on affidavit affirmed by plaintiff's witness - Failure to annex true copy of photograph - Whether affidavit rendered invalid - Whether sufficient proof to establish ownership - Copyright Act 1987, s. 42(1)(a)(iii)
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Locus standi - Infringement of copyright - Photograph incorporated in Visit Malaysia Year Brochure 2007 - Whether plaintiff able to prove ownership of work - Whether plaintiff has locus standi to sue for infringement - Copyright Act 1987, s. 37(1), (5)
EVIDENCE: Affidavit - Admissibility of - Copyright infringement - Proof of ownership - True copy of work to be annexed to affidavit - Whether mandatory - Effect of non-compliance - Copyright Act 1987, s. 42(1)(a)(iii)
[2010] 1 LNS 793 [HC] Mersing Construction & Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Kejuruteraan Bintai Kindenko Sdn Bhd & 3 Ors CONTRACT: Building contract - Claim for payment for work done under sub-contract - Sub-contract between applicant and respondent - Main contract between applicant and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia - Only appendix to main contract exhibited showing referral of dispute to Dispute Adjudication Board - Whether any arbitration agreement or clause showing clear intention to submit dispute to arbitration - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 9
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Stay of proceedings - Arbitration - Whether matter the subject of an arbitration agreement - Whether stay warranted - Arbitration Act 1952, s. 6, Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10
WORDS AND PHRASES: 'Dispute' - Meaning of - Whether there was a dispute pursuant to Cl. 20.6, FIDIC General Conditions of Contract Edition 1999
[2009] 1 LNS 1717 [HC] Silverstone Berhad lwn. Ramal Muthusamy UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH: Perkhidmatan - Cuti sakit diperolehi daripada klinik bukan panel - Potongan gaji kerana kegagalan pekerja memberi penjelasan bertulis tentang rawatan daripada klinik bukan panel - Polisi dan prosedur syarikat tentang cuti sakit - Sama ada bertentangan dengan s. 60F(1)(b) Akta Kerja 1955
FRASA DAN PERKATAAN: "Wages" - Akta Kerja 1955, s. 2(1)
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Formosa Resort Properties Sdn Bhd v. Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd
(Appeal - Whether substratum of appellant's submission failed to relate to question posed) [2010] 6 CLJ 481COURT OF APPEAL
Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Road traffic - Negligence - Collision between two vehicles) [2010] 6 CLJ 487Formosa Resort Properties Sdn Bhd v. Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd
(Banking - Forged cheques - Customer claimed reimbursement for unauthorised drawn cheques) [2010] 6 CLJ 530Nurhasan Jukasan v. PP & Another Appeal
(Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Statutory presumption - Trafficking - Whether presumption of trafficking unnecessarily invoked) [2010] 6 CLJ 542Tan Ah Tong v. Che Pee Saad & Anor And Other Cases (Consolidated)
(Adducing further evidence to show double recovery - Whether irrelevant to issues raised in appeal) [2010] 6 CLJ 560HIGH COURT
Chon Then Tick v. Metroplex Development Sdn Bhd
(Sale and purchase agreement - Breach of) [2010] 6 CLJ 572Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Bhd
(Securities legislation - Listing Requirements - Breach of) [2010] 6 CLJ 581SUBJECT INDEX
BANKING
Cheques - Forged cheques - Customer claimed reimbursement for unauthorised drawn cheques - Whether forgery proved on a balance of probabilities
Formosa Resort Properties Sdn Bhd v. Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Zainun Ali & Sulaiman Daud JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 530 [CA]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Pending or current proceedings - Sub judice rule - Whether sub judice established - Decision by Listing Committee of Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur that applicants had breached Listing Requirements - Whether real risk that decision will prejudice civil suit against applicants - Whether issues to be determined by court were totally different from issues before Listing Committee
Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 581 [HC]Appeal - Adducing further evidence - Further evidence adduced to show double recovery - Whether irrelevant to issues raised in appeal - Whether to be raised only before registrar assessing damages awarded by trial judge
Tan Ah Tong v. Che Pee Saad & Anor And Other Cases (Consolidated)
(Gopal Sri Ram FCJ, Zaleha Zahari & Zainun Ali JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 560 [CA]Appeal - Adducing further evidence - Three conditions to be satisfied following Ladd v. Marshall and adopted by Federal Court in Lau Foo Sun v. Govt of Malaysia - Relevancy of further evidence to issues raised in proceedings - Whether an additional fourth condition to be satisfied
Tan Ah Tong v. Che Pee Saad & Anor And Other Cases (Consolidated)
(Gopal Sri Ram FCJ, Zaleha Zahari & Zainun Ali JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 560 [CA]Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Misdirection by trial judge - Trial judge offended double presumption rule - No direct finding by trial judge of possession yet presumption of trafficking invoked - Whether there was failure of justice or miscarriage of justice
Nurhasan Jukasan v. PP & Another Appeal
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Jeffrey Tan & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 542 [CA]Appeal - Interference by appellate court - Questions of fact and credibility - Whether appellate court should be slow to interfere
Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Abdul Malik Ishak JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 487 [CA]Appeal - Question posed before court - Whether substratum of appellant's submission failed to relate to question posed - Whether no miscarriage of justice by courts below
Formosa Resort Properties Sdn Bhd v. Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusof & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 481 [FC]Pleadings - Badly drafted pleadings - Reliefs sought not clear - Whether rights of parties affected
Chon Then Tick v. Metroplex Development Sdn Bhd
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 6 CLJ 572 [HC]CONTRACT
Damages - Sale and purchase of property - Contract rescinded by non-defaulting party for total failure of consideration - Damages irrecoverable at common law - Whether damages recoverable as action for fraudulent misrepresentation
Tan Ah Tong v. Che Pee Saad & Anor And Other Cases (Consolidated)
(Gopal Sri Ram FCJ, Zaleha Zahari & Zainun Ali JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 560 [CA]CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Statutory presumption - Trafficking - Word "includes" in s. 2 did not exclude the doing of other acts - Packing of proscribed drugs an act of trafficking - Direct evidence of trafficking - Whether presumption of trafficking unnecessarily invoked
Nurhasan Jukasan v. PP & Another Appeal
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Jeffrey Tan & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 542 [CA]LAND LAW
Sale and purchase agreement - Breach of - Developer rescinded contract and refunded monies to purchaser when construction of property was deferred - Property later developed and sold to third party - Whether developer in breach of agreement - Whether purchaser entitled to recover property
Chon Then Tick v. Metroplex Development Sdn Bhd
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2010] 6 CLJ 572 [HC]ROAD TRAFFIC
Negligence - Collision between two vehicles - Liability of parties - Head on collision - Defendant's vehicle encroaching onto plaintiff's path - Sketch plan by police witness - Whether position where broken glass was found would probably indicate point of impact - Whether court able to determine liability
Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Abdul Malik Ishak JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 487 [CA]Negligence - Liability - Defendant charged under s. 43 Road Transport Act 1978 - Whether charge to be taken as admissible admission of liability - Decision in Tabarani Mohd Arsad & Anor v. Chan Tenn Yeu
Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Abdul Malik Ishak JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 487 [CA]SECURITIES
Securities Commission - Listing Committee - Powers, duties and discretion of - Decision by Listing Committee of Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur that applicants had breached paras. 8.23(1) and 16.11(a) of Listing Requirements - Appeal against - Whether procedural defect in hearing - Whether applicants properly represented during hearing - Whether court to be slow in interfering with decision of Bursa
Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 581 [HC]Securities legislation - Listing Requirements - Breach of - Breach of paras. 8.23(1) and 16.11(a) of Listing Requirements - Allowing a listed company to lend or advance money to non-permitted persons - Matters to be investigated by Listing Committee - Appeal against - Whether procedural defect in hearing - Whether court to be slow in interfering with decision of Bursa
Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Bhd
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 581 [HC]TORT
Negligence - Road accident - Liability - Defendant charged under s. 43 Road Transport Act 1978 - Whether charge to be taken as admissible admission of liability - Decision in Tabarani Mohd Arsad & Anor v. Chan Tenn Yeu Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Abdul Malik Ishak JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 487 [CA]Negligence - Road accident - Liability - Sketch plan by police witness - Whether position where broken glass was found would probably indicate point of impact
Annamalay Retnam v. Mah Chong Peng & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Abdul Malik Ishak JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 487 [CA]
CASE OF THE WEEK
AMIRTHANAYAKI KUMARASAMY v. LEMBAGA KELAYAKAN PROFESION UNDANG-UNDANG, MALAYSIA
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Mode of commencement - Judicial review, application for - Whether must be in Form 111A, O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether O. 53 r. 2(1) mandatory - Whether application commenced by originating summons should be struck out - Likelihood of prejudice - Justice of the case - Application of O. 1A - Procedure and affidavit evidence, similarities between originating summons and application under O. 53
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judicial review - Application for - Mode of commencement - Whether must be in Form 111A, O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether O. 53 r. 2(1) mandatory - Whether application commenced by originating summons should be struck out - Likelihood of prejudice - Justice of the case - Application of O. 1A - Procedure and affidavit evidence, similarities between originating summons and application under O. 53
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