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CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 37

24 September 2010

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New This Week	1. Legislation Highlights
	2. Articles
	a) Legal Network Series Articles
	3. Latest Cases
	a) Legal Network Series
	b) CLJ Volume 6 (Part 8) 2010
	c) CLJ Volume 7 (Part 1) 2010
	d) CLJ Volume 7 (Part 2) 2010
	e) CLJ Volume 7 (Part 3) 2010
	f) CLJ Volume 7 (Part 4) 2010

1. Legislation Highlights

PU(A)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(A) 297/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 35) Order 2010 30 August 2010 ACT 235

PU(A) 298/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Kernel) (No 9) Order 2010 1 September 2010 ACT 235

PU(A) 299/2010 Sales Tax (Exemption) (Amendment) (No 4) Order 2010 1 September 2010 ACT 64

PU(A) 300/2010 Customs Duties (Exemption) (Amendment) (No 4) Order 2010 1 September 2010 ACT 235

PU(A) 301/2010 Local Speed Limit (Federal Roads) (Specified Time Prohibition) (No 2) Order 2010 1 September 2010 ACT 333

PU(B)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(B) 393/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 2 September 2010 ACT 56/1965

PU(B) 394/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 2 September 2010 ACT 56/1965

PU(B) 395/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 2 September 2010 ACT 56/1965

PU(B) 396/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 2 September 2010 ACT 56/1965

PU(B) 397/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Ampang 2 September 2010 ACT 56/1965

2. Articles

a) Legal Network Series Articles

1. Appearing Before, And The Conduct Of Coronial And Other Inquiries* ^{[Read
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By Geoffrey McCarthy, Blackburn Chambers

3. Latest Cases

a) Legal Network Series

CITATION TITLE SUBJECT

[2010] 1 LNS 638 [HC] Empayar Canggih Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Bahagian Penguatkuasa Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Remedies - Declaration - Damages - Applicant's optical disc machine seized by defendants - Application for declaration that seizure was without 'reasonable cause' - Whether defendants' conduct manifestly unreasonable - Whether defendants' exercise of its statutory power and investigative functions occasioned jurisdictional error or error of law - Claim for damages included in O. 53 application - Whether plaintiff's remedy lies in civil action or judicial review - Principle that 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Policy considerations - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5 - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48, 52

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Remedies - Damages - Damages included in O. 53 judicial review application - Principles applicable - Procedural convenience - Whether 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judicial review - Application for - Declaration - Damages - Loss of use and revenue - Cost of repairs - Applicant's optical disc machine seized by defendants - Application for declaration that seizure was without 'reasonable cause' - Whether defendants' conduct manifestly unreasonable - Whether defendants' exercise of its statutory power and investigative functions occasioned jurisdictional error or error of law - Claim for damages included in O. 53 application - Whether plaintiff's remedy lies in civil action or judicial review - Principle that 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5 - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48, 52

WORDS & PHRASES: 'reasonable cause' - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48 - Question of fact - Reasonable and probable cause - Honest belief - Good faith - Reasonable belief - Necessary for purpose intended

[2009] 1 LNS 467 [HC] Sagakayu Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Tenaga Insurance Berhad & Anor

CONTRACT: Estoppel - Estoppel by conduct - Silence of counsel for 1^st respondent at the main action - Whether deemed to have admitted 1^st appellant's claim was covered under insurance policy

INSURANCE: Construction of policy - Indemnity - Whether claims against the 1^st appellant were covered under the policies of insurance for which the 1^st appellant is entitled to indemnity

[2009] 1 LNS 477 [HC] Poon Kam Yoong v. Tew Lai Eng
LABOUR LAW: Decision of Labour Court - Appeal to High Court - Claim for wages in lieu of reinstatement - Whether defective inquiry fatal irrespective of merits of case - Whether Labour Court erred in law in allowing respondent's claim despite finding misconduct

[2009] 1 LNS 481 [HC] Re: Low Kim Chuan; Ex-Parte: Public Bank Berhad

BANKRUPTCY: Adjudication and receiving order - Annulment of - Judgment debtor made bankrupt twice - Whether a valid ground for annulment - Bankruptcy Act 1967, ss. 8(1), 49(1), (2)

BANKRUPTCY: Adjudication and receiving orders - Annulment of - Application made 14 years after orders made- No explanation for delay - Effect on application - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 105

[2009] 1 LNS 491 [HC] Danaharta Manager Sdn Bhd v. Khairol Anuar Amran & Ors

CONTRACT: Agency - Principal and agent - Whether agency relationship existed - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 135, 138, 139

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings - Failure to plead relevant claim limited to loss in relation to purported "agency or principal" of 2^nd or 3^rd defendant - Plaintiff attempting to seek indemnity on entire transaction inclusive of the various contractual terms of the 1^st defendant's account - Whether permissible under the Contracts Act 1950 - Whether claim substantiated

CITATION	TITLE	SUBJECT
[2010] 1 LNS 638 [HC]	Empayar Canggih Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Bahagian Penguatkuasa Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Remedies - Declaration - Damages - Applicant's optical disc machine seized by defendants - Application for declaration that seizure was without 'reasonable cause' - Whether defendants' conduct manifestly unreasonable - Whether defendants' exercise of its statutory power and investigative functions occasioned jurisdictional error or error of law - Claim for damages included in O. 53 application - Whether plaintiff's remedy lies in civil action or judicial review - Principle that 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Policy considerations - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5 - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48, 52 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Remedies - Damages - Damages included in O. 53 judicial review application - Principles applicable - Procedural convenience - Whether 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5 CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judicial review - Application for - Declaration - Damages - Loss of use and revenue - Cost of repairs - Applicant's optical disc machine seized by defendants - Application for declaration that seizure was without 'reasonable cause' - Whether defendants' conduct manifestly unreasonable - Whether defendants' exercise of its statutory power and investigative functions occasioned jurisdictional error or error of law - Claim for damages included in O. 53 application - Whether plaintiff's remedy lies in civil action or judicial review - Principle that 'damages only available on judicial review where there is right to damages in private law' - Whether infringement of administrative law principles per se sufficient to establish a claim for damages in judicial review application - Whether applicant must establish he has right to damages in an ordinary action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53, rr. 2(3), 5 - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48, 52 WORDS & PHRASES: 'reasonable cause' - Optical Discs Act 2000, s. 48 - Question of fact - Reasonable and probable cause - Honest belief - Good faith - Reasonable belief - Necessary for purpose intended
[2009] 1 LNS 467 [HC]	Sagakayu Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Tenaga Insurance Berhad & Anor	CONTRACT: Estoppel - Estoppel by conduct - Silence of counsel for 1^st respondent at the main action - Whether deemed to have admitted 1^st appellant's claim was covered under insurance policy INSURANCE: Construction of policy - Indemnity - Whether claims against the 1^st appellant were covered under the policies of insurance for which the 1^st appellant is entitled to indemnity
[2009] 1 LNS 477 [HC]	Poon Kam Yoong v. Tew Lai Eng	LABOUR LAW: Decision of Labour Court - Appeal to High Court - Claim for wages in lieu of reinstatement - Whether defective inquiry fatal irrespective of merits of case - Whether Labour Court erred in law in allowing respondent's claim despite finding misconduct
[2009] 1 LNS 481 [HC]	Re: Low Kim Chuan; Ex-Parte: Public Bank Berhad	BANKRUPTCY: Adjudication and receiving order - Annulment of - Judgment debtor made bankrupt twice - Whether a valid ground for annulment - Bankruptcy Act 1967, ss. 8(1), 49(1), (2) BANKRUPTCY: Adjudication and receiving orders - Annulment of - Application made 14 years after orders made- No explanation for delay - Effect on application - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 105
[2009] 1 LNS 491 [HC]	Danaharta Manager Sdn Bhd v. Khairol Anuar Amran & Ors	CONTRACT: Agency - Principal and agent - Whether agency relationship existed - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 135, 138, 139 CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings - Failure to plead relevant claim limited to loss in relation to purported "agency or principal" of 2^nd or 3^rd defendant - Plaintiff attempting to seek indemnity on entire transaction inclusive of the various contractual terms of the 1^st defendant's account - Whether permissible under the Contracts Act 1950 - Whether claim substantiated

b. CLJ Volume 6 (Part 8) 2010

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Ming Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd v. Syed Azahari Noh Shahabudin & Anor
(Witness - Self incriminating statement - Whether court may caution witness) [2010] 6 CLJ 857

Yusri Pialmi v. PP
(Trafficking in cannabis - Nett weight of drug as determined by chemist exceeded gross weight recovered by police - Whether fatal) [2010] 6 CLJ 878

COURT OF APPEAL

Abd Razak Atan v. Dato' Ahmad Ragib Mohd Salleh & Ors
(Dismissal of police officer - Opportunity of being heard - Whether oral hearing obligatory) [2010] 6 CLJ 887

Jebsen & Jessen Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd v. David Sandanasamy & Anor
(Employment - Resignation - Whether resignation of employee procured through coercion and force - Certiorari) [2010] 6 CLJ 911

HIGH COURT

Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Polis bantuan - Kuasa-kuasa - Perintah reman - Sama ada Penolong Kanan Pendaftar berkuasa mengeluarkan perintah reman) [2010] 6 CLJ 938

Guindarajoo Vegadason v. Satgunasingam Balasingam
(Letters of administration - Revocation of grant - Whether sufficient cause shown for revocation) [2010] 6 CLJ 954

Malaysia National Insurance Bhd v. Roszanna Rosli
(Motor insurance - Whether insurance company liable for loss caused by act of cheating/criminal breach of trust) [2010] 6 CLJ 969

PP v. Goh Kim Keat
(Sentence - Sexual intercourse against order of nature - Adequacy) [2010] 6 CLJ 975

RHB Bank Bhd v. Ab Malik Abdullah & Ors
(Discovery of documents - Principles governing pre-action discovery) [2010] 6 CLJ 981

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Exercise of judicial functions - Judicial review - Dismissal of police officer - Procedural fairness - Opportunity of being heard - Whether written representations satisfy demands of natural justice - Whether oral hearing obligatory - Whether disciplinary authority must appoint committee of inquiry - Whether disciplinary authority has full discretion to decide if it needs 'further clarification' - Whether court would be exercising appellate jurisdiction if it steps into shoes of disciplinary authority
Abd Razak Atan v. Dato' Ahmad Ragib Mohd Salleh & Ors
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 887 [CA]

Public servants - Dismissal of police officer - Procedural fairness - Opportunity of being heard - Whether written representations satisfy demands of natural justice - Whether oral hearing obligatory - Whether disciplinary authority must appoint committee of inquiry - Whether disciplinary authority has full discretion to decide if it needs 'further clarification' - Sufficiency of grounds in show-cause letter - Whether plaintiff's misconduct condoned by defendants - Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) General Orders 1980 (Chapter 'D'), general order 26(5) - Federal Constitution, art. 135(2)
Abd Razak Atan v. Dato' Ahmad Ragib Mohd Salleh & Ors
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 887 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Findings of fact by trial judge - Appellate court should not reverse finding of fact by trial judge unless findings plainly wrong - Trial judge had benefit of seeing and hearing witness
Ming Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd v. Syed Azahari Noh Shahabudin & Anor
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, James Foong & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 857 [FC]

Certiorari - Appeal against order refusing an order of certiorari - Whether Industrial Court failed to scrutinise the evidence and pleaded facts - Whether Industrial Court overlooked that respondents had been in appellant's employment for a brief period - Whether Industrial Court failed to take into account respondents were gainfully employed and had received compensation from appellant - Industrial Court permitted respondents to adduce evidence on matters not raised in their statement of case - Whether certiorari should be issued to quash Industrial Court's award
Jebsen & Jessen Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd v. David Sandanasamy & Anor
(Denis Ong, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & James Foong JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 911 [CA]

Discovery - Discovery and inspection of documents - Principles governing pre-action discovery - Whether in breach of contract - Discovery may be allowed against directors of company where contracting party is company
RHB Bank Bhd v. Ab Malik Abdullah & Ors
(T Selventhiranathan J) [2010] 6 CLJ 981 [HC]

Discovery - Privilege against self incrimination - Whether privilege against self-incrimination exists in Malaysia - Allegation of fraud - Whether claim of privilege must be substantiated and particularized - Whether defendants had waived privilege against self-incrimination by denying fraud in their submissions
RHB Bank Bhd v. Ab Malik Abdullah & Ors
(T Selventhiranathan J) [2010] 6 CLJ 981 [HC]

Trial - Defendant and defendant's solicitors absent at trial - Evidence taking - Court must hear testimony of all witnesses present - Evidence presented must be accepted as true unless evidence is inherently implausible
Guindarajoo Vegadason v. Satgunasingam Balasingam
(Hamindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 954 [HC]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Public servants - Dismissal - Procedural fairness - Opportunity of being heard - Whether written representations satisfy demands of natural justice - Whether oral hearing obligatory - Whether disciplinary authority must appoint committee of inquiry - Whether disciplinary authority has full discretion to decide if it needs 'further clarification' - Sufficiency of grounds in show-cause letter - Whether plaintiff's misconduct condoned by defendants - Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) General Orders 1980 (Chapter 'D'), general order 26(5) - Federal Constitution, art. 135(2)
Abd Razak Atan v. Dato' Ahmad Ragib Mohd Salleh & Ors
(Low Hop Bing, Abdul Malik Ishak & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 887 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Discrepancy - Nett weight of cannabis as determined by chemist exceeded gross weight of cannabis when it was first recovered by police - Whether created reasonable doubt
Yusri Pialmi v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Zulkefli Makinudin Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 878 [FC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Sentence - Sentencing principles - Sexual intercourse against the order of nature - Section 377B Penal Code - Accused misusing religious institution and taking advantage of trust confided in him by victim's family - Imprisonment for a term of two years - Whether inadequate - Whether to be enhanced
PP v. Goh Kim Keat
(Hassan Ab Rahman JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 975 [HC]

EQUITY

Estoppel - Proprietary estoppel - Deceased promising to give her property to plaintiff so long as he kept certain promises - Plaintiff kept his promises and looked after deceased up to the time of her death - Unjust and unconscionable to deny plaintiff's interest in property - Proprietary estoppel operated in favour of plaintiff
Guindarajoo Vegadason v. Satgunasingam Balasingam
(Hamindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 954 [HC]

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Witnesses - Failure to call other members of police raiding party - Whether there was withholding or suppression of evidence - Whether court should invoke s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950
Yusri Pialmi v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Zulkefli Makinudin & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 878 [FC]

Witness - Self incriminating statement in court, making of - Whether action of trial judge in cautioning witness was proper - Reasonable for trial judge to alert witness and request him to consider matter - Trial judge did not intimidate witness or force witness to withdraw any part of his testimony - Witness voluntarily withdrew impugned evidence
Ming Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd v. Syed Azahari Noh Shahabudin & Anor
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, James Foong & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 857 [FC]

Fresh or further evidence - Appellate court's power to receive - Court of Appeal admitted impugned evidence without going through proper process - Court of Appeal fell into error of receiving evidence without complying with procedure to test probative value of evidence - Procedural unfairness to plaintiff
Ming Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd v. Syed Azahari Noh Shahabudin & Anor
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, James Foong & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 6 CLJ 857 [FC]

INSURANCE

Motor insurance - Loss or damage to car - Claim for - Whether case fell under exception to liability of insurance policy - Whether insurance company liable for loss caused by act of cheating/criminal breach of trust - Distinction between theft and cheating - Penal Code, ss. 378, 415
Malaysia National Insurance Bhd v. Roszanna Rosli
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 969 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Resignation - First and second respondents resigned from appellant company - Whether resignation procured as a result of coercion and force - Whether genuine situation of retrenchment existing in appellant company - Respondents were informed they would be retrenched but chose to resign on own terms - Contents of respondents' resignation letters denote that they resigned not due to coercion
Jebsen & Jessen Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd v. David Sandanasamy & Anor
(Denis Ong, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & James Foong JJCA) [2010] 6 CLJ 911 [CA]

SUCCESSION

Letters of Administration - Revocation of grant - Section 34 of Probate and Administration Act 1959 - Administrator obtaining letters of administration by misrepresentation and making dishonest claims - Sufficient cause shown to revoke letters of administration - Administrator deemed to be trustee or trustee de son tort
Guindarajoo Vegadason v. Satgunasingam Balasingam
(Hamindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2010] 6 CLJ 954 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

POLIS

Kuasa-kuasa - Polis bantuan pelabuhan - Kesalahan-kesalahan yang boleh disiasat - Sama ada mempunyai kuasa menangkap - Sama ada tangkapan di luar kawasan pelabuhan bagi kesalahan yang dilakukan di dalam kawasan pelabuhan adalah sah
Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2010] 6 CLJ 938 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Functus officio - Penghakiman dan perintah, pindaan kepada - Pindaan kepada perintah reman - Kesilapan pada tempoh perintah reman - Sama ada Penolong Kanan Pendaftar berhak meminda perintah reman untuk membetulkan tempoh reman semasa mahkamah masih belum bersurai - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah s. 117(2), 278
Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2010] 6 CLJ 938 [HC]

Semakan - Prosiding reman - Alasan-alasan untuk perintah reman - Sama ada alasan-alasan bagi pembenaran atau penolakan reman perlu direkodkan - Sama ada kegagalan mahkamah untuk merekodkan alasannya menyebabkan ketidakadilan - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah s. 117(7)
Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2010] 6 CLJ 938 [HC]

Tangkapan - Perintah reman - Bidangkuasa untuk membuat perintah reman - Sama ada Penolong Kanan Pendaftar mempunyai kuasa untuk mengeluarkan perintah reman
Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2010] 6 CLJ 938 [HC]

Tangkapan - Perintah reman - Permohonan untuk - Sama ada Penolong Pegawai Penyiasat atau wakil Pegawai Penyiasat boleh mengemukakan permohonan untuk reman - Sama ada wajib untuk mengemukakan dairi siasatan semasa membuat permohonan reman - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah ss. 117 & 119
Chong Yong Yew lwn. PP
(Kamardin Hashim PK) [2010] 6 CLJ 938 [HC]

c. CLJ Volume 7 (Part 1) 2010

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Meridian Asset Management Sdn Bhd v. Ong Kheng Hoe & Ors
(Privilege - Self-incrimination, against) [2010] 7 CLJ 1

NV Multi Corporation Bhd & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
(Businesses and schemes - Regulation of) [2010] 7 CLJ 22

COURT OF APPEAL

Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Accused - Right to counsel) [2010] 7 CLJ 58

Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd
(Interlocutory injunction, setting aside) [2010] 7 CLJ 73

Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd (No 2)
(Judgment and orders - Setting aside) [2010] 7 CLJ 83

HIGH COURT

Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Judicial review - Certiorari) [2010] 7 CLJ 93

PP v. Mohd Zaki Abu Bakar & Anor
(Trafficking in a dangerous drug - Penal Code, s. 34) [2010] 7 CLJ 99

Sabah Forest Industries v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
(Judicial review - Procedure for challenging an award) [2010] 7 CLJ 114

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Certiorari - Applicants seeking leave to issue writ of certiorari to quash notice issued by 1st respondent ordering 3rd applicant to cease carrying on their business of selling tickets for numbers forecast totalisator at their premises - Whether applicants must obtain a licence under Kuching Municipal Council (Licensing of Miscellaneous Occupation) By-Laws - Meaning of "licensed lottery" under By-Laws
Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Procedure for challenging an award - Whether ought to be by way of reference to High Court in accordance with s. 33A Industrial Relations Act 1967 and not by way of judicial review under O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980
Sabah Forest Industries v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 114 [HC]

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERY

Lottery - Licence - Applicants seeking leave to issue writ of certiorari to quash notice issued by 1st respondent ordering 3rd applicant to cease carrying on their business of selling tickets for numbers forecast totalisator at their premises - Whether applicants must obtain a licence under Kuching Municipal Council (Licensing of Miscellaneous Occupation) By-Laws - Meaning of "licensed lottery" under By-Laws
Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Admission by counsel - Erroneous statement of law - Residual power of court to rule in the interests of justice
NV Multi Corporation Bhd & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 22 [FC]

Injunction - Interlocutory injunction, setting aside - Injunction restraining appellant from dealing with lands forming subject matter of sale and purchase agreements made between respondent and first defendant - Conspiracy to defraud - Privity of contract - Bona fide serious issues - Whether damages an adequate remedy
Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 73 [CA]

Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Whether subject matter of judgment not stated - Statement of claim, whether of assistance in ascertaining judgment - Whether judgment so uncertain it amounted to a nullity
Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd (No 2)
(Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 83 [CA]

Judicial review - High Court - Mode of proceedings - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Whether ought to be by way of reference to High Court in accordance with s. 33A Industrial Relations Act 1967 and not by way of judicial review under O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980
Sabah Forest Industries v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 114 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Businesses and schemes - Regulation of - Business of memorial park operators selling burial plots and urn compartments - Whether fell within meaning of s. 84 Companies Act 1965 - Whether provisions therein must be complied with - Meaning of "interest" in s. 84(1) - Companies Act 1965, ss. 84(1)(a), (b), (d), 90, 91
NV Multi Corporation Bhd & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 22 [FC]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Fundamental liberties - Right to counsel - Whether court can still proceed with hearing without presence of counsel - Accused deprived of legal representation at defence stage of trial - Whether occasioned a failure of justice
Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 58 [CA]

Fundamental liberties - Right to fair hearing - Whether court can still proceed with hearing without presence of counsel - Accused deprived of legal representation at defence stage of trial - Whether occasioned a failure of justice
Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 58 [CA]

CONTRACT

Privity - Sale and purchase agreement - Appellant restrained from dealing with lands forming subject matter of sale and purchase agreements made between respondent and first defendant - Whether respondent could sustain any claim against appellant based on a contract between appellant and first defendant
Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 73 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Appeal against conviction and death sentence - Accused deprived of legal representation at defence stage of trial - Whether occasioned a failure of justice - Whether possession of cannabis proven - Amendment to charge of possession under s. 6 of Act
Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 58 [CA]

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in a dangerous drug - 48.33kg of cannabis - Admissibility of statement (conduct) under s. 37A(1) - Caution, whether administered - Whether actual words of caution must be adduced in evidence - Whether accused’s conduct amounted to information leading to fact discovered under s. 27 Evidence Act 1950 - Whether accused’s conduct must be accompanied by verbal statements - Whether discovered drugs must have been concealed - Whether accused’s conduct admissible as relevant facts under s. 8(2) Evidence Act 1950 - Whether accused had exclusive custody and control of car wherein drugs were found - Whether other persons could have had access to car - Whether conduct of accused persons showed they were acting in concert pursuant to a common intention - Penal Code, s. 34
PP v. Mohd Zaki Abu Bakar & Anor
(Zamani Rahim JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 99 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Accused - Right to counsel - Whether court can still proceed with hearing without presence of counsel - Accused deprived of legal representation at defence stage of trial - Whether occasioned a failure of justice
Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 58 [CA]

Trial - Absence of counsel - Whether court can still proceed with hearing without presence of counsel - Accused deprived of legal representation at defence stage of trial - Whether occasioned a failure of justice
Mohd Hanif Mohd Sharif v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 58 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Privilege - Self-incrimination, against - Whether privilege against self-incrimination under common law outweighs equitable right for one to recover his own assets - Whether a defendant entitled to invoke privilege against self-incrimination - Privilege of self- incrimination applies to witnesses giving evidence at a trial - Defendants merely recipients of trust property - Defendant in proceedings for tracing of property cannot refuse to disclose relevant and vital information in his or her possession or power - Whether privilege against self-incrimination irrelevant
Meridian Asset Management Sdn Bhd v. Ong Kheng Hoe & Ors
(Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Augustine Paul & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 1 [FC]

LABOUR LAW

Industrial Court - Award - Application to quash - Procedure for challenging an award - Whether ought to be by way of reference to High Court in accordance with s. 33A Industrial Relations Act 1967 and not by way of judicial review under O. 53 Rules of the High Court 1980
Sabah Forest Industries v. Industrial Court Malaysia & Anor
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 114 [HC]

LAND LAW

Restraints on dealings - Injunction - Injunction restraining appellant from dealing with lands forming subject matter of sale and purchase agreements made between respondent and first defendant - Conspiracy to defraud - Privity of contract - Bona fide serious issues - Whether damages an adequate remedy
Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 73 [CA]

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Licence - City Council - Applicants seeking leave to issue writ of certiorari to quash notice issued by 1st respondent ordering 3rd applicant to cease carrying on their business of selling tickets for numbers forecast totalisator at their premises - Whether applicants must obtain a licence under Kuching Municipal Council (Licensing of Miscellaneous Occupation) By-Laws - Meaning of "licensed lottery" under By-Laws
Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Construction of statutes - Mischief - Regulation of businesses and schemes - Section 84(1) Companies Act 1965 - Whether the word "interest" contained therein ought to be given a meaning reflective of mischief it is intended to address - Companies Act 1965, ss. 84(1)(a), (b), 90, 91
NV Multi Corporation Bhd & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 22 [FC]

Construction of statutes - Purposive interpretation - Meaning of "licensed lottery" under Kuching Municipal Council (Licensing of Miscellaneous Occupation) By-Laws
Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

TORT

Conspiracy - Conspiracy to defraud - Injunction restraining appellant from dealing with lands forming subject matter of sale and purchase agreements made between respondent and first defendant - Privity of contract - Bona fide serious issues - Whether damages an adequate remedy
Woolley Development Sdn Bhd v. Stadco Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara & Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 73 [CA]

WORDS & PHRASES

"interest" - Companies Act 1965, s. 84(1) - Meaning of
NV Multi Corporation Bhd & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff & James Foong FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 22 [FC]

"licensed authority" - Kuching Municipal Council (Licensing of Miscellaneous Occupation) By-Laws - Meaning of
Firmpower Sdn Bhd & Ors v. The City Secretary Council Of The City Of Kuching South & Anor
(Rhodzariah Bujang JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

d. CLJ Volume 7 (Part 2) 2010

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Khairuddin Hassan v. PP
(Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Whether proper reliance placed on appellant's conduct in trying to flee from crime scene) [2010] 7 CLJ 129

COURT OF APPEAL

AGS Harta Sdn Bhd v. Liew Yok Yin
(Indefeasibility of title and interests - Forged transfer) [2010] 7 CLJ 142

Balakrishnan Devaraj & Anor v. Admiral Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Misrepresentation - Sale and purchase of property) [2010] 7 CLJ 152

Kerajaan Malaysia (Jabatan Kerja Raya) lwn. Tropical Profile Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi Kes
(Prosedur sivil - Penggantungan pelaksanaan) [2010] 7 CLJ 176

HIGH COURT

Hasnah Che Hasan v. Hongkong Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Bankruptcy - Adjudication and receiving orders - Setting aside) [2010] 7 CLJ 190

Ong Seh Sen v. PP
(Criminal revision - Review of conviction under s. 4(1) Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001) [2010] 7 CLJ 220

PP v. Ong Seh Sen
(Money laundering - Sentence) [2010] 7 CLJ 233

Zarina Tan Sri Jaafar & Ors v. Perbadanan Pengurusan Ixora
(Strata title - Management corporation - Validity of) [2010] 7 CLJ 254

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKRUPTCY

Adjudication and receiving orders - Setting aside - Whether proper service of bankruptcy notice and creditor's petition - Whether alteration to documents filed in court admissible - Whether miscalculation of interest raised by judgment debtor rebutted
Hasnah Che Hasan v. Hongkong Bank Malaysia Bhd
(VT Singham J) [2010] 7 CLJ 190 [HC]

CONTRACT

Misrepresentation - Sale and purchase of property - Inducement arising from defendant's misrepresentation - Photographs of miniature models show whole project of defendant having direct access to beach and then to sea - Misrepresentation by defendant when condominium unit sold to plaintiffs - Plaintiffs would not purchase any unit in the defendant's condominium project without a sandy beach and accessibility to it - Whether plaintiffs induced to purchase condominium unit by defendant's misrepresentation
Balakrishnan Devaraj & Anor v. Admiral Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdul Malik Ishak & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 152 [CA]

Rescission - Sale and purchase agreement - Misrepresentation - Contracts Act 1950, s. 19(1) - Restitutio in integrum still possible - Representee is allowed ample time to consider whether to rescind or affirm contract - Whether any lapse of time does not constitute delay in exercising the right of election
Balakrishnan Devaraj & Anor v. Admiral Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Abdul Malik Ishak & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 152 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 2660 grams cannabis - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Whether proper reliance placed on appellant's conduct in trying to flee from crime scene - Whether appellant in possession of drugs correctly concluded - Whether omission of comma in caution read to appellant and recorded rendered appellant's cautioned statement inadmissible - Whether High Court decision of PP v. Kamde Raspani, good authority
Khairuddin Hassan v. PP
(Zaki Tun Azmi CJ, Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin & Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 129 [FC]

Money laundering - Sentence - Two years' imprisonment and RM1 million penalty fine for offence under s. 4(1) Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 - Whether sentence excessive by sessions judge
PP v. Ong Seh Sen
(Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 233 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Criminal revision - Review of conviction under s. 4(1) Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 - Whether there was non-compliance of s. 173(b) Criminal Procedure Code by sessions judge when recording conviction upon guilty plea - Whether applicant could not raise ground on propriety of conviction which he had earlier abandoned at trial - Whether serious injustice caused as to warrant court's exercise of powers of revision - Badiaddin Mohd Mahidin v. Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd - Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Staghorn Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals - PP v. Soon Seng Sia Heng
Ong Seh Sen v. PP
(Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 220 [HC]

LAND LAW

Indefeasibility of title and interests - Forged transfer - Whether sufficient evidence to support trial judge's finding of forgery - Whether handwriting expert required to authenticate signatures on sale documents - Whether bona fides of purchaser proved - National Land Code, s. 340(2)(b), 340(3)
AGS Harta Sdn Bhd v. Liew Yok Yin
(Raus Sharif, Sulong Matjeraie & Mohd Hishamudin Yunus JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 142 [CA]

Strata title - Management corporation - Validity of - Whether administrator to be appointed
Zarina Tan Sri Jaafar & Ors v. Perbadanan Pengurusan Ixora
(Prasad Sandosham Abraham JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 254 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Penggantungan pelaksanaan - Sementara menunggu rayuan ke Mahkamah Rayuan - Mahkamah tidak boleh menyelami merit-merit rayuan - Mahkamah tidak perlu mengambil kira sama ada rayuan akan berjaya atau tidak - Pelaksanaan perintah akan membuat rayuan sia-sia (nugatory) - Plaintif tidak berkeupayaan membayar balik wang jika keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan memihak kepada defendan pertama - Hal keadaan khas terbukti - Sama ada penggantungan diberikan
Kerajaan Malaysia (Jabatan Kerja Raya) lwn. Tropical Profile Sdn Bhd & Satu Lagi Kes
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Heliliah Mohd Yusof & Wan Adnan Muhamad HHMR) [2010] 7 CLJ 176 [CA]

e. CLJ Volume 7 (Part 3) 2010

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Toh Huat Khay v. Lim A Chang
(Land Law - Alienation and incidents - Restriction in interest) [2010] 7 CLJ 261

COURT OF APPEAL

Amar Singh Sundar Singh & Ors v. Jivanjit Kaur Sohan Singh
(Occupation - Equitable estoppel) [2010] 7 CLJ 285

Asia Control Systems Impac (M) Sdn Bhd v. PNE PCB Bhd & Another Appeals
(Arbitration - Award - Setting aside) [2010] 7 CLJ 316

Ibrahim Mohamad & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Undang-undang Jenayah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Pengedaran - Kes prima facie) [2010] 7 CLJ 331

Muhammad Nazir Jamaludin lwn. PP
(Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran) [2010] 7 CLJ 348

HIGH COURT

Buncho (M) Sdn Bhd v. Q-Stationers Sdn Bhd
(Intellectual Property - Registered design - Infringement) [2010] 7 CLJ 359

Omron Electronics Sales And Services Sdn Bhd v. Phoon Wai Kit & Anor
(Administrative Law - Judicial review - Certiorari - Application for) [2010] 7 CLJ 372

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Certiorari - Application for - Whether Industrial Court acted beyond jurisdiction in making order for payment of compensation in lieu of reinstatement - Failure to identify issues whether applicant company had forced first respondent to resign - Whether decision was perverse and irrational that no reasonable body could have made in the circumstances
Omron Electronics Sales And Services Sdn Bhd v. Phoon Wai Kit & Anor
(Hadhariah Syed Ismail JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 372 [HC]

ARBITRATION

Award - Enforcement - Jurisdiction - Granting leave to enforce arbitrator's award - Whether High Court of competent jurisdiction to effect enforcement - Arbitration Act 1952, ss. 34(1), (2), (3)
Asia Control Systems Impac (M) Sdn Bhd v. PNE PCB Bhd & Another Appeals
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 316 [CA]

Award - Setting aside - Application for - Jurisdiction - Arbitration Act 1952, s. 34(1) - Whether expresses clear intention of parliament not to give jurisdiction to the court - Whether intention of parties to expressly exclude dispute from jurisdiction of High Court
Asia Control Systems Impac (M) Sdn Bhd v. PNE PCB Bhd & Another Appeals
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus & Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 316 [CA]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Registered design - Infringement - Allegation of - Whether plaintiff established ownership of industrial design - Whether design not new and available in the market before priority date - Whether requirements of s. 12 of the Industrial Designs Act 1996 satisfied - Whether defendant entitled to seek an order pursuant to s. 27(a) and (b) Industrial Designs Act 1996
Buncho (M) Sdn Bhd v. Q-Stationers Sdn Bhd
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 359 [HC]

LAND LAW

Alienation and incidents - Restriction in interest - Purported transfer in spite of - Alteration or rescission of condition - Permission - Whether vested in relevant State Authority - Provisions of s. 124 of National Land Code mandatory in nature - Whether transfer unlawful - National Land Code, ss. 109(2), 120, 122, 124
Toh Huat Khay v. Lim A Chang
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 261 [FC]

Licence - Occupation of land - Defendants in occupation - Recovery of land - Position of the 1st defendant on the land - Whether occupying as a licensee with consent (if so revocable or irrevocable) - Whether court cannot create a proprietary interest in land tenure arising from a licence within a family relationship
Amar Singh Sundar Singh & Ors v. Jivanjit Kaur Sohan Singh
(Heliliah Mohd Yusof, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus & Ramly Ali JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 285 [CA]

Occupation - Equitable estoppel - Proprietary estoppel - Right of the defendants to continue remaining on the portion of the land - Whether judge failed to make a proper judicial appreciation of the entire facts and has drawn improper inferences therefrom - Whether there is a serious misdirection of law including a failure to appreciate that the defendant has established a defence of proprietary estoppel - Whether claim goes beyond preventing or estopping plaintiff from enforcing her legal property rights
Amar Singh Sundar Singh & Ors v. Jivanjit Kaur Sohan Singh
(Heliliah Mohd Yusof, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus & Ramly Ali JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 285 [CA]

Transfer - Validity of - Restriction in interest on alienated land - Purported transfer in spite of - Alteration or rescission of condition - Permission - Whether vested in relevant State Authority - Whether transfer unlawful - National Land Code, ss. 109(2), 120, 122, 124
Toh Huat Khay v. Lim A Chang
(Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Makinudin & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 261 [FC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Saksi - Kegagalan memanggil saksi - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) - Sama ada terpakai
Ibrahim Mohamad & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad & Azhar Ma'ah HHMR) [2010] 7 CLJ 331 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Pengedaran - Kes prima facie - Sama ada dibuktikan - Pembelaan perayu-perayu - Sama ada gagal mematahkan anggapan di bawah s. 37(da)(vi) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Sama ada gagal menimbulkan keraguan terhadap kes pendakwaan - Sama ada dibuktikan bahawa dadah berada dalam milikan bersama perayu-perayu - Sama ada mencetuskan anggapan pengetahuan di bawah s. 37(d) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952
Ibrahim Mohamad & Satu Lagi lwn. PP
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Wan Adnan Muhamad & Azhar Ma'ah HHMR) [2010] 7 CLJ 331 [CA]

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran - Kes prima facie - Sama ada dibuktikan - Sama ada dadah berbahaya di dalam jagaan atau kawalan ekslusif perayu - Sama ada keterangan menunjukkan orang lain mempunyai akses ke rumah tempat dadah ditemui - Sama ada hakim bicara tersalah arah - Sama ada memprejudiskan perayu - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, s. 37(da)(vi)
Muhammad Nazir Jamaludin lwn. PP
(Zaleha Zahari, Abu Samah Nordin & Hishamudin Mohd Yunus HHMR) [2010] 7 CLJ 348 [CA]

f. CLJ Volume 7 (Part 4) 2010

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Whether Federal Court has power to review its own judgment - Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137) [2010] 7 CLJ 397

COURT OF APPEAL

Chemfert Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Lim Hua
(Res judicata - Cause of action estoppel) [2010] 7 CLJ 491

HIGH COURT

Chinbiomedic Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Klinik Puvvan & Surgery
(Sale of goods - Delivery of wrong goods) [2010] 7 CLJ 506

Lee Chiow Tee & Satu Lagi lwn. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Pengeluaran wang simpanan - Tuntutan amaun tambahan) [2010] 7 CLJ 512

PP v. Zhao Jingeng & Ors
(Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007 - Section 51(3) - Application for revision of magistrate's order) [2010] 7 CLJ 516

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Res judicata - Cause of action estoppel - Issue estoppel - Whether instant petition caught by doctrine of res judicata by reason of first petition - First petition and instant petition based on same facts and allegations - Nothing to prevent respondent from including a prayer in first petition which he attempted to obtain in instant petition - Matters which could and should reasonably have been raised in earlier proceedings - Consent order recorded in first petition acts as estoppel against respondent
Chemfert Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Lim Hua
(Low Hop Bing, Sulong Matjeraie & T Selventhiranathan JJCA) [2010] 7 CLJ 491 [CA]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Courts - Federal Court - Jurisdiction - Whether court has power to review its own judgment - Inherent powers of court - Whether requirements of r. 137 Rules of the Federal Court 1995 met - Federal Constitution, arts. 121(2), 160(2) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 86, 87
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

Courts - Federal Court - Whether powers of Federal Court can be enlarged by Rules of the Federal Court 1995 - Whether Rules of the Federal Court 1995 an Act of Parliament within contemplation of art. 160(2) Federal Constitution
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

Legislature - Act of Parliament - Whether Rules of the Federal Court 1995 an Act of Parliament within contemplation of art. 160(2) Federal Constitution - Powers of Federal Court, whether can be enlarged by Rules of the Federal Court 1995
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

CONTRACT

Breach - Sale of goods - Delivery of wrong goods - Whether goods rejected by purchaser - Whether purchaser obliged to return goods to supplier - Communication of rejection of goods by purchaser to supplier, whether sufficient - Delivery of correct goods - Damages for non-delivery
Chinbiomedic Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Klinik Puvvan & Surgery
(Vernon Ong Lam Kiat J) [2010] 7 CLJ 506 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007 - Section 51(3) - Application for revision of magistrate's order - Failure of magistrate to consider report of protection officer - Whether legal error on part of magistrate - Whether magistrate erred in releasing the 26 respondents under s. 51(3)(b)(ii) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007 - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 323
PP v. Zhao Jingeng & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam JC) [2010] 7 CLJ 516 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Judgment - Review, application for - Whether Federal Court has power to review its own judgment - Inherent powers of court - Whether requirements of r. 137 Rules of the Federal Court 1995 met - Federal Constitution, arts. 121(2), 160(2) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 86, 87
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

Jurisdiction of court - Federal Court - Whether court has power to review its own judgment - Inherent powers of court - Whether requirements of r. 137 Rules of the Federal Court 1995 met - Federal Constitution, arts. 121(2), 160(2) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 86, 87
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

SALE OF GOODS

Delivery - Delivery of wrong goods - Whether goods rejected by purchaser - Whether purchaser obliged to return goods to supplier - Communication of rejection of goods by purchaser to supplier, whether sufficient - Delivery of correct goods - Damages for non-delivery
Chinbiomedic Engineering Sdn Bhd v. Klinik Puvvan & Surgery
(Vernon Ong Lam Kiat J) [2010] 7 CLJ 506 [HC]

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Construction of statutes - Literal interpretation - Plain terms of statute - Whether Federal Court has power to review its own judgment - Rules of the Federal Court, r. 137 - Federal Constitution, art. 121(2) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 86, 87
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP
(Zulkefli Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ) [2010] 7 CLJ 397 [FC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KUMPULAN WANG SIMPANAN

Pengeluaran wang simpanan - Tuntutan amaun tambahan - Faedah kematian - Perkiraan - Kematian si mati adalah sebelum Akta Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja 1991 dipinda - Sama ada faedah kematian hendaklah dikira berdasarkan peruntukan Akta sebelum pindaan - Akta Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja 1991, ss. 54, 58, Jadual Kelima
Lee Chiow Tee & Satu Lagi lwn. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Umi Kalthum Majid PK) [2010] 7 CLJ 512 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

MARY COLETE JOHN v. SOUTH EAST ASIA INSURANCE BHD

TORT: Vicarious liability - Road accident - Appellant suffered injuries in the course of travelling to bride's house in insured's motor car - Whether appellant was being carried in insured vehicle as a mere passenger - Whether appellant being carried in vehicle by reason of or in pursuance of a contract of employment with the insured

INSURANCE: Motor insurance - Liability - Insurer's liability to satisfy judgment - Whether respondent liable under terms of insurance policy to satisfy judgment sum - Road Transport Act 1987, s. 96

WORDS & PHRASES: "By reason of or in pursuance of a contract of employment" - "Employment" - Section 11 of insurance coverage - Road Traffic Ordinance 1958, s. 75(1)(b)(ii)

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