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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2004, Issue 38
24 September 2004

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New This Week - 1. CLJ September (Part 4) 2004

2. CLJ Supp September (Part 2) 2004

1. CLJ SEPTEMBER (PART 4) 2004

SUBJECT INDEX

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 377B - Committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature - Conviction grounded on evidence of witness - Witness, whether credible - Date of offence, whether proved - Accomplice, whether witness is - Corroboration, whether required
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Charge - Sexual offence - Date of offence as charged - Whether proved Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

Conviction - Validity of conviction - Conviction grounded on evidence of witness - Witness, whether credible - Date of offence, whether proved - Accomplice, whether witness is - Corroboration, whether required
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

EVIDENCE

Accomplice - Whether witness is
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

Confession - Circumstances leading to confession of accused - Whether rendered confession inadmissible
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

Corroboration - Sexual offence - Accomplice evidence - Whether corroborated
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

Witness - Credibility of - Inconsistent statements made - Whether credibility affected
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP & Another Appeal
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussain FCJJ & Tengku Baharudin JCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 737 [FC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Registration of charge - Charge registered despite express condition in Register of Title prohibiting charging without consent of Ruler in Council - Whether charge invalid as found by trial judge - Whether trial judge right in not ordering execution of a fresh charge - National Land Code, s. 418
MBf Finance Bhd v. Teguh Consolidated Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Richard Malanjum & Hashim Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 809 [CA]

TRADE MARKS

Infringement of - Registered trade mark - Whether use of registered trade mark constitutes infringement - Trade Marks Act 1976, s. 40
Sinma Medical Products (M) Sdn Bhd v. Yomeishu Seizo Co Ltd & Ors
(Arifin Zakaria, Arifin Jaka & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 815 [CA]

Passing off - Phonetic similarity - Reputation in market - Whether established
Sinma Medical Products (M) Sdn Bhd v. Yomeishu Seizo Co Ltd & Ors
(Arifin Zakaria, Arifin Jaka & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 815 [CA]

Registered trade mark - Rectification by expungement - Phonetic confusion - Whether within relief for rectification - Whether visual similarity an essential requirement - Trade Marks Act 1976, ss. 14(1)(a), 45
Sinma Medical Products (M) Sdn Bhd v. Yomeishu Seizo Co Ltd & Ors
(Arifin Zakaria, Arifin Jaka & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 3 CLJ 815 [CA]

2. CLJ SUPP SEPTEMBER (PART 2) 2004

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Remedies - Certiorari, application for - Decision of Industrial Court that employee unjustly dismissed - Domestic inquiry conducted by employer prior to dismissal - Jurisdiction and duty of Industrial Court in instances of such domestic inquiry - Whether Industrial Court misconstrued and misapplied principles of law
Bumiputra Commerce Bank Bhd v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor
(Raus Sharif J) [2004] 7 CLJ 77 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judge - Disqualification - Bias - Test for bias - Whether there was ‘real danger of bias’ - Whether appointment of judicial commissioner ultra vires the Federal Constitution - Whether judicial commissioner could discharge full functions of a High Court judge - Whether judicial commissioner’s association with chairman of 1st defendant rendered him unsuitable to hear matter - Whether judicial commissioner ought to recuse himself
Tai Choi Yu v. The Tribunal Of The Special Commissioners Of Income Tax & Anor
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim JC) [2004] 7 CLJ 127 [HC]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Judges - Disqualification - Bias - Test for bias - Whether there was ‘real danger of bias’ - Whether appointment of judicial commissioner ultra vires the Federal Constitution - Whether judicial commissioner could discharge full functions of a High Court judge - Whether judicial commissioner’s association with chairman of 1st defendant rendered him unsuitable to hear matter - Whether judicial commissioner ought to recuse himself
Tai Choi Yu v. The Tribunal Of The Special Commissioners Of Income Tax & Anor
Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim JC) [2004] 7 CLJ 127 [HC]

FAMILY LAW

Children - Custody - Joint custody - Factors influencing court in granting joint custody
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Children - Maintenance - By respondent husband after divorce
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Divorce - Adultery - Alleged respondent not made a co-respondent - No waiver from court obtained - Petitioner continued marital relationship with respondent after alleged adultery - Whether petitioner had condoned respondent’s adultery assuming there had been adultery - Whether petitioner had discharged onus of proving ground of adultery
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Divorce - Cruelty - No medical or police report pertaining to alleged injury or injuries caused by respondent - Whether ground of cruelty made out
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Divorce - Maintenance - Ordered for petitioner wife for as long as she remained unmarried
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Divorce - Petition for divorce - Grounds - No specific particulars or evidence to substantiate allegations in petition - Whether merely bare allegations
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

Matrimonial property - Division of - Equal division between parties - Equal shares held on trust for children of the marriage
Karen Cheong Yuen Yee v. Phua Cheng Chuen
(Faiza Tamby Chik J) [2004] 7 CLJ 102 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Dismissal - Decision of Industrial Court that employee unjustly dismissed - Domestic inquiry conducted by employer prior to dismissal - Jurisdiction and duty of Industrial Court in instances of such domestic inquiry - Whether Industrial Court misconstrued and misapplied principles of law
Bumiputra Commerce Bank Bhd v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor
(Raus Sharif J) [2004] 7 CLJ 77 [HC]

LIMITATION

Striking out - Striking out writ on ground of time bar - When time began to run - Whether from date of publication of defamatory statement - Canadian principle of discoverability - Element of knowledge on part of person defamed - Whether exists such reference in s. 6 of the Malaysian Limitation Act 1953 - Whether accepted by court - Whether plaintiff’s action time-barred - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(1)(a)
Tan Sri Dato’ Eric Chia Eng Hock v. NKK Corporation (Japan)
(Mohd Hishamudin Yunus J) [2004] 7 CLJ 137 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Taksiran - Bantahan terhadap taksiran - Permohonan untuk kajian semula keputusan timbalan pendaftar - Sama ada permohonan sepatutnya dibuat secara saman mengikut Borang 172 - Aturan 59 k. 34 Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Tinggi 1980 - Sama ada defendan boleh merayu kepada hakim dalam kamar terhadap keputusan timbalan pendaftar yang dibuat dalam satu prosiding kajian semula - Aturan 56 k. 1 Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah Tinggi 1980
Ipmuda Utara Sdn Bhd lwn. Westech Sdn Bhd
(VT Singham H) [2004] 7 CLJ 86 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH

Isemen - Hak lalu-lalang - Permohonan dari plaintif untuk mengetepikan perintah Penolong Pentadbir Tanah yang mewujudkan hak lalu-lalang persendirian ke atas tanah plaintif - Sama ada notis siasatan disampaikan kepada plaintif - Sama ada notis borang 2A cacat - Sama ada hak lalu-lalang tersebut diwujudkan dengan sewenang-wenangnya - Sama ada segala aspek prosedur relevan di bawah Kanun Tanah Negara dipenuhi - Kanun Tanah Negara, ss. 27, 390, 433
Mamat Yan lwn. Penolong Pentadbir Tanah, Pejabat Tanah Dan Jajahan Kota Bharu & Satu Lagi
(Sulaiman Daud H) [2004] 7 CLJ 118 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

HABEAS CORPUS - ARTICLE 151 (1)(b) and 5(i) OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

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