Bulletin_38

CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 38
30 September 2005

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New This Week -	1. CLJ September (Part 4) 2005
	2. CLJ Supp September (Part 2) 2005

1. CLJ September (Part 4) 2005

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v. Kuala Lumpur Golf And Country Club Bhd
(Local government - Rates - Annual value - Whether time for payment of rate as provided by s. 145(1) Local Government 1976 could be extended) [2005] 3 CLJ 901

Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Preventive detention - Detention order - Application for habeas corpus) [2005] 3 CLJ 914

COURT OF APPEAL

ALF Properties Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Revenue law - Income tax - Appeal against assessment) [2005] 3 CLJ 936

HIGH COURT

Feedmeal Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Teh Cho Yeow & Ors
(Civil procedure - Declaration - Locus standi) [2005] 3 CLJ 999

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Declaration - Locus standi - Plaintiff/creditor seeking declaration that transfer of land by defendant/debtor to his daughters was null and void - Whether plaintiff had locus standi to seek such declaration
Feedmeal Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Teh Cho Yeow & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 3 CLJ 999 [HC]

Time - Extension of time - Whether time for payment of rate as provided by s. 145(1) Local Government Act 1976 could be extended - Whether general power of court to extend time under para. 8 Schedule to Courts of Judicature Act 1964 applicable to a statute which imposes express time stipulations but which does not itself provide for extension of time - Local Government Act 1976, s. 145(1) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, para. 8 of Schedule
Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v. Kuala Lumpur Golf And Country Club Bhd
(Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya), Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 901

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Rates - Annual value - Whether time for payment of rate as provided by s. 145(1) Local Government Act 1976 could be extended - Whether general power of court to extend time under para. 8 Schedule to Courts of Judicature Act 1964 applicable to a statute which imposes express time stipulations but which does not itself provide for extension of time - Local Government Act 1976, s. 145(1) - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, para. 8 of Schedule
Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v. Kuala Lumpur Golf And Country Club Bhd
(Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya), Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 901

PREVENTIVE DETENTION

Detention order - Application for habeas corpus - Approach of courts - Determination of non-compliance - Whether courts may create new procedural requirements
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

Detention order - Application for habeas corpus - Grounds for habeas corpus - Whether Minister obliged to consider whether criminal prosecution ought to be taken against detenu first - Whether Minister obliged to issue detention order within certain time-frame - Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969, ss. 4(1), 7C, 7D
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

Detention order - Application for habeas corpus - Whether grounds for application restricted to grounds of non-compliance with procedural requirements only
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

Detention order - Detention under Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 - Amendments to Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969, effects of - Whether grounds to challenge detention order restricted - Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969, ss. 4(1), 7C, 7D; Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) (Amendment) Act 1989
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

Detention order - Power of Minister - Not to be confused with power of Attorney-General - Whether power of Minister to issue detention order distinct from power of Attorney-General to institute criminal proceedings
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

Detention order - Power of Minister - Judicial review of Minister’s decision to issue detention order - Whether grounds for review restricted to grounds of non-compliance only
Lee Kew Sang v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 3 CLJ 914 [FC]

REVENUE LAW

Income tax - Appeal against assessment - Sale of land - Whether a business dealing in land - Whether an investment - Long period of holding after acquirement - Whether indicative of investment - Mere sale at a profit - Whether not necessarily a trading activity - Income Tax Act 1967, s. 4(a)
ALF Properties Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Mokhtar Sidin, Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA & Mohd Raus Shariff J) [2005] 3 CLJ 936 [CA]

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2. CLJ Supp September (Part 2) 2005

COURT

HIGH COURT

Chit Chi Siang & Anor v. The Government Of Malaysia & Anor [2005] 7 CLJ 53

Hock Hua Bank Bhd v. Chan Siew Yan [2005] 7 CLJ 62

Tan Tien Seng & Anor v. Grobina Resorts Sdn Bhd (No 2) [2005] 7 CLJ 70

Tang Kam Thai & Ors v. Langkah Cergas Sdn Bhd & Ors [2005] 7 CLJ 86

Tradebond (M) Sdn Bhd v. Halim-O Construction Sdn Bhd [2005] 7 CLJ 93

Vistanet (M) Sdn Bhd v. Pilecon Civil Works Sdn Bhd [2005] 7 CLJ 101

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Injunction - Mandatory and prohibitory injunction - Injunction sought for defendant to vacate and return possession of site to plaintiff - Contract between plaintiff and defendant - Whether there was a breach - Whether plaintiff's termination of defendant lawful - Defendant had shown intention to cease work on the site - Whether defendant had legally abandoned the site - Whether defendant had the right to hold possession of the site - Balance of convenience - Whether favoured granting of injunctions as prayed for by plaintiff
Vistanet (M) Sdn Bhd v. Pilecon Civil Works Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ 101 [HC]

Interim payment - Application for - Breach of sale and purchase agreement - Delay in delivering vacant possession - Whether liquidated damages to be paid - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 22A r. 3(1)(a),(e)
Tang Kam Thai & Ors v. Langkah Cergas Sdn Bhd & Ors
(James Foong J) [2005] 7 CLJ 86 [HC]

Judgment - Consent judgment - Compromise - Existence of - Whether order of court clear and unequivocal - Whether there was nothing left to adjudicate
Hock Hua Bank Bhd v. Chan Siew Yan
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ 62 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Winding up - Disposition of property - Validation order - Companies Act 1965, s. 223 - Requirements to secure a validation order - Whether satisfied - Whether company grievously impaired without validation order as sought - Interests of creditors - Validation order sought for payment of legal charges - Pari passu rule
Tradebond (M) Sdn Bhd v. Halim-O Construction Sdn Bhd
(Vincent Ng J) [2005] 7 CLJ 93 [HC]

CONTRACT

Breach - Variation of contract - Failure to build according to original design - Whether changes and deviations made required by ‘appropriate authority' - Failure to call witnesses from ‘appropriate authority' - Whether s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 applicable - Whether there was a breach going to the root of the contract - Whether constituted a fundamental breach - Contracts Act 1950, s. 40 - Whether applicable
Tan Tien Seng & Anor v. Grobina Resorts Sdn Bhd (No 2)
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ 70 [HC]

Tender - Cancellation of - Whether a breach of agreement - Intention of parties - Whether a binding agreement resulted from tender submitted by plaintiffs and accepted by second defendant - Delay in submitting bank guarantee as performance bond - Whether affected validity of agreement - Whether there was agreement on part of plaintiffs not to pursue legal proceedings - Loss of profit - Damages to be awarded
Chit Chi Siang & Anor v. The Government Of Malaysia & Anor
(Ian Hc Chin J) [2005] 7 CLJ 53 [HC]

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