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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 41
21 October 2005

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COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Land law - Acquisition of land - Compensation – Customary land - Gazetted and ungazetted land - Damages for trespass - Exemplary damages) [2005] 4 CLJ 169

Pemilik Kapal "Luna Indah" v. Admiral Shipping Sdn Bhd
(Shipping - Action in rem - Arrest of vessel - Bail – Whether bail amount could be greater than value of vessel) [2005] 4 CLJ 202

HIGH COURT

Balakrishnan Devaraj v. Patwant Singh Niranjan Singh & Anor
(Legal profession - Practice and etiquette - Touting – Valid contract between tout and solicitor) [2005] 4 CLJ 210

PP v. Datuk Hj Wasli Hj Mohd Said
(Criminal procedure - Appeal - Whether order finally disposed of rights of parties) [2005] 4 CLJ 223

Wan Mohd Rafain Wan Ismail v. PP
(Criminal law - Penal code - Section 336 - Mens rea) [2005] 4 CLJ 233

INDUSTRIAL COURT

Hotel Istana v. Nor Azam Baharin
(Labour law - Industrial court - Demise of claimant - Claimant’s estate - Whether could represent claimant and proceed with hearing) [2005] 4 CLJ 241

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Admiralty - Security for release of ship - Bail for release of vessel fixed at RM770,000 - Evidence that value of vessel only RM520,000 - Whether bail amount could be greater than value of vessel itself - Whether High Court judge misdirected himself in point of principle
Pemilik Kapal "Luna Indah" v. Admiral Shipping Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zulkefli Makinudin JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 202 [CA]

Appeal - Competency of appeal - Appeal against order of High Court releasing and fixing bail for shipping vessel - Whether appeal directed against correct order - Whether appeal misconceived and improper
Pemilik Kapal "Luna Indah" v. Admiral Shipping Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zulkefli Makinudin JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 202 [CA]

Pleadings - Statement of claim - Striking out - Paragraphs in statement of claim - Paragraphs interlinked and relevant to other claims of plaintiff - Whether such paragraphs ought to be struck out - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a)
Balakrishnan Devaraj v. Patwant Singh Niranjan Singh & Anor
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 4 CLJ 210 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 336 - Endangering human life or personal safety of others - Ingredients - Mens rea - Rashly or negligently - Deliberate acts, whether excluded - Whether s. 336 excludes deliberate acts done with intent - Proof and sufficiency of evidence adduced by prosecution
Wan Mohd Rafain Wan Ismail v. PP
(Augustine Paul FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ 233 [HC]

Police Act 1967 - Section s. 27(5) - Unlawful assembly - Defence - ‘Innocent circumstances’ - Section 27(5B) - Finding of magistrate, whether supported by the evidence - Whether a misdirection
Wan Mohd Rafain Wan Ismail v. PP
(Augustine Paul FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ 233 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Order of High Court - Order refusing to transfer cases from Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court to Kuala Lumpur at High Court - Whether appealable - Whether order finally disposed of rights of parties - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 307(1)
PP v. Datuk Hj Wasli Hj Mohd Said
(Sulong Matjeraie J) [2005] 4 CLJ 223 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Industrial Court - Procedure - Demise of claimant - Reference under s. 20(3) Industrial Relations Act 1967 - Claimant’s estate - Locus standi - Whether could represent claimant and proceed with hearing - Whether Industrial Court could hear case on merits - Whether reference abated upon death of claimant - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3), 26, 29(a), 30(5)
Hotel Istana v. Nor Azam Baharin
(Tan Yeak Hui, Chairman) [2005] 4 CLJ 241 [INDUSTRIAL COURT]

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Compensation - Customary land - Whether plaintiffs held land under customary communal title - Whether plaintiffs entitled to compensation for deprivation of gazetted and ungazetted land - Whether plaintiffs entitled to recover damages for trespass from defendants - Whether exemplary damages ought to be awarded to plaintiffs
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 169 [CA]

Customary land - Proof of custom - Whether established - Whether plaintiffs entitled to compensation for deprivation of gazetted and ungazetted land - Whether plaintiffs entitled to recover damages for trespass from defendants - Whether exemplary damages ought to be awarded to plaintiffs
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 169 [CA]

Trespass - Damages - Whether plaintiffs entitled to recover damages for trespass from defendants - Whether second and third defendants entered onto land without consent - Whether exemplary damages ought to be awarded to plaintiffs
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 169 [CA]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Practice and etiquette - Practice and etiquette rules - Whether such rules constituted subsidiary legislation having the force of law
Balakrishnan Devaraj v. Patwant Singh Niranjan Singh & Anor
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 4 CLJ 210 [HC]

Practice and etiquette - Touting - Whether touting arrangement between tout and solicitor illegal and against public policy - Whether such arrangement could constitute a valid contract between tout and solicitor - Whether tout’s claims for commissions sustainable
Balakrishnan Devaraj v. Patwant Singh Niranjan Singh & Anor
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 4 CLJ 210 [HC]

NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM

Land dispute - Customary rights over land - Whether plaintiffs held land under customary communal title - Whether plaintiffs entitled to compensation for deprivation of gazetted and ungazetted land - Whether plaintiffs entitled to recover damages for trespass from defendants - Whether exemplary damages ought to be awarded to plaintiffs
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 169 [CA]

SHIPPING

Action in rem - Arrest of vessel - Bail for release of vessel fixed at RM770,000 - Evidence that value of vessel only RM520,000 - Whether bail amount could be greater than value of vessel itself - Whether High Court judge misdirected himself in point of principle
Pemilik Kapal "Luna Indah" v. Admiral Shipping Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Tengku Baharudin Shah & Zulkefli Makinudin JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 202 [CA]

TORT

Damages - Trespass to land - Assessment of damages - Whether exemplary damages ought to be awarded
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v. Sagong Tasi & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ 169 [CA]

CASE OF THE WEEK

JG v. PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA

Application for declaration that person is a female

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