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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 42
28 October 2005

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CLJ Supp October (Part 2) 2005

COURT

HIGH COURT

Citibank Bhd v. Classic Lane (M) Sdn Bhd
(Land law - Charge - Order for sale) [2005] 7 CLJ 201

Jin Lin Wood Industries Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Mulpha International Bhd (No 2)
(Company law - Arrangements and reconstructions - Meeting of creditors) [2005] 7 CLJ 208

Malayan Flour Mills Bhd v. Teh Wee Kok
(Civil procedure - Time - Extension of time) [2005] 7 CLJ 213

PP lwn. Soo Tai Leng
(Undang-undang jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302) [2005] 7 CLJ 218

Tyco Engineering & Construction (M) Sdn Bhd v. James Francis Trimble & Anor
(Administrative law - Remedies - Certiorari, application for) [2005] 7 CLJ 236

Yap Yew Cheong & Anor v. Dirga Niaga (Selangor) Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Damages - Agreement to purchase property) [2005] 7 CLJ 250

SUBJEXT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Remedies - Certiorari, application for - To quash award of Industrial Court - Whether Industrial Court had erred in law and in excess of jurisdiction
Tyco Engineering & Construction (M) Sdn Bhd v. James Francis Trimble & Anor
(Raus Sharif J) [2005] 7 CLJ 236 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Time - Extension of time - Application for extension of time to file summons in chambers to set aside court’s order - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 42 r. 13M
alayan Flour Mills Bhd v. Teh Wee Kok
(Abdul Wahab Said J) [2005] 7 CLJ 213 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Arrangements and reconstructions - Meeting of creditors - Application for order that time to hold meetings be extended and for extension of restraining order - Whether necessary for scheme to be carried through - Whether extension would be unduly prejudicial to non-scheme creditors - Whether mere exclusion of a certain creditor would open the applicants to imputations of mala fides and abuse of process - Companies Act 1965, s. 176(1), (10)
Jin Lin Wood Industries Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Mulpha International Bhd (No 2)
(Abdul Wahab Said H) [2005] 7 CLJ 208 [HC]

CONTRACT

Agreement to purchase property - Terms of agreement - Failure to redeem properties and to deliver letter of disclaimer - Claim for damages - Whether plaintiffs were enforcing a penalty clause - Contracts Act 1950, s. 75 - Whether actual loss or damage have to be proved - Whether plaintiffs claimed compound interest - Whether plaintiffs entitled to claim for monetary damages
Yap Yew Cheong & Anor v. Dirga Niaga (Selangor) Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ 250 [HC]

Damages - Agreement to purchase property - Terms of agreement - Failure to redeem properties and to deliver letter of disclaimer - Claim for damages - Whether plaintiffs were enforcing a penalty clause - Contracts Act 1950, s. 75 - Whether actual loss or damage have to be proved - Whether plaintiffs claimed compound interest - Whether plaintiffs entitled to claim for monetary damages
Yap Yew Cheong & Anor v. Dirga Niaga (Selangor) Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ 250 [HC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Order for sale - Cause to the contrary - Matters relied on for allegation of cause to the contrary adjudicated in a previous suit - Whether res judicata sets in - Plaintiff’s statutory rights and powers - Whether independent of any exercise of the receivers and managers’ power of sale - Whether unfettered - Whether defendant failed to establish cause to the contrary - Whether order for sale ought to be granted
Citibank Bhd v. Classic Lane (M) Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Said J) [2005] 7 CLJ 201 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Keterangan ikut keadaan - Sama ada boleh membuktikan tertuduh menyebabkan kematian - Akuan nazak - Sama ada kenyataan si mati berkaitan dengan sebab kematian atau keadaan-keadaan transaksi yang menyebabkan kematian - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 32(1)(a)
PP lwn. Soo Tai Leng
(Azahar Mohamed PK) [2005] 7 CLJ 218 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Prima facie - Pembuktian - Pembuktian kes prima facie di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Elemen-elemen penting - Actus reus dan mens rea - Sama ada dibuktikan - Sama ada darjah kebarangkalian atau kemungkinan untuk menyebabkan kematian pada tahap kesalahan bunuh di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada wujudnya suatu kes prima facie terhadap tertuduh bagi kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan - Kanun Prosedur Jenayah, s. 158(1)
PP lwn. Soo Tai Leng
(Azahar Mohamed PK) [2005] 7 CLJ 218 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Dituduh dengan kesalahan bunuh di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Prima facie - Elemen-elemen penting - Actus reus dan mens rea - Sama ada dibuktikan - Sama ada darjah kebarangkalian atau kemungkinan untuk menyebabkan kematian pada tahap kesalahan bunuh di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada wujudnya suatu kes prima facie terhadap tertuduh bagi kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan - Kanun Prosedur Jenayah, s. 158(1)
PP lwn. Soo Tai Leng
(Azahar Mohamed PK) [2005] 7 CLJ 218 [HC]

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CHIN WELL FASTENERS CO SDN BHD v. SAMPATH KUMAR VELLINGIRI & ANOR

CONTRACT: Employment contract - Employer's obligations - Obligation upon employer to ensure employees executed contract of employment

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