CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 43
18 November 2005
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COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
M Vasagam Muthusamy v. Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Resorts World, Pahang & Anor
Labour law - Contract of employment - Whether contract a genuine fixed-term contract
or a permanent contract) [2005] 4 CLJ
93
Midvalley City Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Akitek Tenggara Sdn Bhd
(Civil procedure - Res judicata - Application of doctrine - Architect claiming
professional charges) [2005] 4 CLJ
101
Soo Lip Hong v. Tee Kim Huan
(Contract - Sale and purchase of property - Option - Specific performance) [2005] 4 CLJ
119
Syarikat Kemajuan Perumahan Negara Sdn Bhd v. Lee Cheng & Anor
(Contract - Building contract - Delivery of vacant possession) [2005] 4 CLJ
137
HIGH COURT
Union Of Beverage Industry Workers, Federation Of Malaya & Satu Lagi lwn. Syed
Shahir Syed Mohamud & Yang Lain Dan Kes-kes Lain
(Undang-undang buruh - Kesatuan sekerja - Mesyuarat perwakilan) [2005] 4 CLJ
148
Yii Hung Siong v. PP
(Road traffic - Licence - Confiscation and suspension - Constitutionality of statute) [2005] 4 CLJ
158
SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Res judicata - Application of doctrine - Finality of earlier decision - Respondent
architect claiming for balance of professional charges for actual work done under
employment contract - Whether validity of appellants' termination of respondent's services
considered and determined in previous judgment of Supreme Court - Whether matter clearly
res judicata - Whether court bound by order of Supreme Court
Midvalley City Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Akitek Tenggara Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Hashim Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
101 [CA]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Jurisdiction of court - Magistrate's Court - Constitutionality of statute - Whether
magistrate has jurisdiction to adjudicate on such matters - Function and duty of
magistrate - Subordinate Courts Act 1948 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 30 -
Revisionary power of High Court under s. 323 Criminal Procedure Code
Yii Hung Siong v. PP
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 4 CLJ
158 [HC]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Legislation - Constitutionality of statute - Doctrine of classification - Whether
founded on intelligible differentia - Whether arbitrary or reasonable - Whether
differentia has rational relation to object sought to be achieved by Legislature - Whether
must be presumed that Parliament discriminates' based on adequate grounds -
Confiscation and suspension of driving licence pending trial - Causing death by dangerous
driving - Whether s. 41(5) Road Transport Act 1987 ultra vires arts. 8(1) and 5(1) Federal
Constitution
Yii Hung Siong v. PP
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 4 CLJ
158 [HC]
CONTRACT
Building contract - Delivery of vacant possession - Whether developer obliged to
energize supply of water and electricity into building before handing over vacant
possession of building - Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989
Syarikat Kemajuan Perumahan Negara Sdn Bhd v. Lee Cheng & Anor
(Abdul Malek Ahmad PCA, Tengku Baharudin Shah & James Foong JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
137 [CA]
Damages - Property - Arrears of rental - Whether there was a concluded contract between
parties - Whether evidence showed that respondent suffered loss or injury - Whether
computation of damages by trial judge erroneous
Soo Lip Hong v. Tee Kim Huan
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
119 [CA]
Damages - Employment - Respondent architect claiming balance of professional charges
for actual work done under employment contract - Principles applicable - Whether trial
judge made an entirely erroneous estimate of damages - Whether respondent only entitled to
claim a reasonable charge for work done till date of termination - Whether award made by
trial judge ought to be set aside
Midvalley City Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Akitek Tenggara Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Hashim Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
101 [CA]
Employment contract - Termination - Respondent architect claiming balance of
professional charges for actual work done under employment contract - Whether validity of
appellants' termination of respondent's services considered and determined in previous
judgment of Supreme Court - Whether appellants had right to terminate respondent's
services - Whether matter clearly res judicata - Whether court bound by order of Supreme
Court
Midvalley City Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Akitek Tenggara Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Hashim Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
101 [CA]
Housing development - Sale and purchase agreement - Sale and purchase agreement subject
to the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 - Vacant possession -
Whether vacant possession under the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Regulations
1989 presupposes the developer's responsibility to energize the supply of water and
electricity into the building
Syarikat Kemajuan Perumahan Negara Sdn Bhd v. Lee Cheng & Anor
(Abdul Malek Ahmad PCA, Tengku Baharudin Shah & James Foong JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
137 [CA]
Sale and purchase of property - Option - Specific performance - Whether a proper and
formal contract prepared, concluded and executed - Whether merely a conditional offer and
acceptance - Whether terms and conditions remained a matter of conjecture - Whether
specific performance ought to be granted
Soo Lip Hong v. Tee Kim Huan
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
119 [CA]
Specific performance - Sale and purchase of property - Option - Whether there was a
concluded contract susceptible of being enforced by way of specific performance - Specific
Relief Act 1950, s. 21(3)
Soo Lip Hong v. Tee Kim Huan
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
119 [CA]
LABOUR LAW
Employment - Contract of employment - Employer decided not to extend employee's
contract - Whether contract a genuine fixed-term contract or a permanent contract -
Whether employer had a right to not renew contract - Whether principle in Han Chiang High
School/Penang Han Chiang Associated Chinese School Association v. National Union of
Teachers in Independent Schools, W. Malaysia & Anor applicable - Whether Industrial
Court or High Court had erred in reaching their respective decisions
M Vasagam Muthusamy v. Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Resorts World, Pahang & Anor
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Arifin Zakaria & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
93 [CA]
PROFESSIONS
Architects - Claim for balance of professional charges - Whether validity of
appellants' termination of respondent architect's services considered and determined in
previous judgment of Supreme Court - Whether appellants had right to terminate
respondent's services - Whether matter clearly res judicata - Whether court bound by order
of Supreme Court
Midvalley City Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Akitek Tenggara Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Hashim Yusoff & Tengku Baharudin Shah JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
101 [CA]
ROAD TRAFFIC
Licence - Confiscation and suspension - Section 41(5) Road Transport Act 1987 -
Defendant charged with causing death by dangerous driving under s. 41(1) - Driving licence
confiscated and suspended pending trial - Whether s. 41(5) ultra vires arts. 8(1) and 5(1)
Federal Constitution
Yii Hung Siong v. PP
(Clement Skinner J) [2005] 4 CLJ
158 [CA]
INDEKS PERKARA
UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH
Kesatuan sekerja - Mesyuarat perwakilan - Pemilihan pegawai-pegawai - Kehadiran
perwakilan yang tidak layak hadir - Sama ada memudaratkan mesyuarat - Sama ada pemilihan
tak sah dan batal ab initio - Sama ada pemilihan harus diadakan semula
Union Of Beverage Industry Workers, Federation Of Malaya & Satu Lagi lwn. Syed
Shahir Syed Mohamud & Yang Lain Dan Kes-kes Lain
(Raus Sharif H) [2005] 4 CLJ
148 [HC]
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lum Choon Realty Sdn Bhd
(Land law - Charge - Foreclosure) [2005] 4 CLJ
345
COURT OF APPEAL
Chin Well Fasteners Co Sdn Bhd v. Sampath Kumar Vellingiri & Anor
(Employment contract - Employers obligations - Obligation upon employer to
ensure employees executed contract of employment) [2005] 4 CLJ
394
Rapidin Kamal v. PP
(Evidence - Fresh or further evidence - Admission of, on appeal) [2005] 4 CLJ
415
HIGH COURT
Lim Jit Kim & Ors v. Goh Siew Koon & Ors
(Company law - Winding-up - Withdrawal of) [2005] 4 CLJ
420
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(Banking - Loans secured by assignment - Whether an absolute assignment amounts to an
equitable mortgage as opposed to an equitable charge) [2005] 4 CLJ
430
SUBJEXT INDEX
BANKING
Banks and banking business - Loans secured by assignment - Whether assignment is
absolute - Whether an absolute assignment amounts to an equitable mortgage as opposed to
an equitable charge
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 4 CLJ
430 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Charge action - Whether O. 83 Rules of the High Court 1980 refers only to
charge actions
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 4 CLJ
430 [HC]
Jurisdiction - Inherent jurisdiction of court - Whether court has inherent jurisdiction
under common law and O. 92 r. 4 RHC - Circumstances when inherent jurisdiction may be
invoked
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 4 CLJ
430 [HC]
Specific Relief - Application under Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 41 - Whether
defendants were denying plaintiffs rights
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 4 CLJ
430 [HC]
COMPANY LAW
Winding-up - Petition - Multiplicity or duplicity of petitions - Whether court can
dismiss one of the petitions
Lim Jit Kim & Ors v. Goh Siew Koon & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 4 CLJ
420 [HC]
Winding-up - Petition - Withdrawal of - Whether there is specific rule in Companies Act
1965 or Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972 to govern withdrawal of petition which has yet
to be served and for which there was no advertisement - Whether English principles on
withdrawal of petition applicable in Malaysia
Lim Jit Kim & Ors v. Goh Siew Koon & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 4 CLJ
420 [HC]
CONTRACT
Formation - Concluded contract - Defendant using contract for purpose it was intended -
Contract signed by defendants representative - Subsequent claim that
defendants representative failed to appreciate contents of contract when signing the
same - Whether validity of contract affected
Chin Well Fasteners Co Sdn Bhd v. Sampath Kumar Vellingiri & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA & Augustine Paul FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
394 [CA]
Employment contract - Employers obligations - Obligation upon employer to ensure
employees executed contract of employment - Contract not executed by employees due to
willful conduct of employer - Whether employer could take advantage of employees
non-execution of contract
Chin Well Fasteners Co Sdn Bhd v. Sampath Kumar Vellingiri & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA & Augustine Paul FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
394 [CA]
Formation - Terms - Defendant agreeing to terms of contract and obtaining benefit from
contract - Whether defendant bound by terms notwithstanding plaintiffs failure to
sign contract
Chin Well Fasteners Co Sdn Bhd v. Sampath Kumar Vellingiri & Anor
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA & Augustine Paul FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
394 [CA]
EVIDENCE
Fresh or further evidence - Admission of, on appeal - Appeal against decision of High
Court judge refusing application to admit further evidence - Principles applicable -
Whether application fell within ambit of s. 317 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether judge
had erred in exercise of discretion - Whether application tainted - Criminal Procedure
Code, s. 317
Rapidin Kamal v. PP(Richard Malanjum JCA, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JCA & Hashim
Yusoff JCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
415 [CA]
LAND LAW
Charge - Foreclosure - Whether requirements of O. 83 r. 3(3) RHC 1980 to be complied
with in situations of foreclosure or sale of charged property - Whether incumbent for
chargee to provide particulars in consonance with O. 83 r. 3(3) RHC 1980 in foreclosure
proceedings - Whether procedural requirements of O. 83 r. 3(1), (3), (6) and (7) must be
complied with strictly for purpose of seeking enforcement of charge
Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lum Choon Realty Sdn Bhd
(Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Pajan Singh
Gill FCJJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
345 [FC]
Charge - Order for sale - Whether delay in applying to set aside order for sale will
bar application to set aside order for sale that is so fundamentally flawed - Whether any
third party will suffer prejudice due to the delay in applying to set aside order for sale
Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lum Choon Realty Sdn Bhd
(Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Pajan Singh
Gill FCJJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
345 [FC]
Mortgage - Equitable mortgage - Whether holder of equitable mortgage must apply to
court to exercise its contractual rights to sell property - Whether O.31 r.1 RHC provides
court with jurisdiction to order judicial sale
RHB Bank Bhd v. Zalifah Juan & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 4 CLJ
430 [HC]
3. CLJ Supp November (Part 1) 2005
COURT
HIGH COURT
Kassim Utus v. PP
(Criminal procedure - Sentence - Appeal against) [2005] 7 CLJ
273
Maharin Nisha Hassan Mohamed v. Panir Selvam Chellamuthu & Anor
(Civil procedure - Judgments and orders - Setting aside) [2005] 7 CLJ
289
Mawar Awal (M) Sdn Bhd v. Kepong Management Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Contract - Remedies - Specific performance, application for) [2005] 7 CLJ
296
Rajoo Selvappan & Ors v. Abdul Bhari Kader Ibrahim & Ors
(Civil procedure - Parties - Joinder of parties) [2005] 7 CLJ
326
Resort Villa Development Sdn Bhd v. Niwatime Health Management Sdn Bhd
(Civil procedure - Pre-trial - Case management) [2005] 7 CLJ
336
Yap Sew Lim lwn. Pulau Kembar Sdn Bhd
(Prosedur sivil - Bidangkuasa - Mahkamah Sesyen) [2005] 7 CLJ
340
SUBJEXT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Application for - Whether there was undue and
inordinate delay - Whether fatal
Maharin Nisha Hassan Mohamed v. Panir Selvam Chellamuthu & Anor
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
289 [HC]
Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Application to set aside a judgment in default -
Whether must be made in proceedings where judgment or order had been made - Whether by way
of a lateral application in a different proceeding allowed
Maharin Nisha Hassan Mohamed v. Panir Selvam Chellamuthu & Anor
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
289 [HC]
Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Application to set aside final judgment under O.
89 of the Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether came within exception of illegality or
lack of jurisdiction - Badiaddin Mohd Mahidin & Anor v. Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd
Maharin Nisha Hassan Mohamed v. Panir Selvam Chellamuthu & Anor
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
289 [HC]
Parties - Joinder of parties - Application for leave to add intended defendants -
Whether application came within ambit of O. 15 r. 6(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Rules of the
High Court 1980
Rajoo Selvappan & Ors v. Abdul Bhari Kader Ibrahim & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
326 [HC]
Pleadings - Allegations of deception and fraud - Whether could be resolved by way of
summons in chambers - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 8(1) - Whether
defendants application without merits
Maharin Nisha Hassan Mohamed v. Panir Selvam Chellamuthu & Anor
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
289 [HC]
Pleadings - Plea of limitation - Whether must be specifically pleaded - Procedural
steps to be taken - Whether issue of limitation to be determined after an analysis of
respective pleadings and viva voce evidence of all parties at full trial
Rajoo Selvappan & Ors v. Abdul Bhari Kader Ibrahim & Ors
(Low Hop Bing J) [2005] 7 CLJ
326 [HC]
Pre-trial - Case management - Non compliance with courts directions - Defendant
showing lack of interest in proceedings - Whether judgment to be entered for plaintiff -
Whether defendants counter claim dismissed - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 34 r.
7
Resort Villa Development Sdn Bhd v. Niwatime Health Management Sdn Bhd
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2005] 7 CLJ
336 [HC]
CONTRACT
Remedies - Specific performance, application for - Breach of terms of agreement -
Failure to grant power of attorney to plaintiff - Whether a mandatory obligation - Whether
just and equitable for court to grant specific performance
Mawar Awal (M) Sdn Bhd v. Kepong Management Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ
296 [HC]
Sale and purchase agreement - Specific performance, application for - Breach of terms
of agreement - Failure to grant power of attorney - Whether a mandatory obligation -
Whether sale and purchase agreement extinguished by deed of assignment and another
agreement of a later date - Allegation of novation - Whether improbable - Whether just and
equitable for court to grant specific performance
Mawar Awal (M) Sdn Bhd v. Kepong Management Sdn Bhd & Anor(Abdul Malik Ishak
J) [2005]
7 CLJ 296 [HC]
Specific performance - Sale and purchase agreement - Breach of terms of agreement -
Failure to grant power of attorney to plaintiff - Whether a mandatory obligation - Whether
sale and purchase agreement extinguished by deed of assignment and another agreement of a
later date - Allegation of novation - Whether improbable - Whether just and equitable for
court to grant specific performance
Mawar Awal (M) Sdn Bhd v. Kepong Management Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2005] 7 CLJ
296 [HC]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Revision - Revisionary power of High Court - Whether court should intervene in
Magistrates concurrent sentence decision - Totality principle - Total of consecutive
jail terms taken into consideration - Whether court declined to exercise power of revision
Kassim Utus v. PP
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 7 CLJ
273 [HC]
Sentence - Appeal against - Mitigating circumstances - Factors considered - Plea of
guilty - Whether brushed aside - Habitual offender - Public interest - Whether sentences
ought to be reduced - Whether court could fault magistrates on their grounds for passing
such sentences - Whether court ought to interfere with decision of magistrates - Whether
sentences passed should run concurrently with the sessions courts imprisonment term
Kassim Utus v. PP
(David Wong Dak Wah JC) [2005] 7 CLJ
273 [HC]
INDEKS PERKARA
PROSEDUR SIVIL
Bidangkuasa - Mahkamah Sesyen - Plaintif menuntut relif supaya defendan memulangkan
wang yang telah dibayarnya - Penamatan kontrak kerana defendan mengingkari syarikat
kontrak - Sama ada mahkamah sesyen mempunyai bidangkuasa untuk mendengar tuntutan plaintif
Yap Sew Lim lwn. Pulau Kembar Sdn Bhd
(Abu Samah Nordin H) [2005] 7 CLJ
340 [HC]
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Abdul Razak Baharudin & Ors v. Ketua Polis Negara & Ors And Another Appeal
(Preventive detention - Detention order) [2005] 4 CLJ
445
PP v. Tan Tatt Eek
(Criminal law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) [2005] 4 CLJ
460
COURT OF APPEAL
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Legal profession - Malaysian bar - Quorum for holding of annual general meeting)
[2005] 4
CLJ 469
Mount Pleasure Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Revenue law - Income tax - Property - Appeal against assessments) [2005] 4 CLJ
521
SUBJEXT INDEX
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Whether
there was an express affirmative finding of possession - Whether presumption of possession
and knowledge under s. 37(d) could be relied on to presume that accused was trafficking in
dangerous drugs under s. 37(da)(iiia) - Whether conviction for trafficking under s. 39B
unsupportable and ought to be substituted with a conviction for possession under s. 12(2)
PP v. Tan Tatt Eek
(Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya), Steve Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Nik Hashim FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
460 [FC]
LEGAL PROFESSION
Malaysian Bar - Constitution, rights and powers of Malaysian Bar - Whether Malaysian
Bar is a corporation aggregate or a corporation sole
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Denis Ong, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & James Foong JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
469 [CA]
Malaysian Bar - Quorum for holding of Annual General Meeting - Whether formula for
quorum prescribed by s. 67(1) Legal Profession Act 1976 applies to an annual general
meeting as it applies to other general meetings - Whether term general meeting
includes an annual general meeting - Whether some indefinite number of members present is
quorum of an annual general meeting
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Denis Ong, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & James Foong JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
469 [CA]
PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Detention order - Detention under Internal Security Act 1960 - Whether an order of
Minister under s. 8 may only be challenged on ground of procedural non-compliance -
Whether this restriction applies to detention by a police officer under s. 73
Abdul Razak Baharudin & Ors v. Ketua Polis Negara & Ors And Another Appeal
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
445 [FC]
Detention order - Detention under s. 8 Internal Security Act 1960 - Procedural defects
- Whether mala fide amounts to a "procedural non-compliance"
Abdul Razak Baharudin & Ors v. Ketua Polis Negara & Ors And Another Appeal
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Siti Norma Yaakob CJ (Malaya) & Abdul Hamid Mohamad FCJ) [2005] 4 CLJ
445 [FC]
REVENUE LAW
Income tax - Property - Appeal against assessments - Whether property acquired as an
investment - Whether appellant succeeded in discharging onus that assessments erroneous -
Income Tax Act 1967, s. 35(3)(a)
Mount Pleasure Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Mokhtar Sidin, Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA & Raus Sharif J) [2005] 4 CLJ
521 [CA]
Property tax - Assessment - Appeal against assessments - Whether property acquired as
an investment - Whether appellant succeeded in discharging onus that assessments erroneous
- Income Tax Act 1967, s. 35(3)(a)
Mount Pleasure Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Mokhtar Sidin, Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA & Raus Sharif J) [2005] 4 CLJ
521 [CA]
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Aids to construction - Headings in act and marginal notes - Whether headings and
marginal notes may be used as an aid to statutory interpretation
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Denis Ong, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & James Foong JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
469 [CA]
Construction of statutes - Purposive approach - Situation where s. 17A Interpretation
Acts 1948 and 1967 which calls for adoption of purposive approach in interpretation of
statutes may apply
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Denis Ong, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & James Foong JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
469 [CA]
Duty of court - Court to give effect to statute regardless of consequences - Whether
purposive approach can be used to prevent a calamity that is conceived will result from
interpretation of a provision in a certain way
Badan Peguam Malaysia v. Louis Edward Van Buerle
(Denis Ong, Abdul Aziz Mohamad & James Foong JJCA) [2005] 4 CLJ
469 [CA]
ANOUNCEMENT
Seminar: | Strata Title - Guidelines & Recent Developments |
Date: | 1st December 2005 (Thursday) |
Venue: | The Royale Bintang Hotel, Kuala Lumpur |
Chairman: | Hj Safian Bin Tan Sri Hj Ibrahim Director of Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (Subsidiary of YTL Corp. Bhd) |
Speakers: | Y.Bhg. Dr Azimuddin Bahari Director of Strata Title Section, Jabatan Ketua Pengarah Tanah dan Galian, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment Yong Yung Choy Advocate & Solicitor, Managing Partner, Yong & Rakan-Rakan |
Link: | www.myseminars.com.my |
Seminar: | Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): The Human Resources Approach |
Date: | 14th December 2005 (Wednesday) |
Venue: | The Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur |
Chairman: | Hj Safian Bin Tan Sri Hj Ibrahim Director of Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (Subsidiary of YTL Corp. Bhd) |
Speakers: | Yang Ariff Tuan Haji Yusoff President of the Industrial Court of Malaysia (Subsidiary of YTL Cord. Bhd) Dato' Syed Idid Ahmad Director, Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur Professor Maimunah Aminuddin Lecturer, Faculty of Business Management, University Technology MARA Muhendaran Suppiah Partner, Muhendran Sri, Advocates & Solicitors Dato Noorashikin bt. Tan Sri Abd Rahim Legal Counsel, Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur Yeo Yee Ling Legal Counsel, Regional Centre for Arbitration Kuala Lumpur |
Link: | www.myseminars.com.my |
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