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MERBOK HILIR BHD v. SHEIKH KHALED JASSEM MOHAMMAD JASSEM AL-THANI & OTHER APPEALS
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
MOHAMED APANDI ALI JCA, ABDUL AZIZ RAHIM JCA, MOHAMAD ARIFF YUSOF JCA
[CIVIL APPEALS NO: P-02-1153-05-2012, P-02(IM)-876-04-2012, P-02(IM)-877-04-2012 & P-02(IM)-2678-10-2011]
8 MAY 2013
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appellate interference - Whether there was clear error leading to perverse finding or miscarriage of justice - Whether appellate interference warranted
CONTRACT: Agency - Agent - Identity of agent - Whether plaintiff was proper agent of defendant - Defendant dealing with some other party in the defendant's group - Whether agency contract affected by internal arrangement within defendant's group
CONTRACT: Agency - Termination - Verbal agency agreement - Termination after 8 1/2 years - Whether three months' notice of termination reasonable - Whether six months' notice required - Damages for wrongful termination
NESTLE PRODUCTS SDN BHD v. MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN MALAYSIA & ANOR
HIGH COURT MALAYA, PULAU PINANG
ZAKARIA SAM J
[JUDICIAL REVIEW NO: 25-42-03-2012]
10 JUNE 2013
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Dismissal on grounds of insubordination - Failure to comply with order for transfer - Whether order for transfer done in bad faith - Whether transfer detrimental to terms of employment
LABOUR LAW: Industrial Court - Award - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Failure to comply with order for transfer - Dismissal on grounds of insubordination - Whether order for transfer within applicant's managerial prerogative - Whether Industrial Court committed error of law warranting High Court's interference
PP lwn. AMRAN CHE JAAFAR [2013] 2 SMC 44 
MAHKAMAH SESYEN, KOTA BHARU
AZMAN MUSTAPHA HS
[KES JENAYAH NO: SKB(A)62-37-06-2012]
29 APRIL 2013
UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 376(2) - Mangsa dirogol di dalam tandas - Sama ada keterangan mangsa diterima walaupun tanpa keterangan sokongan - Sama ada pembelaan tertuduh merupakan rekaan semata-mata - Sama ada tertuduh disabit dengan jenayah seksual lain - Sama ada hukuman bersifat pencegahan sepatutnya dijatuhkan - Tertuduh seorang banduan semasa hukuman bagi kes ini dijatuhkan - Sama ada s. 292(1) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah terpakai - Sama ada hukuman kes ini berjalan secara berturutan dengan kesemua hukuman yang terdahulu
KETERANGAN: Sokongan - Rogol - Mangsa dirogol di dalam tandas - Tiada keterangan sokongan - Sama ada keterangan mangsa adalah sangat-sangat meyakinkan dan tiada sebab untuk meraguinya - Sama ada keterangan mangsa konsisten - Sama ada mangsa dapat mengecam tertuduh semasa kawad cam - Sama ada tertuduh disabit atas kesalahan - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 376(2)
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Berturutan atau serentak - Rogol - Tertuduh seorang banduan semasa hukuman kes ini dijatuhkan - Sama ada s. 292(1) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah terpakai - Sama ada hukuman yang dijatuhkan atas tertuduh sebelum kes ini berlaku dalam transaksi berlainan dengan kesalahan dalam kes ini - Sama ada hukuman kes ini berjalan secara berturutan dengan kesemua hukuman yang terdahulu
JUDICIAL QUOTES
SS LEGEND NAUTILUS (M) SDN BHD v. HAMZAH MOHD GHAUTH & ORS [2013] 3 CLJ 947
[4] Issue: Whether under the Customs Act 1967, the customs, upon seizing the plaintiff’s beer consignment and having received the plaintiff’s written claim for the consignment within one calendar month of the seizure, is duty bound to either release the said goods or refer the plaintiff’s claim to a Magistrate for a decision.
“I agree with learned counsel for the plaintiff that under s. 128(2) of the Customs Act 1967, where a person has asserted that he is the owner of such goods, he only needs to make a written claim before the expiration of one calendar month from the date of seizure of the goods. From the facts, the plaintiff had written a letter dated 17 July 2006 ... Thus, upon the expiration of one calendar month from the date of seizure, 10 July 2006, the defendants who had received the letter dated 17 July 2006 should have either released the said goods or refer the plaintiff’s claim to a Magistrate for a decision. Such failure by the defendants to refer the plaintiff’s claim to a Magistrate tantamount to a breach of the statutory duties pursuant to s. 128(1), (2) and (3) of the Customs Act 1967. As such based on the above reasons, the further detention of the beer consignment after one month from the date of its seizure without referring the matter to a Magistrate for a decision on the plaintiff’s claim was wrong in law. Thus, the answer to the second issue is in the affirmative” - per Suraya Othman J in SS Legend Nautilus (M) Sdn Bhd v. Hamzah Mohd Ghauth & Ors [2013] 3 CLJ 947.
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SABAH MEDICAL CENTER SDN BHD v. SYARIKAT NEPTUNE ENTERPRISE SDN BHD
ARBITRATION: Award - Application to set aside - Interim award - Whether plaintiff showed that the Arbitrator breached the principle of 'natural justice' in conducting the arbitration hearing - Whether allegation against arbitrator justified - Whether the 'silver bullet' paragraph 351 warranted the setting aside of the Interim Award - Whether the arbitrator's decision provided a ground to set aside the Interim Award - Whether arbitrator's decision equated to 'a miscarriage of justice'
ARBITRATION: Award - Question of law - Whether the court should exercise its power under s. 42 of the Arbitration Act 2005 to answer three legal questions posed by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff's application contradictory to the s. 37 application to set aside the Interim Award - Whether present application a backdoor attempt to set aside the Interim Award - Whether present application offended s. 42(1) as question of law did not arise from the award but from the proceeding of the award - Whether merely an attempt to ask the court to determine whether interlocutory decisions of the arbitrator correct in law
PP v. HADRAH SARMAN & ANOR
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Whether Magistrate correct in finding that respondents raised a reasonable doubt on the question of authority to acknowledge receipts of the goods based on the testimony of DW1 - Whether Magistrate correct in saying that DW1's evidence was crucial to the whole scheme of things
EVIDENCE: Witness - Failure of prosecution to call witness - Whether overriding principle that the prosecution must be conducted with absolute fairness in that all available and relevant evidence must be disclosed to the accused - Whether offering witnesses to defence at the end of prosecution's case fulfilled this overriding principle - Whether prosecution avoided their prime duty to prosecute fairly by not calling DW1 as a witness though unfavorable to the prosecution - Whether this duty could be avoided by asserting that prosecution had full discretion as to whom they called as witnesses
AZMAN AWAL v. PP
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Accused convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment and a fine of RM10,000.00, in default of 3 months imprisonment for each charge with sentences to run consecutively - Appellant recommended to selection committee that the Company which he and his wife had an interest in be selected as contractor for projects commissioned - Whether fact that appellant was not involved in the decision of the selection committee entitled him to an acquittal of the charges - Whether relevant that selection committee would have selected Nuraz Enterprise even without appellant's recommendation - Whether by his recommendation, appellant had used his position as a Public Officer to obtain gratification - Whether sentence warranted intervention - Whether sentence of Sessions Court should run concurrently
SELVA KUMAR S SINNADURAI v. DR KAMARUDDIN ALIAS
TORT: Defamation - Qualified privilege - Whether letter (P1) written by 1st respondent was communicated with the protection of qualified privilege - 1st respondent's position as licensing officer in the department - Whether 1st respondent had a legal, moral or social duty to issue the letter - Whether 1st respondent and DW2 and DW3 as recipients of the letter, had a legal and/or common and corresponding interest in contents of and subject matter of P1 - Whether circumstances in which P1 was issued should be protected - Whether in the public interest that 1st respondent be able to conduct his duty without any fear or favour - Whether any evidence of malice on part of 1st respondent
BINA PURI SDN BHD v. JAMBULINGAM SETHURAMAN-RAKI C/O RIMBUN CORPORATE ADVISORY SDN BHD
COMPANY LAW: Liquidators - Failure to carry out duty - Application for removal of - Judge in previous application refused to order removal of liquidator - Whether res judicata applicable as there was a change of circumstances - Whether liquidator kept up to the professional standard expected for just, expeditious and economical conclusion of the liquidation - Whether in the interest of the liquidation process that liquidator be immediately removed with directions, before another private liquidator appointed - Whether official receiver should be appointed as liquidator in the interim
CLJ 2013 Volume 8 (Part 3)
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Mad Rozi Che Din v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA)
(Criminal Law; Evidence - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Trafficking in cannabis - Confession - Admissibility) [2013] 8 CLJ 297 [CA]Merbok Hilir Bhd v. Sheikh Khaled Jassem Mohammad Jassem Al-Thani & Other Appeals
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA)
(Civil Procedure; Contract - Agency - Verbal agency agreement - Termination) [2013] 8 CLJ 309 [CA]Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA)
(Civil Procedure; Land Law - Action - Duplicity of actions - Res judicata - Charge - Order for sale - Cause to the contrary) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]PP lwn. Mohamad Malek Ridhzuan Che Hassan
(Abu Samah Nordin, Azahar Mohamed, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR)
(Keterangan; Prosedur Jenayah; Undang-Undang Jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 376 - Mangsa bawah umur) [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [CA]Petroliam Nasional Bhd v. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J)
(Civil Procedure; Contact - Res judicata - Estoppel - Clauses in interim arrangement) [2013] 8 CLJ 391 [HC]PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J)
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Immigration Act 1959/63 - Employing illegal immigrants without valid work permit - Defective charge - Adverse inference) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Action - Duplicity of actions - Two civil suits concerning two separate parties - Whether duplicity of suits arose
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]Appeal - Appellate interference - Whether there was clear error leading to perverse finding or miscarriage of justice - Whether appellate interference warranted
Merbok Hilir Bhd v. Sheikh Khaled Jassem Mohammad Jassem Al-Thani & Other Appeals
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 309 [CA]Judgment and orders - Setting aside - Whether an order that was nullity could be challenged in collateral proceeding
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]Parties - Locus standi - Gas supply agreement - Whether plaintiff privy to gas supply agreement - Whether plaintiff had locus to initiate action against defendant
Petroliam Nasional Bhd v. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 391 [HC]Res judicata - Estoppel - Defences raised in earlier suit - Consent order recorded - Whether defendant allowed to raise identical defence in current proceedings
Petroliam Nasional Bhd v. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 391 [HC]Res judicata - Judgment - Application to declare charge as void - Whether appellant estopped from raising issues previously raised during application for order for sale - Whether order for sale a judgment or decree - Whether judgment obtained on merits - Whether matter res judicata
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]Striking out - Amendment - Whether claim that could be saved by amendment may be struck out - Whether pleadings hopeless, baseless or without foundation in law
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]Striking out - Application for - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1) - Application to strike off based on cumulative limbs of O. 18 r. 19(1) - Failure of judge to state under which limbs writ and statement of claim struck off - Whether erroneous
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]Summary judgment - Application for - Whether triable issues existed - Whether plaintiff had locus standi - Whether identical defence in earlier suit raised in current proceedings - Whether res judicata applied
Petroliam Nasional Bhd v. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 391 [HC]CONTRACT
Agency - Agent - Identity of agent - Whether plaintiff was proper agent of defendant - Defendant dealing with some other party in the defendant's group - Whether agency contract affected by internal arrangement within defendant's group
Merbok Hilir Bhd v. Sheikh Khaled Jassem Mohammad Jassem Al-Thani & Other Appeals
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 309 [CA]Agency - Termination - Verbal agency agreement - Termination after 8 1/2 years - Whether three months' notice of termination reasonable - Whether six months' notice required - Damages for wrongful termination
Merbok Hilir Bhd v. Sheikh Khaled Jassem Mohammad Jassem Al-Thani & Other Appeals
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Abdul Aziz Rahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 309 [CA]Construction - Agreement - Interim arrangement - Clauses in interim arrangement - Validity of - Whether interim arrangement valid after cut-off date and time - Construction of agreement - Whether court considered objective intention of parties - Whether subsequent agreement entered under duress - Whether computation of price agreed upon - Whether provisions of Competition Act 2010 contravened
Petroliam Nasional Bhd v. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 391 [HC]CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in cannabis - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Drugs found hidden in lorry - Whether evidence of accused to customs officer admissible - Whether accused under arrest at time of making confession - Whether caution under s. 37A Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 administered - Knowledge of drugs - Whether there was maximum evaluation of evidence - Whether conviction safe - Customs Act 1967, ss. 101, 111
Mad Rozi Che Din v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 297 [CA]Immigration Act 1959/63 - Section 55B - Employing illegal immigrants without valid work permit - Whether employer must be registered owner or occupier of premises where business operates - Whether employer knowingly employed illegal immigrants - Whether common intention to employ illegal immigrants proven
PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]Immigration Act 1959/63 - Section 55E - Allowing illegal immigrants to enter and remain - Illegal Indonesian workers without valid work pass allowed to live at café premises - Meaning of "occupier" - Whether occupier must be registered owner of premises - Whether care, control and management of premises established
PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Charge - Defective charge - Whether omission of words "read together with s. 34 of the Penal Code" renders charge bad - Whether irregularity curable under s. 422 of Criminal Procedure Code
PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]Defence - Bare denial - Whether mere denial without proof to reasonably dislodge prosecution's evidence sufficient
PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]EVIDENCE
Admissibility - Confession - Accused admitted carrying drugs to customs officer - Whether accused under arrest at time of making confession - Whether need to administer caution under s. 37A Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 only arises after actual arrest
Mad Rozi Che Din v. PP
(Mohamed Apandi Ali, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 297 [CA]Presumptions - Adverse inference - Failure of defence to produce documents - Whether adverse inference under s. 114(g) of Evidence Act 1950 could be invoked - Whether irresistible and logical inference that documents did not exist
PP (Immigration) v. Ana Ekang & Anor
(Yew Jen Kie J) [2013] 8 CLJ 429 [HC]LAND LAW
Charge - Order for sale - Cause to the contrary - Whether `cause to the contrary' could be raised as ground in fresh action to set aside charge
Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd v. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azahar Mohamed, Balia Yusof Wahi JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 329 [CA]INDEKS PERKARA
KETERANGAN
Keterangan sokongan - Kes rogol - Mangsa bawah umur - Sama ada keterangan pengadu memerlukan keterangan sokongan - Sama ada keterangan pengadu "unusually convincing" - Sama ada sabitan boleh dibuat tanpa keterangan sokongan
PP lwn. Mohamad Malek Ridhzuan Che Hassan
(Abu Samah Nordin, Azahar Mohamed, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR) [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [CA]PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap pelepasan dan pembebasan - Kesalahan merogol - Mangsa bawah umur - Sama ada pertuduhan dibuktikan - Sama ada pembelaan adalah penafian semata-mata - Sama ada keterangan positif mangsa mengatasi penafian oleh tertuduh - Sama ada hakim bicara terkhilaf - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 376
PP lwn. Mohamad Malek Ridhzuan Che Hassan
(Abu Samah Nordin, Azahar Mohamed, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR) [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [CA]UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 376 - Mangsa bawah umur - Sama ada keterangan pengadu memerlukan keterangan sokongan - Sama ada kemasukan penuh kemaluan responden dan pancutan air mani diperlukan untuk membuktikan kesalahan rogol - Sama ada keterangan doktor yang memeriksa mangsa muktamad - Sama ada responden menimbulkan satu keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan
PP lwn. Mohamad Malek Ridhzuan Che Hassan
(Abu Samah Nordin, Azahar Mohamed, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR) [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [CA]CLJ 2013 Volume 8 (Part 4)
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Gleneagles Hospital (KL) Sdn Bhd v. Chung Chu Yin & Ors And Another Appeal
Abdul Wahab Patail, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA
(Tort; Damages; Civil Procedure - Medical negligence - Judgment sum) [2013] 8 CLJ 449 [CA]PP v. Bird Dominic Jude
Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Constitutional Law - Courts - Judicial power) [2013] 8 CLJ 471 [CA]Tipco Asphalt Public Company Ltd & Anor v. Aras Jalinan Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
Syed Ahmad Helmy, Zaharah Ibrahim, Mohamad Arif Yusof JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Striking out - Obviously unsustainable - Res judicata) [2013] 8 CLJ 498 [CA]HIGH COURT
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
Nallini Pathmanathan J
(Moneylenders; Contract; Civil Procedure - Moneylending agreement - Summary judgment - Triable issues) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]Chew Huat Jin & Ors v. Andrew Lim Tatt Keong & Ors
Varghese George J
(Civil Procedure - Locus standi - Special circumstances - Striking out) [2013] 8 CLJ 533 [HC]Guan Heng Construction Works v. Imm White Button Mushroom (M) Sdn Bhd & Another Case
Lee Swee Seng JC
(Contract; Civil Procedure - Illegality - Pleadings - Defence) [2013] 8 CLJ 547 [HC]Nestle Products Sdn Bhd v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor
Zakaria Sam J
(Administrative Law; Labour Law - Judicial review - Industrial Court - Award) [2013] 8 CLJ 586 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Judicial review - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Dismissal on grounds of insubordination - Failure to comply with order for transfer - Whether order for transfer done in bad faith - Whether transfer detrimental to terms of employment
Nestle Products Sdn Bhd v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor
(Zakaria Sam J) [2013] 8 CLJ 586 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Suit premised on medical negligence - Whether trial judge misdirected herself in failing to apportion liability between doctor and hospital - Whether award granted manifestly excessive - Costs for future damages - Failure to take into consideration principle of mitigation - Whether multiplier wrongly calculated by trial judge - Whether interest awarded in accordance with O. 42 r. 12 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether appellate intervention warranted
Gleneagles Hospital (KL) Sdn Bhd v. Chung Chu Yin & Ors And Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 449 [CA]Interest - Judgment sum - Interest awarded at rate of 8% on special and general damages - Whether interest awarded contrary to law - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 42 r. 12
Gleneagles Hospital (KL) Sdn Bhd v. Chung Chu Yin & Ors And Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 449 [CA]Locus standi - Action by beneficiaries of estate - Whether declarations sought to preserve and protect properties of estate - Whether beneficiaries had locus standi to commence action - Whether special circumstances existed
Chew Huat Jin & Ors v. Andrew Lim Tatt Keong & Ors
(Varghese George J) [2013] 8 CLJ 533 [HC]Pleadings - Defence - Failure to plead estoppel and illegality - Whether defence applied
Guan Heng Construction Works v. Imm White Button Mushroom (M) Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2013] 8 CLJ 547 [HC]Striking out - Application for - Application to strike out action - Whether plaintiffs' action was vexatious, frivolous and an abuse of process of court - Whether plain and obvious case for striking out - Whether plaintiffs had locus standi to commence action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19
Chew Huat Jin & Ors v. Andrew Lim Tatt Keong & Ors
(Varghese George J) [2013] 8 CLJ 533 [HC]Striking out - Application for - Petition under s. 181 Companies Act 1965 - Whether obviously unsustainable - Reference to arbitration - Similar issues ventilated during arbitration - Allegation of - Whether issue of res judicata arose - Final arbitration award - Whether arbitration clause could oust statutory jurisdiction under s. 181 - Whether intercession of final award altered essential nature of interlocutory applications - Whether hearing of petition prejudiced appellants - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)
Tipco Asphalt Public Company Ltd & Anor v. Aras Jalinan Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals
(Syed Ahmad Helmy, Zaharah Ibrahim, Mohamad Ariff Yusof JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 498 [CA]Summary judgment - Triable issues - Moneylending transaction - Claim for monies due and owing - Moneylending agreement - Failure to use prescribed form - Schedules J & K of Moneylenders (Control and Licensing) Regulations 2003 - Exemption under PU(B) 35/2009 - Whether dispute arose as to actual amount due and owing - Whether interest charged in excess of statutory rate - Whether triable issues existed
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]Constitutional Law: Courts - Judicial power - Application under s. 56A Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Arrest pending appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Whether court competent and empowered to cause respondent to be arrested and committed to prison - Judicial powers - Balance of justice - Whether respondent admitted to bail - Federal Constitution, arts. 5(1), 8(1) & 121(1B)
PP v. Bird Dominic Jude
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 471 [CA]CONTRACT
Illegality - Agreement - Two contracts signed with different tender prices - Whether contract for bigger sum formed to deceive third party in order to obtain higher loan - Whether contract for higher sum a sham - Whether enforceable - Whether plaintiff estopped from asserting claim under contract for bigger sum - Whether evidence for non-payment could be adduced - Whether plaintiff liable for defective works - Whether defendant entitled to forfeit retention sum to rectify defects
Guan Heng Construction Works v. Imm White Button Mushroom (M) Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2013] 8 CLJ 547 [HC]Void contract - Moneylending agreement - Failure to use prescribed form - Schedules J & K of Moneylenders (Control and Licensing) Regulations 2003 - Exemption under PU(B) 35/2009 - Whether applied to plaintiff - Whether plaintiff could rely on s. 66 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether defendant accepted terms in agreement - Whether PU(B) 35/2009 overrides provisions of terms in agreement - Whether agreement void and unenforceable - Moneylenders Act 1951, s. 10P
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Acquittal, against - Application under s. 56A Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Arrest pending appeal - Whether provision defeated purposes of acquittal and discharge - Whether amounted to violation of respondent's personal liberty - Whether court competent and empowered to cause respondent to be arrested and committed to prison - Judicial powers - Balance of justice - Whether respondent admitted to bail - Federal Constitution, arts. 5(1), 8(1) & 121(1B)
PP v. Bird Dominic Jude
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 471 [CA]Arrest - Arrest pending appeal - Offence of drug trafficking - High Court acquitted and discharged respondent - Appeal against acquittal - Whether respondent could be arrested and committed to prison pending disposal of appeal - Warrant of arrest - Whether defective - Whether amounted to miscarriage of justice - Balance of justice - Whether respondent admitted to bail - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 56A
PP v. Bird Dominic Jude
(Azahar Mohamed, Mohtarudin Baki, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 471 [CA]DAMAGES
Assessment - Medical negligence - Injuries to baby caused by negligent act of doctor and/or hospital - Apportionment of liability - Costs for future damages - Whether trial judge took into consideration principle of mitigation - Whether multiplier wrongly calculated by trial judge - Interest awarded on special and general damages - Whether in accordance with O. 42 r. 12 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether appellate intervention warranted
Gleneagles Hospital (KL) Sdn Bhd v. Chung Chu Yin & Ors And Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 449 [CA]LABOUR LAW
Industrial Court - Award - Application to quash award of Industrial Court - Failure to comply with order for transfer - Dismissal on grounds of insubordination - Whether order for transfer within applicant's managerial prerogative - Whether Industrial Court committed error of law warranting High Court's interference
Nestle Products Sdn Bhd v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor
(Zakaria Sam J) [2013] 8 CLJ 586 [HC]MONEYLENDERS
Accounts - Statement of - Whether produced in court - Provisions of ss. 19 & 21 Moneylenders Act 1951 - Whether complied - Exemption under PU(B) 35/2009 - Whether applicable to plaintiff
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]Interest - Excessive interest - Moneylending agreement - Whether interest charged in excess of statutory rate - Whether plaintiff may levy more than 12% interest in respect of secured loans - Whether tenure of facility for two years - Whether interest levied at 16%
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]Moneylending transaction - Monies due and owing - Claim for - Moneylending agreement - Failure to use prescribed form - Schedules J & K of Moneylenders (Control and Licensing) Regulations 2003 - Whether agreement void and unenforceable - Exemption under PU(B) 35/2009 - Whether applied solely to plaintiff - Whether plaintiff could rely on s. 66 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether defendant accepted terms in agreement - Whether PU(B) 35/2009 overrides provisions of terms in agreement - Moneylenders Act 1951, ss. 10P & 21(1)
Amanah Raya Capital Sdn Bhd v. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2013] 8 CLJ 516 [HC]TORT
Negligence - Medical negligence - Baby delivered in poor condition - Cerebral palsy - Whether injuries to baby caused by negligent act of doctor and/or hospital - Whether award granted by High Court manifestly excessive - Whether doctor acted appropriately within accepted standards of an obstetrician - Apportionment of liability - Whether raised in statement of defence - Costs for future damages - Whether trial judge took into consideration principle of mitigation - Whether multiplier wrongly calculated by trial judge - Whether interest awarded in accordance with O. 42 r. 12 Rules of the High Court 1980
Gleneagles Hospital (KL) Sdn Bhd v. Chung Chu Yin & Ors And Another Appeal
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2013] 8 CLJ 449 [CA]
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Principal Acts
| Number | Title | Date coming into force | Repealing |
| ACT 759 | Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 | 30 June 2013 [PU(B) 277/2013] - except para(s) 1 to 10 of Schedule 9 and para(s) 13 to 19 of Schedule 9 | -Nil- |
| ACT 758 | Financial Services Act 2013 | 30 June 2013 [PU(B) 276/2013] - except s 129 and Schedule 9 | -Nil- |
| ACT 757 | Strata Management Act 2013 | Not Yet In Force | -Nil- |
| ACT 756 | Traditional And Complementary Medicine Act 2013 | Not Yet In Force | -Nil- |
| ACT 755 | Finance Act 2013 | See s 3 for the Income Tax Act; s 41 for the Stamp Act; s 47 for the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act and s 55 for the Real Property Gains Tax Act | -Nil- |
Amending Acts
| Number | Title | Date coming into force | Principal/Amending Act No |
| ACT A1453 | Supplementary Supply (2012) Act 2013 | 7 September 2013 | |
| ACT A1452 | Animals (Amendment) Act 2013 | 20 August 2013 | ACT 647 |
| ACT A1451 | Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2013 | 1 April 2013 [PU(B) 89/2013] | ACT 244 |
| ACT A1450 | Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2013 | Not Yet In Force | ACT 318 |
| ACT A1449 | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Act 2013 | 1 July 2013 [PU(B) 86/2013] | ACT 552 |
PU(A)
| Number | Title | Date of Publication | Date coming into force | Principal/Amending Act No |
| PU(A) 323/2013 | Money Services Business (Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad) (Exemption) Order 2013 | 29 October 2013 | 30 October 2013 | ACT 731 |
| PU(A) 322/2013 | Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Determination Of Maximum Price) (No. 7) Order 2013 | 25 October 2013 | 26 October 2013 | ACT 723 |
| PU(A) 321/2013 | Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking Of Price-Controlled Goods) (No. 5) Order 2013 | 25 October 2013 | 28 October 2013 to 6 November 2013 | ACT 723 |
| PU(A) 319/2013 | Control Of Supplies (Controlled Articles) (No. 5) Order 2013 | 25 October 2013 | 28 October 2013 | ACT 122 |
| PU(A) 318/2013 | Dental (Exemption) Order 2013 | 24 October 2013 | 25 October 2013 | ACT 51 |
PU(B)
| Number | Title | Date of Publication | Date coming into force | Principal/Amending Act No |
| PU(B) 431/2013 | Revocation Of Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose | 30 October 2013 | 31 October 2013 | ACT 56/1965 |
| PU(B) 430/2013 | Appointment And Revocation Of Appointment Of Alternate Members Of The Board | 30 October 2013 | 3 September 2012 until 30 September 2013 | ACT 319 |
| PU(B) 429/2013 | Appointment Of Members And Alternate Members Of The Board | 25 October 2013 | Specified in column (4) of the Schedule | ACT 319 |
| PU(B) 428/2013 | Appointment Of Members Of The Board | 30 October 2013 | 1 November 2012 until 30 September 2013 | ACT 319 |
| PU(B) 427/2013 | Appointment Of Members And Alternate Members Of The Board | 30 October 2013 | Specified in column (4) of the Schedule | ACT 319 |
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