Bulletin_48

CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2004, Issue 48
3 December 2004

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New This Week - CLJ November (Part 4) 2004

COURT

FEDERAL COURTChan Yock Cher v. Chan Teong
(Shares - Sale of shares to non-member purchaser against restriction in articles of association - Whether beneficial ownership passed to purchaser notwithstanding restriction thereof) [2004] 4 CLJ 533

COURT OF APPEAL

Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) - Drug trafficking) [2004] 4 CLJ 551

Malayan Banking Bhd v. Basarudin Ahmad Khan
(Employment contract - Employee promised to pay and make good loss as a result of breach - Whether employer’s right to indemnity failed as losses not proved) [2004] 4 CLJ 596

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Failure to obtain leave to appeal - Whether subject matter was below limit fixed by s. 68 Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Whether value of claim should be viewed from appellant’s standpoint - Whether failure to obtain leave not fatal to appeal
Malayan Banking Bhd v. Basarudin Ahmad Khan
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 596 [CA]

COMPANY LAW

Shares - Beneficial and registrable ownership - Sale of shares to non-member purchaser against restriction in articles of association - Whether beneficial ownership passed to purchaser notwithstanding restriction thereof - Whether right of first refusal exercised entitling purchaser to legal ownership - Companies Act 1965, s. 6A
Chan Yock Cher v. Chan Teong Peng
(Haidar Mohd Noor CJ (Malaya), Siti Norma Yaakob & Alauddin Mohd Sheriff FCJJ) [2004] 4 CLJ 533 [FC]

CONTRACT

Employment contract - Breach - Employee promised to pay and make good loss as a result of breach - Whether promise made an indemnity or warranty - Whether employer’s right to indemnity failed as losses not proved - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 74, 77
Malayan Banking Bhd v. Basarudin Ahmad Khan
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 596 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 37(j) - Drug in receptacles - Whether 10% refers to receptacles rather than to total weight of drug
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) - Drug trafficking - Possession - Exclusive possession
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) - Drug trafficking - Samples of drug for testing - Whether mandatory for 10% of total weight of drug to be tested - Whether chemist should determine quantity for testing
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39(B)(1)(a) - Knowledge, how inferred
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

Penal Code - Section 34 - Common intention - Whether misdirection on the part of trial judge in considering common intention - Whether inferred from facts and circumstances surrounding case
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Fact, finding of - No failure to consider material evidence in making finding of facts - Whether appellate interference warranted
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Exhibit - Break in chain of evidence - Effect of - Whether fatal to prosecution’s case
Gunalan Ramachandran & Ors v. PP
(Denis Ong, Abdul Hamid Mohamad & Abdul Aziz Mohamad JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [CA]

CASE OF THE WEEK

P. SANTHIRASEGARAM v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ATHI EESWARAN TEMPLE

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Courts - Judicial power - Whether only federal laws can mould powers and jurisdiction of court

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