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DATO' ROBERT TEO KENG TUAN v. METROPLEX BHD
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
ARIFIN ZAKARIA CJ; ZULKEFLI MAKINUDIN CJ (MALAYA); HASHIM YUSOFF FCJ; ABDULL HAMID EMBONG FCJ; AHMAD MAAROP FCJ
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: 02(i)-70-10-2012(W)]
21 OCTOBER 2013
COMPANY LAW: Liquidators - Provisional liquidator - Claim for valuer's fees/costs - Valuer appointed by provisional liquidator - Reasonableness of costs - Whether question of fact to be determined by trial court - Whether trial court had meticulously embarked on careful judicial appreciation and assessment of evidence - Whether s. 232(2) Companies Act 1965 applicable - Whether appeal should be allowed
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal to Federal Court - Provisional liquidator's claim for valuer's fees/costs - Valuer appointed by provisional liquidator - Reasonableness of costs - Whether question of fact to be determined by trial court - Whether trial court had meticulously embarked on careful judicial appreciation and assessment of evidence
DCX TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD lwn. CHINA ROAD & BRIDGE CORPORATION & YANG LAIN
MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
ROSILAH YOP PK
[GUAMAN NO: S4-22-22-2008]
19 OKTOBER 2012
KONTRAK: Kemungkiran - Maklumat sulit - Maklumat sulit didedahkan kepada pihak ketiga - Sama ada pendedahan menyebabkan kemungkiran kontrak - Sama ada berlakunya ketidakjujuran dan frod - Konspirasi untuk menafikan hak dan kepentingan plaintif di bawah kontrak - Sama ada terbukti
TORT: Konspirasi - Pakatan berkonspirasi - Maklumat sulit didedahkan kepada pihak ketiga menyebabkan kehilangan projek - Ketidakjujuran dan frod - Sama ada terdapat konspirasi untuk menafikan hak dan kepentingan plaintif di bawah kontrak - Perniagaan plaintif terganggu sehingga menyebabkan kerugian - Sama ada konspirasi untuk menipu plaintif dibuktikan
PP v. MOHD SAFARI MANSOR [2013] 2 SMC 102 
SESSIONS COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
NITHIYANANTHAM MURUGESU SJ
[CRIMINAL CASE NO: 62-433-2011]
5 APRIL 2012
CRIMINAL LAW: Penal Code - Sections 395 & 397 - Gang robbery - Admission of guilt - Whether plea of guilty was unequivocal, unreserved and unqualified - Principles of sentencing - Guidelines - Public interest - Whether notorious crime - Emotional impact on victims - Mitigating factors - Whether considered
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Sentence - Plea of guilty - Penal Code, ss. 395 & 397 - Whether plea of guilty was unequivocal, unreserved and unqualified - Principles of sentencing - Guidelines - Public interest - Whether notorious crime - Emotional impact on victims - Mitigating factors - Whether considered - Whether s. 305 Criminal Procedure Code disables accused from appealing against conviction
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MUTHAMMAL ROSE UDAYAR & ANOR v. ACP A PARAMASIVAM & ORS
DAMAGES: Death - Appeal - Appeal against registrar's assessment - Whether registrar's decision made on wrong principle of law and on erroneous estimate of the Damages - Whether an excessive sum claimed for monthly expenditure of minor child - Whether 1/3 amount submitted as a reasonable amount of contribution was purely speculative and unsupported by any evidence or any provision of law - Whether plaintiffs proved through second plaintiff the monthly expenditure for the child's upkeep - Whether this was best evidence available of loss of support - Whether registrar erred in not making any deduction for deceased's living expenses - Whether any material error in the award or wrong principle of law applied - Whether appellate interference warranted
YEO PONG JOO v. DORIS PHANG NYUK YAN
FAMILY LAW: Children - Custody - Power of court to grant interim custody in the absence of divorce proceedings - Whether child should remain in custody of wife respondent - Welfare of child the paramount consideration - Whether child should be deprived of love provided by her own mother - Whether her mother could provide a stable and conducive home - Whether fact that wife removed child from matrimonial home or that she herself left the matrimonial home automatically rendered her an unfit guardian or rebutted presumption in s. 88(3) of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Whether pending future divorce proceedings or further order, interim custody should remain with wife respondent
PP v. TANHA GHASSEM MOHAMADKARAM
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Prosecution's case - Whether accused had possession of dangerous drugs - Whether accused was in control or custody of drugs and had knowledge that drugs were stored in packages - Whether act of 'concealing', and 'transporting' constituted trafficking - Whether prosecution established a prima facie case against the accused for trafficking in dangerous drugs - Whether accused should be called upon to enter his defence
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Defence's story - Duress - Whether accused was a reluctant carrier of some unknown objects but not a trafficker of dangerous drugs - Whether accused acted under duress which was imminent, extreme and persistent when he committed offence - Whether any element of probability in defence - Whether defence acceptable - Whether prosecution successfully proved case beyond reasonable doubt
PP v. EMEKA PROMISE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Prosecution's case - Whether accused had custody and control of the drugs - Whether presumption of knowledge under s. 37(d) applied against accused - Weight of drugs and fact drugs were hidden in cylinder - Whether irresistible inference was that drugs were for the purpose of trafficking - Whether prima facie case established against accused - Whether accused rebutted presumption of knowledge - Defence - Absence of rebuttal evidence or explanation by accused on purpose of drugs - Whether his explanation was capable of casting any reasonable doubt in the prosecution's case - Whether conviction of accused warranted
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Mandatory or directory - Whether the Court had discretion to invoke presumption of knowledge in s. 37(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 once custody or control established - Whether word "shall" connoted its mandatory nature - If the prosecution intended to invoke presumption of trafficking under s. 37(da), whether presumption of knowledge applicable
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Construction of statutes - Intention of Parliament - If the word "possession" in s. 37(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 was to be construed to mean possession with knowledge, whether presumption of knowledge in second part of the provision superfluous - Whether intention of Parliament to presume knowledge twice in same provision - Whether presumption of knowledge only applicable in the absence of contrary evidence - Whether failure by accused to adduce contrary evidence meant that knowledge and therefore "possession" was established by default - Whether court must act on supposition that accused had knowledge of the drug until accused submitted evidence in discharge of his burden of proof
VIJAYAN SINNAPAN v. ECK DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD & ANOR & ANOTHER CASES
CONTRACT: Interpretation - Sale and purchase agreements entered into between plaintiffs and 1st defendant and construction contract between plaintiffs and 2nd defendant - Whether should be construed as 1 agreement or 2 stand alone agreements - Whether reference to S&P in the building contract necessarily meant both agreements must be read as one - Whether receipt showing payment of land issued by 1st defendant and 2nd defendant both bearing the same reference meant S&P and building contract must be construed as one - Whether receipts could override the clear terms of the agreements - Whether 2 separate agreements existed between plaintiff and different parties
CLJ 2013 Volume 9 (Part 5)
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Assan Mohamad & Ors v. Hock Huat Chan Sdn Bhd
Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Aziah Ali JJCA
(Customs And Excise; Civil Procedure; Statutory Interpretation - False declaration - Seizure and forfeiture of goods) [2013] 9 CLJ 545 [CA]PP lwn. Abdul Halim Ishak & Satu Lagi
Azahar Mohamed, Linton Albert, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR
(Prosedur Jenayah - Hukuman - Milikan dadah - Kepentingan awam - Polisi hukuman berat) [2013] 9 CLJ 559 [CA]Yap Ham Seow v. Fatimawati Ismail & Ors And Another Appeal
Raus Sharif PCA, Alizatul Khair Osman, Aziah Ali JJCA
(Land Law; Legal Profession - Ownership - Title to land - Fraudulent dealings) [2013] 9 CLJ 577 [CA]HIGH COURT
DCX Technologies Sdn Bhd lwn. China Road & Bridge Corporation & Yang Lain
Rosilah Yop PK
(Kontrak; Tort - Kemungkiran - Maklumat sulit - Konspirasi) [2013] 9 CLJ 623 [HC]Josu Engineering Construction Sdn Bhd v. TSR Bina Sdn Bhd
Mary Lim J
(Company Law - Winding-up - Petition - Failure to satisfy judgment sum) [2013] 9 CLJ 650 [HC]Shahrunnazri Abdul Samad lwn. Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan & Yang Lain
Ahmad Nasfy Yasin PK
(Prosedur Jenayah; Bidang Kuasa - Tangkapan - Perintah reman - Diari siasatan) [2013] 9 CLJ 670 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal against decision of High Court - Unlawful forfeiture of respondent's goods - Customs department - Whether respondent's complaint was against legality of seizure - Whether trial judge should have confined his decision based on respondent's pleading - Customs Act 1967, ss. 114 & 128
Assan Mohamad & Ors v. Hock Huat Chan Sdn Bhd
(Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 545 [CA]COMPANY LAW
Winding-up - Petition - Application to injunct presentation of winding-up petition - Notice under s. 218 Companies Act 1965 - Failure to satisfy judgment sum - Cross-claim by plaintiff based on interlocutory judgment in another suit - Whether sum in interlocutory judgment exceeded first judgment - Whether interlocutory judgment genuine cross-claim and as good as disputed debt - Whether issuance of petition amounted to abuse of court process
Josu Engineering Construction Sdn Bhd v. TSR Bina Sdn Bhd
(Mary Lim J) [2013] 9 CLJ 650 [HC]CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
Declaration - False declaration - Customs department - Seizure and forfeiture of respondent's goods - Whether forfeiture unlawful - Whether respondent given opportunity to be heard before goods were seized - Whether customs department under a legal duty to notify respondents that goods would be liable to forfeiture - Whether forfeiture notice mandatory - Failure to exercise rights - Whether respondent made claim towards seized goods within prescribed period - Customs Act 1967, ss. 114 & 128
Assan Mohamad & Ors v. Hock Huat Chan Sdn Bhd
(Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 545 [CA]LAND LAW
Indefeasibility of title and interest - Good faith and valuable consideration - Burden of proof - Criteria for subsequent purchaser to obtain indefeasible title - Fraud - Conveyance of land tainted with fraud - Whether a purchaser can have good title over land obtained using voidable instruments - National Land Code, s. 340(3)
Yap Ham Seow v. Fatimawati Ismail & Ors And Another Appeal
(Raus Sharif PCA, Alizatul Khair Osman, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 577 [CA]Ownership - Title to land - Evidence of ownership - Fraudulent dealings - Whether proven - Whether a purchaser's registered document of title to land overrides original owner's issue document of title - Whether conclusive evidence produced to claim ownership - Bona fide - Loss of ownership - Damages - Assessment of - Whether damages awarded to original owner of land
Yap Ham Seow v. Fatimawati Ismail & Ors And Another Appeal
(Raus Sharif PCA, Alizatul Khair Osman, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 577 [CA]LEGAL PROFESSION
Solicitors - Duty of care - Power of Attorney - Attestation of - Whether solicitor had taken all necessary steps to verify bona fides of purported power of attorney - Whether solicitors' duty of care includes duty to inform a prospective solicitor on any irregularities or discrepancies in a file
Yap Ham Seow v. Fatimawati Ismail & Ors And Another Appeal
(Raus Sharif PCA, Alizatul Khair Osman, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 577 [CA]STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Interpretation of Acts - Intention of legislature - Principles of natural justice - Whether there was a legal duty on Customs Department to notify owner that goods would be liable to forfeiture - Whether implicit in s. 114 Customs Act 1967 by reason of art. 13 Federal Constitution - Whether owner of seized goods must make a claim within one month of seizure if there is no prosecution - Customs Act 1967, s. 128 - Whether statutory provisions contrary to rules of natural justice
Assan Mohamad & Ors v. Hock Huat Chan Sdn Bhd
(Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 545 [CA]INDEKS PERKARA
BIDANG KUASA
Mahkamah sivil - Kuasa - Kesalahan rasuah - Permohonan deklarasi bahawa siasatan di bawah Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1997 tidak sah - Sama ada boleh difailkan di mahkamah sivil
Shahrunnazri Abdul Samad lwn. Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan & Yang Lain
(Ahmad Nasfy Yasin PK) [2013] 9 CLJ 670 [HC]KONTRAK
Kemungkiran - Maklumat sulit - Maklumat sulit didedahkan kepada pihak ketiga - Sama ada pendedahan menyebabkan kemungkiran kontrak - Sama ada berlakunya ketidakjujuran dan frod - Konspirasi untuk menafikan hak dan kepentingan plaintif di bawah kontrak - Sama ada terbukti
DCX Technologies Sdn Bhd lwn. China Road & Bridge Corporation & Yang Lain
(Rosilah Yop PK) [2013] 9 CLJ 623 [HC]PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Hukuman - Milikan dadah - Faktor-faktor pemberatan dan peringanan - Sama ada diberi pertimbangan saksama - Hasrat Kerajaan dan Parlimen - Sama ada kesan pencegahan dan kepentingan awam diberi kepentingan - Polisi hukuman berat - Sama ada diberi penekanan - Sama ada hukuman setimpal dengan keseriusan kesalahan - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, s. 6
PP lwn. Abdul Halim Ishak & Satu Lagi
(Azahar Mohamed, Linton Albert, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR) [2013] 9 CLJ 559 [CA]Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman - Kesalahan di bawah s. 6 Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Sama ada hukuman setimpal dengan keseriusan kesalahan - Sama ada hukuman mencerminkan hasrat Parlimen - Sama ada pindaan kepada s. 39A(2) melalui Akta Keadilan Jenayah (Pindaan) 2007 dipertimbangkan sewajarnya
PP lwn. Abdul Halim Ishak & Satu Lagi
(Azahar Mohamed, Linton Albert, Mohd Zawawi Salleh HHMR) [2013] 9 CLJ 559 [CA]Tangkapan - Perintah reman - Diari siasatan - Sama ada wajib untuk dikemukakan semasa permohonan reman dibuat - Sama ada tahanan reman sah - Sama ada defendan-defendan bertanggungjawab membayar ganti rugi bagi penahanan salah - Sama ada tindakan menggarikan plaintif selama lima jam merupakan unsur kekerasan dan penyalahgunaan kuasa - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, ss. 117 & 119
Shahrunnazri Abdul Samad lwn. Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan & Yang Lain
(Ahmad Nasfy Yasin PK) [2013] 9 CLJ 670 [HC]TORT
Konspirasi - Pakatan berkonspirasi - Maklumat sulit didedahkan kepada pihak ketiga menyebabkan kehilangan projek - Ketidakjujuran dan frod - Sama ada terdapat konspirasi untuk menafikan hak dan kepentingan plaintif di bawah kontrak - Perniagaan plaintif terganggu sehingga menyebabkan kerugian - Sama ada konspirasi untuk menipu plaintif dibuktikan
DCX Technologies Sdn Bhd lwn. China Road & Bridge Corporation & Yang Lain
(Rosilah Yop PK) [2013] 9 CLJ 623 [HC]CLJ 2013 Volume 9 (Part 6)
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Dato' Robert Teo Keng Tuan v. Metroplex Bhd
Arifin Zakaria CJ, Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong, Ahmad Maarop FCJJ
(Company Law; Civil Procedure - Liquidators - Provisional liquidator - Claim for valuer's fees/costs) [2013] 9 CLJ 681 [FC]Duis Akim & Ors v. PP
Raus Sharif PCA, Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdull Hamid Embong, Jeffrey Tan FCJJ
(Evidence - Identification evidence - Whether identification of accused of good quality) [2013] 9 CLJ 692 [FC]COURT OF APPEAL
Messrs Roland Cheng & Co v. Konkamaju Sdn Bhd
Ramly Ali, Azhar Ma'ah, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA
(Contract; Legal Profession - Privity - Sale and purchase agreement - Solicitor's lien - Whether solicitors could retain title deed pending payment of solicitor's bill) [2013] 9 CLJ 728 [CA]HIGH COURT
Jinny Daniul v. PP
Chew Soo Ho J
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Corruption - Corruptly receiving gratification - Whether ingredients of principal charge proved) [2013] 9 CLJ 750 [HC]Millenium Medicare Services v. Nagadevan Mahalingam
Teo Say Eng JC
(Contract; Professions; Partnership; Words And Phrases - Restraint of trade - Medical practitioners - Whether void and unenforceable) [2013] 9 CLJ 766 [HC]Mohamad Sazali Kamilan v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
Zabariah Mohd Yusof J
(Election - Petition - Defective petition - Application to strike out election petition) [2013] 9 CLJ 782 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal to Federal Court - Provisional liquidator's claim for valuer's fees/costs - Valuer appointed by provisional liquidator - Reasonableness of costs - Whether question of fact to be determined by trial court - Whether trial court had meticulously embarked on careful judicial appreciation and assessment of evidence
Dato' Robert Teo Keng Tuan v. Metroplex Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong, Ahmad Maarop FCJJ) [2013] 9 CLJ 681 [FC]COMPANY LAW
Liquidators - Provisional liquidator - Claim for valuer's fees/costs - Valuer appointed by provisional liquidator - Reasonableness of costs - Whether question of fact to be determined by trial court - Whether trial court had meticulously embarked on careful judicial appreciation and assessment of evidence - Whether s. 232(2) Companies Act 1965 applicable - Whether appeal should be allowed
Dato' Robert Teo Keng Tuan v. Metroplex Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong, Ahmad Maarop FCJJ) [2013] 9 CLJ 681 [FC]CONTRACT
Privity - Sale and purchase agreement - Vendor failed to deliver title deed to purchasers - Titled deed deposited by landowner with solicitors - Failure to settle legal fees due and owing to solicitor by landowner - Whether solicitors could retain title deed pending payment of solicitor's bill - Whether vendor could compel solicitors to deliver title deed - Whether solicitors privy to sale and purchase agreement - Whether vendor had cause of action against solicitors for failure to deliver title deed
Messrs Roland Cheng & Co v. Konkamaju Sdn Bhd
(Ramly Ali, Azhar Ma'ah, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 728 [CA]Restraint of trade - Restrictive covenant clause - Allegation of breach - Whether clause in partnership agreement contravened
s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether void and unenforceable - Whether clause falls under exception 2 of s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Dissolution of partnership - Whether agreement made upon or in anticipation of dissolution of partnership - Whether there was specific clause dealing with dissolution of partnership - Whether claim sustainable - Partnership Act 1961, ss. 34, 35, 36 & 37
Millenium Medicare Services v. Nagadevan Mahalingam
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2013] 9 CLJ 766 [HC]CRIMINAL LAW
Corruption - Corruptly receiving gratification - Court staff charged with receiving gratification - Whether ingredients of principal charge proved - Whether presumption under s. 50(1) Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 correctly invoked - Whether presumption rebutted - Whether identification parade necessary
Jinny Daniul v. PP
Chew Soo Ho J) [2013] 9 CLJ 750 [HC]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Whether gap in prosecution's case existed - Whether sentence excessive - Whether appellate intervention warranted
Jinny Daniul v. PP
(Chew Soo Ho J) [2013] 9 CLJ 750 [HC]ELECTION
Petition - Defective petition - Application to strike out election petition - Whether jurisdiction of court to hear election petition invoked - Election laws - Whether provisions of election laws complied with - Advance election date - Whether failure to state advance election date fatal - Election Petition Rules 1954, rr. 9, 34
Mohamad Sazali Kamilan v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2013] 9 CLJ 782 [HC]Petition - Failure to plead - Facts to support petition - Whether facts pleaded sufficient - Whether failure to plead adequate facts rendered petition defective - Election Petition Rules 1954, r. 4(1)(b), (4) - Whether petitioner had reasonable cause of action - Whether petition frivolous, vexatious and abuse of process
Mohamad Sazali Kamilan v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2013] 9 CLJ 782 [HC]Petition - Presentation of petition - Time limit to present petition - Whether petition presented within 28 days - Intention of Legislature - Whether compliance with s. 38(1)(a) of Election Offences Act 1954 mandatory
Mohamad Sazali Kamilan v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2013] 9 CLJ 782 [HC]Petition - Service of petition - Mode of service of petition - Restrictions on particular mode of service of petition prescribed under Election Petition Rules 1954 - Whether provisions with regards to service of petition mandatory in nature - Whether petition ought to be dismissed for failure to observe provisions regarding service of petition - Election Petition Rules 1954, rr. 3(2), 15(1)
Mohamad Sazali Kamilan v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2013] 9 CLJ 782 [HC]EVIDENCE
Expert evidence - Signature - Whether appellant forged signatures - Whether specimen writings or signatures required for comparison - Whether trial court correctly accepted evidence of expert witness
Jinny Daniul v. PP
(Chew Soo Ho J) [2013] 9 CLJ 750 [HC]Identification evidence - Sole eye-witness - Whether identification of accused of good quality and satisfied Turnbull guidelines - Whether trial judge erred in doubting identity of accused at end of defence's case after finding identity proven at end of prosecution's case - Whether disparity between actual appearance of accused and photo-fits could be basis to doubt positive identification evidence of eye-witness - Whether positive eye-witness identification of accused sufficed to demolish alibi defence
Duis Akim & Ors v. PP
(Raus Sharif PCA, Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Abdull Hamid Embong, Jeffrey Tan FCJJ) [2013] 9 CLJ 692 [FC]Witness - Recalling of - Recalling of witness by prosecution - Whether trial court had right to refuse application to recall witness - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 173(l)(i)
Jinny Daniul v. PP
(Chew Soo Ho J) [2013] 9 CLJ 750 [HC]LEGAL PROFESSION
Remuneration - Lien - Solicitor's lien - Failure to settle legal fees due and owing to solicitor by client - Whether solicitors had right to retain client's document and property pending payment of solicitor's bill - Instruction by client to release title deed - Whether client's obligation to pay legal fees absolved
Messrs Roland Cheng & Co v. Konkamaju Sdn Bhd
(Ramly Ali, Azhar Ma'ah, Abdul Aziz Rahim JJCA) [2013] 9 CLJ 728 [CA]PARTNERSHIP
Agreement - Restrictive covenant clause - Restraint of trade - Allegation of breach - Whether clause in agreement contravened s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether void and unenforceable - Whether clause falls under exception 2 of s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Dissolution of partnership - Whether agreement made upon or in anticipation of dissolution of partnership - Whether there was specific clause dealing with dissolution of partnership - Whether claim sustainable - Partnership Act 1961, ss. 34, 35, 36 & 37
Millenium Medicare Services v. Nagadevan Mahalingam
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2013] 9 CLJ 766 [HC]PROFESSIONS
Medical practitioners - Restraint of trade - Restrictive covenant clause in agreement - Allegation of breach - Whether clause in partnership agreement contravened s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether void and unenforceable - Whether clause falls under exception 2 of s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Dissolution of partnership - Whether agreement made upon or in anticipation of dissolution of partnership - Whether there was a specific clause dealing with dissolution of partnership - Whether claim sustainable - Partnership Act 1961, ss. 34, 35, 36 & 37
Millenium Medicare Services v. Nagadevan Mahalingam
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2013] 9 CLJ 766 [HC]WORDS AND PHRASES
"dissolution of partnership" - Meaning of - Whether clearly means official ending of partnership - Partnership Act 1961, ss. 34, 35, 36 & 37
Millenium Medicare Services v. Nagadevan Mahalingam
(Teo Say Eng JC) [2013] 9 CLJ 766 [HC]
Legal Network Series Article
1. THE OUTSOURCING OF LEGAL NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS
BY THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY* [Read excerpt]
by: EDMUND W SIM** [2013] 1 LNS(A) lxxxi2. IS THERE ANY LIKELIHOOD THAT GOODS OF DIFFERENT
CLASSES MAY CAUSE CONFUSION AND DECEPTION TO THE
PUBLIC AND ARE GOODS OF A SIMILAR PURPOSE AND
NATURE GOODS OF THE SAME DESCRIPTION FOR TRADEMARK PURPOSES? [Read excerpt]
by: RAGHURAM SUPRAMANIUM* [2013] 1 LNS(A) lxxxii
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 A1456 | Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2013 | Not Yet In Force | ACT 166 |
| ACT A1455 | Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012 (Amendment) Act 2013 | Not Yet In Force | ACT A1444 |
| ACT A1454 | Supplementary Supply (2013) Act 2013 | 2 November 2013 | |
| ACT A1453 | Supplementary Supply (2012) Act 2013 | 7 September 2013 | |
| ACT A1452 | Animals (Amendment) Act 2013 | 20 August 2013 [PU(B) 359/2013] | ACT 647 |
PU(A)
| Number | Title | Date of Publication | Date coming into force | Principal/Amending Act No |
| PU(A) 351/2013 | Fish Marketing (Amendment) Rules 2013 | 4 December 2013 | 4 December 2013 | PU(A) 104/2010 |
| PU(A) 350/2013 | Workmen'S Compensation (Foreign Workers' Compensation Scheme) (Insurance) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2013 | 3 December 2013 | 4 December 2013 | PU(A) 45/2005 |
| PU(A) 349/2013 | Customs (Provisional Anti-Dumping Duties) (No. 2) Order 2013 | 29 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 to 29 March 2014 | ACT 504; ACT 235 |
| PU(A) 348/2013 | Customs (Values) (Palm Kernel) (No. 12) Order 2013 | 29 November 2013 | 1 December 2013 to 31 December 2013 | ACT 235 |
| PU(A) 347/2013 | Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No. 12) Order 2013 | 29 November 2013 | 1 December 2013 to 31 December 2013 | ACT 235 |
PU(B)
| Number | Title | Date of Publication | Date coming into force | Principal/Amending Act No |
| PU(B) 479/2013 | Notice Of Affirmative Preliminary Determination Of An Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation With Respect To Imports Of Cellulose Fibre Reinforced Cement Flat And Pattern Sheets Originating Or Exported From The Kingdom Of Thailand | 29 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | ACT 504; PU(A) 233/1994 |
| PU(B) 478/2013 | Notice Regarding The Supplementary Electoral Roll For The Third Quarter Of The Year 2013 That Has Been Certified | 29 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | PU(A) 293/2002 |
| PU(B) 477/2013 | Appointment And Revocation Of Appointment Of Chairman Of The National Service Training Council | 29 November 2013 | 30 August 2013 for a period of three years | ACT 628 |
| PU(B) 476/2013 | Notice Of Nomination To The Malaysian Optical Council | 28 November 2013 | 29 November 2013 | PU(A) 210/1994 |
| PU(B) 475/2013 | Notification Under Section 8 | 28 November 2013 | 1 January 2014 | ACT 369; PU(A) 511/2005 |
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