CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2010, Vol 50
24 December 2010
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Principal Acts
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE REPEALING
ACT 711 Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 15 December 2010 [P.U.(B) 537/2010] - Nil - PU(A)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(A) 378/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 45) Order 2010 8 November 2010 ACT 235 PU(A) 381/2010 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (46) Order 2010 15 November 2010 ACT 235 PU(A) 382/2010 Communications And Multimedia (Universal Service Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 15 November 2010 ACT 588 PU(A) 383/2010 Dental (Amendment Of Second Schedule) (No 2) Order 2010 18 November 2010 ACT 51 PU(A) 384/2010 Customs (Values) (Crude Petroleum Oil) (No 23) Order 2010 18 November 2010 ACT 235 PU(B)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(B) 486/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Town - Kuala Lumpur 4 November 2010 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 487/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Town - Kuala Lumpur 4 November 2010 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 488/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Town - Kuala Lumpur 4 November 2010 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 489/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Kuala Lumpur 4 November 2010 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 490/2010 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Petaling 4 November 2010 ACT 56/1965 Latest Bills
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DR 24/2010 Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation Bill 2010 - -
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1. Personal Property Securities Reform: Getting Ready For The New Australian Secured Lending Law [Read
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CITATION TITLE SUBJECT [2009] 1 LNS 251 [HC] UDL Holdings Limited v. MMC Engineering Services Sdn Bhd CIVIL PROCEDURE:
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings - Defects in pleadings - Whether disclosed a reasonable cause of action - Whether should be struck out
COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS: Separate legal entity - Holding and subsidiary companies - Whether holding company can institute proceedings based on rights of subsidiary company
CONTRACT: Quasi contract - Contracts Act 1950 s. 71 - Plaintiff claiming under s. 71 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether elements for such claim satisfied
[2009] 1 LNS 256 [HC] Ronald Fook Sye Herng v. Fok Kam Fah CIVIL PROCEDURE:
EQUITY: Equitable remedies and reliefs - Constructive trust - Allegation by plaintiff that property transferred to defendant as trustee for him - Whether trust existed - Essential elements for creation of trust
TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES: Trusts - Existence of - Allegation by plaintiff that property transferred to defendant as trustee for him - Whether trust existed - Essential elements for creation of trust - Burden and standard of proof
TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES: Constructive trust - Property - Allegation by plaintiff that property transferred to defendant as trustee for him - Whether trust existed - Essential elements for creation of trust - Burden and standard of proof
[2009] 1 LNS 267 [HC] Eng Leong Material Supplies Sdn Bhd v. Ho Lee Ing CIVIL PROCEDURE:
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Parties - Partnership - Action brought against partners and partnership firm - Whether summons had been wrongly framed
PARTNERSHIP: Liabilities of partners - Debt - 1st defendant ceased as partner in 3rd defendant firm - Whether 1st defendant liable for debts incurred by 3rd defendant after cessation as partner - Whether 'holding out' as partner - Partnership Act, ss. 16, 19(2)
[2009] 1 LNS 273 [HC] Huvat Laing & Ors v. The State Government Of Sarawak Through The State Secretary & Ors LAND LAW:
LIMITATION: Land, recovery of - Whether action time-barred - Native customary rights claimed over land extinguished by defendant - Whether claim time barred pursuant to Section 202 of Sarawak Land Code (SLC) and / or item 9 of Sarawak, Limitation Ordinance (SLO)
[2009] 1 LNS 274 [HC] Ting Sie Chung @ Ting Sieh Chung & Ors v. Yeap Jing Fong CIVIL PROCEDURE:
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS: Cheques - Dishonour of cheque - Application for summary judgment - Whether special circumstances to warrant grant of leave to defend
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Jamaludin Md Kasim v. PP
(Prosecution - Witnesses - Witness not essential to the unfolding of the narrative on which prosecution's case was based) [2010] 9 CLJ 377COURT OF APPEAL
SCK Group Bhd & Anor v. Sunny Liew Siew Pang & Anor
(Tort - Conspiracy to defraud) [2010] 9 CLJ 389Tanjung Tiara Sdn Bhd v. Paragro Sdn Bhd
(Termination - Sale and purchase of merchantable timber) [2010] 9 CLJ 400U-Meng Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Tan Sri Datuk Ibrahim Mohamed; Ambank (M) Bhd (Third Party)
(Pleadings - Amendment) [2010] 9 CLJ 411HIGH COURT
David Chang Tai Kim v. Datuk Conrad Mojuntin
(Negligence - Victim killed by defendant acting in self defence - Whether victim's death actionable in negligence) [2010] 9 CLJ 436Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors
(Parliament - Member of Parliament - Suspension - Withholding of allowances and benefits following suspension) [2010] 9 CLJ 449Hartaya Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Malayan Banking Bhd & Ors
(Banks and banking business - Non-performing loans - Sale to non-licensed institution) [2010] 9 CLJ 469PP lwn. Kung Yang Song
(Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a), (2)) [2010] 9 CLJ 483SUBJECT INDEX
BANKING
Banks and banking business - Non-performing loans - Sale to non-licensed institution - Approval of Minister obtained - Whether a condition precedent or a condition subsequent to agreement - Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA), ss. 49, 118, 126
Hartaya Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Malayan Banking Bhd & Ors
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 469 [HC]Banks and banking business - Non-performing loans - Sale to non-licensed institution - Whether sale permitted under BAFIA 1989 provisions - Whether sale of banking business - Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA), ss. 49, 118, 126
Hartaya Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Malayan Banking Bhd & Ors
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 469 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Injunction - Interim injunction, application for - Injunction to restrain disposal of property under non-performing loans - Non-performing loans sold to non-licensed institution under sale and purchase agreement - Validity of agreement - Minister's approval obtained whether a condition precedent or a condition subsequent to agreement - Sale to non-licensed institution whether permitted under BAFIA provisions - Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA), ss. 49, 118, 126
Hartaya Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Malayan Banking Bhd & Ors
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 469 [HC]Pleadings - Amendment - Amendment of defence - Proposed amendments offending rules of pleadings - Amendments not formulating any cause of action - Amendments containing particulars of evidence - Amendments involving third parties - Amendments referring to affidavit filed in unrelated suit - Criteria for allowing amendments - Whether proposed amendments contravened O. 20 r. 5 Rules of the High Court 1980 - Whether unreasonable delay in applying to amend defence - Whether amendments allowed
U-Meng Holdings Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Tan Sri Datuk Ibrahim Mohamed; Ambank (M) Bhd (Third Party)
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Hishamuddin Mohd Yunus & Kang Hwee Gee JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 411 [CA]CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Parliament - Member of Parliament - Suspension - Withholding of allowances and benefits following suspension - Whether member entitled by virtue of art. 64 Federal Constitution - Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952, s. 9
Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors
(Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof J) [2010] 9 CLJ 449 [HC]Parliament - Validity of proceedings in passing motion to suspend Member of Parliament - Whether proceedings non-justiciable - YAB Dato' Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir & Ors v. YB Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu; Attorney General Malaysia (Intervener) - Federal Constitution, art. 63(1) - Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952, s. 9
Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors
(Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof J) [2010] 9 CLJ 449 [HC]Supremacy of Constitution - Doctrine of separation of powers - Whether existed in Constitution
Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors
(Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof J) [2010] 9 CLJ 449 [HC]CONTRACT
Termination - Unilateral termination - Sale and purchase of merchantable timber - Termination by seller on ground that licence application to extract timber rejected by Ministry of Resource Planning - Licence to take forest produce in fact issued by Sarawak Forestry Department - Whether seller's termination in view thereof amounted to breach of contract - Whether buyer's entitlement to RM120,000,000 in damages justified
Tanjung Tiara Sdn Bhd v. Paragro Sdn Bhd
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 400 [CA]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Fact, finding of - Concurrent findings of fact - Whether Federal Court slow to interfere with concurrent findings of fact
Jamaludin Md Kasim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2010] 9 CLJ 377 [FC]Prosecution - Gap in evidence - Witness not material witness - Witness not essential to the unfolding of the narrative on which prosecution's case was based - Witness offered to defence at the end of prosecution's case - Whether serious gap caused in the prosecution's case
Jamaludin Md Kasim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2010] 9 CLJ 377 [FC]Prosecution - Witnesses - Failure to call witness - Witness not material witness - Witness not essential to the unfolding of the narrative on which prosecution's case was based - Witness offered to defence at the end of prosecution's case - Whether serious gap caused in the prosecution's case - Whether such failure fatal to prosecution's case - Whether trial court had addressed prosecution's failure - Whether any misdirection by way of non direction - Whether any miscarriage of justice occasioned
Jamaludin Md Kasim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2010] 9 CLJ 377 [FC]EVIDENCE
Witness - Failure of prosecution to call witness - Witness not material witness - Witness not essential to the unfolding of the narrative on which prosecution's case was based - Witness offered to defence at the end of prosecution's case - Whether serious gap caused in the prosecution's case - Whether trial court had addressed prosecution's failure - Whether any misdirection by way of non direction - Whether any miscarriage of justice occasioned
Jamaludin Md Kasim v. PP
(Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Raus Sharif & Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2010] 9 CLJ 377 [FC]TORT
Conspiracy to defraud - Standard of proof - Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt - Whether plaintiffs failed to establish - Whether trial judge's dismissal of plaintiffs' claim proper on evidence adduced
SCK Group Bhd & Anor v. Sunny Liew Siew Pang & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus & Zaharah Ibrahim JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 389 [CA]Negligence - Duty of care - Victim killed by defendant acting in self defence - Whether victim's death actionable in negligence - Whether duty of care is owed to a neighbour who threatens another with injury to his person, property or interest - Whether defending one's own life, property or interest is a civil wrong
David Chang Tai Kim v. Datuk Conrad Mojuntin
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 436 [HC]WORDS & PHRASES
'agreement' and 'proposed agreement' - Meaning and interpretation under s. 49 (1)(b) and (2) Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989
Hartaya Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Malayan Banking Bhd & Ors
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 469 [HC]INDEKS PERKARA
UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a), (2) - Pengedaran - Heroin dan monoacetylmorphines seberat 263.5 gram - Tertuduh menelan 70 ketulan dadah yang dirampas selepas tertuduh membuang air besar - Sama ada elemen pemilikan dan pengetahuan dibuktikan - Pembelaan tertuduh diperdayakan oleh kawannya tidak disiasat pegawai penyiasat meskipun maklumat diberikan - Sama ada siasatan pendakwaan tidak sempurna - Sama ada tertuduh berjaya menimbulkan keraguan munasabah atas kes pendakwaan
PP lwn. Kung Yang Song
(Ghazali Cha H) [2010] 9 CLJ 483 [HC]
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Robin Tan Pang Heng v. Ketua Pengarah Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia & Anor
(Administrative Law - Judicial review - Registration of trade union) [2010] 9 CLJ 505COURT OF APPEAL
Kofri Mustafar v. PP
(Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder) [2010] 9 CLJ 519Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang v. Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Arbitration - Arbitration clause - Construction of) [2010] 9 CLJ 532Rosli Shaik Yahaya v. PP
(Criminal Law - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a)) [2010] 9 CLJ 562HIGH COURT
Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd v. Taman Ihsan Jaya Sdn Bhd & Ors; Koperasi Seri Bukit Cheraka Bhd (Third Party)
(Contract - Agreements - Terms and conditions of) [2010] 9 CLJ 577Lee Hock Lai v. Yeoh Wah Pein
(Civil Procedure - Costs - Getting-up fee) [2010] 9 CLJ 586PP v. Ang Ah Hoe
(Arms And Explosives - Possession - Arms and ammunition) [2010] 9 CLJ 598PP v. KM (A Child) & Anor
(Criminal Procedure - Sentence - Child offender) [2010] 9 CLJ 605SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Judicial review - Registration of trade union - Appeal against trade union registration by employer - Whether employer obliged to follow specific procedure under s. 71A of Trade Unions Act 1959 to appeal - Whether specific procedure mandatory - Whether employer able to apply for declaratory relief by way of judicial review before exhausting specific appeal procedure - Trade Unions Act 1959, ss. 12(1), 71A
Robin Tan Pang Heng v. Ketua Pengarah Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia & Anor
(Hashim Yusoff, Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ & Suriyadi Halim Omar JCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 505 [FC]ARBITRATION
Arbitration clause - Construction of - Arbitration clause in principal agreement drafted in permissive manner - Arbitration clause in principal agreement subject to variations and modifications in supplemental agreements - Supplemental agreements categorically providing for 'submission to court jurisdiction' - Whether arbitration clause evincing clear and unequivocal intention to arbitrate - Whether parties had effectively abandoned arbitration - Whether arbitration clause rendered null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10(1)(a)
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang v. Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Zaharah Ibrahim JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 532 [CA]Stay of proceedings - Application - Arbitration clause in principal agreement subject to 'submission to court jurisdiction' clauses in supplemental agreements - Whether arbitration clause evincing clear and unequivocal intention to arbitrate - Whether parties had effectively abandoned arbitration - Whether arbitration clause rendered null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed - Whether stay of proceedings ought to be ordered - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10(1)(a)
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang v. Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Zaharah Ibrahim JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 532 [CA]Stay of proceedings - Principles applicable - Court proceedings brought in respect of matter the subject of an arbitration agreement - Whether mandatory for court to grant a stay of the proceedings and refer parties to arbitration - Exceptional circumstances when a stay may be refused - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang v. Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Zaharah Ibrahim JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 532 [CA]ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES
Possession - Arms and ammunition - Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and Arms Act 1960 - Whether there was evidence accused had knowledge of pistol and ammunitions in package handed to him - Failure to call crucial witness - Adverse inference - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Whether acquittal of accused affirmed
PP v. Ang Ah Hoe
(Zamani Rahim JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 598 [HC]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Costs - Getting-up fee - Appeal to the Court of Appeal from decision of the High Court - Decision in the High Court against the appellant - Whether more strenuous effort of appellant's counsel required in pursuing the appeal in the Court of Appeal - Whether such efforts justified an increase in getting-up fees of appellant's counsel
Lee Hock Lai v. Yeoh Wah Pein
(Mohd Sofian Abd Razak J) [2010] 9 CLJ 586 [HC]Costs - Interest on costs - Whether interest on costs ought to be awarded from the date of judgment
Lee Hock Lai v. Yeoh Wah Pein
(Mohd Sofian Abd Razak J) [2010] 9 CLJ 586 [HC]Costs - Review of registrar's certificate - Principles applicable - Circumstances registrar ought to consider when taxing costs
Lee Hock Lai v. Yeoh Wah Pein
(Mohd Sofian Abd Razak J) [2010] 9 CLJ 586 [HC]CONTRACT
Agreements - Terms and conditions of - Al Bai Bithaman Ajil Facility - Default in facility agreement - Whether a joint venture agreement entered between the defendant and a third party caused a novation of the BBA facility - Whether liability of guarantors remained enforceable
Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd v. Taman Ihsan Jaya Sdn Bhd & Ors; Koperasi Seri Bukit Cheraka Bhd (Third Party)
(Rohana Yusuf J) [2010] 9 CLJ 577 [HC]CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking in 4645 grams of cannabis - Whether prima facie case established - Whether adverse inference under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 to be invoked against prosecution for failure to call person who introduced accused to undercover police officer - Whether agent provocateur's evidence required corroboration - Whether defence was a mere afterthought
Rosli Shaik Yahaya v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 562 [CA]Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and Arms Act 1960 - Possession of firearm and ammunitions - Whether there was evidence accused had knowledge of pistol and ammunitions in package handed to him- Failure to call crucial witness - Adverse inference - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Whether acquittal of accused affirmed
PP v. Ang Ah Hoe
(Zamani Rahim JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 598 [HC]Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Defence - Loss of memory - Whether unacceptable and rejected - Unsound mind - Failure to adduce medical evidence - Failure to rebut prosecution's case - Whether prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt
Kofri Mustafar v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, KN Segara & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 519 [CA]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Jurisdiction of court - High Court - Criminal proceedings against child offender - Whether High Court empowered to exercise all powers exercisable under the Child Act 2001 by a Court for Children - Child Act 2001, s. 117
PP v. KM (A Child) & Anor
(Tuan Abang Iskandar JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 605 [HC]Sentence - Child offender - Appropriate orders on proof of offence - Imprisonment - Circumstances when imprisonment suitable - Whether imprisonment of child a measure of last resort - Sending child to approved school or Henry Gurney School - Circumstances when such order possible - Probation, when suitable - Child Act 2001, s. 91(1)
PP v. KM (A Child) & Anor
(Tuan Abang Iskandar JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 605 [HC]Sentence - Child offender - Sending child to approved school or Henry Gurney School - Circumstances when such order possible - Whether court ought to first consider recommendation from probation officer - Whether absence of such recommendation would indicate corrective institutions not suitable for child's welfare - Child Act 2001, ss. 67, 75, 91
PP v. KM (A Child) & Anor
(Tuan Abang Iskandar JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 605 [HC]Sentence - Principles of sentencing - Adult offender - Multiple serious offences arising from single incident - Public interest, demands of - Circumstances when consecutive sentences called for - Circumstances when long cumulative sentence justified
PP v. KM (A Child) & Anor
(Tuan Abang Iskandar JC) [2010] 9 CLJ 605 [HC]EVIDENCE
Adverse inference - Failure to produce witness - Failure of prosecution to call person who introduced accused to undercover police officer - Introducer not involved in negotiations for sale of drugs - Whether introducer a material witness - Whether adverse inference under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 to be invoked
Rosli Shaik Yahaya v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 562 [CA]Corroboration - Agent provocateur - Whether evidence requires corroboration
Rosli Shaik Yahaya v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 562 [CA]Witness - Corroboration - Whether witness's sworn evidence corroborated by independent evidence - Whether evidence entitled to credence
Kofri Mustafar v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, KN Segara & Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 519 [CA]LABOUR LAW
Trade union - Registration - Appeal against trade union registration by employer - Whether provisions of Trade Unions Act 1959 applicable to employer - Whether employer obliged to follow specific procedure to appeal to Minister - Whether specific procedure mandatory - Whether employer able to apply for declaratory relief by way of judicial review before exhausting specific appeal procedure - Trade Unions Act 1959, ss. 12(1), 71A
Robin Tan Pang Heng v. Ketua Pengarah Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia & Anor
(Hashim Yusoff, Heliliah Mohd Yusof FCJJ & Suriyadi Halim Omar JCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 505 [FC]WORDS AND PHRASES
'shall' - Arbitration Act 2005, s. 10 - Whether mandatory in effect
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang v. Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy & Zaharah Ibrahim JJCA) [2010] 9 CLJ 532 [CA]
CASE OF THE WEEK
LIM ENG CHUAN SDN BHD v. UNITED MALAYAN BANKING CORPORATION & ANOR
COMPANY LAW: Receivership - Winding up, effect of - Effect of winding up on secured creditor's rights to dispose property - Effect of winding up on irrevocable power of attorney granted by company to bank to deal with property - Whether company competent to create irrevocable power of attorney in favour of creditor - Whether such power of attorney survived the winding up - Powers of Attorney Act 1949, ss. 3, 6, First Sch
COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Disposition of property - Property of company charged to bank under provisions of the National Land Code - Bank also conferred power to sell property through irrevocable power of attorney in debenture - Property sold by bank after company wound up by third party - Whether such sale by bank void - Whether such sale subject to s. 223 of Companies Act 1965 - Whether bank merely exercising right to security - Whether bank obliged to deliver property to company - Whether bank obliged to restore property to company - Whether irrevocable power of attorney in favour of bank nullified by winding up order - Companies Act 1965, ss. 223, 300(1)(b)(ii), 305(1) - Powers of Attorney Act 1949, ss. 3, 6
COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Disposition of property - Scope and effect of s. 223 of Companies Act 1965 - Whether s. 223 designed to protect unsecured creditors - Whether s. 223 preserves the rights of secured creditors - Companies Act 1965, s. 223
LAND LAW: Sale of land - Validity - Sale of company's land by bank acting under an irrevocable power of attorney in debenture - Land also charged to bank under provisions of the National Land Code - Whether bank could sell land without resorting to procedure under the National Land Code - Whether provisions of Pt 16 Ch 3 of the National Land Code applicable - National Land Code, Part 16, Ch 3
LAND LAW: Charge - Sale of land - Land charged to chargor under provisions of the National Land Code - Land also subject to power of sale conferred by irrevocable power of attorney in debenture in favour of chargor - Whether chargor obliged to comply with provisions for judicial sale under National Land Code - Whether provisions of Pt 16 Ch 3 of the National Land Code applicable - National Land Code, Part 16, Ch 3
WORDS & PHRASES: 'purchaser' - Powers of Attorney Act 1949, s. 6(1)(a)
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