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CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 50

23 December 2011

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New This Week	1. Legislation Highlights
	2. Articles
	a) Legal Network Series Articles
	3. Latest Cases
	a) Legal Network Series
	b) CLJ Volume 9 (Part 1) 2011

1. Legislation Highlights

Principal Acts

NUMBER
TITLE

DATE COMING INTO FORCE

REPEALING

ACT 725 Renewable Energy Act 2011
1 December 2011, (except s. 17 & 18 state of Sarawak) & 31 December 2012, (except state of Sarawak) [PU(B) 589/2011]
- Nil -

ACT 728 Malaysian Quarantine And Inspection Services Act 2011
1 January 2012 [PU(B) 603/2011] in Peninsular Malaysia and Federal Territory of Labuan
- Nil -

ACT 729 National Sports Institute Act 2011 16 September 2011 [PU(B) 503/2011] - Nil -

ACT 730 Trade Descriptions Act 2011 1 November 2011 [PU(B) 540/2011] - Nil -

ACT 731 Money Services Business Act 2011 1 December 2011 [PU(B) 590/2011] ACT 577

ACT 732 National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 23 September 2011 [PU(B) 507/2011] - Nil -

Amending Acts

NUMBER
TITLE

DATE COMING INTO FORCE

PRINCIPAL / AMENDING ACT NO

ACT A1403 Securities Commission (Amendment) Act 2011 3 October 2011 [PU(B) 517/2011] ACT 498

ACT A1404 Valuers, Appraisers And Estate Agents (Amendment) Act 2011 19 August 2011 ACT 242

ACT A1405 International Organizations (Privileges And Immunities) (Amendment) Act 2011 16 September 2011 ACT 485

ACT A1406 Capital Markets And Services (Amendment) Act 2011 3 October 2011 [PU(B) 518/2011] ACT 671

ACT A1407 Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 520

PU(A)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL / AMENDING ACT NO

PU(A) 410/2011 Workmens Compensation (Foreign Workers Compensation Scheme) (Insurance) (Amendment) (No 3) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 273

PU(A) 411/2011 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 51) Order 2011 19 December 2011 ACT 235

PU(A) 412/2011 Loans Guarantee (Declaration Of Bodies Corporate) (Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 96

PU(A) 413/2011 Road Transport (Prohibition Of Use Of Road) (City Of Kuala Lumpur) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 333

PU(A) 414/2011 Control Of Supplies Act 1961 Control Of Supplies (Controlled Articles) (No 6) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 122

PU(B)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE
PRINCIPAL / AMENDING ACT NO

PU(B) 601/2011 Notice To Third Parties Of Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 Not Yet In Force ACT 613

PU(B) 602/2011 Notice To Third Parties Of Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 Not Yet In Force ACT 613

PU(B) 603/2011 Appointment Of Date Of Coming Into Operation Of The Malaysian Quarantine And Inspection Services Act 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 728

PU(B) 604/2011 Appointment Of Members Of The Commission Not Yet In Force ACT 695

PU(B) 605/2011 Notice Of Proposed Revocation Of Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Town - Kuala Lumpur Not Yet In Force ACT 56/1965

2. Articles

a) Legal Network Series Articles

1. The Future Of The Bar, The Role Of The Judiciary ^{[Read
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By The Right Hon. The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales*

2. Mediation Of Personal Injury Litigation - Why It Works* ^{[Read
excerpt]}
By Campbell Bridge**

3. Latest Cases

a) Legal Network Series

CITATION TITLE SUBJECT

[2009] 1 LNS 1242 [HC] Full-Line Sales And Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Kew Yee Ling & Anor

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Application for - Whether defendants utilized misappropriated moneys to purchase properties - Injunction sought to enable plaintiff to recover sum from properties - Property charged to bank and 3^rd party interest had set in - Whether proper to grant an injunction as prayed against property

TORT: Conversion - Money in bank account - Misappropriation of funds - Defence a mere denial - Entries made by 1^st defendant in account book to show from which account money was withdrawn and for which account money was to be transferred - Failure by 1^st defendant to account for withdrawn sums in full - Whether 1^st defendant had misappropriated funds

[2009] 1 LNS 1247 [HC] Noor Mohamed Mohamed Younus v. Sime Securities Sdn Bhd

EVIDENCE: Conclusive evidence clause - Monthly commission statements issued to plaintiff who admitted receiving same - Commission Statements not including gains plaintiff was claiming - Whether plaintiff proved there was manifest error in commission statements - Whether plaintiff estopped from challenging conclusiveness of monthly statements

SECURITIES: Dealers representative - Claim for breach of employment contract for defendant's failure to pay 50% of a trading gain made by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff engaged in wrongful purchase and sale of securities without instructions from defendant's client and for his own personal benefit - Whether gain of RM1,414,378.87 was a clearing gain - Whether plaintiff was trading on his own behalf

[2010] 1 LNS 503 [HC] Kuang Pei San Food Products v. Wees Marketing Co Sdn Bhd

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Interim injunction to restrain trademark and copyright infringement - Delay in filing suit - Whether defendant prejudiced - Plaintiff waiting for issuance of trade mark certificate before filing action - Whether sufficient reason to explain delay

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Security - Security for defendant's costs - Plaintiff a foreign company and able to honour undertaking to pay damages - Whether plaintiff should furnish security for cost

COPYRIGHT: Infringement - Whether defendant's get up in packaging, with words "Smiling Brand" in addition to pictures of a blue coloured sardine and chillis infringed plaintiff's copyright

TRADE MARKS: Infringement - Whether defendant's "Smiling Brand" canned sardines infringed plaintiff's "Smiling Fish" brand and device

TRADE MARKS: Passing off - Misrepresentation - Whether defendant's canned sardines capable of misleading and/or deceiving the public that the defendant's canned sardines were manufactured or imported, distributed and sold with the plaintiff's authority or consent - Whether damage to plaintiff's business and goodwill irreparable

[2010] 1 LNS 916 [HC] Perniagaan Cerah Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Messrs Sugumar & Co & Ors

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Damages - Assessment of damages - Failure to specifically plead for same - Whether plaintiffs entitled to damages to be assessed although not pleaded

CONTRACT: Sale of shares - Termination thereof - Whether termination of share sale agreement between 2^nd and 3^rd plaintiffs and former directors and shareholders of 1^st plaintiff valid - Effect on rightful shareholders of 1^st plaintiff

EVIDENCE: Adverse inference - Non appearance by 2^nd and 3^rd defendants as witnesses - Whether adverse inference to be drawn against them

LEGAL PROFESSION: Duty of care - Solicitors - 1^st defendant appointed by 1^st plaintiff through 2^nd and 3^rd defendants to peruse draft sale and purchase agreement - 2^nd and 3^rd defendants wishing to delete certain clauses - Whether solicitors have a duty to delve into reasons for deletion of clauses and investigate genuineness of documents - Whether 1^st defendant breached his duty of care to 1^st plaintiff

LIMITATION: Accrual of cause of action - Plaintiffs discovering letter by 1^st defendant to Lands and Surveys Department on 25 February 2003 - Whether action time barred

TORT: Unlawful interference - Conspiracy to defraud - Former directors and shareholders of 1^st plaintiff selling shares to 2^nd and 3^rd plaintiffs - Failure of agreement to materialize - Shares instead purchased by 2^nd and 3^rd defendants - Whether 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd defendants conspired to defraud plaintiffs or alternatively unlawfully interfere with running of 1^st plaintiff's business

[2011] 1 LNS 9 [HC] Re: Lau Kah Chin; Ex-Parte: Tiong Hua Trading

BANKRUPTCY: Creditor's petition - Appeal against refusal to strike out - Service of bankruptcy notice - Error in date of the bankruptcy notice stated in creditor's petition - Whether irregularity curable under Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 131 - Whether interest claimed in bankruptcy notice time-barred - Item 44 of the Limitation Ordinance of Sarawak providing 3 years as time limit for suing - Judgment creditor limited claim on post-judgment interest within 6 years period - Whether Judgment creditor's actions lawful

CITATION	TITLE	SUBJECT
[2009] 1 LNS 1242 [HC]	Full-Line Sales And Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Kew Yee Ling & Anor	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Application for - Whether defendants utilized misappropriated moneys to purchase properties - Injunction sought to enable plaintiff to recover sum from properties - Property charged to bank and 3^rd party interest had set in - Whether proper to grant an injunction as prayed against property TORT: Conversion - Money in bank account - Misappropriation of funds - Defence a mere denial - Entries made by 1^st defendant in account book to show from which account money was withdrawn and for which account money was to be transferred - Failure by 1^st defendant to account for withdrawn sums in full - Whether 1^st defendant had misappropriated funds
[2009] 1 LNS 1247 [HC]	Noor Mohamed Mohamed Younus v. Sime Securities Sdn Bhd	EVIDENCE: Conclusive evidence clause - Monthly commission statements issued to plaintiff who admitted receiving same - Commission Statements not including gains plaintiff was claiming - Whether plaintiff proved there was manifest error in commission statements - Whether plaintiff estopped from challenging conclusiveness of monthly statements SECURITIES: Dealers representative - Claim for breach of employment contract for defendant's failure to pay 50% of a trading gain made by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff engaged in wrongful purchase and sale of securities without instructions from defendant's client and for his own personal benefit - Whether gain of RM1,414,378.87 was a clearing gain - Whether plaintiff was trading on his own behalf
[2010] 1 LNS 503 [HC]	Kuang Pei San Food Products v. Wees Marketing Co Sdn Bhd	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Interim injunction to restrain trademark and copyright infringement - Delay in filing suit - Whether defendant prejudiced - Plaintiff waiting for issuance of trade mark certificate before filing action - Whether sufficient reason to explain delay CIVIL PROCEDURE: Security - Security for defendant's costs - Plaintiff a foreign company and able to honour undertaking to pay damages - Whether plaintiff should furnish security for cost COPYRIGHT: Infringement - Whether defendant's get up in packaging, with words "Smiling Brand" in addition to pictures of a blue coloured sardine and chillis infringed plaintiff's copyright TRADE MARKS: Infringement - Whether defendant's "Smiling Brand" canned sardines infringed plaintiff's "Smiling Fish" brand and device TRADE MARKS: Passing off - Misrepresentation - Whether defendant's canned sardines capable of misleading and/or deceiving the public that the defendant's canned sardines were manufactured or imported, distributed and sold with the plaintiff's authority or consent - Whether damage to plaintiff's business and goodwill irreparable
[2010] 1 LNS 916 [HC]	Perniagaan Cerah Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Messrs Sugumar & Co & Ors	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Damages - Assessment of damages - Failure to specifically plead for same - Whether plaintiffs entitled to damages to be assessed although not pleaded CONTRACT: Sale of shares - Termination thereof - Whether termination of share sale agreement between 2^nd and 3^rd plaintiffs and former directors and shareholders of 1^st plaintiff valid - Effect on rightful shareholders of 1^st plaintiff EVIDENCE: Adverse inference - Non appearance by 2^nd and 3^rd defendants as witnesses - Whether adverse inference to be drawn against them LEGAL PROFESSION: Duty of care - Solicitors - 1^st defendant appointed by 1^st plaintiff through 2^nd and 3^rd defendants to peruse draft sale and purchase agreement - 2^nd and 3^rd defendants wishing to delete certain clauses - Whether solicitors have a duty to delve into reasons for deletion of clauses and investigate genuineness of documents - Whether 1^st defendant breached his duty of care to 1^st plaintiff LIMITATION: Accrual of cause of action - Plaintiffs discovering letter by 1^st defendant to Lands and Surveys Department on 25 February 2003 - Whether action time barred TORT: Unlawful interference - Conspiracy to defraud - Former directors and shareholders of 1^st plaintiff selling shares to 2^nd and 3^rd plaintiffs - Failure of agreement to materialize - Shares instead purchased by 2^nd and 3^rd defendants - Whether 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd defendants conspired to defraud plaintiffs or alternatively unlawfully interfere with running of 1^st plaintiff's business
[2011] 1 LNS 9 [HC]	Re: Lau Kah Chin; Ex-Parte: Tiong Hua Trading	BANKRUPTCY: Creditor's petition - Appeal against refusal to strike out - Service of bankruptcy notice - Error in date of the bankruptcy notice stated in creditor's petition - Whether irregularity curable under Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 131 - Whether interest claimed in bankruptcy notice time-barred - Item 44 of the Limitation Ordinance of Sarawak providing 3 years as time limit for suing - Judgment creditor limited claim on post-judgment interest within 6 years period - Whether Judgment creditor's actions lawful

b. CLJ Volume 9 (Part 1) 2011

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Fernrite Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Bhd
Arifin Zakaria CJ, Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ
(Securities; Contract - Shares - Sale and purchase of - Agreement - Claim to dividends) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]

Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR
(Prosedur Jenayah; Undang-Undang Jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Kesalahan membunuh) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

Muhammad Hilman Idham & Ors v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Linton Albert JJCA
(Constitutional Law - Fundamental liberties - Freedom of speech and expression - Legislation - Validity of s. 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA)) [2011] 9 CLJ 50 [CA]

Siew Khow Seng v. PP
Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against safe custody of person acquitted) [2011] 9 CLJ 84 [CA]

Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
Zamani A Rahim PK
(Prosedur Sivil; Had Masa; Kontrak; Utiliti Awam - Tuntutan pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih bayar - Had masa - Laches) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Metahub Industries Sdn Bhd lwn. ASP Hassan Basri Yahya & Yang Lain
Samsudin Hassan PK
(Prosedur Sivil - Penghakiman dan perintah - Deklarasi - Permohonan) [2011] 9 CLJ 113 [HC]

Yong Lee Hua v. Director Of National Registration Sabah & Anor
Abdul Rahman Sebli J
(Constitutional Law - Citizenship - Deprivation - Federal Constitution, art. 27) [2011] 9 CLJ 125 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Citizenship - Deprivation - Whether issuance of MyPR by 1st defendant deprived plaintiff's Malaysian citizenship - Whether plaintiff a Malaysian citizen under art. 14(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether 1st defendant empowered to revoke plaintiff's citizenship - Whether plaintiff suffered damages - Whether damages too remote - Federal Constitution, art. 27
Yong Lee Hua v. Director Of National Registration Sabah & Anor
(Abdul Rahman Sebli J) [2011] 9 CLJ 125 [HC]

Fundamental liberties - Freedom of speech and expression - Section 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) barring students from expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to any political party - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA restricting right to freedom of speech and expression - Whether infringing art. 10(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether restriction reasonable and permissible by virtue of art. 10(2)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA rendered unconstitutional and invalid
Muhammad Hilman Idham & Ors v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Linton Albert JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 50 [CA]

Legislation - Validity of s. 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) - Section 15(5)(a) UUCA barring students from expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to any political party - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA restricting right to freedom of speech and expression - Whether infringing art. 10(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether restriction reasonable and permissible by virtue of art. 10(2)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA rendered unconstitutional and invalid
Muhammad Hilman Idham & Ors v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Linton Albert JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 50 [CA]

CONTRACT

Construction - Agreements - Sale and purchase of shares - Beneficial ownership - Failure to make full purchase price - Whether defendant required to re-transfer shares to plaintiff - Whether defendant had no beneficial interest - Claim to dividends - Whether there was any agreement to extinguish plaintiff's rights to dividends - Release clause in Settlement Agreement - Whether sufficiently clear as to bar plaintiff from making claim to dividends
Fernrite Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]

Shares - Agreement - Claim to dividends - Whether defendant could claim for beneficial interest in dividends - Whether there was any agreement to extinguish plaintiff's rights to dividends - Release clause in Settlement Agreement - Whether sufficiently clear as to bar plaintiff from making claim to dividends
Fernrite Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against safe custody of person acquitted - Whether evidence showed appellant attacked deceased with intention of causing death - Prima facie case - Whether established - Whether appeal dismissed
Siew Khow Seng v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 84 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Petition of appeal - Whether limited to appeal against sentence only - Oral application made to enlarge grounds of appeal - Whether allowed - Whether appellant must abide by notice of appeal - Whether appellant not allowed to submit on grounds not raised in notice of appeal and petition of appeal - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 56 - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, r. 27
Siew Khow Seng v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 84 [CA]

SECURITIES

Shares - Sale and purchase of - Agreement - Beneficial ownership - Whether passed to purchaser upon delivery of shares when full purchase price not paid - Failure to make full purchase price - Whether defendant required to re-transfer shares to plaintiff - Whether defendant had no beneficial interest
Fernrite Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]

INDEKS PERKARA

Had Masa

Kontrak - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh had masa - Tempoh had masa bermula apabila kesilapan disedari - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Laches - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh laches - Sama ada plaintif mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai kesilapan - Sama ada defendan diprejudiskan oleh laches
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Kontrak

Tuntutan - Pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih bayar - Tuntutan di bawah s. 73 Akta Kontrak, 1950 bagi wang yang dibayar akibat kesilapan - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Sama ada pembayaran dibuat mengikut undang-undang - Sama ada tuntutan dihalang oleh had masa atau laches
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Tuntutan - Tuntutan 'money had and received' - Prinsip-prinsip - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Sama ada terdapat 'unjust enrichment' - Sama ada defendan akan mengalami prejudis atau ketidakadilan - Sama ada tuntutan dihalang oleh had masa atau laches
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Pembelaan - Hilang akal - Beban pembuktian - Sama ada berjaya dibuktikan oleh perayu - Keterangan yang dikemukakan - Tingkah laku perayu selepas kesalahan dilakukan - Sama ada ia menyokong pembelaannya - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 84
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

Penyiasatan polis - Pernyataan beramaran - Sama ada penerimaan masuk pernyataan beramaran perayu oleh hakim bicara adalah betul - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Sama ada pernyataan beramaran perayu telah diambil daripadanya secara dorongan atau ugutan - Sama ada pernyataan beramaran perayu telah diberikan secara sukarela - Sama ada perayu mempunyai keupayaan untuk membuat pernyataan beramaran tersebut - Penilaian keterangan - Sama ada perayu telah diberikan amaran sebelum pernyataannya direkodkan oleh pegawai polis - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 113(1)
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

Rayuan - Keputusan hakim bicara - Sama ada hakim bicara telah khilaf dalam membuat keputusannya - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Sama ada hakim bicara telah memberi pertimbangan kepada semua fakta yang relevan dan telah menilai keterangan secara objektif dan dari segala sudut sebelum membuat keputusannya
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

Saksi - Pemanggilan saksi oleh pendakwaraya - Kegagalan pendakwaraya memanggil Cif Inspektor untuk memberi keterangan - Sama ada Cif Inspektor merupakan seorang saksi yang penting - Sama ada pendakwaraya cuba untuk menyembunyikan keterangan dengan tidak memanggil saksi ini - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) - Sama ada terpakai
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Had masa - Kontrak - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh had masa - Tempoh had masa bermula apabila kesilapan disedari - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Had masa - Laches - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh laches - Sama ada plaintif mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai kesilapan - Sama ada defendan diprejudiskan oleh laches - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

Penghakiman dan perintah - Deklarasi - Permohonan - Permohonan deklarasi Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi untuk memulangkan harta alih kepunyaan pemohon sah dan berkuatkuasa - Sama ada perintah dikeluarkan pramatang dan dibuat tidak berdasarkan merit - Sama ada memprejudiskan responden-responden - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 413 - Sama ada dipatuhi
Metahub Industries Sdn Bhd lwn. ASP Hassan Basri Yahya & Yang Lain
(Samsudin Hassan PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 113 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Kesalahan membunuh - Sama ada pertuduhan-pertuduhan telah dibuktikan terhadap perayu - Keterangan yang dikemukakan - Sama ada keadaan minda perayu mewajarkan pengurangan pertuduhan kepada pensabitan di bawah s. 304 Kanun Keseksaan - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 182
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]

Utiliti Awam

Elektrik - Bayaran elektrik - Tarif penggunaan elektrik - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Premis kilang plaintif dikenakan Tarif Perdagangan (Tarif B) bila sepatutnya dikenakan Tarif Perindustrian (Tarif D) - Sama ada plaintif berhak membuat tuntutan pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih dibayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

NADARAJAN SUBRAMANIAM v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ASSURANCE CO LTD

EVIDENCE: Weight - Testimony of expert - Cause of death of insured - Testimony given by physician - Discrepancy in physician's statement as to cause of death - Physician unable to provide reasonable explanation - Post mortem report signed by him - Post mortem examination conducted by another party - Whether evidence was reliable and safe to be acted upon

INSURANCE: Accident insurance - Repudiation - Insured died from intracerebral hemorrhage - Plaintiff claiming as nominee to three insurance policies - Defendant did not receive nomination forms save for one - Whether defendant could claim plaintiff was not the nominee - Insured dealt with defendant's agent - Whether knowledge of defendant's agent deemed to be knowledge of defendant - Section 151(1) Insurance Act 1996 - Plaintiff failed to disclose full extent of deceased's earnings - Whether this was material non-disclosure - Whether cause of death due to illness or accident - Whether plaintiff able to prove insured's death was due to accident

INSURANCE: Agents - Insured dealt with defendant's agent - Whether agent's knowledge could be deemed as knowledge of defendant - Insurance Act 1996, s. 151(1)

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NUMBER	TITLE	DATE COMING INTO FORCE	REPEALING
ACT 725	Renewable Energy Act 2011	1 December 2011, (except s. 17 & 18 state of Sarawak) & 31 December 2012, (except state of Sarawak) [PU(B) 589/2011]	- Nil -
ACT 728	Malaysian Quarantine And Inspection Services Act 2011	1 January 2012 [PU(B) 603/2011] in Peninsular Malaysia and Federal Territory of Labuan	- Nil -
ACT 729	National Sports Institute Act 2011	16 September 2011 [PU(B) 503/2011]	- Nil -
ACT 730	Trade Descriptions Act 2011	1 November 2011 [PU(B) 540/2011]	- Nil -
ACT 731	Money Services Business Act 2011	1 December 2011 [PU(B) 590/2011]	ACT 577
ACT 732	National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011	23 September 2011 [PU(B) 507/2011]	- Nil -