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[2010] 1 LNS 708	TEKNOLOGI CERUCUK PERTAMA (M) SDN BHD v. OOI HUNG NEE & ORS	CONTRACT: Agency - Principal and agent - Whether defendant acted as principal or agent for Wise Concrete Industries Sdn. Bhd. PARTNERSHIP: Partnership property - Death of partner - Claim for goods sold and delivered to defendant - Whether death of one partner extinguished rights of surviving partners of old partnership to claim balance owing by defendant - Partnership Act 1961, ss. 44, 45
[2010] 1 LNS 1132	PP v. LOO YEW FOK	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Charge - Error in charge - Accused a sole proprietor of Yawata Enterprise - Charge alleging accused was the manager of Yawata (Emas) Enterprise - Whether Yawata Enterprise the same firm as Yawata (Emas) Enterprise - Whether any nexus between accused and Yawata (Emas) Enterprise - Whether first essential ingredient of offence proved - Whether Magistrate correct to acquit and discharge accused at the close of the prosecution case
[2010] 1 LNS 1145	LIN WEN-CHIH & ANOR v. MYCOM BERHAD	CONTRACT: Non est factum - Plaintiff not conversant in English language - Normally corresponded in Mandarin - Whether sufficient for plaintiff to renounce the documents - Whether any facts and evidence adduced by plaintiff to establish plea of non est factum - Whether plaintiffs understood nature and purport of the Consideration Shares Agreement and the Acknowledgment Receipt CONTRACT: Breach - Share sale agreement - Whether total failure of consideration - Whether plaintiffs agreed to accept the Consideration Shares in lieu of the purchase consideration of RM55 million - Whether plaintiff agreed to satisfy its indebtedness to Ayer Hitam Dredging Malaysia Berhad (AHT) by way of transfer of Consideration Shares to AHT - Whether plaintiffs authorized one Liu He Tian to transfer Consideration Shares to AHT - Whether Consideration Shares were in fact transferred to AHT by the plaintiffs or by Liu on behalf of the plaintiff
[2010] 1 LNS 1146	TAN SOO LOY v. YB MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA MALAYSIA & ANOR	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Certiorari - Application for - Whether 1st respondent acted properly in not producing notes and report of conciliation meeting before the court - Whether 1st respondent entitled to take into consideration applicant's admission - Whether 1st respondent misdirected himself in law or took into account irrelevant matters or did not take into consideration relevant matters - Whether 1st respondent exercised his discretion with an improper motive or arbitrarily or unreasonably - Whether 1st respondent exercised his discretion in accordance with the law
[2010] LNS 1 1603	SUCILA KUTTY NAIR v. PP	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Finding that defence failed to rebut presumption under s. 42(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 when concluding that defence was an afterthought - Whether trial judge adequately assessed the defence evidence against that of the prosecution in totality - Whether trial judge assessed and evaluated the defence case before finding it had failed to rebut the s. 42(1)presumption - Whether trial judge erred - Whether appeal had merit - Whether sentence meted out by Sessions Judge sufficiently adequate

CLJ 2012 Volume 8 (Part 5)

ARTICLE

Issues And Challenges Pertaining To The Role Of Shariah Advisory Council In Upholding Shariah Principles In Islamic Banking And Finance by Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad [2012] 8 CLJ i

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Cheong Kam Kuen v. PP Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong, Sulong Matjeraie FCJJ (Criminal Law; Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder) [2012] 8 CLJ 537 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Shah Rizan Sulong lwn. PP Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara, Aziah Ali HHMR (Keterangan; Undang-undang Jenayah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Maklumat membawa kepada penemuan dadah - Kebolehterimaan) [2012] 8 CLJ 549 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Azhar Victor v. Malaysian Airlines System Sdn Bhd Suraya Othman J (Labour Law; Civil Procedure - Employment - Medically boarded out - Application for) [2012] 8 CLJ 563 [HC]

CIMB Bank Bhd v. Lim Seng & Ors And Another Case Lee Swee Seng JC (Banking; Contract; Land Law - Loan - Security for loan - Charge - Sale of land) [2012] 8 CLJ 583 [HC]

CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors Tengku Maimun J (Civil Procedure - Anton Piller order - Pre-conditions of) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

PP lwn. Mohd Faizal Abdul Wahid Nurchaya Arshad H (Prosedur Jenayah - Hukuman - Kesetimpalan - Rompakan berkumpulan) [2012] 8 CLJ 621 [HC]

Shan & Gooi v. Capital Insurance Bhd & Ors Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC (Contract; Insurance - Indemnity - Contract of insurance - Claims) [2012] 8 CLJ 626 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Loan facility - Term loan and fixed loan facilities - Default in repayment - Whether bank had agreed to a variation of terms of loan - Whether bank entitled to revert to its full rights and remedies under original loan agreements - Whether statement of account and certificate of indebtedness conclusive proof of borrower's indebtedness - Whether auction of properties provided as collateral was wrongful and invalid - Whether borrower not notified of public auction - Whether chargor failed to comply with procedure for challenging validity of the decision of the land administrator - Whether chargor barred from raising validity of auction CIMB Bank Bhd v. Lim Seng & Ors And Another Case (Lee Swee Seng JC) [2012] 8 CLJ 583 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Affidavits - Deponent of affidavits - Affirmation of - Whether affidavit in support affirmed by director of plaintiff's subsidiary company admissible - Whether deponent had personal knowledge of facts relating to case CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

Anton Piller order - Ex parte order - Setting aside, application for - Pre-conditions for making of Anton Piller order - Whether strong prima facie case shown - Whether documents sought essential to plaintiff's case - Whether danger of evidence being destroyed shown - Whether affidavit in support affirmed by director of plaintiff's subsidiary company admissible - Whether execution of Anton Piller order beyond the time spelt out in the order amounted to blatant breach justifying setting aside of order CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

Costs - Security for costs - Application for - Plaintiff a foreign company with no assets within jurisdiction - Whether appropriate that plaintiff be ordered to pay security for costs CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

Damages - Application for - Employee suffering from neurological condition - Application for mutual separation scheme and to be medically boarded out rejected - Whether prerogative decision fair, just and reasonable Azhar Victor v. Malaysian Airlines System Sdn Bhd (Suraya Othman J) [2012] 8 CLJ 563 [HC]

Discovery - Banker's books - Banker's Evidence Act 1949 - Whether order misconceived and outside the purview of law - Whether essential and relevant for plaintiff to inspect entries in account - Whether plaintiff's application material and bona fide CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

Injunctions - Mareva injunction - Ex parte - Setting aside, application for - Whether affidavit in support affirmed by director of plaintiff's subsidiary company admissible - Existence of consent order that mareva injunction be stood over until the disposal of suit - Whether defendants estopped from applying to set aside CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

Injunctions - Prohibitory injunction - Ex parte - Setting aside, application for - Order restraining seizure and arrest of ship and cargo as security payments due - Whether affidavit in support affirmed by director of plaintiff's subsidiary company admissible - Whether defendant prejudiced by prohibitory injunction - Whether defendant could still seek legal recourse against plaintiff for sums due and owing CMA CGM v. Ban Hoe Leong Marine Supplies Sdn Bhd & Ors (Tengku Maimun J) [2012] 8 CLJ 601 [HC]

CONTRACT

Indemnity - Contract of insurance - Claims - Discovery of unauthorised transfer of money - Claim against legal firm by aggrieved clients Shan & Gooi v. Capital Insurance Bhd & Ors (Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC) [2012] 8 CLJ 626 [HC]

Loan - Security for loan - Charge - Sale of land - Public auction - Whether auction of properties provided as collateral for bank loan wrongful and invalid - Whether borrower not notified of public auction - Whether chargor failed to comply with procedure for challenging validity of the decision of the land administrator - Whether chargor barred from raising validity of auction - National Land Code 1965, s. 418 CIMB Bank Bhd v. Lim Seng & Ors And Another Case (Lee Swee Seng JC) [2012] 8 CLJ 583 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Conviction - Appeal against - Whether evidence led to prove identity of deceased - Whether accused had intention to kill deceased - Whether appellant had intention to cause bodily injury - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death - Nature of injuries sustained - Whether offence one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Tham Kai Yau & Ors v. PP Cheong Kam Kuen v. PP (Zulkefli Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2012] 8 CLJ 537 [FC]

INSURANCE

Contract of insurance - Claims - Discovery of unauthorised transfer of money - Claim against legal firm by aggrieved clients - 'Claims made' policy - Essence of 'claims made' policy - Whether third defendant estopped from setting up defence of non-notification in writing - Oral notification given by insured - Whether sufficient or must be in writing - Whether there was breach of contract Shan & Gooi v. Capital Insurance Bhd & Ors (Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JC) [2012] 8 CLJ 626 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Employment - Medically boarded out - Application for - Employee suffering from neurological condition - No medical board formed for investigation - Employee deprived of opportunity of having medical board convened - Whether employer in breach of 2005 Memorandum of Understanding ('MOU') - Whether MOU contained implied term requiring employer to convene medical board - Whether employer required to convene medical board - Whether decision to medically board out employee was employer's prerogative - Whether prerogative decision fair, just and reasonable Azhar Victor v. Malaysian Airlines System Sdn Bhd (Suraya Othman J) [2012] 8 CLJ 563 [HC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Public auction - Whether auction of properties provided as collateral for bank loan wrongful and invalid - Whether borrower not notified of public auction - Whether chargor failed to comply with procedure for challenging validity of the decision of the land administrator - Whether chargor barred from raising validity of auction - National Land Code 1965, s. 418 CIMB Bank Bhd v. Lim Seng & Ors And Another Case (Lee Swee Seng JC) [2012] 8 CLJ 583 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Maklumat membawa kepada penemuan dadah - Kebolehterimaan - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 27 - Hakim bicara menerima pengemukaan maklumat sebagai keterangan - Sama ada maklumat diperoleh secara 'menindas' dan 'bertentangan' dengan taraf-taraf kewajaran Shah Rizan Sulong lwn. PP (Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara, Aziah Ali HHMR) [2012] 8 CLJ 549 [CA]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Hukuman - Kesetimpalan - Rompakan berkumpulan - Perbicaraan penuh - Hukuman lima tahun penjara dan tiga sebatan - Rayuan oleh Pendakwa Raya - Sama ada hukuman tidak memadai - Sama ada hukuman lebih berat wajar dijatuhkan PP lwn. Mohd Faizal Abdul Wahid (Nurchaya Arshad H) [2012] 8 CLJ 621 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Perayu disabit dan dihukum gantung kerana mengedar dadah - Dadah dijumpai selepas ditunjukkan lokasi oleh perayu sendiri - Perayu bekerjasama selepas diberi akujanji oleh SP6 - Barang bukan milikan perayu, diletakkan oleh rakan - Sama ada hakim bicara terkhilaf dalam penerimaan masuk maklumat tentang pengetahuan perayu mengenai lokasi dadah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, s. 37A - Sama ada terpakai Shah Rizan Sulong lwn. PP (Abdul Malik Ishak, KN Segara, Aziah Ali HHMR) [2012] 8 CLJ 549 [CA]

CLJ 2012 Volume 8 (Part 6)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Ho Tack Sien & Ors v. Rotta Research Laboratorium S.p.A & Anor Zainun Ali FCJ, Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather JJCA (Trade Marks - Infringement - Infringement of registered trade mark and passing off - Application to expunge) [2012] 8 CLJ 645 [CA]

Hong Kwi Seong v. Ganad Media Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal (Low Hop Bing, Abu Samah Nordin, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA (Civil Procedure - Contempt of court - Order of committal) [2012] 8 CLJ 667 [CA]

Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd & Another Appeal Ramly Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA (Company Law; Words And Phrases - Directors - Offences by directors - Use of word "appears" instead of "proved") [2012] 8 CLJ 678 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Fung Fon Chen & Anor v. The Government Of Malaysia & Anor David Wong Dak Wah J (Civil Procedure - Locus standi - Declaratory relief - Striking out) [2012] 8 CLJ 706 [HC]

Puteh Aman Power Sdn Bhd v. Bittersweet Estates (Sabah) Sdn Bhd (No 3) Zabariah Mohd Yusof J (Civil Procedure - Contempt of court - Order of committal) [2012] 8 CLJ 729 [HC]

Yee Kang & Sons & Anor v. Chim Yiam, Lee, Tan & Associates Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof J (Civil Procedure - Injunction - Injunction to restrain presentation of winding-up petition) [2012] 8 CLJ 740 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Contempt of court - Order of committal - Appeal against - Appellant's failure to pay instalments under payment order - Whether non-payment of money judgment punishable with contempt of court - Hong Leong Bank Berhad v. Phung Tze Thiam - Whether applicable - Terms of judgment or order - Whether came within scope of O. 45 r. 5(1)(a)(i) Rules of the High Court 1980 Hong Kwi Seong v. Ganad Media Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal (Low Hop Bing, Abu Samah Nordin, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2012] 8 CLJ 667 [CA]

Contempt of court - Order of committal - Setting aside - Application for - Appellant's failure to pay instalments under payment order - Whether non-payment of money judgment punishable with contempt of court - Hong Leong Bank Berhad v. Phung Tze Thiam - Whether applicable - Terms of judgment or order - Whether came within scope of O. 45 r. 5(1)(a)(i) Rules of the High Court 1980 Hong Kwi Seong v. Ganad Media Sdn Bhd & Another Appeal (Low Hop Bing, Abu Samah Nordin, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2012] 8 CLJ 667 [CA]

Contempt of court - Order of committal, application for - Notice of motion - Failure to comply with order of court - Whether there was satisfactory explanation given for not complying with order - Whether there were mitigating factors - Whether contemnors' apology to court genuine - Contemnors found guilty of contempt - Whether plaintiff discharged onus of proof beyond reasonable doubt - Sentences to be imposed Puteh Aman Power Sdn Bhd v. Bittersweet Estates (Sabah) Sdn Bhd (No 3) (Zabariah Mohd Yusof J) [2012] 8 CLJ 729 [HC]

Injunction - Injunction to restrain presentation of winding-up petition - Whether winding-up process used oppressively and maliciously - Whether principles relating to grant of Fortuna injunction satisfied - Defendant legal firm issued s. 218 notice under Companies Act 1965 to plaintiffs to settle unpaid "legal fees" - Whether no bona fide debt due - Whether notice issued out of spite and malice - Whether amount claimed in notice wholly comprised contingency fee - Whether illegal and unenforceable Yee Kang & Sons & Anor v. Chim Yiam, Lee, Tan & Associates (Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof J) [2012] 8 CLJ 740 [HC]

Locus standi - Declaratory relief - Application premised on Malaysia Agreement - Whether plaintiffs suffered in former employments as a result of defendants' failure to honour provisions in Agreement - Whether plaintiffs as Sabahans had locus standi to seek relief Fung Fon Chen & Anor v. The Government Of Malaysia & Anor (David Wong Dak Wah J) [2012] 8 CLJ 706 [HC]

Striking out - Application for - Whether action obviously unsustainable - Whether there were triable issues to be determined at hearing proper - Whether plaintiffs proven reasonable cause of action - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19 (1)(a), (b), (d) Fung Fon Chen & Anor v. The Government Of Malaysia & Anor (David Wong Dak Wah J) [2012] 8 CLJ 706 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Offences by directors - Directors of public-listed company caused wholly-owned subsidiary to pay out huge sums of monies in breach of Stock Exchange listing requirements - Whether Stock Exchange empowered to impose sanctions against directors without first proving their liability in court - Whether Stock Exchange could apply to court to enforce its sanctions - Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, ss. 11, 360(1)(c)(i), 360(1)(d)(ii)(J), 360(1)(d)(ii)(K) Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd & Another Appeal (Ramly Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2012] 8 CLJ 678 [CA]

TRADE MARKS

Infringement of registered trade mark and passing off - Application to expunge mark from register - Whether court should not expunge mark without hearing evidence of Registrar of Trade Marks - Whether Registrar's reason for registration of mark ought to be known - Whether expunction of mark precluded mark holder from producing other products within same class that bore no resemblance to competing trade mark - Trade Marks Act 1976, ss. 19(1)(b), 28, 38 & 62 Ho Tack Sien & Ors v. Rotta Research Laboratorium S.p.A & Anor (Zainun Ali FCJ, Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather JJCA) [2012] 8 CLJ 645 [CA]

WORDS AND PHRASES

Definition - "it appears to the court that any person has contravened a relevant requirement" - Use of word "appears" instead of "proved" - Whether indicated requirement for lower standard of proof - Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, s. 360(1)(c) Tengku Dato' Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v. Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd & Another Appeal (Ramly Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2012] 8 CLJ 678 [CA]

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