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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2004, Issue 52
31 December 2004

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New This Week -	1. CLJ December (Part 4) 2004
	2. CLJ Supp December (Part 2) 2004

1. CLJ December (Part 4) 2004

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Century Land Resources Sdn Bhd v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Land law - Charge - Order for sale - Distiction between application under s. 148 Land Code (Cap 81) (Sarawak) and under s. 256 National Land Code 1965) [2004] 4 CLJ 793 [CA]

Mohamad Din Talip v. Polis Di Raja Malaysia
(Administrative law - Exercise of administrative powers - Judicial review) [2004] 4 CLJ 804

Tham Kok Onn v. Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Civil procedure - Writ of execution - Leave to issue - Application for leave made after lapse of six years from judgment date) [2004] 4 CLJ 818

HIGH COURT

Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Bhd & Ors v. Bumi Warna Indah Sdn Bhd
(Civil procedure - Amendment - Defence) [2004] 4 CLJ 825

Chong Boon Pau v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri & Ors
(Criminal procedure - Habeas corpus - Detention of child) [2004] 4 CLJ 838

M-Concept Sdn Bhd v. Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd
(Contract - Rescission - Building contract - Whether claim for liquidated damages for late delivery disentitled purchaser from rescinding agreement) [2004] 4 CLJ 852

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Exercise of administrative powers - Judicial review - Whether court should be concerned with the decision-making process rather than the decision itself
Mohamad Din Talip v. Polis Di Raja Malaysia
(Denis Ong, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Hashim Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 804 [CA]

Remedies - Certiorari, application for - Nature of remedy - Whether discretionary remedy
Mohamad Din Talip v. Polis Di Raja Malaysia
(Denis Ong, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Hashim Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 804 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Amendment - Defence - Application to amend defence pending appeal against summary judgment - Amendments to pleadings, principles - Real questions in controversy - Injustice - Whether proposed amended-defence diametrically different from original defence - Whether an afterthought - Whether bona fide - Whether prejudicial - Whether introduces new defences - Whether tantamount to an application to admit fresh evidence
Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Bhd & Ors v. Bumi Warna Indah Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2004] 4 CLJ 825 [HC]

Appeal - Adducing of fresh evidence - Point not raised before trial court - Not mentioned in memorandum of appeal - Whether point can be raised before Court of Appeal - Question of fairness to respondent and to trial judge
Century Land Resources Sdn Bhd v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 793 [CA]

Execution - Writ of execution - Leave to issue - Application for leave made after lapse of six years from judgment date - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 46 r. 2(1)(a) and (3) - Whether leave may be granted in view of s. 6(3) Limitation Act 1953 - Whether s. 6(3) operates at pre-execution stage or only at execution/recovery stage - Whether s. 6(3) bars granting of leave to execute under O. 46 if leave application made after six years of judgment date
Tham Kok Onn v. Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 818 [CA]

Pleadings - Limitation - Special requirement to expressly plead limitation as defence - Limitation Act 1953, s. 4 - Limitation not pleaded by defendant but raised for first time before Court of Appeal - Whether s. 4 applies to a summons - Whether ‘pleading’ excludes petition, summons or preliminary act - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 1 r. 4 RHC - Whether requirement in O. 18 r. 8 RHC to plead statute of limitation as defence applies only to a writ action and not to a summons
Tham Kok Onn v. Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 818 [CA]

CONTRACT

Breach - Building contract - Agreement for sale of shop-lot in building - Vendor unable to deliver vacant possession by specified time - Whether purchaser entitled to rescind agreement, recover moneys paid and claim damages - Whether claim for liquidated damages for late delivery disentitled purchaser from rescinding agreement - No provision on rescission in agreement, whether consequential - Purchaser continuing to make instalment payments, whether a waiver of right to rescission - Contracts Act 1950, s. 56(1)
M-Concept Sdn Bhd v. Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2004] 4 CLJ 852 [HC]

Rescission - Building contract - Agreement for sale of shop-lot in building - Vendor unable to deliver vacant possession by specified time - Whether purchaser entitled to rescind agreement, recover moneys paid and claim damages - Whether claim for liquidated damages for late delivery disentitled purchaser from rescinding agreement - No provision on rescission in agreement, whether consequential - Purchaser continuing to make instalment payments, whether a waiver of right to rescission - Contracts Act 1950, s. 56(1)
M-Concept Sdn Bhd v. Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd
(Hishamudin Yunus J) [2004] 4 CLJ 852 [HC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Habeas corpus - Detention of child - Failure to consider provisions of Child Act 2001 - Whether detention procedurally flawed
Chong Boon Pau v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri & Ors
(KP Gengadharan Nair JC) [2004] 4 CLJ 838 [HC]

LAND LAW

Charge - Order for sale - Allegation by chargor/debtor that notice of demand included sums not actually due - That interest rate was varied by chargee/bank without prior notice to chargor - Whether chargor proved allegations - Whether chargor should have tendered to chargee ‘actual’ amount due
Century Land Resources Sdn Bhd v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 793 [CA]

Charge - Remedies of chargee - Order for sale - Distinction between application under s. 148 Land Code (Cap 81) (Sarawak) and under s. 256 National Land Code 1965 - Choice of order - Condition precedent to making order for sale, whether notice of demand or chargor’s default - Whether Low Lee Lian v. Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd binding on applications for order for sale under s. 148 Land Code (Cap 81) (Sarawak) - Distinction between ‘sums lawfully due’ and ‘alleged arithmetical miscalculations’ - Whether ‘arithmetical miscalculations’ invalidate notice of demand
Century Land Resources Sdn Bhd v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 793 [CA]

Charge - Remedies of chargee - Order for sale - Notice of demand - Complaint by chargor that notice of demand claimed sum in excess of amount ‘actually’ due - Whether a ground for refusing order for sale - Land Code (Cap 81) (Sarawak), s. 148 - Whether notice of demand a condition precedent to making order for sale under s. 148 - Whether chargor’s default in itself a condition precedent
Century Land Resources Sdn Bhd v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, Abdul Kadir Sulaiman & Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 793 [CA]

LIMITATION

Writ of execution - Leave to issue - Application for leave made after lapse of six years from judgment date - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 46 r. 2(1)(a) and (3) - Whether leave may be granted in view of s. 6(3) Limitation Act 1953 - Whether s. 6(3) operates at pre-execution stage or only at execution/recovery stage - Whether s. 6(3) bars granting of leave to execute under O. 46 if leave application made after six years of judgment date
Tham Kok Onn v. Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Arifin Zakaria, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff & Nik Hashim JJCA) [2004] 4 CLJ 818 [CA]

PREVENTIVE DETENTION

Detention order - Detention under Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 - Child detainee - Provisions of Child Act 2001 not considered - Minister failing to consider whether detention under Ordinance to be preferred to detention under Child Act 2001 - Whether detention procedurally flawed
Chong Boon Pau v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri & Ors
(KP Gengadharan Nair JC) [2004] 4 CLJ 838 [HC]

Detention order - Grounds for detention - Not all grounds for detention stated in detention order - Whether detention procedurally flawed - Whether could be cured by subsequently informing detenu of grounds not stated earlier
Chong Boon Pau v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri & Ors
(KP Gengadharan Nair JC) [2004] 4 CLJ 838 [HC]

2. CLJ Supp December (Part 2) 2004

COURT

HIGH COURT

Pharmmalaysia Bhd v. Dinesh Kumar Jashbhai Nagjibha Patel & Ors|
(Civil Procedure - Mareva injunction - Principles applicable) [2004] 7 CLJ 465

Syarikat Kesemua Sdn Bhd v. Barawan Razak & Ors
(Security for costs - Companies Act 1965, s. 351) [2004] 7 CLJ 563

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Costs - Security for costs - Suit by plaintiff company - Whether plaintiff unable to pay costs if unsuccessful - Test to be applied - Companies Act 1965, s. 351|
Syarikat Kesemua Sdn Bhd v. Barawan Razak & Ors
(Linton Albert JC) [2004] 7 CLJ 563 [HC]

Injunction - Mareva injunction - Principles applicable - Factors to be considered - Whether there was risk of dissipation of defendants’ assets - Whether plaintiff had good arguable case
Pharmmalaysia Bhd v. Dinesh Kumar Jashbhai Nagjibha Patel & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2004] 7 CLJ 465 [HC]

COMPANY LAW

Directors - Fiduciary duties - 1st defendant former managing director of plaintiff - Whether 1st defendant had misapplied plaintiff’s funds - Whether fiduciary duty breached
Pharmmalaysia Bhd v. Dinesh Kumar Jashbhai Nagjibha Patel & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2004] 7 CLJ 465 [HC]

Suit by company - Security for costs - Test to be applied - Factors to be considered - Delay - Effect of order on plaintiff - Whether unjust - Companies Act 1965, s. 351
Syarikat Kesemua Sdn Bhd v. Barawan Razak & Ors
(Linton Albert JC) [2004] 7 CLJ 563 [HC]

TRUSTS

Constructive trust - Monies received from funds of plaintiff - Whether defendants knowingly received such funds - Whether defendants knowingly assisted 1st defendant in breaching fiduciary duties to plaintiff - Whether defendants liable as constructive trustees
Pharmmalaysia Bhd v. Dinesh Kumar Jashbhai Nagjibha Patel & Ors
(Abdul Malik Ishak J) [2004] 7 CLJ 465 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

SARAVANAN A/L K S SOMU V. TIMBALAN MENTERI DALAM NEGERI MALAYSIA & 2 ORS

CONSTITUIONAL LAW: Double jeopardy - Federal Constitution, art. 7(2) - Whether applicable only if there is an earlier acquittal or conviction of offence charged

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