09 Feb 2026

MLJ Alerts: Feb 2026 (Appellate Court)

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Week 1 Updates

1. Pengerang Refining Company Sdn Bhd v Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co Ltd & Anor and another appeal [2026] 1 MLJ 636 [CA]

Coram AZMI ARIFFIN, MOHD FIRUZ AND ONG CHEE KWAN JJCA
Catchwords Contract — Performance bond — Whether call on bond unconscionable
Outcome Both appeals dismissed.
Counsel Names

  • Lim Chee Wee (with Marcus Tan Seng Peng and Eunice Kwong Sook Wen) (Ricky Tan & Co) for the appellant (defendant).• Sanjay Mohan (with Muhd Naazraj and Siew Suet Mey) (Sanjay Mohan) for the appellant.

  • Thayananthan a/l Baskaran (with Ng Faye Xiang and Leezzie John) (Baskaran) for the respondent.

2. Mohammad Abdullah bin Mohamed lwn Pendakwa Raya [2026] 1 MLJ 647 [CA]

Coram AHMAD ZAIDI IBRAHIM, AZMAN ABDULLAH AND AZMI ARIFFIN HHMR
Catchwords Prosedur Jenayah — Rayuan — Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman
Outcome Rayuan tertuduh terhadap sabitan dan hukuman ditolak; keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi dikekalkan.
Counsel Names

  • Afifuddini Ahmad Hafifi (Aina Melina bersamanya) (Salehuddin Saidin & Assoc) bagi pihak perayu.

  • Asmah Musa (Solehah Noratikah Ismail bersamanya) (Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pendakwaan.

3. Minister of Finance & Ors v Natsteel Holdings Pte Ltd [2026] 1 MLJ 699 [CA]

Coram RAVINTHRAN, SEE MEE CHUN AND WAN AHMAD FARID JJCA
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Judicial review — Certiorari
Outcome Appeal allowed and High Court's decision set aside.
Counsel Names

  • Afifuddini Ahmad Hafifi (Aina Melina bersamanya) (Salehuddin Saidin & Assoc) bagi pihak perayu.• Kogilambigai Muthusamy (Federal Counsel, Attorney General's Chamber) for the appellants.

  • Ho Pui Yan (with Manshan Singh) (Skrine) for the respondent.

4. Lee Kean Choon v Khoo San & Ors [2026] 1 MLJ 936 [FC]

Coram WAN AHMAD FARID CHIEF JUSTICE, VAZEER ALAM AND LEE SWEE SENG FCJJ
Catchwords Land Law — Jurisdiction of the court — Appeals to the court
Outcome Appeal allowed with costs here and below in the sum of RM30,000 against first respondent and RM20,000 against second and third respondents respectively; decisions of both High Court and Court of Appeal set aside.
Counsel Names

  • M Rajenthirakumar R Malaiapan (with Tee Tai Tzian, Lee Lin Jun and Hiu Yeat Fong) (Tee Tai Tzian & Sim) for the appellant.

  • Terence Chan Kah Meng (with Chai Bitt Yen and Yeap Xi Jin) (Ting & Ting) for the first respondent.

  • Hani Aziza bt Ismail @ Aziz (with Namirah Hanum bt Mohamed Albaki and Nur Syafinaz Hayati bt Kamarrudin) (Selangor State Legal Advisor's Office) for the second and third respondents.

Week 2 Updates

1.Gumusut-Kakap Semi-Floating Production System (Labuan) Ltd v Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd and another appeal [2026] 1 MLJ 710 [CA]

Coram CHE MOHD RUZIMA, WONG KIAN KHEONG AND ONG CHEE KWAN JJCA
Catchwords Arbitration — Arbitral tribunal (‘AT’) — Jurisdiction
Outcome GK's appeal allowed in part and arbitral tribunal’s award varied.
Counsel Names

  • Cyrus Das (with Lim Chee Wee, Lee Shih, Kwan Will Sen, Muayyad bin Khairulmaini and Emily Ho Mei Li) (Lim Chee Wee Partnership) for the appellant.

  • Christopher Leong Sau Foo (with Janet Chai Pei Ying, Chloe Chew Khe Ying and Umesh Nerwin Nair a/l Sivakumar) (Chooi & Co) for the respondent.

2. Public Islamic Bank Bhd v Edwin Cassian a/l Nagappan @ Marie [2026] 1 MLJ 793 [CA]

Coram AZIZAH NAWAWI, COLLIN SEQUERAH AND ALWI ABDUL WAHAB JJCA
Catchwords Hire Purchase — Repossession — Instalments in arrears
Outcome Appeal allowed; decision of the High Court judge set aside; decision of magistrate court reinstated with no order as to costs.
Counsel Names

  • Tan Hong Kait (with Divani Keruna Nithi) (Sidek Teoh Wong & Dennis) for the appellant.

  • Absent for the respondent.

3. Iris Corp Bhd v Tan Sri Razali bin Ismail & Ors [2026] 1 MLJ 807 [CA]

Coram RAVINTHRAN, CHOO KAH SING AND AHMAD FAIRUZ JJCA
Catchwords Companies and Corporations — Directors — Breach of duty
Outcome Appeal dismissed with costs; decision of JC affirmed.
Counsel Names

  • Siew Yew Ming (with Chan Mun Fei and Ng Seng Yi) (Raja Eleena Siew Ang & Assoc) for the appellant.

  • Ivanpal Singh Grewal (with Keshvinder Kaur a/p Harvinder Singh) (AJ Ariffin, Yeo & Harpal) for the first respondent.

  • Mohd Rizal Bahari (with Mohd Amirfarid Mohd Nawawi) (Bahari & Bahari) for the second respondent.

  • Elisabeth Lye (Zainal Abidin & Co) for the third respondent.

  • Mohamad Nufail Altaf bin Mohd Zaim Munir (Raja Riza & Assoc) for the fourth respondent.

  • Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi (with Andrew Chang Weng Shan and Komal Kaur Dhaliwal) (Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill) for the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth respondents.

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