MLJ Alerts: Nov 2025 (High Court)

November 06, 2025

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Week 1 Updates

1. Brian Lim Yen Wei & Ors v Ng Geock Sin [2025] 12 MLJ 74 [HC]

Coram	AHMAD SHAHRIR J
Catchwords	Succession — Administrators — Administrators pendente lite
Outcome	Enclosure 5 allowed with costs in the cause; encl 94 dismissed.
Counsel Names	Chen Wei Yang (with Lee Jia Fu) (Josephine, LK Chow & Co) for the plaintiff. T Gunaseelan (with Kumaradevan Rajadevan) (Gunaseelan & Assoc) for the defendant.

2. Tenaswari a/p Rajen & Anor (as administrators for the estate of Thinagaran a/l Madhavan, the deceased and in their own capacity as the deceased's dependants) v Kepten Maritim Mohammad Rosli bin Kassim (Pengarah Maritim Negeri Ibu Pejabat Maritim Negeri Selangor) & Ors [2025] 12 MLJ 84 [HC]

Coram	ALICE LOKE J
Catchwords	Tort — Negligence — Duty of care
Outcome	Plaintiffs’ claim allowed in part.
Counsel Names	Manoharan Malayalam (with P Subramaniam and Sarathbala Balakrishnan) (M Manoharan & Co) for the plaintiff. Siti Syakimah bt Ibrahim (with Nuurzul Izzati bt Zulkipli) (Attorney General's Chamber) for the first, second and third defendants.

3. Carey Real Estate Sdn Bhd v IOI Properties Group Bhd [2025] 12 MLJ 111 Wei & Ors v Ng Geock Sin [2025] 12 MLJ 74 [HC]

Coram	SU TIANG JOO J
Catchwords	Contract — Claims — Claim for real estate agency fees
Outcome	Plaintiff’s claim allowed with costs agreed at RM30,000 subject to allocatur to be paid by defendant to plaintiff.
Counsel Names	Dhanaraj a/l Vasudevan (with Malar a/p Loganathan and Andrew Navin a/l Anthony John (Pupil in Chambers)) for the appellant. Rishwant Singh a/l Amarjeet Singh (with Nur Fathin Farrisya bt Md Noor (Pupil in Chambers)) for the respondent.

Week 2 Updates

1. Sundra Rajoo a/l Nadarajah v Thirilogachandran @ Jayasangar a/l Shanmugasundaram (being sued in his representative capacity on behalf of the registered organisation Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM)) [2025] 12 MLJ 140 [HC]

Coram	SU TIANG JOO J
Catchwords	Tort — Defamation — Libel
Outcome	Plaintiff’s claim allowed; awarding him RM400,000 as general and aggravated damages; ordering PAM to publish online notices disassociating itself from the offending article on LAM’s website on terms to be agreed between the plaintiff and PAM; directing PAM to remove the offending article from its WhatsApp chat group (Feedback for PAM); and granting an injunction restraining PAM from further publishing the offending article.
Counsel Names	Rueben Mathiavaranam (with him Sumita a/p Balasubramaniam) (Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners) for the plaintiff. David Lingam (with Deepinder Kaur a/p Tara Singh and Kamaldip Kaur a/p Santokh Singh) (David Lingam & Co) for the defendant.

2. A (a child suing through his mother and litigation representative, Noor Shahizan bt Ajmi) v Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors [2025] 12 MLJ 190 [HC]

Coram	GAN TECHIONG JC
Catchwords	Tort — Negligence — Medical negligence
Outcome	Order accordingly.
Counsel Names	Karhti Kanthabalan (with Abigail Sarah Kumar) (PS Ranjan & Co) for the plaintiff. Masriwani bt Mahmud (Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney General's Chamber) for the defendants.

Week 3 Updates

1. Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Panareno Sdn Bhd (Vital Projects Sdn Bhd, third party and Semantra No-Dig Engineering Sdn Bhd, fourth party) [2025] 12 MLJ 233 [HC]

Coram	AHMAD SHAHRIR J
Catchwords	Damages — Quantum — Tort
Outcome	Damages claimed by the plaintiff allowed.
Counsel Names	Balvinder Singh Kenth (with Rishipal Singh a/l Ambar Singh) (Kenth Partnership) for the plaintiff. Nigel William Kraal (Cheang & Ariff) for the defendant. Rajendra a/l Navaratham (with Sandhya a/p Saravanan) (Azman Davidson & Co) for the third party. Low Eu Thuan (Cheong Wai Meng & Van Buerle) for the fourth party.

2. Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia v Dato’ Aminuddin bin Md Desa [2025] 12 MLJ 250 [HC]

Coram	WAN MUHAMMAD AMIN J
Catchwords	Securities — Insider trading — Confidential information
Outcome	Order accordingly.
Counsel Names	Benjamin John Dawson (with Eileen bt Othman, Tan *** Ru and Niisha Lakshme a/p Muthuvelu Mahathavan) (Benjamin Dawson) for the plaintiff. V Rajadevan (with Fathin Delila bt Hamdan) (Rajadevan & Assoc) for the defendant. Mohd Aerie Rahman (with Raihana Nadhira bt Rafidi and Jonathan Chin Ter Yang) for the Securities Commission Malaysia.

3. Lye Yet Yoon (claiming as the wife and legal dependant of Foo Bah Seng, the deceased) & Anor v Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang & Anor [2025] 12 MLJ 298 [HC]

Coram	AZIZAN MD ARSHAD JC
Catchwords	Tort — Negligence — Local authority
Outcome	Appeal allowed; and case remitted back to the magistrate’s court for determination of liability and quantum.
Counsel Names	Choo Kian Ming (See Ramsun & Tan) for the appellant. Shaarmila Kanesan (M Kanesan & Assoc) for the first respondent. Nurul Khairiah Dahalaan (Senior Federal Counsel, Pulau Pinang Legal State Advisor's Offices) for the second respondent.

4. Nautilus Tug & Towage Sdn Bhd v Dato’ Seri Suresh Emmanuel Abishegam & Ors (Dato’ Wan Mohamed Yaacob bin Dato’ Wan Sailadin, third party) [2025] 12 MLJ 319 [HC]

Coram	ATAN MUSTAFFA J
Catchwords	Civil Procedure — Stay of proceedings — Application for stay proceedings in statutory derivative action
Outcome	Enclosure 276 dismissed with costs.
Counsel Names	Lim Chee Wee (with Jasper Tan, Wee Hee, Aaron Mah and Lim Xin Wei (pupil in chambers)) (Lim Chee Wee Partnership) for the plaintiff. David Mathews (with Joyce Pang and Koh Jo Vin) (Joyce Pang) for the eighth defendant. Jack Yow (with Lee Ji Kean) (Rahmat Lim & Partners) for the seventh defendant and third party.

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