MLJ Alerts: Mar 2026 (High Court)

March 04, 2026

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Week 1 Updates

1. Poey Yee Meng & Ors v Tropika Istimewa Development Sdn Bhd & Anor [2026] 8 MLJ 40 [HC]

Coram	SU TIANG JOO J
Catchwords	Contract — Sale and purchase of property (‘SPAs’) — Liquidated ascertained damages
Outcome	Applications allowed.
Counsel Names	Wong Renn Xin (KL Wong) for the plaintiffs. Gregory Vinesh Das (with him Leah Marie Samuel) (Steven Thiru) for the first defendant. Ho Ai Ting (with her Man Weng Keat) (Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill) for the second defendant. Freddy Choy Kay Chun (Shook Lin & Bok) for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 12th and 13th defendants. Koo Yin Soon (Shearn Delamore & Co) for the 10th and 11th defendants. Muhammad Azzam bin Zainal Abidin (Assistant Legal Advisor for State of Johor, Johor Legal State Office) for the 14th defendant

2. Eletson Holdings Inc & Ors v The Owner and/or the Demise Charterer and/or Persons in Possession or Control of the Ship or Vessel, ‘Paros’ of the Port of Piraeus (OCM Maritime Gas 3 LLC, intervener) and another action [2026] 8 MLJ 80 [HC]

Coram	QUAY CHEW SOON J
Catchwords	Admiralty and Shipping — Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest — Possession claim
Outcome	Enclosure 25 allowed with cost of RM20,000 to OCM; plaintiffs’ writ and warrant of arrest set aside; encl 16 allowed with costs of RM10,000 to OCM; court ordered that possession and control of vessel be decreed to OCM as sole owner of vessel.
Counsel Names	Oon Thian Seng (with Lionel Navin Noel, Tan *** Ling and Ng You Xian) (TS Oon & Partners) for the plaintiffs. Jeremy Mark Joseph (with Vinodhini Benjamin Samuel and Siti Deelora bt Nor Ahmad Rajkumar) (Joseph & Partners) for the intervener.

3. Wana Gold & Anor v Qalam Gold Jewellery (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors [2026] 8 MLJ 111 [HC]

Coram	ONG CHEE KWAN J
Catchwords	Contract — Agreement — Sale and purchase agreement for purchase of gold (‘gold SPA’)
Outcome	Claim allowed.
Counsel Names	Oon Thian Seng (with Lionel Navin Noel, Tan *** Ling and Ng You Xian) (TS Oon & Partners) for the plaintiffs.• Mohd Amierul Sharafi bin Shaharizan (with Nur Ralizah bt Rosli) (Law Chambers of Vin Sa & Ian) for the plaintiffs. Revathi a/p Kannan (with Darshini Devi a/p Ravindran) (Revathi & Partners) for the defendants.

Week 2 Updates

1. Zaidi bin Dali v Public Prosecutor and other appeals [2026] 8 MLJ 136 [HC]

Coram	MOSES SUSAYAN J
Catchwords	Criminal Procedure — Appeal — Appeal against conviction
Outcome	Convictions and sentences set aside; appellants acquitted and discharged; the prosecution’s appeals dismissed.
Counsel Names	M Athimulan (M Athimulan & Co) in Criminal Appeal Nos AA-42R(A)-4–10 of 2022 and AA-42R(A)-5–10 of 2022 for the appellant. Mohd Baharuddin bin Ahmad Kassim (Bahar Rusnan & Assoc) in Criminal Appeal Nos AA-42R(A)-6–10 of 2022 and AA-42R(A)-7–10 of 2022 for the appellant. Maziyah bt Mansor (Deputy Public Prosecutor, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) in Criminal Appeal Nos AA-42R(A)-4–10 of 2022, AA-42R(A)-5–10 of 2022, AA-42R(A)-6–10 of 2022 and AA-42R(A)–7-10 of 2022 for the respondent.

2. KW Keat Wei Motor Sdn Bhd v HCS Realty Sdn Bhd and another appeal [2026] 8 MLJ 162 [HC]

Coram	MOHD JOHAN LEE J
Catchwords	Civil Procedure — Amendment — Originating summons
Outcome	Both appeals allowed with costs of RM10,000 to be paid by respondent to appellant.
Counsel Names	C Charleet (with Ch’ng De Sern) (De Sern Charleet & Partners) for the appellant. V Amareson (Lim, Wong & Co) for the respondent.

3. Krishnasamy a/l Jayaraman & Anor v Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia & Ors [2026] 8 MLJ 185 [HC]

Coram	SU TIANG JOO J
Catchwords	Tort — Negligence — Medical negligence
Outcome	Plaintiffs awarded RM7,400,883.19 in damages.
Counsel Names	Brijnandan Singh Bhar a/l Gurcharan Singh (with Harwinder Kaur a/p Harbhajan Singh, Natasha Bhar a/p Brijnandan Singh, Dhanesh Subramaniam Nair and Jasween Kaur Dhaliwal) (AJ Ariffin, Yeo & Harpal) for the plaintiff. Husniyyah bt Hanapi (with Siti Asmath bt Che Man) (Federal Counsel, Attorney General Chambers) for the defendant.

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