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MLJ Alerts: April 2024 (High Court)

The Malayan Law Journal Alerts is a complimentary blog series that brings the most recently published case reports powered by Lexis+® Malaysia.

Quote of the Month

Vendors and purchasers of properties place their total trust on the expertise, advice and acts of their conveyancing lawyers to help them complete the tasks of property conveyancing transactions that they are involved in. In this regard, the significance of a conveyancing lawyer’s role and responsibilities cannot be overstated. The duties and functions undertaken and discharged by those responsible in such property conveying transactions are indeed onerous.”

Choong Yeow Choy JC

Huat Siang Hardware Sdn Bhd v Amir Faezal Norzela & Chong (practising as a partnership firm) [2024] 8 MLJ 643 at para 1

Week 1 Updates

1. Flare Building Materials LLC v Pembinaan SPK Sdn Bhd [2024] 8 MLJ 669 [HC]

Coram ARZIAH MOHAMED JC
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Judgment — Foreign judgment
Outcome OS dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Ain Nurawanis Ahmad Jais (Chiong & Partners) for the plaintiff.

  • Nicholas Poon Qianfan (Kit & Assoc) for the defendant.

2. Jahit bin Rahmat & Anor v Ng Kim Chooi & Ors [2024] 8 MLJ 550 [HC]

Coram FAIZAH JAMALUDIN J
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Locus standi — Action to protect property of estate
Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Failure to plead cause of action
Outcome Ordered accordingly.
Counsel Names
  • Hazizah bt Kassim (with Fatimah Azzahrah bt Rumaizi) (Hazizah & Co) for the plaintiff.

  • Norasidi bin Nadziruddin (with Imran bin Kamaruddin) (Jailani Zubir & Partners) for the first and second defendants.

  • Heidi Saw Ching Ying (Fernandez & Selvarajah) for the third defendant.

  • Husna bt Abdul Halim (Selangor State Legal Advisor’s Office) for the fourth defendant.

3. Khew Chee Sun v Best Tile Marketing Sdn Bhd [2024] 8 MLJ 620 [HC]

Coram RAJA AHMAD MOHZANUDDIN SHAH JC
Catchwords Contract — Agreement — Royalty agreement
Outcome Plaintiff’s claim and DW1’s counterclaim dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Ganesh Perumal (with Ravindara Kumar Ramasamy, Shasha Aquliah Aziz and Amila Huda Ahmad) (Ganesh & Co) for the plaintiff.

  • Chris Tan Yew Hong (with Cheong Chun Shung) (JM Chong Vincent Chee & Co) for the defendant.

4. Public Prosecutor v Wanida Chinnabut [2024] 8 MLJ 538 [HC]

Coram WENDY OOI JC
Catchwords Criminal Procedure — Revision — Application for
Outcome Application for revision dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Mohamad Firdaous bin Mohamed Idris (Deputy Public Prosecutor, Selangor State Legal Advisory Chamber) for the appellant.

  • K Theivaendran (Desmond Ho & Assoc) for the respondent.

5. Liow Keng Luan v Tan Si Hai @ Tan Si Yen & Anor [2024] 8 MLJ 656 [HC]

Coram EVROL MARIETTE PETERS J
Catchwords Family Law — Protection — Injunction against molestation
Outcome Enclosure 23 allowed in part.
Counsel Names
  • YN Foo (with Kiran Dhaliwal and John Heng) (YN Foo & Partners) for the petitioner.

  • WH Kan (with Goh Loh Boon and Lim Yee) (WH Kan) for the respondents.

6. Huat Siang Hardware Sdn Bhd v Amir Faezal Norzela & Chong (practising as a partnership firm) [2024] 8 MLJ 643 [HC]

Coram CHOONG YEOW CHOY JC
Catchwords Legal Profession — Duty to client — Conveyancing
Outcome Appellant’s claim for the sum of RM528,000 allowed; decision of sessions court set aside with costs of RM20,000, subject to allocator, to be paid by respondent to appellant.
Counsel Names
  • Tee Kuo Ying (Hisham Yoong-KC Lim) for the appellant.

  • Tan Keng Teck (with Goh Gin Jhen) (Lim Kian Leong & Co) for the respondent.

7. Asia Pacific Education Holdings Sdn Bhd v Ketua Pengarah Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri [2024] 8 MLJ 731 [HC]

Coram AMARJEET SINGH J
Catchwords Revenue Law — Real property gains tax (‘RPGT’) — Assessment
Outcome JR application dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Vijey M Krishnan (with William Wong) (Raja, Darryl & Loh) for the applicant.

  • Ashrina bt Ramzan Ali (with Wan Khairuddin bin Wan Montil, Surani bt Che Ismail and Athari Faris Ammery bin Hussein) (Senior Revenue Counsel, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia) for the respondent.

8. Jayonik Sdn Bhd v Agriquip Machinery Sdn Bhd & Ors [2024] 8 MLJ 685 [HC]

Coram AZLAN SULAIMAN JC
Catchwords Tort — Breach of confidence/confidential information — Conspiracy to injure
Outcome Plaintiff’s claims against D2 and D3 dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Hazeeq Fadzli bin Hasrul Sani (Akram Hizri Azad & Azmir) for the plaintiff.

  • Akmal Marizaiee (Akmal Marizalee & Co) for the defendants.

9. Nik Mohd Suhaimi bin Ahmad Ghazali v Siti Fairuz bt Shamsuri & Ors [2024] 8 MLJ 522 [HC]

Coram AHMAD BACHE J
Catchwords Tort — Malicious process/abuse of process — Whether plaintiff had proven the tort against defendants on balance of probabilities
Outcome Appeal dismissed, HC’s decision affirmed and assessment of damages payable to the respondent ordered.
Counsel Names
  • Kamalanathan Ratnam (with Vinod Kamalanathan and Anis Amirah Zakaria) (Vinod Kamalanathan & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

  • Syahriah Shafiee (Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney Generals’ Chambers) for the defendants.

10. Pendakwa Raya lwn Angela Dewi a/p Ganai Sannacy dan satu lagi [2024] 8 MLJ 703 [MT]

Coram HASBULLAH ADAM H
Catchwords Undang-Undang Jenayah — Pembunuhan — Inti pati kesalahan
Outcome Tertuduh-tertuduh disabitkan bersalah atas kesalahan membunuh dan dijatuhkan hukuman gantung sampai mati menurut s 277 KTJ.
Counsel Names
  • Ainul Mardiyah bt Mohd Ali (Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pendakwaan.

  • M Manoharan (Hariharan a/l Manoharan bersamanya) (M Manoharan & Co) bagi pihak tertuduh pertama dan kedua.

Week 3 Updates

1. Siti Aisyah bt Yusuf v Attorney General Malaysia & Ors [2024] 8 MLJ 753 [HC]

Coram LEONARD SHIM J
Catchwords Citizenship — Act of deprivation — Whether null and void
Outcome Ordered accordingly.
Counsel Names
  • Nurul Rafeeqa (Nurul Rafeeqa Advocates) for the plaintiff.

  • Noor Atiqah Zainal Abidin (Federal Counsel, Attorney Generals’ Chambers) for the defendants.

2. Hondaafushi Investments Pvt Ltd & Ors v Export-Import Bank Malaysia Bhd [2024] 8 MLJ 813 [HC]

Coram ONG CHEE KWAN J
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Injunction — Anti-suit injunction
Civil Procedure — Striking out — Application for
Outcome Defendant’s application allowed and plaintiffs’ application dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Paul Ong Teng Kek (with Gabriel Daniel and Soo San San) (Paul Ong & Assoc) for the plaintiffs.

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

3. Ambank (M) Bhd v Hermie bin Mohd Tahir [2024] 8 MLJ 800 [HC]

Coram MOHD RADZI HARUN J
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Locus standi — Failure of trial judge to determine issue
Outcome Retrial of appellant’s suit before a different sessions court judge ordered.
Counsel Names
  • Vischaal Yogaratnam (with Nievanee Ravindran) (Vas & Co) for the appellant.

  • Mohammed Nasser bin Yusof (with V Mugunthan) (The Law Chambers of Fauzi & Nasser) for the respondent.

4. Chung Chee Choy & Ors v Chee Mun Mining [2024] 8 MLJ 779 [HC]

Coram MOSES SUSAYAN JC
Catchwords Criminal Procedure — Immovable property — Forcible dispossession
Outcome Order of magistrate’s court set aside.
Counsel Names
  • Jespreet Kaur (with Bawani Kaniapan) (Bawani Nur) for the appellant.

  • Manjit Singh (Manjit Singh Mann & Co) for the respondent.

Week 4 Updates

1. Desert Oasis Petrochemical Trading LLC v The Owners and/or the Demised Charterers of the Ship or Vessel Alpine Mathilde from the Port of Hong Kong [2024] 8 MLJ 903 [HC]

Coram ONG CHEE KWAN J
Catchwords Admiralty and Shipping — Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest — Application to set aside arrest of vessel
Outcome Ordered accordingly.
Counsel Names
  • Oon Thian Seng (with Lionel Noel) (TS Oon & Partners) for the plaintiff.

  • Mathew Kurien (Sativale Mathew Arun) for the defendant.

2. Tetuan Chee Hoe & Associates v Phan Yit Leng & Ors [2024] 8 MLJ 958 [HC]

Coram ROZ MAWAR JC
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Injunction — Anton Piller order
Outcome Ordered accordingly.
Counsel Names
  • Angeline Ang Mei Fong (with Khoo Jia Hung) (Tin Chee Hoe & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

  • Brenda Lee Pheng (with Bryan Boo Wei Siang) (Bryan & Co) for the defendant.

3. Nurul Izzati bt Musa v Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia & Anor [2024] 8 MLJ 839 [HC]

Coram AHMAD KAMAL J
Catchwords Civil Procedure — Judicial review (‘JR’) — Whether subject-matter amenable to JR
Outcome Application for JR dismissed.
Counsel Names
  • Hasrina Hakimi (with Farah Nazira Fadzil, Ng Kheng Fai and Norhafizah Shafardeen) (Hasrina Hakimi) for the applicant.

  • Kogilambigai a/p Muthusamy (Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the respondents.

4. Ahmad Rubil bin Ahmad & Ors v Minda Muhibah Sdn Bhd & Anor (Terminal Bersepadu Gombak Sdn Bhd & Ors, third parties) [2024] 8 MLJ 869 [HC]

Coram HAYATUL AKMAL J
Catchwords Tort — Breach of statutory duty — Duties imposed by statute
Tort — Negligence — Duty of care
Tort — Nuisance — Unlawful interference with land
Outcome Plaintiffs’ claim dismissed with no order as to costs; defendants’ claim against third parties struck out with liberty to file afresh.
Counsel Names
  • Rajendra Navaratnam (with Koh Yi Ting) (Azman Davidson & Co) for the plaintiffs.

  • R Thayalan (with Daniel Bock) (Shukor Baljit & Partners) for the defendants.

  • Aliff Ridhwan bin Mohd Yusof (Hisham Sobri & Kadir) for the first third party.

  • Siti Rafidah bt Zainuddin (Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the second and third third party.

5. Koperasi Pekebun Kecil Negeri Sembilan Bhd lwn Agro Capital Management Bhd dan lain-lain [2024] 8 MLJ 930 [MT]

Coram ROZI BAINON PK
Catchwords Tort — Penipuan — Konspirasi
Outcome Tuntutan plaintif dibenarkan.
Counsel Names
  • Muhammad Shafiq bin Samsul Anuar (Azri & Co) bagi pihak plaintif.

  • Esther Yong Zhen Ying (LY Yu & Co) bagi pihak defendan.

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