MLJ Alerts: May 2025 (High Court)

“[125] Good faith is a general principle of international law. Its modern formulation derives from the Roman concept of bona fides, which refers to trustworthiness, conscientiousness and honourable conduct. In fact, good faith has been regarded as a fundamental principle of international law because it upholds the integrity and effectiveness of the international legal order by fostering respect for the law as well as trust and confidence in legal relations....

[126] Based on the foregoing, it can be surmised that there is an implicit condition of good faith contained in the IOPIA, requiring the AIAC to fully and efficiently discharge its duties, and fulfill its purposes and functions. …”

- Hanipah Farikullah FCJ

Asian International Arbitration Centre v One Amerin Residence Sdn Bhd & Ors and another appeal [2025] 2 MLJ 634 [FC]

• Manmohan Singh a/l Manjit Singh (Manmohan Manjit & Co) for the appellant.

• Mugunthan a/l Vadiveloo (Mugu & Sufyan & Co) for the respondent.

• Gerald Peter Samuel (Gerald Samuel) for the appellant.

• Syaufiq Latif (Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)) for the respondent.

• Suresh Murti Hamsagayathri a/p Loghanathan (with Dyna Sri Samadass) (Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak) for the plaintiff.

• Christopher Foo (with Harish Nair and Maxine Lim Jia Xin) (Juen, Jeat, Nic & Nair) for the defendant.

• Nazran bin Mohd Sham (Mohamad Mustaffa P Kunyalam, Nur Ainaa bt Ridzwan, Mohammad Fakhrurrazi bin Ahmad Salim, Low Qin ***, Saifuddin bin Rafiee, Fazeedah bt Faik dan Rajdeep Singh bersamanya) (Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pendakwaan.\

• Farida bt Mohammad (Khairul Naim bin Rafidi bersamanya) (Farida & Co) bagi pihak tertuduh.

• Surindar Singh a/l Chain Singh (Chong, Surindar, Su & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

• Danial Rahman Yang Razali (with Jeyaramm a/l Rajan) (Maxwell Kenion Cowdy & Jones) for the first respondent.

• Dhiviya Anbananthan (Sheanna Velu) for the second respondent.

• Charan Singh (with Noorfarihah bt Arshad) (Nurul, Charan & Shabnam) for the applicant.

• Sally Chay Mei Ling (Deputy Public Prosecutor, Taping Legal Advisor's Office) for the respondent.

• Nakeeran Kumar Kanthavel (Jasbeer Nur & Lee) for the applicant.

• Neo Chi Chyn (Firoz Julian) for the proposed intervener.
  

• Gavin Jayapal (with Kausalyaa Munesbaran and Justin Faun) (Gavin Jayapal) for the applicant.

• Mathews George (Mathews George & Co) for the first respondent.

• Intan Nor Hilwani bt Mat Rifin (Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pemohon.

• Gan Hsien Yang (Ishvinderjeet Singh bersamanya) (Law Chambers of Hy Gan Kluang) bagi pihak responden

• Visvanathan a/l Murugiah (Sanjay Nathan Visvanathan and Pushan Qin Nathan Visvanathan with him) (Saibullah MV Nathan & Co) for the plaintiffs.

• Mohd Norazali bin Nordin (Syahidah Hanum bt Mohd Ghazali with him) (Syahidah Sharul & Marsyara) for the defendant.

• (Bhavanash Sharma) for the appellant.

• (Josephine, LK Chow & Co) for the respondent.

• Raymond Sivasothey (Kenneth William & Assoc) in Civil Suit Nos WA-24NCC-837–08 of 2022 and WA-24NCC-917–09 of 2022 for the plaintiffs.

• Shamila (Sandu & Assoc) in Civil Suit No WA-24NCC-837–08 of 2022 for the first defendant.

• Shamila (Sandu & Assoc) in Civil Suit No WA-24NCC-917–09 of 2022 for the third defendant.

• Ellen Cheran (V Gobi & Assoc) in Civil Suit No WA-24NCC-837–08 of 2022 for the second defendant.

• Ellen Cheran (V Gobi & Assoc) in Civil Suit No WA-24NCC-917–09 of 2022 for the first and second defendants.

• Gopal Sreenevasan (with Michelle Chew and Ramjahentherau a/l Venketesan) (V Ram & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

• Prakash a/l KVP Menon (with Vinoshi Saminathan) (Isharidah Ho Chong & Menon) for the first defendant.

• Renu Zechariah (with Cheryl Kwan Chui Yi) (Rosley Zechariah) for the second defendant.

• G Nadaraja (with R Hanita a/p Ramachandran) (R Hanita & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

• Sharifah Izura bt Syed Mansor (Federal Counsel, Perak State Legal Advisor's Office) for the first, second, third and fourth defendants.

• Mohd Fitri bin Asmuni (with Nur Adnen bt Yahya) (Awi & Co) for the fifth defendant.

• Jerald Gomez (Steven Thiru, Michelle Wong Mew Ling and Ananthan Moorthi with him) (Jerald Gomez & Assoc) for the plaintiff.

• Nurul Farhana bt Khalid (Zetty Zurina bt Kamaruddin, Salwati bt Umar and Fariza Amira bt Azman with him) (Federal Counsel, Attorney General's Chamber) for the defendants.

• Andrew Khoo Chin Hock watching brief for the Bar Council.

• Visvanathan a/l Murugiah (Sanjay Nathan Visvanathan and Pushan Qin Nathan Visvanathan with him) (Saibullah MV Nathan & Co) for the plaintiffs.

• Mohd Norazali bin Nordin (Syahidah Hanum bt Mohd Ghazali with him) (Syahidah Sharul & Marsyara) for the defendant.

• Yee Jun Hong (JH Yee & Co) for the plaintiffs.

• Jeremy Mark a/l Joseph Jayaraj S (Caleb Goh with him) (Joseph & Partners) for the intervener.

• MS Dhillon (Navpreet Kaur with him) (P S Ranjan & Co) for the plaintiff.

• Aw Ee Va (Chan Ban Eng & Co) for the first defendant.

• P Sathiesh (Law Chambers of Vin Sa & Ian) for the second defendant.

• Harneshpal Singh (Lui & Bhullar) for the applicant.

• Liew Horng Bin (Attorney General's Chambers) for the first and second respondents.

• K Rajasegaran (Kalvinder Singh with him) (Prietam Singh, Nor & Co) for the third respondent.

• JT Chong (JT Chong Assoc) for the plaintiff.

• Maisarah bt Othman (Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the defendant.

• Tay Shieh Chin (Ganaeswaren & Latib) for the plaintiff.

• Chuah Thiam Ming (Azri Chuah & Yap) for the first defendant.

• Hazwan Lee Haris Lee (Shu Yin, Teh & Taing) for the second defendant.

• Shailender Bhar (with him Chia Jia Yee) (Raihan & Shai) for the plaintiff.

• Muhammad Afiq bin Ab Aziz (with Muhammad Hanis Nasrullah) (Afiq Aziz & Co) for the first and fifth defendants.

• Claudia Cheah Pek Yee (with Tan Pheng Chew and Natasha Neena Yau Hwee Lynn (Pupil in Chambers)) (Skrine) for the fourth and sixth defendants.

• Mohd Rafiee bin Noordin (Rafiee & Sani) for the second, third and seventh defendants.