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DATO' SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM v. KHAIRY JAMALUDDIN [2015] 7 CLJ 59 TORT: Defamation - Libel in newspaper - Application to re-amend defence to include a lesser/lower defamatory meaning - Defendant intended to rely on particulars in subsequent events to support plea of justification - Whether defendant could rely on criminal conviction for purpose of defence of justification - Whether impugned words conveyed a lesser meaning which was innocuous and harmless - Whether particulars provided in proposed re-amended defence supported lesser meaning - Whether defendant could rely on evidence of subsequent events for plea of justification and/or qualified privilege - Whether criminal conviction and subsequent events relevant to prove plaintiff's character - Whether plaintiff was "libel proof" - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 43, 55 |
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CLJ 2015 Volume 7 (Part 1) COURT COURT OF APPEAL Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi v. Goh Ah Kai & Anor Koh Huat Kwan v. Pegawai Penerima; (Selaku Pelikuidasi Bagi Poh Mah Housing Development Sdn Bhd) & Ors Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya v. Visamaya Sdn Bhd & Anor HIGH COURT Ahmad Shazilly Ismail Bakti & Satu Lagi lwn. Zakaria Hj Idris & Yang Lain Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. Khairy Jamaluddin Federation Of Sabah Industries & Ors v. Competition Commission & Ors Gurbachan Singh Bagawan Singh v. Pritam Singh Dial Singh In Re Ramaswree Duraisamy; Ex P Hong Leong Bank Bhd Yeoh Eng Kong v. Goh Bak Ming & Ors SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Application for - Order of mandamus and certiorari - Whether Vessel Sharing Agreements (VSA) and Voluntary Discussion Agreement (VDA) in respect of Liner Shipping Services Order (BEO 2014) issued by first respondent could be quashed - Whether conditional BEO 2014 restriction on price fixing of liner shipping services was self contradictory and impossible to enforce - Whether BEO 2014 infringed provisions of Ports and Harbours Enactment 2002 - Whether BEO 2014 ultra vires of Ports and Harbours Enactment 2002 - Whether conditional BEO 2014 for VDA supported anti competition measures - Whether conditional BEO 2014 granted for VSA had benchmark to ensure that objectives of BEO 2014 was achieved - Whether conditional BEO 2014 allowed collusive conduct among participants Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to convert land use category under s. 124(1)(a) and (c) of National Land Code - Application allowed by State Authority - Subsequent application for planning permission rejected by local authority - Appeal against rejection dismissed by Appeal Board - Whether Appeal Board reasonable in dismissal of appeal - Whether there was illegality, procedural impropriety or irrationality warranting judicial review intervention BANKRUPTCY Adjudication and receiving orders - Annulment of - Appeal by Director General of Insolvency against order of High Court in annulling adjudication order and receiving order - Judgment debt settled in full by third party directly to judgment creditor (JC) - Whether matters related to bankrupt's estate should be dealt directly with an official assignee - Letters by JC indicating consent that judgment debt paid in full - Whether court should automatically make an order of annulment Receiving and adjudication order - Appeal against - Failure to provide judgment debtor with opportunity to be heard - Whether there was a breach of fundamental rules of natural justice - Failure by judgment creditor to mitigate losses - Whether judgment creditor's action or inaction caused judgment debtor to suffer prejudice, injustice and unreasonable burden CIVIL PROCEDURE Discovery - Application for - Discovery, inspection and production of Investigative Due Diligence Report - Whether confidential solicitor-client communication - Whether produced in contemplation of legal proceedings - Whether privileged document - Whether privilege waived - Whether probative value outweighed prejudicial effect - Whether report protected from disclosure COMPANY LAW Liquidation - Company wound up - Bank granted financing facilities to company - Company deposited original document of title of land to bank - Bank lodged lienholder's caveat over land - Consent order that liquidator would execute transfer to prospective buyer if sale price of land not less than prevailing market value of land - Land's market value was RM1 million but sold at RM1.2 million - Whether liquidator was party to sale and purchase agreement - Whether bank was enforcing claim as secured or unsecured creditor EVIDENCE Documentary evidence - Privileged document - Application for discovery, inspection and production of Investigative Due Diligence Report - Whether confidential solicitor-client communication - Whether produced in contemplation of legal proceedings - Whether report protected from disclosure - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 126 & 129 LAND LAW Caveat - Lienholder's caveat - Bank granted financing facilities to company - Company deposited original document of title to land with bank - Bank lodged lienholder's caveat over land - Consent order that liquidator would execute transfer to prospective buyer if sale price of land not less than prevailing market value of land - Land's market value was RM1 million but sold at RM1.2 million - Whether bank was enforcing claim as secured or unsecured creditor LOCAL GOVERNMENT Town planning - Application for planning permission - State Authority allowed conversion of land use category - Subsequent application for planning permission rejected by local authority - Conflict between provisions of NLC and local planning laws - Whether provisions of NLC prevailed - National Land Code, ss. 108, 124(1)(a) & (c) - Town and Country Planning Act 1976, s. 18 TORT Defamation - Absolute privilege - Defamatory statement made in chambers of Registrar - Whether statement made in course of judicial proceedings - Whether defendant party to proceedings - Whether expression of legal proceedings extends to all appearances, substantive and ancillary, mention or case management or hearing before a judicial officer or judge in respect of any matter Defamation - Libel in newspaper - Application to re-amend defence to include a lesser/lower defamatory meaning - Defendant intended to rely on particulars in subsequent events to support plea of justification - Whether defendant could rely on criminal conviction for purpose of defence of justification - Whether impugned words conveyed a lesser meaning which was innocuous and harmless - Whether particulars provided in proposed re-amended defence supported lesser meaning - Whether defendant could rely on evidence of subsequent events for plea of justification and/or qualified privilege - Whether criminal conviction and subsequent events relevant to prove plaintiff's character - Whether plaintiff was "libel proof" - Evidence Act 1950, ss. 43, 55 INDEKS PERKARA UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH Jual beli hartanah - Hak milik sah - Permohonan perintah pengisytiharan - Pertikaian mengenai pemilik sah dan benefisial hartanah - Sama ada penjualan hartanah oleh defendan pertama dan kedua kepada defendan ketiga dan keempat sah - Transaksi jual beli hartanah antara defendan pertama dan kedua dengan defendan ketiga dan keempat - Sama ada muktamad - Sama ada segala transaksi diperolehi melalui instrumen yang sah - Sama ada defendan pertama sebagai seorang bankrap boleh memasuki perjanjian jual beli - Sama ada wujud unsur-unsur salah nyata - Sama ada defendan ketiga dan keempat pembeli bona fide - Sama ada hak milik berdaftar tidak boleh disangkal - Sama ada defendan ketiga dan keempat berhak bergantung kepada kemuktamadan daftar dokumen hak milik - Kanun Tanah Negara, ss. 89 & 340 Pencerobohan - Hartanah - Plaintif kedua diarahkan memberi milikan kosong kepada defendan ketiga dan keempat - Sama ada penjualan hartanah oleh defendan pertama dan kedua kepada defendan ketiga dan keempat sah - Sama ada segala transaksi diperolehi melalui instrumen yang sah - Sama ada defendan ketiga dan keempat pembeli bona fide - Sama ada hak milik berdaftar tidak boleh disangkal - Sama ada plaintif kedua mempunyai hak menduduki hartanah - Sama ada defendan ketiga dan keempat berhak bergantung kepada kemuktamadan daftar dokumen hak milik - Kanun Tanah Negara, ss. 89 & 340 |
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