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PP lwn. UMMI KALSOM BAHAK [2015] 7 CLJ 503 UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 130J(1)(a) - Cubaan memberikan sokongan dan manfaat kepada kumpulan pengganas Islamic State (`IS') - Pewartaan kumpulan IS sebagai kumpulan pengganas di bawah Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram 2001 - Sama ada pewartaan selepas pertuduhan terhadap tertuduh menjejaskan kes pendakwaan PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Mitigasi - Faktor-faktor yang dipertimbangkan mahkamah - Sama ada kesalahan mewajarkan hukuman pemenjaraan - Sama ada kepentingan awam diberi keutamaan - Tertuduh mengaku bersalah - Kesalahan pertama dan pesalah muda - Sama ada tempoh pemenjaraan singkat memberi pengajaran serta pemulihan kepada tertuduh dan masyarakat umum |
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CLJ 2015 Volume 7 (Part 4) COURT COURT OF APPEAL Agatha Foo Tet Sin & Anor v. Ultimate Essence Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals Yung Ing Ing v. Hunfara Construction Sdn Bhd HIGH COURT Emas Kiara Sdn Bhd v. Michael Joseph Monteiro & Ors Koh Yat Chong & Anor v. Koh Chin Lean Plantation Sdn Bhd & Ors Liaw Chee Huey v. Wong Chin Heon PP lwn. Ummi Kalsom Bahak Robert Teo Keng Tuan v. Chew Chong Eu & Anor Soong Kok Jong v. Ahmad Tarmizi Adnan Tan Sin Wah v. Yeow Siow Lin USA Pro IP Limited v. Montfort Services Sdn Bhd & Anor SUBJECT INDEX CIVIL PROCEDURE Action - Res judicata - Issues raised - Whether plaintiff's claim for recovery of trust money decided in earlier suit - Whether matter res judicata - Whether plaintiff estopped from filing application Cause of action - Claim for recovery of trust money - Fees held by first defendant on trust - Attempt to seek taking of accounts 14 years after dissolution of firm - Whether plaintiff's action time-barred by six years limitation provided under s. 6(2) Limitation Act 1953 - Applicability of s. 22(1)(b) Limitation Act 1953 Originating summons - Application for - Claim for recovery of trust money - Fees held by first defendant on trust - Plaintiff filed action for trust money to be divided - Whether defendants should be allowed to hold on to fees - Whether tantamount to unjust enrichment and lack of probity - Whether appropriate for receiver and manager to be appointed to finalise accounts and divide moneys Res judicata - Decision, finality of earlier decision - Interlocutory proceedings - Whether decision must be final for res judicata to be applied Striking out - Application for - Cause of action - Plaintiff filed fresh suit after earlier suit dismissed by High Court and by Court of Appeal upon appeal - Whether suit based on same pleaded facts - Proper course of action - Whether an attempt to circumvent appeal procedure - Whether an abuse of process of court - Rules of Court 2012, O. 18 r. 19(1) COMPANY LAW Director - Liabilities - Consent judgment obtained against company - Judgment sum to be paid by way of four instalments - Whole sum due in event of default of any instalment - Cheque issued in company's name by director - Cheque dishonoured when presented for payments - Whether director as officer of company liable for amount specified in cheques - Companies Act 1965, ss. 4, 121(2), 121(2)(c) Receiver and manager - Scope of authority - Receivers and managers appointed to realise assets of company towards settlement of sums due to debenture holder - Whether receivers and managers agents of debenture holder - Whether acts of receivers and managers binds debenture holder EVIDENCE Burden of proof - Civil action - Divorce - Application for variation of decree nisi order dissolving marriage - Reduction of payment of monthly maintenance for children - Allegation by applicant/husband that financial position had substantially deteriorated - Averment that wife's financial wealth had considerably improved - Burden of proof to substantiate claims - Whether on applicant/husband - Whether applicant/husband adduced documentary evidence to support claims FAMILY LAW Maintenance - Children - Application for variation of decree nisi order dissolving marriage - Reduction of payment of monthly maintenance - Allegation by applicant/husband that financial position had substantially deteriorated - Averment that wife's financial wealth had considerably improved - Whether claims substantiated by documentary evidence - Whether applicant/husband made specific reference to relevant laws that could form basis of application - Whether affidavits contained scandalous statements - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Passing off - Elements of - Non-use of trademark - Whether goodwill and reputation could be generated by non-use - Whether lack of goodwill meant no property to be protected - Whether negated cause of action in passing off Registered trade mark - Application for expungement and removal from Register of trade marks - Application under s. 46(1)(b) of Trade Marks Act 1976 - Conditions to be satisfied - Whether plaintiff aggrieved person - Assertion that defendant had been dormant for five years - Whether prima facie case of non-use established - Whether mark should be expunged for non-use LAND LAW Caveats - Caveatable interest - Application to remove caveats - Developer sold lots of land to purchasers - Land not subdivided and individual titles not issued by Land Office - Purchasers lodged private caveats on respective lots - Developer went into liquidation and sold land to respondent - Respondent applied for removal of private caveats - Whether respondent an aggrieved person - Whether purchasers had caveatable interest for caveat to subsist - National Land Code, ss. 323(1) & 327(1) LEGAL PROFESSION Disciplinary committee (DC) - Findings - Recommendations to Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board (ASDB) - Finding of guilt of charge not part of original complaint - Whether DC committed jurisdictional error - Failure to specify and state alleged misconduct in ASDB's order - Whether order of ASDB flawed - Whether prejudicial and unfair to appellant - Whether DC and ASDB acted in breach of rules of procedural fairness and natural justice PARTNERSHIP Dissolution - Dissolution of firm - Whether remaining partner had right to sue in firm's name - Whether plaintiff rightly sued defendant in own name - Partnership Act 1961, s. 35(1) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Construction of statutes - Intention of Parliament - Whether latter limb to s. 121(2) of Companies Act 1965 applied to cheques - Whether cheques could be construed to be included in 'negotiable instruments' - Companies Act 1965, s. 121(2) TORT Liability - Road accident - Collision between defendant's motorcycle and plaintiff who was pushing a bicycle while crossing road - Sessions Court's finding that defendant 100% liable towards plaintiff - Appeal against - Whether plaintiff kept proper look out for approaching vehicles - Failure to use pedestrian crossing footbridge located 200 meters away - Non-compliance of rr. 69 & 73 of Highway Code - Road Transport Act 1967, s. 68(3) - Whether invoked - Whether plaintiff breached duty of care towards himself - Whether liability should be apportioned 50:50 Negligence - Road accident - Collision between defendant's motorcycle and plaintiff who was pushing a bicycle while crossing road - Liability - Sessions Court's finding that defendant 100% liable towards plaintiff - Appeal against - Whether plaintiff kept proper look out for approaching vehicles - Failure to use pedestrian crossing footbridge located 200 meters away - Non-compliance of rr. 69 & 73 of Highway Code - Road Transport Act 1967, s. 68(3) - Whether invoked - Whether plaintiff breached duty of care towards himself TRUSTS Constructive trust - Creation of - Allotment of shares - Whether clearly stated that shares held on trust - Whether there was intention to create trust - Whether documents manifested intention to make gift - Whether could be construed as declaration of trust - Execution of transfer form in name of transferee - Whether created constructive trust pending registration into transferee's name - Whether transfer of shares to third and fourth defendants valid Trustee - Acting as trustee - Intention - Whether clearly stated that shares held on trust - Whether there was intention to create trust - Whether documents manifested intention to make gift - Whether could be construed as declaration of trust - Execution of transfer form in name of transferee - Whether created constructive trust pending registration into transferee's name - Whether transfer of shares to third and fourth defendants valid WORDS AND PHRASES 'Cheque' - Companies Act 1965, s. 121(2) - Whether latter limb to s. 121(2) of Companies Act 1965 applied to cheques INDEKS PERKARA PROSEDUR JENAYAH Hukuman - Mitigasi - Faktor-faktor yang dipertimbangkan mahkamah - Sama ada kesalahan mewajarkan hukuman pemenjaraan - Sama ada kepentingan awam diberi keutamaan - Tertuduh mengaku bersalah - Kesalahan pertama dan pesalah muda - Sama ada tempoh pemenjaraan singkat memberi pengajaran serta pemulihan kepada tertuduh dan masyarakat umum UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 130J(1)(a) - Cubaan memberikan sokongan dan manfaat kepada kumpulan pengganas Islamic State ('IS') - Pewartaan kumpulan IS sebagai kumpulan pengganas di bawah Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram 2001 - Sama ada pewartaan selepas pertuduhan terhadap tertuduh menjejaskan kes pendakwaan |
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