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SIA HIONG TEE & ORS v. CHONG SU KONG & ORS [2015] 8 CLJ 1173 LAND LAW: Indefeasibility of title and interests - Forged transfer - Whether bona fide purchasers for value without notice obtained good title to land immediately upon registration of transfer under s. 88 of Land Ordinance (Sabah) (Cap 68) - Whether s. 88 incorporated concept of indefeasibility of title as found in s. 340 of National Land Code LAND LAW: Transfer - Validity of - Invalid or void instrument of transfer - Bona fide purchasers for value without notice - Whether common law rule of nemo dat quod non habet applicable - Whether being a bona fide purchaser for value without notice was sufficient to avoid nemo dat rule - Whether purchasers obtained good title to land
BANK PERTANIAN MALAYSIA BHD v. KOPERASI PERMODALAN MELAYU NEGERI JOHOR [2015] 9 CLJ 1 UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS: Societies - Co-operative society - Application of by-laws - Charge created by co-operative society over its property in favour of lender as security for loan granted to developer - Whether ultra vires Co-operative Societies Act 1993 - Whether non-members entitled to rely on by-laws - Whether by-laws of co-operative society has force of law under s. 53 of Co-operative Societies Act 1993 - Whether there was clear nexus between loan facility and benefits to be derived by co-operative society BANKING: Securities for advances - Guarantee - Co-operative society provided guarantee by way of a memorandum of deposit to bank and developer for development of project on land owned by society - Bank unilaterally uplifted fixed deposit following default by developer - Whether bank exhausted all legal remedies available - Whether unilateral uplifting of fixed deposit premature and contractually invalid - Whether uplifting entire fixed deposit rendered memorandum void ab initio - Whether society entitled to be put in position as if breach had not occurred - Whether society obliged to make payment for shortfall of deposit |
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CLJ 2015 Volume 8 (Part 8) COURT SC INDIA Basappa Sanganabasappa Bahvikatti v. T Ramesh Tangavelu & Anor FEDERAL COURT Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v. MBf Holdings Bhd & Anor Menta Construction Sdn Bhd v. Lestari Puchong Sdn Bhd Sia Hiong Tee & Ors v. Chong Su Kong & Ors COURT OF APPEAL PP v. SS Dolphine Marine (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors Rajehgopal Velu v. Ganashalingam Rajah; Majlis Peguam Malaysia (Intervener) SUBJECT INDEX CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Constitution of India - Art. 136 - Costs of Rs 25,000 awarded by Supreme Court CONTRACT Formation - Subject to contract - Financing transactions involving banks - Draft subscription agreement not executed by one party - Failure to obtain internal approval for contract - Whether enforceable agreement reached - Whether concluded contract arose from supporting documents - Whether parties not bound until execution of formal contract - Meaning and effect of phrase 'subject to contract' - Whether consensus ad idem reached Rectification - Mutual/common mistake - Whether rectification should be allowed - Elements to be established - Test under s. 30 to 32 of Specific Relief Act 1950 - Whether objective or subjective test - Whether antecedent agreement between same parties to be considered in determining true intention of parties - Whether carelessness of complaining party a bar to rectification if impugned clause did not accord with true agreement between parties - Specific Relief Act 1950, ss. 30 & 32 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Removal from customs control - Seizure - Goods were moved from licensed warehouse to Free Zone with permission by customs officer - Allegation that goods sold to company that did not exist - Whether goods illegally removed from customs control - Whether goods were exported - Forfeiture of bank guarantee under ss. 56 and 61 of Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Act 2001 - Whether application for forfeiture made within time stipulated by statutory provisions - Whether movement of goods in breach of law - Customs Act 1967, s. 135(1)(c) LAND LAW Indefeasibility of title and interests - Forged transfer - Whether bona fide purchasers for value without notice obtained good title to land immediately upon registration of transfer under s. 88 of Land Ordinance (Sabah) (Cap 68) - Whether s. 88 incorporated concept of indefeasibility of title as found in s. 340 of National Land Code Transfer - Validity of - Invalid or void instrument of transfer - Bona fide purchasers for value without notice - Whether common law rule of nemo dat quod non habet applicable - Whether being a bona fide purchaser for value without notice was sufficient to avoid nemo dat rule - Whether purchasers obtained good title to land LEGAL PROFESSION Disciplinary Committee - Findings of - Complaint against advocate and solicitor on issue of fraud - Disciplinary Committee made findings that advocate and solicitor acted unprofessionally in attesting signatures on instrument of transfer - Advocate and solicitor suspended from legal practice for one year - Whether Disciplinary Committee acted outside complaint - Whether finding and recommendation of Disciplinary Committee and Disciplinary Board null and void TORT Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - S. 166 - Compensation - Permanent disability - Estimation of functional disability or loss of earning capacity - Functional disability distinguished from physical disability - Manual labour cases where loss of limb is often equal to loss of livelihood - Impact on functional disability - Appellant working as goundi at building construction sites requires good health and extreme fitness as it is a strenuous task which involves lot of physical activities - Appellant's permanent disability amounting to 58% of whole body according to medical evidence - In view of suffering from general weakness and incapability of doing heavy work, inability to walk and stand for a long time, his functional disability is to be taken at 85% Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - S. 166 and Sch. II - Compensation - Determination - Disability arising out of non-fatal accidents - Reiterated loss of future earning is to be calculated under formula provided in Note 5 of Sch. II - Accordingly on facts loss of future income would work out to Rs 5,35,500 [Rs 3750 x 85% (functional disability) x 12 x 14] - For pain and suffering, amount of Rs 25,000 awarded by High Court, increased to Rs 60,000 - Total compensation payable to appellant comes to Rs 6,72,000 as against Rs 2,59,500, awarded by High Court - Appellant shall also be entitled to interest @ 9% p.a. from date of claim petition till date of payment - Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws - Interest - Compensation as interest/Interest on compensation CLJ 2015 Volume 9 (Part 1) COURT FEDERAL COURT Bank Pertanian Malaysia Bhd v. Koperasi Permodalan Melayu Negeri Johor Juara Serata Sdn Bhd v. Alpharich Sdn Bhd COURT OF APPEAL Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd v. Lim Guan Eng HIGH COURT Raveen Rai Ratti B Satiapal & Anor v. Arbaiyah Hussin The British School Of Kuala Lumpur Sdn Bhd v. Menteri Sumber Manusia Malaysia & Ors Tune Insurance Malaysia Bhd & Anor v. Messrs K Sila Dass & Partners Winsome Al-Yatama Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Pentadbir Tanah Kota Tinggi SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Certiorari - Challenge against Minister's decision to refer employee's representation to Industrial Court - Whether employer and employee reached mutual settlement on dispute - Whether Minister misdirected discretion in making reference - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 3 Remedies - Judicial review - Application for leave - Proceedings against decision of Land Administrator - Failure to make application within three months from date decision communicated - Whether delay justified - Whether good reasons provided for extension of time Remedies - Judicial review - Letter to administrative body requiring response by stipulated date - Whether non-reply per se deemed to be refusal - Whether non-response tantamount to 'decision' amenable to judicial review ARBITRATION Agreement - Jurisdiction of court - Parties entered into building agreement - Certification by architect that works had been practically completed despite defects - Architect issued interim payment certificate - Employer refused to pay on ground that works were incomplete - Agreement contained arbitration clauses - Whether parties bound by arbitration clauses under agreement - Interpretation of arbitration clauses - Whether contravened s. 29 of Contracts Act 1950 Award - Question of law - Reference under s. 42 of Arbitration Act 2005 - Malaysian Bar Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme - Master Policy and Certificate of Insurance - Various act of fraud or embezzlement committed by same perpetrator on different parties - Whether defendant exhausted mandatory limit for claims - Interpretation of 'one claim' standard term clause - Findings by arbitrator that each claim ought to be accepted as separate claim - Whether arbitrator answered questions of law correctly - Whether award should be set aside BANKING Securities for advances - Guarantee - Co-operative society provided guarantee by way of a memorandum of deposit to bank and developer for development of project on land owned by society - Bank unilaterally uplifted fixed deposit following default by developer - Whether bank exhausted all legal remedies available - Whether unilateral uplifting of fixed deposit premature and contractually invalid - Whether uplifting entire fixed deposit rendered memorandum void ab initio - Whether society entitled to be put in position as if breach had not occurred - Whether society obliged to make payment for shortfall of deposit CIVIL PROCEDURE Appeal - Notice of appeal - Whether conformed to statutory form provided by rules of court - Whether should expressly state question of law - Whether appeal filed in accordance with s. 28(1) of Courts of Judicature Act 1964 Cause of action - Alternative claim - Whether inserting alternative cause of action in same writ a wrong mode - Whether must be pursued in fresh action - Whether cause of action accrued on different grounds and arose on a different date Striking out - Application for - Amendments to statement of claim to include appellants as parties to suit - Cause of action accrued on date of incident - Whether claim time barred - Alternative claim from same cause of action against different defendants - Whether an attempt to circumvent limitation - Whether respondent rebutted fundamental issue relating to limitation CONTRACT Building contract - Counterclaim - Parties entered into building agreement - Certification by architect that works had been practically completed despite defects - Architect issued interim payment certificate - Employer refused to pay on ground that works were incomplete - Contractor claimed for sums due under interim payment certificate - Employee counterclaimed for monies expended to rectify defects - Counterclaim dismissed by High Court and decision affirmed by Court of Appeal - Whether there were written instructions from employer or architect concerning defects in works LABOUR LAW Reference - Reference by Minister - Challenge against Minister's decision to refer employee's representation to Industrial Court - Whether employee voluntarily resigned - Whether there was threat of termination or dismissal by employer - Admission by Minister to not have any knowledge of facts - Whether gross indication that Minister had not appreciated full factual matrix of case - Whether Minister misdirected discretion in making reference - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20 TORT Defamation - Libel - Article published in newspaper - Based on plaintiff's speech - Allegation that words in article carried meaning that plaintiff wished to abolish New Economic Policy - Ordinary and usual sense of words in article - Interpretation of phrase - Whether words must be taken in isolation or as a whole - Whether article defamatory - Whether would incite hatred among various races in Malaysia UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS Societies - Co-operative society - Application of by-laws - Charge created by co-operative society over its property in favour of lender as security for loan granted to developer - Whether ultra vires Co-operative Societies Act 1993 - Whether non-members entitled to rely on by-laws - Whether by-laws of co-operative society has force of law under s. 53 of Co-operative Societies Act 1993 - Whether there was clear nexus between loan facility and benefits to be derived by co-operative society |
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