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HJ MD RADZI ISMAIL v. MESTI UNGGUL SDN BHD [2016] 5 CLJ 208 LAND LAW: Caveat - Removal - Registered owner entered private caveat on land upon discovery of fraudulent transfers - Whether caveator had caveatable interest - Whether there was serious question meriting trial - Whether caveat should be removed |
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CLJ 2016 Volume 5 (Part 2) COURT OF APPEAL Government Of The State Of Sarawak & Anor v. Chong Chieng Jen Hj Md Radzi Ismail v. Mesti Unggul Sdn Bhd Low Tin Yong v. Low Yong Thuan Mehrzad Nabavieh & Anor v. Chong Shao Fen & Anor And Another Appeal Pembinaan Batu Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pengarah Tanah Dan Galian, Selangor & Anor Simon Lim v. Colonel Christian Lim Xiao Ping & Anor Yung Chen Wood Industries Sdn Bhd v. Scott & English (M) Sdn Bhd HIGH COURT Chockalingam KMS Kumarappan Chettiar v. Azizah Harun R Sivabalan A Ramiah v. Neoh Lay Cheng; Malaysian Bar Council (Intervener) Subramaniam Govindarajoo v. Pengerusi, Lembaga Pencegah Jenayah & Ors SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Certiorari - Supervision order pursuant to s. 15(1) of Prevention of Crime Act 1959 ('POCA') - Application to quash supervision order - Procedures and statutory requirements in granting supervision order - Whether complied with - Whether supervision order valid CIVIL PROCEDURE Action - Government proceedings - Defamation - Allegation of mismanagement of State's financial affairs - Suit by State Government and State Financial Authority - Whether parties lacked locus to maintain action for defamation - Whether common law principle propounded in Derbyshire County Council v. Times Newspapers Ltd (Derbyshire principle) applicable - Whether proceedings by or against Government regulated by statute - Whether s. 3 Government Proceedings Act 1956 allows Government to sue for defamation by way of civil action - Whether a statutory right - Whether Derbyshire principle consistent with art. 10(1) Federal Constitution - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 3(1) - Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd v. Hotel Rasa Sayang Sdn Bhd & Anor Judgments and orders - Clarification of order of court - Amendments to prayers in statement of claim - Whether order of court reflected amendments - Whether proposed draft order clarified orders intended by trial judge LAND LAW Alienation - Revocation of - Validity of decision - Length of time alienation granted to applicant - Whether considered - Whether applicant had interest over land - Whether State Authority ('SA') had prerogative power to revoke order of alienation previously granted - Whether decision to revoke bad in law - Whether SA's decision immune from judicial scrutiny - Whether SA acted in good faith - Whether reasons provided for revocation - Whether discretion to revoke exercised arbitrarily - Whether decision ought to be quashed Caveat - Removal - Registered owner entered private caveat on land upon discovery of fraudulent transfers - Whether caveator had caveatable interest - Whether there was serious question meriting trial - Whether caveat should be removed Transfer - Trust - Laches - Deceased mother transferred land to registered owner for his contribution to growth of family business - Whether registered owner held land on trust for all siblings - Inordinate delay in instituting claim - Whether claim defeated by laches LEGAL PROFESSION Disciplinary proceedings - Disciplinary Board - Sale and purchase agreement - Solicitor assured complainant that transfer of ownership of land would be concluded in two years - Purchase price paid by complainant to firm - Complainant sought return of purchase price since no transfer of ownership effected after two years - Solicitor claimed that monies had been paid to client - Disciplinary Committee ('DC') found no misconduct by solicitor and there was no cause for disciplinary action - Disciplinary Board ('DB') found that DC had not made any findings of fact - Solicitor fined - Whether DB exceeded jurisdiction - Whether DB's actions exposed solicitor to double jeopardy - Whether there was breach of dictates of natural justice - Legal Profession Act 1976, ss. 99 & 103(1) MONEYLENDERS Loan - Loan of money - Whether lender entitled to charge interest upon interest - Lender's right to enforce repayment - Whether within limitation period of six years - Whether complied with prerequisites under s. 21 of Moneylenders Act 1951 and O. 79 r. 3 of Rules of Court 2012 - Whether borrower admitted to loan sum SUCCESSION Will - Last will and testament - Executor of estate - Refusal of executor to distribute estate to other beneficiaries in accordance to terms of last will - Recovery of expenses - Whether executor produced documentary evidence of various payments made in taking care of deceased - Whether expenditure proved to be exclusively for benefit of testator - Whether there was provision for executor to recover expenses undertaken for sole benefit of testator - Non-naming of executor's children as beneficiaries - Whether valid ground for non-distribution of assets - Whether executor disclosed caveatable interest TORT Damages - Claim for - Construction of building - Damage to adjoining/neighbouring property - Independent contractors - Liability - Whether employers of independent contractor owed non-delegable duty of care - Whether independent contractors should be jointly liable as tortfeasors Defamation - Allegation of mismanagement of State's financial affairs - Suit by State Government and State Financial Authority - Whether parties lacked locus to maintain action for defamation - Whether common law principle propounded in Derbyshire County Council v. Times Newspapers Ltd (Derbyshire principle) applicable - Whether proceedings by or against Government regulated by statute - Whether s. 3 Government Proceedings Act 1956 allows Government to sue for defamation by way of civil action - Whether a statutory right - Whether Derbyshire principle consistent with art. 10(1) Federal Constitution - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 3(1) - Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd v. Hotel Rasa Sayang Sdn Bhd TRUSTS Land - Declaration of trust - Deceased mother transferred land to registered owner for his contribution to growth of family business - Whether registered owner held land on trust for all siblings - Whether land to be distributed equally - Whether trust existed - Whether alleged trust registered - Whether there was written document or trust deed to support existence of trust - National Land Code, s. 344 WORDS & PHRASES 'other provision' - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 3(1) - Defamation suit filed by State Government and State Financial Authority - Whether parties lacked locus to maintain action for defamation - Whether s. 3 Government Proceedings Act 1956 (GPA) is one such 'other provision' which does not prohibit or exclude the Government from suing for defamation - Whether principle in Derbyshire County Council v. Times Newspapers Ltd applicable - Whether common law of England overrode s. 3 of GPA - Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd v. Hotel Rasa Sayang Sdn Bhd & Anor |
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