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SHALINI KANAGARATNAM v. PUSAT PERUBATAN UNIVERSITI MALAYA & ANOR [2016] 6 CLJ 225 TORT: Negligence - Medical negligence - Duty of care - Standard of care - Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur - Whether maxim applied in medical negligence cases KF PACKAGING (M) SDN BHD lwn. SDS BAKERIES SDN BHD [2016] 1 SMC 173 JUALAN BARANGAN: Barangan dijual dan dihantar serah - Kegagalan membayar - Tuntutan untuk - Plaintif mengilang dan mencetak beg plastik roti - Kecacatan dikesan atas beg plastik yang diserah kepada defendan - Sama ada beg plastik roti yang diserah tidak berkualiti dan tidak boleh diperdagangkan - Sama ada plaintif memungkiri terma tersirat di bawah s. 16 Akta Jualan Barangan 1957 - Sama ada plaintif mengambil langkah-langkah terhadap aduan defendan - Sama ada kos penyimpanan beg plastik di dalam gudang boleh dituntut - Sama ada tuntutan plaintif dibenarkan To view a sample of the Sessions and Magistrates' Cases journal, click here. For product enquiries, contact priority@cljlaw.com. |
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Legal Network Series
CLJ 2016 Volume 6 (Part 2)
FEDERAL COURT Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim v. PP Dynacast (Melaka) Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Vision Cast Sdn Bhd & Anor COURT OF APPEAL Kok Weng Tuck & Ors v. AmBank (M) Bhd Menteri Kewangan & Anor v. Wincor Nixdorf (M) Sdn Bhd Shalini Kanagaratnam v. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya & Anor HIGH COURT Azizan Ibrahim v. PP Jegathees Nagulan & Ors v. Suresh Balakrishnan & Anor Mohamad Fauzi Che Rus v. JR Joint Resources Holdings Sdn Bhd Ranhill E&C Sdn Bhd v. Thyssenkrupp Industries (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Courts - Scope of review - Whether there was distinction between inferior tribunals and executive decision makers - Whether courts could substitute decision without remitting it for re-adjudication by decision maker - Whether executive decisions could be substituted by an order of court - Whether order of mandamus premature CIVIL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal to Federal Court - Questions of law - Claim for breaches of confidentiality clauses in employment contract - Whether failed on account of vague and insufficient pleadings - Findings of courts below - Claims fought on facts and evidence - Whether Federal Court declined to answer questions raised Injunction - Erinford injunction - Application pending appeal - Whether appeal would be rendered nugatory if injunction not ordered - Whether application for Erinford injunction ought to be allowed Injunction - Interlocutory injunction - Application to prevent call on bank guarantees - Whether plaintiff established prima facie case of unconscionability Judgments and orders - Order of court - Section 11 of Public Trust Corporation Act 1995 - Power of appointment of trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, next friend, agent, attorney, receiver and manager or liquidator - Whether only High Court has power to make order - Whether Sessions Court overstepped jurisdiction in granting order - Whether order by Sessions Court a nullity Stay - Stay of execution of judgment - Application for stay pending appeal - Whether special circumstances established - Whether difficulty in recovery of money constituted special circumstance - Whether consequential order subsequent to judgment operated as stay of execution CONTRACT Agreement - Claim for payment - Management of foreign workers for business undertakings - Plaintiff to be paid 30% of profits for procuring contracts from clients - Plaintiff subsequently employed by defendant as chief operating officer - Defendant's failure to pay plaintiff's share of profits under original agreement - Whether plaintiff entitled to claim for payment - Whether appointment of plaintiff as employee terminated original agreement - Whether there was conflict between obligations under original agreement and plaintiff's duty of fidelity as employee of defendant - Liability of defendant to make payment for plaintiff's share of profits - Whether defendant had obligation to do so Breach - Fiduciary duties - Confidential information - Enforceability of confidential clauses in employee's contract of employment - Claim for - Whether sufficient to merely state second defendant misappropriated private information from plaintiffs - Whether second defendant entitled to know details of confidential information allegedly misappropriated by him - Insufficient evaluation of evidence established at trial - Whether claim for breaches of confidentiality clauses failed on account of vague pleadings Guarantee - Bank guarantee - Call on bank guarantee - Injunctive reliefs to prevent call on guarantees - Whether plaintiff's works completed according to specifications - Whether defendant provided concrete reason for calling on bank guarantee - Whether plaintiff established prima facie case of unconscionability CRIMINAL LAW Penal Code - Section 354 - Accused charged for assaulting or using criminal force against victim with intention of outraging her modesty - Whether allegation of kiss mark on victim's breast supported by medical report - Whether location where incident supposedly took place had corn plantation - Whether victim's story believable CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Accused convicted for charge of assaulting or using criminal force against victim with intention of outraging her modesty - Accused sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment - Whether conviction and sentence safe - Penal Code, s. 354 EVIDENCE Documentary evidence - Computer generated documents - Admissibility of - Scope and effect - Non-production of s. 90A certificate - Whether fatal - Non-compliance with requirements under s. 90A Evidence Act 1950 - Whether computer generated evidence admissible - Mohd Khayry Ismail v. PP Fresh or further evidence - Application to adduce - Adducing of further evidence at hearing of review application under s. 93 Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Oral testimony to show pre-arranged plan to frame applicant - Whether r. 137 Rules of the Federal Court 1995 confer upon Federal Court statutory or new jurisdiction to hear application to review its own decision - Whether fell within exceptional circumstances to justify exercise of inherent jurisdiction under r. 137 - Whether procedure for admission of additional evidence applicable specifically under jurisdiction of appellate court by means of rehearing and not through a reviewing process - Whether use of s. 93 tantamount to abuse of court process Witness - Character - Bad character - Accused convicted for charge of assaulting or using criminal force against victim with intention of outraging modesty - Penal Code, s. 354 - Accused brought up victim's past sexual activity - Whether victim a truthful witness - Whether victim's past personal sexual activity should be used to measure her degree of truthfulness INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Copyright - Infringement - Ownership of copyright - Whether proven - Whether there were similarities in plaintiffs' promotional material and defendants' brochure - Copyright Act 1987, s. 26 LEGAL PROFESSION Duty of care - Conveyancing - Duty of solicitor to client ('bank') - Failure to ascertain accurate verifications of vendor claiming to be land owner - Release of loan monies by bank to purchaser based on advice of solicitors - Losses suffered by bank due to inaccurate verifications and advice - Whether solicitor acted reasonably by employing freelance despatch to conduct verifications - Whether solicitor's duty of care should extend to tortious acts of third party wrongdoer TORT Negligence - Medical negligence - Duty of care - Standard of care - Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur - Whether maxim applied in medical negligence cases Negligence - Standard of care - Duty of solicitor to client ('bank') - Purchase of property - Failure to ascertain accurate verifications of vendor claiming to be land owner - Release of loan monies by bank to purchaser based on advice of solicitors - Losses suffered by bank due to inaccurate verifications and advice - Whether solicitor exercised requisite care and skill - Causation - But for test - Whether losses suffered direct and natural consequence of solicitor's negligence - Whether plaintiff contributorily negligent |
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