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Legal Network Series
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[2015] 1 LNS 557
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SHAHRUL ANUAR ABDULLAH lwn. PP
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UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Rasuah - Pemerolehan suapan secara rasuah - Pemerolehan rasuah oleh penjawat awam - Sama ada intipati kesalahan di bawah s. 11(a) Akta Pencegah Rasuah 1997 ('APR') telah dibuktikan - Sama ada anggapan dibawah s. 42 APR terpakai - Sama ada anggapan dibawah s. 42 APR telah dipatahkan oleh tertuduh
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Semakan - Kuasa mahkamah tinggi - Kuasa semakan di peringkat rayuan - Ketiadaan penghakiman disediakan oleh hakim mahkamah bicara - Sama ada mahkamah tinggi boleh menggunakan kuasa semakan di peringkat rayuan
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Peringanan - Kesalahan berat - Pertuduhan rasuah oleh penjawat awam - Kesalahan pertama - Masalah peribadi - Perayu disabitkan dengan kesalahan selepas perbicaraan penuh - Sama ada masalah peribadi merupakan suatu faktor mitigasi yang baik untuk peringanan hukuman - Sama ada hukuman penjara dua tahun adalah hukuman yang wajar
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[2015] 1 LNS 612
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LIM GUAN ENG lwn. JIMMY LIM CHEOK SIANG & YANG LAIN
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TORT: Fitnah - Libel - Pernyataan berunsur fitnah - Ujian yang digunakan oleh hakim bicara untuk mempertimbangkan sama ada sesuatu pernyataan bersifat fitnah - Sama ada maksud semulajadi dan makna lazim perkataan-perkataan perlu diberi pertimbangan - Sama ada pernyataan-pernyataan yang telah diterbitkan membawa kesan yang menjejaskan dan mencemarkan reputasi serta kredibiliti plaintif - Sama ada ujian yang digunakan adalah secara objektif
TORT: Fitnah - Libel - Kenyataan dalam sidang akhbar yang disiarkan dalam laman web - Fitnah terhadap ahli politik - Dakwaan bahawa plaintif membenarkan pemusnahan warisan dan binaan bersejarah dan tidak menepati janji - Sama ada artikel yang telah disiarkan mendedahkan plaintif kepada kebencian dan penghinaan pada pandangan seseorang yang munasabah dan menyebabkan plaintif dipandang rendah
TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Justifikasi - Dakwaan bahawa plaintif membenarkan pemusnahan warisan dan binaan bersejarah dan tidak menepati janji - Defendan bergantung kepada keterangan suratkhabar dalam menjustifikasikan pernyataannya terhadap plaintif - Sama ada pernyataan fitnah terhadap plaintif adalah benar - Sama ada defendan mempunyai bukti untuk menyokong pernyataan-pernyataan fitnahnya terhadap plaintif - Sama ada penyandaran defendan terhadap keterangan laporan akhbar semata-mata boleh memberi justifikasi kepada pernyataan fitnahnya
TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Komen berpatutan - Sama ada perkataan-perkataan yang dikatakan sebagai pernyataan fitnah adalah ulasan yang telah dibuat untuk kepentingan awam - Sama ada ulasan yang telah dibuat adalah berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang telah dibuktikan - Akta Fitnah 1957, s. 9
TORT: Fitnah - Pembelaan - Perlindungan bersyarat - Perkara berkepentingan awam - Sama ada pembelaan perlindungan bersyarat terpakai setelah niat jahat dibuktikan
KETERANGAN: Dengar cakap - Akhbar - Keterangan laporan akhbar - Kebolehterimaan - Sama ada laporan akhbar merupakan keterangan dengar cakap - Sama ada keterangan laporan akhbar semata-mata boleh diterima sebagai keterangan fakta
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[2015] 1 LNS 860
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BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA SUNRISE TOWER v. BRIJNANDAN SINGH GUCHARAN SINGH
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CIVIL PROCEDURE: Preliminary issue - Application for issues raised in pleadings to be tried on preliminary basis - Application under O. 33 r. 2 Rules of Court 2012 ('RC') - Whether issues of law with regards to locus standi and limitation period could be disposed of on preliminary basis
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Parties - Locus standi - Action taken by joint management body despite existence of management corporation - Whether joint management body had locus standi to claim for arrears of maintenance and other charges - Whether only management corporation had power to take legal action against any parcel proprietor for arrears of maintenance and other charges upon opening of book of strata register
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Limitation - Time barred - Action to recover outstanding maintenance arrears - Allegation of running account - Whether account kept by joint management body in respect of charges was considered as a running account - Whether plaintiff's claim was time barred - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(1)
LAND LAW: Strata title - Management corporation - Effect of opening book of strata register - Power of joint management body after management corporation comes into existence - Whether management corporation and joint management body could co-exist at any one time - Whether joint management body automatically dissolved once management corporation comes into existence - Strata Title Act 1985, s. 39(1) & Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007, s. 15(1)
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[2015] 1 LNS 936
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TEA DELIGHTS (M) SDN BHD & ANOR v. YEAP WIN NEE & ANOR
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CONTRACT: Illegality - Agreement - Franchise agreement - Failure to register franchise with registrar of franchises - Effect of entering into franchise agreement before registration of franchise - Whether rendered agreement void ab initio - Whether a franchisor must register his franchise with registrar before he can make an offer to sell franchise to any person - Franchise Act 1998, s. 6(1)
CONTRACT: Illegality - Restitution - Claim for restitution arising from void contract - Obligation of person who has received advantage under void contract - Franchise agreement entered by parties declared void ab initio for lack of registration - Whether there ought to be a restitution and refund of all payments and benefits - Whether all sums received pursuant to an agreement tainted with illegality should be restored
CONTRACT: Illegality - Liability of agent - Misrepresentation - Director of a company represented that company was master franchisee of a brand when in actual fact it was not - Director persuaded plaintiff to enter into a franchise agreement with company which turned out to be illegal - Whether director of a company ought to be made liable for his actions
EVIDENCE: Adverse inference - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Failure to produce translated copy of document written in foreign language - Defendants relied on a document written in Chinese and claimed to be master franchisee of a brand - Absence of translated version - Whether judge was entitled to invoke s. 114(g) of Evidence Act 1950 to draw adverse inference against defendants for failure to translate document that could prove defendants' claim
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[2015] 1 LNS 939
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WONG KWAN HUI v. CLEMENT TAN WEI LOOON
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BANKRUPTCY: Act of bankruptcy - Date of commission - Judgment debtor's application to set aside bankruptcy notice was dismissed - Absence of order to stay further proceedings pending appeal to judge in chambers - Whether act of bankruptcy was committed the moment court dismissed judgment debtor's application to set aside bankruptcy notice
BANKRUPTCY: Creditor's petition - Application to strike out - Whether creditor's petition was filed within 6 months period - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 5(1)(c)
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CLJ 2016 Volume 7 (Part 5)
COURT OF APPEAL
Dato' Sabariah Sabtu v. Peguam Negara & Ors And Other Appeals
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Zakaria Sam, Kamardin Hashim JJCA
(Criminal Law - Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing And Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 - Illegal deposit-taking without valid licence) [2016] 7 CLJ 655 [CA]
Dinesh Kanavaji Kanawagi & Anor v. Ragumaren N Gopal; Bar Council Malaysia (Intervener)
Balia Yusof Wahi FCJ, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Badariah Sahamid JJCA
(Legal Profession - Disciplinary proceedings - Advocates and solicitors struck off Rolls - Whether grounds of appeal technical in nature) [2016] 7 CLJ 667 [CA]
Heritage Grand Vacation Club Bhd v. Pacific Fantasy Vacation Sdn Bhd
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Pleadings - Breach of rules of pleadings) [2016] 7 CLJ 679 [CA]
Lang Thawn Thang lwn. PP
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi, Kamardin Hashim HHMR
(Undang-undang Jenayah; Prosedur Jenayah; Keterangan - Membunuh - Pembelaan - Pergaduhan mengejut - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Kegagalan pendakwaan memanggil saksi) [2016] 7 CLJ 689 [CA]
PP lwn. Rachpal Singh & Satu Lagi Dan Rayuan-Rayuan Lain
Rohana Yusuf, Abang Iskandar, Kamardin Hashim HHMR
(Undang-undang Jenayah; Prosedur Jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302 - Sama ada hakim bicara khilaf apabila meminda pertuduhan) [2016] 7 CLJ 702 [CA]
Tan Wei Mia & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Gombak & Anor
Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA
(Land Law; Civil Procedure - Classification of land - Category of land use not stated on land grants - Whether land owners required to apply for variation of title - Declaratory order) [2016] 7 CLJ 722 [CA]
HIGH COURT
Kumpulan Protection Sdn Bhd v. Global Globe (M) Sdn Bhd
Khadijah Idris JC
(Civil Procedure; Company Law - Consent judgment - Whether entered into willingly and consciously - Petition to wind up - Whether petition irregular or defective) [2016] 7 CLJ 733 [HC]
Messrs Tai Choi Yu & Co, Advocates v. The Court Of Appeal & Ors
Lee Heng Cheong J
(Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law - Affidavit in support of application - Whether averments deemed admitted - Attorney General - Representation - Civil suit against Court of Appeal Judges - Whether Attorney General legally bound to represent judges) [2016] 7 CLJ 750 [HC]
Nowran Begam Mohamed Saliff v. Nantha Kumar Devar Sangaran & Anor; Ctrm Aviation Sdn Bhd (Third Party)
Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J
(Tort; Civil Procedure - Negligence - Duty of care - Breach - Dependency claim - Whether defence of volenti non fit injuria applicable - Applicability of doctrine of res ipsa loquitur - Third party proceedings - Indemnity - Whether indemnity or contribution could be claimed in absence of valid contract) [2016] 7 CLJ 760 [HC]
SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Affidavits - Affidavit in support of application - Failure to file affidavit in opposition - Averment and assertion in affidavit in support - Whether deemed admitted
Messrs Tai Choi Yu & Co, Advocates v. The Court Of Appeal & Ors
(Lee Heng Cheong J) [2016] 7 CLJ 750 [HC]
Judgments and orders - Consent judgment - Parties mutually entered into consent judgment to pay judgment sum - Failure of debtor to comply with consent judgment - Allegation that consent judgment erroneously entered - Whether consent judgment entered into willingly and consciously - Whether debtor indebted to creditor
Kumpulan Protection Sdn Bhd v. Global Globe (M) Sdn Bhd
(Khadijah Idris JC) [2016] 7 CLJ 733 [HC]
Judgments and orders - Declaratory order - Land law - Lands alienated before National Land Code came into force - Category of land use not stated on land grants - Lands planned to be developed - Land office insisted land owners apply for variation of title to change category of land use to `building' - Land owners sought declaratory order that lands fell under category of `building' since National Land Code came into force - Whether declaratory relief sought appropriate - Specific Relief Act 1950, s. 41
Tan Wei Mia & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Gombak & Anor
(Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2016] 7 CLJ 722 [CA]
Pleadings - Rules of - Claim and evidence in breach of rules of pleadings - Whether a radical departure from pleadings and agreed issues - Whether case passed rules of pleadings
Heritage Grand Vacation Club Bhd v. Pacific Fantasy Vacation Sdn Bhd
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2016] 7 CLJ 679 [CA]
Third party proceedings - Indemnity - Contribution from third party - Whether third party had to obtain insurance coverage for personal injury of trainee pilots - Whether there was valid contract between third party and defendants - Whether indemnity or contribution could be claimed in absence of valid contract
Nowran Begam Mohamed Saliff v. Nantha Kumar Devar Sangaran & Anor; Ctrm Aviation Sdn Bhd (Third Party)
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J) [2016] 7 CLJ 760 [HC]
COMPANY LAW
Winding up - Petition - Petition to wind up - Intitulement in petition did not specify provision of law on which petitioner was relying on - Whether petition irregular or defective - Whether fatal - Whether there are statutory requirements requiring specific reference to provision of law - Companies Act 1965, s. 218
Kumpulan Protection Sdn Bhd v. Global Globe (M) Sdn Bhd
(Khadijah Idris JC) [2016] 7 CLJ 733 [HC]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Attorney General - Representation - Civil suit against Court of Appeal Judges - Whether judges sued in personal or official capacity - Whether acts committed by judges while performing functions established under Federal Constitution - Whether Attorney General legally bound to represent judges - Federal Constitution, art. 145
Messrs Tai Choi Yu & Co, Advocates v. The Court Of Appeal & Ors
(Lee Heng Cheong J) [2016] 7 CLJ 750 [HC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 - Section 4 - Illegal deposit-taking without valid licence - Bank and share accounts seized - Company and directors discharged not amounting to acquittal - Claim by company for return of seized properties - Whether High Court has jurisdiction to hear application that was not anchored on any existing criminal suit or prosecution - Whether there was order of forfeiture by Public Prosecutor
Dato' Sabariah Sabtu v. Peguam Negara & Ors And Other Appeals
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Zakaria Sam, Kamardin Hashim JJCA) [2016] 7 CLJ 655 [CA]
LAND LAW
Classification of land - Land use - Category of land use not stated on land grants - Lands planned to be developed - Whether land owners required to apply for variation of title to change category of land use to `building' - National Land Code, s. 124
Tan Wei Mia & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Gombak & Anor
(Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2016] 7 CLJ 722 [CA]
LEGAL PROFESSION
Disciplinary proceedings - Disciplinary Board/Committee - Compensation for acquisition of ancestral land - Compensation monies paid out to legal firm - Legal firm failed to pay monies to proper beneficiaries - Complaint by another advocate and solicitor on behalf of beneficiaries - Advocates and solicitors involved in representation of beneficiaries struck off Rolls of Advocates and Solicitors - High Court affirmed findings of Disciplinary Board/Committee - Appeal against decision - Whether grounds of appeal technical in nature
Dinesh Kanavaji Kanawagi & Anor v. Ragumaren N Gopal; Bar Council Malaysia (Intervener)
(Balia Yusof Wahi FCJ, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Badariah Sahamid JJCA) [2016] 7 CLJ 667 [CA]
TORT
Negligence - Duty of care - Breach - Dependency claim - Student pilot (deceased) died in air crash during solo flight - Weather conditions - Whether ought to be paramount consideration before deceased could be cleared to embark on solo flight - Whether death due to human error - Whether defence of volenti non fit injuria applicable to defendants - Whether defendants could exclude liability by virtue of disclaimer/exclusion clause in deceased's application form
Nowran Begam Mohamed Saliff v. Nantha Kumar Devar Sangaran & Anor; Ctrm Aviation Sdn Bhd (Third Party)
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J) [2016] 7 CLJ 760 [HC]
Negligence - Duty of care - Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur - Applicability
Nowran Begam Mohamed Saliff v. Nantha Kumar Devar Sangaran & Anor; Ctrm Aviation Sdn Bhd (Third Party)
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J) [2016] 7 CLJ 760 [HC]
INDEKS PERKARA
KETERANGAN
Saksi - Kegagalan pendakwaan memanggil saksi - Sama ada menimbulkan pemakaian anggapan bertentangan - Saksi-saksi tidak dapat dikesan - Sama ada kenyataan saksi dikemukakan - Sama ada kegagalan mengemukakan kenyataan saksi mengakibatkan ketidakadilan kepada perayu - Akta Keterangan 1950, ss. 32 & 114(g)
Lang Thawn Thang lwn. PP
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2016] 7 CLJ 689 [CA]
PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Pertuduhan - Pindaan - Pertuduhan di bawah s. 302 dipinda kepada s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan - Si mati dipukul sampai mati oleh kedua-dua tertuduh - Sama ada terdapat unsur pergaduhan mengejut - Sama ada si mati diserang tanpa diberi peluang untuk mempertahankan dirinya - Sama ada terdapat jurang besar di antara kejadian pukulan pertama dan pukulan kedua - Sama ada pembelaan `sudden fight' terpakai - Sama ada pembelaan tertuduh merupakan satu penafian - Sama ada keterangan saksi-saksi pihak pendakwaan diragui - Sama ada hakim bicara khilaf apabila meminda pertuduhan
PP lwn. Rachpal Singh & Satu Lagi Dan Rayuan-Rayuan Lain
(Rohana Yusuf, Abang Iskandar, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2016] 7 CLJ 702 [CA]
Rayuan - Sabitan dan hukuman - Kesalahan membunuh - Sabitan di bawah s. 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada keterangan saksi dipertimbangkan sewajarnya - Tertuduh memberikan keterangan secara bersumpah - Sama ada pembelaan tertuduh diberikan keberatan sewajarnya - Sama ada wujud keraguan tentang siapa menyebabkan kecederaan yang membawa maut - Sama ada pendakwaan mengemukakan saksi-saksi atau kenyataan mereka - Sama ada sabitan selamat - Akta Keterangan, ss. 32 & 114(g)
Lang Thawn Thang lwn. PP
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2016] 7 CLJ 689 [CA]
UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Membunuh - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302 - Si mati dipukul sampai mati oleh kedua-dua tertuduh - Sama ada terdapat unsur pergaduhan mengejut - Sama ada si mati diserang tanpa diberi peluang untuk mempertahankan dirinya - Sama ada terdapat jurang besar antara kejadian pukulan pertama dan pukulan kedua - Sama ada pembelaan `sudden fight' terpakai - Sama ada pembelaan tertuduh merupakan satu penafian - Sama ada keterangan saksi-saksi pihak pendakwaan diragui - Sama ada hakim bicara khilaf apabila meminda pertuduhan daripada s. 302 kepada s. 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan
PP lwn. Rachpal Singh & Satu Lagi Dan Rayuan-Rayuan Lain
(Rohana Yusuf, Abang Iskandar, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2016] 7 CLJ 702 [CA]
Membunuh - Pembelaan - Pergaduhan mengejut - Sama ada keterangan menunjukkan berlaku pergaduhan mengejut - Sama ada orang lain terbabit dalam pergaduhan mengejut - Sama ada wujud keraguan tentang siapa menyebabkan kecederaan yang membawa maut - Sama ada pembelaan tertuduh diberikan keberatan sewajarnya - Sama ada sabitan selamat
Lang Thawn Thang lwn. PP
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2016] 7 CLJ 689 [CA]
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