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MUHAMMAD MUHAIMIN YAUZA & YANG LAIN lwn. TORT: Kecuaian - Ganti rugi - Liabiliti - Kecuaian perubatan - Pelajar mengalami kecacatan kekal selepas menerima suntikan Anti Tetanus Toxoid ('ATT') - Sama ada keizinan daripada bapa atau penjaga pelajar diperolehi sebelum suntikan diberikan - Sama ada jururawat cuai - Sama ada pihak sekolah cuai kerana tidak memaklumkan tentang suntikan kepada bapa pelajar - Sama ada defendan-defendan cuai 100% TORT: Kecuaian - Kecuaian vikarius - Pelajar mengalami kecacatan kekal selepas menerima suntikan Anti Tetanus Toxoid ('ATT') - Kecuaian perubatan - Sama ada keizinan daripada bapa atau penjaga pelajar diperolehi sebelum suntikan diberikan - Sama ada pihak sekolah memastikan pelajar sihat dan boleh disuntik - Sama ada defendan kelima sebagai badan pentadbir sekolah bertanggungan secara vikarius - Sama ada kecuaian vikarius dibuktikan |
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CLJ 2016 Volume 8 (Part 2) FEDERAL COURT Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu v. Leisure Farm Corporation Sdn Bhd & Ors Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd COURT OF APPEAL Canterbury Asia Sdn Bhd v. Dato' Wira Aminudin Embi & Ors Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Jeyaprakash Pillay Jegaualthan & Another Appeal Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor v. Selangor Country Club Sdn Bhd PP v. Ramayah Ramalu & Another Appeal Tan Sri Dato' Tajudin Ramli & Anor v. Technology Resources Industries Bhd HIGH COURT Kamarul Ariffin Jait & Ors v. Zuraini Osman Muhammad Muhaimin Yauza & Yang Lain lwn. JK Maizatulniza Mat Jais & Yang Lain NGV Tech Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Kerajaan Malaysia SUBJECT INDEX CIVIL PROCEDURE Action - Limitation - Claim for payment for goods supplied and delivered - Acknowledgment of debt by financial statements - Whether liability renewed on date of acknowledgment - Whether acknowledgment extended limitation period - Whether there was unequivocal admission of acknowledgment of debt - Limitation Act 1953, s. 27 Appeal - Procedure - Cross-appeal - Whether notice of cross-appeal provides for complaint to be re-heard - Whether separate notice of appeal should be filed under r. 5 of Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994 - Whether r. 8(1) of Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994 limits contentions under notice of cross- appeal to effectively vary decision - Whether aggrieved party at liberty to file independent appeal under s. 67(1) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 COMPANY LAW Directors - Compensation for loss of office - Objective and purpose of compensation payments - Whether achieved - Whether compensation payments to directors made with sanction of company's Board of Directors - Whether directors retired or terminated - Companies Act 1965, s. 137(1) & (5) Directors - Remuneration - Enhancement of remuneration package - Whether consistent with requirements of company's article of association - Whether approval of Board of Directors obtained - Whether there was justification for enhancing remuneration package - Whether directors in breach of fiduciary duties CONTRACT Agreement - Breach - Hire purchase - Purchase of vehicle from dealer financed by bank - Car seized by customs due to failure of hirer to pay custom duties - Whether bank accountable for failure to deliver good title to hirer - Whether deprivation of quiet possession of vehicle attributable to any act or omission by bank - Whether bank had duty to pay duties and taxes for vehicle - Whether hirer entitled to deposit and monthly instalments paid to bank prior to seizure by customs - Whether hire purchase agreement valid - Whether there was breach of hire purchase agreement Construction of contract - Ownership of vessels - Passing of title to vessels - Intention of parties - Defendant claimed ownership due to payments made towards construction of vessels - Whether title to vessels passed only upon full delivery or during construction - Whether title to vessel passed with every progress payment made - Whether defendant rightful owner of vessels - Sale of Goods Act 1957, ss. 2, 19(2) Terms - Construction - Agreement for sale of land between appellant and purchaser - Document of title in respect of part of land issued with specific category of land use - Purchaser sold portion of land to respondent - Whether appellant obliged to deliver issue document of title with category of land use stated therein to respondent - Whether clauses in agreement clear and free from ambiguity - Whether power to prescribe land use category and express conditions vested solely in State Authority CRIMINAL LAW Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Fatal stab wounds inflicted on deceased - Whether accidental - Whether injury on deceased sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death - Whether intention to cause death could be established from seriousness of injuries and manner in which injuries were caused - Whether defence mere afterthought CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Appeal by prosecution - Original charge under s. 302 Penal Code reduced to 304(a) of Penal Code - Fatal stab wounds inflicted on deceased - Defence of accidental and unintentional - Whether trial judge erred in accepting defence - Whether intention to cause death could be established from seriousness of injuries and manner in which injuries were caused - Whether defence mere afterthought - Whether defence raised reasonable doubt on original charge CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Customs duties - Vehicle - Car seized by customs due to failure to pay custom duties - Whether bank accountable for failure to deliver good title to hirer - Whether deprivation of quiet possession of vehicle attributable to any act or omission by bank - Whether bank had duty to pay duties and taxes for vehicle - Customs Act 1967, s. 135(1)(g) LAND LAW Assessment - Compensation - Erection of transmission towers and cables - Payment of compensation to landowners - Award by District Land Administrator - Appeal to State Authority on award of compensation - State Authority increased Land Administrator's award but subsequently revised award - Whether word 'final' in s. 16(2) of Electricity Supply Act 1990 prevents State Authority from reconsidering, reviewing or revising earlier decision - Whether decision final and irrevocable - Whether State Authority acted in quasi judicial function - Whether State Authority had discharged function after issuing its first decision - Whether State Authority functus officio with no power to make second decision - Whether issuance of second decision against principle of res judicata - Whether ultra vires - Whether State Authority ought to set aside revised award LIMITATION Extension of limitation period - Jurisdiction - Deceased died six months after car accident - Administratrix of deceased's estate claimed for damages more than 36 months after deceased's death - Whether administratrix claim statute-barred - When cause of action accrued - Whether upon extraction of grant of letters of administration by deceased's beneficiaries - Whether administratrix a person under disability within meaning of s. 24 of Limitation Act 1953 - Whether court had inherent jurisdiction to extend limitation periods in statutes - Public Authorities Protection Act 1948, s. 2(a) SALE OF GOODS Construction of contract - Ownership of vessels - Passing of title to vessels - Intention of parties - Defendant claimed ownership due to payments made towards construction of vessels - Whether title to vessels passed only upon full delivery or during construction - Whether title to vessel passed with every progress payment made - Whether defendant rightful owner of vessels - Sale of Goods Act 1957, ss. 2, 19(2) UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS Office bearers - Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) - Claim for payment for goods supplied and delivered - Liability of office bearers - Whether council members personally liable - Whether council members correct parties to be sued on behalf of MRU - Sports Development Act, s. 40 - Whether applicable WORDS & PHRASES 'vary' - 'decision of the High Court should be varied' - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, r. 8 - Whether ought to be given its ordinary and natural meaning - 'change, make differently, modify' - Whether operative words clearly limits contentions under a notice of cross-appeal to effectively vary decision and not to set aside judgment or order 'shall be final' - Electricity Supply Act 1990, s. 16(2) - Mandatory - Not appealable - Whether State Authority empowered to review decision - Whether decision final and irrevocable INDEKS PERKARA TORT Kecuaian - Ganti rugi - Liabiliti - Kecuaian perubatan - Pelajar mengalami kecacatan kekal selepas menerima suntikan Anti Tetanus Toxoid ('ATT') - Sama ada keizinan daripada bapa atau penjaga pelajar diperolehi sebelum suntikan diberikan - Sama ada jururawat cuai - Sama ada pihak sekolah cuai kerana tidak memaklumkan tentang suntikan kepada bapa pelajar - Sama ada defendan-defendan cuai 100% Kecuaian - Kecuaian vikarius - Pelajar mengalami kecacatan kekal selepas menerima suntikan Anti Tetanus Toxoid ('ATT') - Kecuaian perubatan - Sama ada keizinan daripada bapa atau penjaga pelajar diperolehi sebelum suntikan diberikan - Sama ada pihak sekolah memastikan pelajar sihat dan boleh disuntik - Sama ada defendan kelima sebagai badan pentadbir sekolah bertanggungan secara vikarius - Sama ada kecuaian vikarius dibuktikan |
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