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Legal Network Series
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[2014] 1 LNS 1814
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MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD lwn. GERFLOR-ZIL FLOORING (M) SDN BHD
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UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH: Kaveat - Permohonan untuk - Lanjutan tempoh masa kaveat - Lanjutan tempoh masa kaveat sehingga daftar gadaian tanah oleh peminjam atas nama bank selesai - Sama ada bank mempunyai kepentingan berkaveat keatas tanah
UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH: Gadaian - Pendaftaran - Pendaftaran gadaian atas nama bank sebagai sekuriti kemudahan perbankan yang telah diberikan - Tanggungjawab peminjam untuk mendaftarkan gadaian undang-undang atas nama bank selepas pengeluaran hak milik individu keatas tanah - Kemudahan perbankan telah diberikan sebelum perlaksanaan dokumen sekuriti disempurnakan - Sama ada peminjam masih berhutang kepada bank dan bertanggungjawab untuk mendaftarkan gadaian undang-undang atas nama bank
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[2014] 1 LNS 1815
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PP lwn. PRABAKARAN RAMAYAH
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UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Dadah berbahaya - Pengedaran - Pertuduhan dibawah s. 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 ('ADB') - Dadah dijumpai di dalam kereta - Sama ada intipati kesalahan dibawah s. 39B(1)(a) ADB telah dibuktikan - Sama ada milikan eksklusif atas dadah telah dibuktikan - Sama ada anggapan dibawah s. 37(da) ADB terpakai - Sama ada pengetahuan berkenaan dadah semata-mata mencukupi untuk membuktikan milikan
KETERANGAN: Dengar cakap - Kenyataan yang dibuat oleh seseorang yang tidak dipanggil sebagai saksi - Pengemukaan kenyataan dibawah s. 112 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah ('KPJ') - Saksi gagal dikesan - Sama ada percakapan saksi yang dibuat dibawah s. 112 KPJ boleh dikemukakan melalui pemakaian s. 32(1) Akta Keterangan 1950 - Sama ada pendakwaan telah membuktikan usaha untuk mengesan saksi untuk menghadiri perbicaraan - Sama ada pengiklanan yang dibuat di dalam akhbar tempatan semata-mata memadai untuk membuktikan usaha mengesan saksi
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[2015] 1 LNS 655
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BANK PERTANIAN MALAYSIA BERHAD v. PSK VEGA SDN BHD & ORS
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BANKING: Banks and banking business - Recovery action - Recovery of amount due and owing under banking facility - Recovery of amount disbursed - Action against principal debtor and guarantors - Islamic banking - Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil facility - Facility not fully disbursed and subsequently recalled - Breach of conditions precedent and terms of banking facility by borrower - Breach of warranties given to bank - Representations by borrower discovered to be untrue and inaccurate - Funds utilized for different purposes - Whether banking facility was lawfully terminated - Whether there was breach of conditions precedent and other terms of facility - Whether it was justified for bank to withhold or suspend further disbursement
BANKING: Banks and banking business - Recovery action - Recovery of amount due and owing under banking facility - Action against principal debtor and guarantors - Failure to challenge amount due as stated in statement of account issued - Whether certificate tendered by bank was final and conclusive evidence of indebtedness - Whether amount stated in statement of account deemed to be proven and accepted
BANKING: Banker and customer - Action by customer against banker - Claim for specific performance of banking facility terminated by bank - Claim for disbursement of remaining sum under banking facility and damages for loss suffered - Facility not fully disbursed and subsequently recalled by bank - Breach of conditions precedent and terms of banking facility by borrower - Application for restructuring of facility at borrower's request - Whether there was culpable delay by bank in dealing with application for restructuring of facility - Whether there was any contract subsisting between bank and borrower which was capable of specific performance
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[2015] 1 LNS 1017
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NGV TECH SDN BHD & ANOR v. RAMSSTECH LTD & ORS
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BANKING: Banks and banking business - Loan secured by charges - Floating charge - Crystallization - Automatic crystallization clause in debenture - Ship subject matter of charge - Whether insertion of automatic crystallization clauses in debenture by financial institutions was contrary to public policy
COMPANY LAW: Debenture - Registration - Conclusive evidence - Issuance of Form 40 by SSM - Whether issuance of Form 40 by SSM shall be conclusive evidence of compliance of requirement for a registration of debentures - Companies Act 1956, s. 111(2)
COMPANY LAW: Debenture - Construction - Proper interpretation of debenture - Whether meaning and effect of a 'charge', 'fixed charge' and 'floating charge' as provided in a particular debenture was a question of construction of debenture in question - Whether interpretation of debenture depended on ordinary meaning of actual words used in debenture - Whether label given by parties per se may be conclusive - Whether factual matrix at time of creation of debenture may be considered in construing debenture - Whether conduct of parties at time of creation of debenture and nature and scope of business conducted by parties at time of execution of debenture relevant - Whether it was proper to construe debentures merely on basis of existence or non-existence of fixed charge or floating charge
COMPANY LAW: Debenture - Construction - Creation of charge - Security for repayment of credit facility - Ship subject matter of charge - Ship came into existence after execution of debenture - Whether company had created a charge in bank's favour over all assets of company at time of execution of debenture and in respect of assets which may be acquired by company in future - Whether ship fell within ambit of charge created by debenture even though ship was only completed after execution of debenture - Whether debenture created fixed charge or floating charge over ship
COMPANY LAW: Charges - Floating charge - Crystallization - Validity of automatic crystallization clause in debenture - Effect of crystallization of a floating charge - Whether automatic crystallization clauses in debentures lawful and necessary - Whether crystallization of a floating charge creates a new charge
COMPANY LAW: Charges - Fixed charge - Ship was subject to a fixed charge in bank's favour - Ship was disposed of by borrower without notice to bank - Whether any party could lawfully obtain title or interest in ship without paying debtor's secured debt due to bank
COMPANY LAW: Charges - Priority - Ship subject matter of charge - Ship existed after execution of debenture - Availability of automatic crystallization of charge clause - Bank's failure to register debenture with Registrar of Malaysian Ships - Whether Bank's failure to register debentures could postpone bank's priority to ship - Whether equitable doctrine could apply to resolve priority issue - Whether ship became subject to a fixed charge in favour of bank upon automatic crystallization of floating charge - Whether bank had priority over ship
COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Disposition of property - Validity of disposition of property by wound up company - Disposition of ship which was subject matter of a charge in debenture - Disposition of ship after registration of ship with Registrar of Malaysian Ships and after automatic crystallization of charge had been triggered - Disposition of ship without notice to bank - Disposition of property after receiver and manager appointed - Whether disposition of property by wound up company benefited general body of creditors of company - Whether disposition of property by a wound up company could be validated - Whether there was bona fide purchaser for value
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[2015] 1 LNS 1099
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CHITRA DANAPALAN v. AUGUSTINE CHARLES RETNASINGAM
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FAMILY LAW: Matrimonial property - Delay in transfer of property - Court of Appeal ordered husband to transfer property to wife subject to encumbrances to bank - Husband proceeded to further encumber property with additional financing without giving notice to wife - Whether husband had done everything necessary to effect transfer of property to wife promptly - Whether husband ought to reimburse wife for his portion of additional loan taken
FAMILY LAW: Maintenance - Wife - Recovery of arrears of maintenance - Maintenance outstanding for more than three years - Husband relied on limitation set by s. 86(3) of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce Act) 1976 ('LRA') - Whether bar to claiming for more than three years as set out in s. 86(3) was in relation to institution of suit - Whether action for recovery of maintenance considered as filing of a suit
FAMILY LAW: Maintenance - Wife - Assessment - Factors to be considered in determining husband's net income - Custody of children given to husband - Whether children's reasonable education fees ought to be excluded - Whether rental income to be taken into account in determining husband's net income
FAMILY LAW: Maintenance - Variation - Application by husband to cease payment of maintenance to wife - Material change in circumstances - Husband retired from employment - Wife started her own business - Whether retirement could be a material change in circumstances - Whether there was sufficient material change in circumstances
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CLJ 2016 Volume 8 (Part 4)
COURT OF APPEAL
Nestra Plantations Sdn Bhd v. Fadzillah Abd Rahman & Ors
Abang Iskandar, Varghese George, Nallini Pathmanathan JJCA
(Company Law - Winding up - Change of legal firm representing wound up company - Whether subsequent legal firm obtained sanction of official receiver) [2016] 8 CLJ 453 [CA]
Pembinaan Kota Laksamana (Melaka) Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Damansara Realty Bhd
Aziah Ali FCJ, Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Lim Yee Lan JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Damages - Interim injunction restraining dealings with property - Undertaking to pay damages caused by grant of injunction) [2016] 8 CLJ 462 [CA]
Yeoh Oon Theam v. PP
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Ab Karim Ab Jalil JJCA
(Criminal Law; Evidence - Penal Code, s. 199 - Making false statements in petition and statutory declaration) [2016] 8 CLJ 475 [CA]
HIGH COURT
Abdul Kashab Hj Hanafi v. Hong Leong Bank Bhd
Mohd Nazlan Ghazali JC
(Hire Purchase - Breach of agreement - Default in payment) [2016] 8 CLJ 487 [HC]
Idaman Pelita Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
Wong Kian Kheong JC
(Revenue Law; Statutory Interpretation - Income tax - Whether High Court can only hear appeal on question of law by way of case stated) [2016] 8 CLJ 503 [HC]
Kuan Chee Jon & Ors v. SSF Construction Sdn Bhd
Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz JC
(Contract; Moneylenders - Parties entered into sale and purchase agreement to contra settlement for loan agreement - Whether security for friendly loan cloaked as SPA) [2016] 8 CLJ 521 [HC]
Megat Ajib Abd Hamid & Yang Lain lwn. Quek Han Tiong
Abdul Wahab Mohamed PK
(Prosedur Sivil - Penzahiran - Permohonan - Sama ada pramatang) [2016] 8 CLJ 536 [HC]
OG Marine Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Glenmarie Cove Development Sdn Bhd
Azizah Nawawi J
(Maritime Law; Shipping; Courts - Claims - Damages - Barge collision - Negligence) [2016] 8 CLJ 550 [HC]
Sidambaram Torosamy v. Lok Bee Yeong (As Administrator Of The Estate Of Soma Sundaram Doraiswamy, Deceased)
Chan Jit Li JC
(Land Law - Power of Attorney - Validity of - Non-payment of loans) [2016] 8 CLJ 559 [HC]
Tan Hock Leng v. RHB Bank Bhd
Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC
(Banking; Tort - Banker and customer - Duty of care - Breach of duty - Duty as reasonably skilled banker - Responsibility for ensuring accurate information reported to Bank Negara Malaysia) [2016] 8 CLJ 577 [HC]
SUBJECT INDEX
BANKING
Banker and customer - Duty of care - Breach of duty - Duty as reasonably skilled banker - Responsibility for ensuring accurate information reported to Bank Negara Malaysia - Automated reporting of customer's account as 'Account Under Special Attention' due to system error - Whether bank breached duty of care - Whether bank could rely on exemption clause to negate liability
Tan Hock Leng v. RHB Bank Bhd
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 577 [HC]
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Injunction - Interim injunction restraining dealings with property - Undertaking to pay damages caused by grant of injunction - Application to Senior Assistant Registrar ('SAR') to enforce undertaking after injunction dissolved - Quantum of damages - Whether there was admissible evidence adduced to prove losses suffered - Whether legal and evidential burden discharged - Whether SAR applied correct principles on assessment of damages in awarding damages
Pembinaan Kota Laksamana (Melaka) Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Damansara Realty Bhd
(Aziah Ali FCJ, Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Lim Yee Lan JJCA) [2016] 8 CLJ 462 [CA]
COMPANY LAW
Winding up - Suit by company - Change of legal firm representing wound up company - Whether subsequent legal firm obtained sanction of official receiver - Whether subsequent legal firm had authority to act for company - Whether consent order obtained by subsequent legal firm without sanction of official receiver - Whether a nullity and ought to be set aside
Nestra Plantations Sdn Bhd v. Fadzillah Abd Rahman & Ors
(Abang Iskandar, Varghese George, Nallini Pathmanathan JJCA) [2016] 8 CLJ 453 [CA]
CONTRACT
Agreement - Loan agreement - Parties entered into sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') to contra settlement for loan agreement - Whether SPA collateral and existed side by side with loan agreement - Whether SPA security for loan agreement - Whether indication of moneylending transaction - Allegation that loan agreement was not signed and not finalised - Whether unsigned loan agreement binding on parties - Whether agreements legal and enforceable - Whether there was unjust enrichment in claim for damages
Kuan Chee Jon & Ors v. SSF Construction Sdn Bhd
(Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 521 [HC]
COURTS
Transfer of suit - Application for - Claim for damages due to negligence - Application to transfer suit to admiralty court - Whether claim for damages fell within s. 20(2)(e) of Supreme Court Act 1981 & Practice Direction No 1 of 2012 - Whether seeking damages in sum of RM735,813.12 within jurisdiction of Sessions Court - Whether cases filed in admiralty court involve actions in rem - Defence of limitation under s. 360 of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 - Whether applicable - Whether case should be transferred to admiralty court
OG Marine Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Glenmarie Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Azizah Nawawi J) [2016] 8 CLJ 550 [HC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Penal Code - Section 199 - False statements made in declaration receivable as evidence - Making false statements in petition and statutory declaration - Whether prima facie case established by prosecution - Whether charges sustainable
Yeoh Oon Theam v. PP
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Ab Karim Ab Jalil JJCA) [2016] 8 CLJ 475 [CA]
DAMAGES
Assessment - Appeal - Appeal against decision of Senior Assistant Registrar ('SAR') - Interim injunction restraining dealings with property - Undertaking to pay damages caused by grant of injunction - Application to Senior Assistant Registrar ('SAR') to enforce undertaking after injunction dissolved - Quantum of damages - Whether losses suffered proved - Whether legal and evidential burden discharged - Whether SAR applied correct principles on assessment of damages in awarding damages
Pembinaan Kota Laksamana (Melaka) Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Damansara Realty Bhd
(Aziah Ali FCJ, Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Lim Yee Lan JJCA) [2016] 8 CLJ 462 [CA]
EVIDENCE
Statutory declaration - False statements - Penal Code, s. 199 - Making false statements in petition and statutory declaration - Whether statutory declaration met requirements set by Statutory Declarations Act 1960, ss. 2 & 3
Yeoh Oon Theam v. PP
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Ab Karim Ab Jalil JJCA) [2016] 8 CLJ 475 [CA]
HIRE PURCHASE
Breach of agreement - Default in payment - Repossession of vehicle - Hirer voluntarily returned car to bank prior to repossession by bank - Valuation on estimated value of car - Car eventually auctioned and sold at lower price - Demand for shortfall payment - Summary judgment application allowed by Sessions Court - Appeal against - Whether bank failed to sell car at higher price - Whether there was tampering during inspection and valuation of car - Whether demand by bank as provided in certificate of indebtedness valid - Whether hirer duly served with requisite notices - Whether triable issues arose - Whether Sessions Court Judge rightly granted summary judgment
Abdul Kashab Hj Hanafi v. Hong Leong Bank Bhd
(Mohd Nazlan Ghazali JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 487 [HC]
LAND LAW
Power of Attorney - Validity of - Non-payment of loans - Deceased granted power of attorney to sell property (bungalow) and secure proceeds of sale as repayment of loans to plaintiff - Property subsequently sold by deceased - Proceeds from sale used to purchase another property (house) - Whether deceased committed fraud in selling bungalow - Whether power of attorney granted revocable - Whether s. 5 of Powers of Attorney Act 1949 must be complied to revoke power of attorney - Whether power of attorney could be impliedly revoked
Sidambaram Torosamy v. Lok Bee Yeong (As Administrator Of The Estate Of Soma Sundaram Doraiswamy, Deceased)
(Chan Jit Li JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 559 [HC]
MARITIME LAW
Jurisdiction - Claims - Damages - Barge collision - Negligence - Application to transfer suit to admiralty court - Whether claim for damages fell within s. 20(2)(e) of Supreme Court Act 1981 & Practice Direction No 1 of 2012 - Whether seeking damages in sum of RM735,813.12 within jurisdiction of Sessions Court - Whether cases filed in admiralty court involve actions in rem - Defence of limitation under s. 360 of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 - Whether applicable - Whether case should be transferred to admiralty court
OG Marine Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Glenmarie Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Azizah Nawawi J) [2016] 8 CLJ 550 [HC]
MONEYLENDERS
Unlicensed moneylender - Unenforceable contract - Parties entered into sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') to contra settlement for loan agreement - Whether SPA collateral and existed side by side with loan agreement - Whether SPA indication of moneylending transaction - Whether SPA legal and enforceable - Whether security for friendly loan cloaked as SPA
Kuan Chee Jon & Ors v. SSF Construction Sdn Bhd
(Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 521 [HC]
REVENUE LAW
Income tax - Case stated - Application to require Special Commissioners of Income Tax ('SCIT') to find further facts and to state supplementary case - Whether SCIT broadly covered area to be dealt with - Whether court could exercise discretion - Income Tax Act 1967, Sch. 5 para. 40(b)
Idaman Pelita Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 503 [HC]
Income tax - Special Commissioners of Income Tax ('SCIT') - Production of notes of evidence of appeal to SCIT - Whether High Court can only hear appeal on question of law by way of case stated - Order to produce notes of evidence not expressly prayed for - Whether High Court has discretionary power to order production of notes of evidence - Whether order wholly exceptional and sui generis - Income Tax Act 1967, s. 102(4), Sch. 5 paras. 34 & 39(c)
Idaman Pelita Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 503 [HC]
SHIPPING
Jurisdiction - Admiralty jurisdiction - Claim for damages due to negligence - Application to transfer suit to admiralty court - Whether claim for damages fell within s. 20(2)(e) of Supreme Court Act 1981 & Practice Direction No 1 of 2012 - Whether seeking damages in sum of RM735,813.12 within jurisdiction of Sessions Court - Whether cases filed in admiralty court involve actions in rem - Defence of limitation under s. 360 of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 - Whether applicable - Whether case should be transferred to admiralty court
OG Marine Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Glenmarie Cove Development Sdn Bhd
(Azizah Nawawi J) [2016] 8 CLJ 550 [HC]
STATUTORY INTERPRETATON
Canon of construction - Generalia specialibus non derogant - Whether specific statutory provision should override general statutory provision - Income Tax Act 1967, Sch. 5 para. 41 - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 67(1)
Idaman Pelita Sdn Bhd v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri
(Wong Kian Kheong JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 503 [HC]
TORT
Defamation - Libel - Banking - Automated reporting of customer's account as 'Account Under Special Attention' in report to Bank Negara Malaysia - Whether defamatory of customer - Whether information in report available automatically - Whether third party banks had seen report - Whether publication proven
Tan Hock Leng v. RHB Bank Bhd
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 577 [HC]
Negligence - Duty of care - Banker and customer - Duty as reasonably skilled banker - Responsibility for ensuring accurate information reported to Bank Negara Malaysia - Breach of duty - Automated reporting of customer's account as 'Account Under Special Attention' due to system error - Whether bank breached duty of care - Whether bank could rely on exemption clause to negate liability
Tan Hock Leng v. RHB Bank Bhd
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2016] 8 CLJ 577 [HC]
INDEKS PERKARA
PROSEDUR SIVIL
Bantahan awal - Penzahiran - Pemeriksaan dokumen - Permohonan - Sama ada tertakluk pada keperluan memberi notis Borang 41 - Sama ada bantahan awal ditolak - Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012, A. 24 k. 3 & 10
Megat Ajib Abd Hamid & Yang Lain lwn. Quek Han Tiong
(Abdul Wahab Mohamed PK) [2016] 8 CLJ 536 [HC]
Penzahiran - Pemeriksaan dokumen - Permohonan - Sama ada pramatang - Sama ada plaintif perlu buktikan kesahihan surat ikatan amanah sebelum layak terima dokumen - Sama ada dokumen berada dalam milikan, jagaan dan kuasa defendan - Sama ada dokumen relevan dengan tuntutan plaintif - Sama ada mahkamah boleh memerintahkan mana-mana pihak untuk mengemukakan dokumen - Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012, A. 24 k. 11, 12 & 13(1)
Megat Ajib Abd Hamid & Yang Lain lwn. Quek Han Tiong
(Abdul Wahab Mohamed PK) [2016] 8 CLJ 536 [HC]
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