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Issue #22/2017 01 June 2017

New This Week Case(s) of the Week PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA v. NURUL IZZAH ANWAR & ORS [2017] 5 CLJ 595 Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2017 Volume 5 (Part 5) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA v. NURUL IZZAH ANWAR & ORS [2017] 5 CLJ 595
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
UMI KALTHUM ABDUL MAJID JCA; IDRUS HARUN JCA; HASNAH MOHAMMED HASHIM JCA
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: W-01(IM)-19-01-2017]
22 MARCH 2017

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal – Leave – Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations – Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations – Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations – Leave and stay of notice of review granted – Appeal against granting of leave and stay of notice – Whether leave ought to be granted – Whether there was arguable case in favour of granting leave – Whether there were merits in appeal warranting intervention

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Locus standi – Attorney General – Public interest – Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations – Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations – Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations – Leave and stay of notice of review granted by High Court – Appeal by Attorney General – Attorney General did not represent Election Commission during leave stage – Whether Attorney General had locus standi to appeal against High Court's decision to grant leave – Whether Attorney General was aggrieved party – Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 3(3)

ELECTION: Election Commission – Enquiry regarding constituency – Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations – Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations – Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations – Leave and stay of notice of review granted – Whether local enquiry lawful – Whether Election Commission lawfully constituted during local enquiry – Whether notice given before enquiry day adequate to prepare for hearing – Whether local enquiry was quasi-judicial – Whether application frivolous and abuse of court process – Federal Constitution, Thirteenth Schedule, ss. 4, 115(2) – Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950, s. 18

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Legal Network Series

[2016] 1 LNS 606	THANALECTHIMY BATAMALLAI lwn. VIJAYA KUMAR KASSINATHAN	UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA: Anak-anak - Penjagaan - Penjagaan, pemeliharaan dan kawalan ke atas anak - Kebajikan anak-anak - Kanak-kanak yang menghadapi kecacatan kelahiran - Anak berada dalam jagaan nenek sejak anak dilahirkan - Sama ada anak memerlukan jagaan rapi - Sama ada status quo penjagaan anak wajar dikekalkan kepada neneknya - Sama ada kebajikan dan kesihatan anak terjamin jika penjagaan diberikan kepada nenek - Sama ada suasana pembesaran dan persekitaran kanak-kanak perlu dikekalkan
[2016] 1 LNS 607	ROSLI OTHMAN lwn. PP	PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap sabitan - Kesalahan rompakan berkumpulan dengan menggunakan senjata - Barang-barang yang dirompak dijumpai dalam simpanan tertuduh - Saksi-saksi telah mengecam tertuduh secara positif - Ketiadaan kawad cam - Tertuduh gagal membuktikan pembelaan alibi - Pembelaan tertuduh berbentuk penafian semata-mata - Suspek-suspek lain tidak dituduh - Sama ada elemen-elemen pertuduhan telah dibuktikan - Sama ada kes prima facie telah dibuktikan - Sama ada sabitan terhadap tertuduh selamat PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman - Hukuman penjara 8 tahun dan 3 sebatan bagi kesalahan rompakan berkumpulan dengan menggunakan senjata - Kepentingan awam - Sama ada kepentingan awam perlu diutamakan melebihi kepentingan tertuduh - Sama ada hukuman yang telah dijatuhkan seimbang dengan keseriusan kesalahan - Sama ada hukuman yang telah dijatuhkan wajar dikekalkan PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pembelaan - Alibi - Prinsip dan prosedur - Sama ada keperluan s. 402A Kanun Tatacara Jenayah telah dipatuhi PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pengecaman - Prinsip dan prosedur - Pengecaman secara positif oleh saksi-saksi - Pengecaman dibuat selama setengah jam - Wajah tertuduh adalah nyata dan tidak terhalang - Sama ada prinsip di dalam kes Turnbull telah dipatuhi - Sama ada kualiti pengecaman saksi-saksi adalah bermutu tinggi - Sama ada kawad cam adalah perlu
[2016] 1 LNS 741	RE: LIM SUE BENG; EX-PARTE: RHB BANK BERHAD & ORS	BANKRUPTCY: Practice and procedure - Parties - Withdrawal of a judgment creditor as party to bankruptcy proceedings - Debt owed to one creditor fully settled - Other judgment creditor proceeding with bankruptcy proceedings - Judgment debtor failed to file affidavit in opposition - Whether whole bankruptcy proceedings ought to be withdrawn - Whether bankruptcy notice and creditor's petition became irregular BANKRUPTCY: Practice and procedure - Amendment - Amendment of bankruptcy notice and creditor's petition - Amendment following withdrawal of a judgment creditor as party to bankruptcy proceedings - Whether bankruptcy notice and creditor's petition ought to be amended
[2016] 1 LNS 742	X1R GLOBAL HOLDING SDN BHD & ANOR v. Y-TEQ AUTO PARTS (M) SDN BHD	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Trade marks - Infringement - Plaintiffs' goods and defendant's goods registered under different classes of goods - Whether plaintiffs were persons aggrieved by defendant's trade mark - Whether use of defendant's trade mark was likely to cause deception and confusion to the public - Whether there were striking similarities between plaintiffs' trademark and defendant's trademark - Whether plaintiffs' interest was likely to be damaged by defendant's use of defendant's trade mark - Whether plaintiffs had expectation to expand into classes of goods for which defendant's trade mark had been registered - Whether there was connection as to origin of goods
[2016] 1 LNS 871	YAP SAU CHOON @ YAP BEE YONG & ANOR v. CHEONG HONG MUN & ORS	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings - Fraud - Existence of - Determining elements of existence of fraud - Whether existence of fraud was a question of fact - Whether fraud must be an actual fraud TORT: Conspiracy - Conspiracy to defraud - Conspiracy to injure - Fraudulent deprivation of proprietorship over land - Comprehensive scheme of fraud to deprive proprietorship over land - Manipulation of digitization of instrument document titles ('IDT') and movement from manual IDT to computerised IDT - Unlawful attestation of power of attorney - Whether elements of conspiracy proven - Whether agreement between conspirators needed to be proven by direct evidence - Whether there was dishonest intention to injure and deprive of rights over land

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CLJ 2017 Volume 5 (Part 5)

FEDERAL COURT

National Union Of Hotel, Bar And Restaurant Workers Peninsular Malaysia v. Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Bhd
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ
(Labour Law - Trade union - Collective agreement) [2017] 5 CLJ 513 [FC]

Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ
(Constitutional Law; Land Law - Legislation - Constitutionality - Provisions limiting appeals) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Nguyen Hong Quang v. PP
David Wong Dak Wah, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Mary Lim JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Murder - Conviction and death sentence - Appeal against) [2017] 5 CLJ 586 [CA]

Peguam Negara Malaysia v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Idrus Harun, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Election - Election Commission - Enquiry regarding constituency - Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations) [2017] 5 CLJ 595 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Nor Azahar Zainol v. Pentadbir Tanah Langkawi & Ors
Choo Kah Sing JC
(Land Law - Malay reservations - Transfer to non-Malay - Whether land was Malay Reservation land) [2017] 5 CLJ 629 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Leave - Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations - Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations - Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations - Leave and stay of notice of review granted - Appeal against granting of leave and stay of notice - Whether leave ought to be granted - Whether there was arguable case in favour of granting leave - Whether there were merits in appeal warranting intervention
Peguam Negara Malaysia v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Idrus Harun, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 595 [CA]

Locus standi - Attorney General - Public interest - Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations - Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations - Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations - Leave and stay of notice of review granted by High Court - Appeal by Attorney General - Attorney General did not represent Election Commission during leave stage - Whether Attorney General had locus standi to appeal against High Court's decision to grant leave - Whether Attorney General was aggrieved party - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 3(3)
Peguam Negara Malaysia v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Idrus Harun, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 595 [CA]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Judicial power - Exercise of judicial power - Power to award compensation in land reference proceedings - Whether vested in High Court Judge sitting in Land Reference Court - Power to decide amount of compensation upon two assessors under s. 40D of Land Acquisition Act 1960 ('LAA') - Whether non-judicial personages could exercise judicial power - Whether s. 40D of LAA usurps power of court - Whether s. 40D of LAA ultra vires art. 121 of Federal Constitution
Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

Legislation - Constitutionality - Provisions limiting appeals - Land Acquisition Act 1960 ('LAA'), s. 40D(3) and proviso to s. 49(1) - Whether decision by Land Reference Court final - Whether bar to appeal limited to issues of fact on ground of quantum of compensation - Whether could appeal on questions of law - Whether proviso to s. 49(1) ultra vires art. 121(1B) of Federal Constitution
Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Murder - Conviction and death sentence - Appeal against - Prosecution's case based on circumstantial evidence - Whether prosecution established prima facie case to warrant calling of defence of accused person - Whether failure to call material witness left gap in prosecution's case - Whether conviction safe
Nguyen Hong Quang v. PP
(David Wong Dak Wah, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Mary Lim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 586 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Grounds of - Accused convicted of murder - Trial judge delivered non-speaking judgment - Whether trial judge conducted maximum evaluation of totality of evidence - Whether prejudiced by reliance on hearsay evidence - Whether prosecution established prima facie case to warrant calling of defence of accused person - Whether appeal meritorious
Nguyen Hong Quang v. PP
(David Wong Dak Wah, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Mary Lim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 586 [CA]

ELECTION

Election Commission - Enquiry regarding constituency - Review of division of States of Malaya into Federal and State constituencies and proposed provisional recommendations - Electors of parliamentary constituency objected against proposed recommendations - Electors commenced judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash review notice and proposed recommendations - Leave and stay of notice of review granted - Whether local enquiry lawful - Whether Election Commission lawfully constituted during local enquiry - Whether notice given before enquiry day adequate to prepare for hearing - Whether local enquiry was quasi-judicial - Whether application frivolous and abuse of court process - Federal Constitution, Thirteenth Schedule, ss. 4, 115(2) - Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950, s. 18
Peguam Negara Malaysia v. Nurul Izzah Anwar & Ors
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Idrus Harun, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 595 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Failure of prosecution to call material witnesses - Whether court entitled to draw inference it deems fit - Whether there was gap in prosecution's case - Whether prosecution established prima facie case
Nguyen Hong Quang v. PP
(David Wong Dak Wah, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Mary Lim JJCA) [2017] 5 CLJ 586 [CA]

LABOUR LAW

Trade union - Collective agreement - Respondent underwent redevelopment and repositioning exercise of old hotel - Signed collective agreement with trade union - Parties subsequently entered into supplementary agreement - Whether respondent allowed to unilaterally impose new terms of employment - Interpretation of clauses in supplementary agreement - Intention of parties - Whether collective agreement terminated upon signing of supplementary agreement - Whether collective agreement binding upon parties - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 17 & 30(5)
National Union Of Hotel, Bar And Restaurant Workers Peninsular Malaysia v. Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Bhd
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 513 [FC]

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Award of compensation - Provisions limiting appeals - Land Acquisition Act 1960 ('LAA'), s. 40D(3) and proviso to s. 49(1) - Whether decision by Land Reference Court final - Whether bar to appeal limited to issues of fact on ground of quantum of compensation - Whether could appeal on questions of law - Whether proviso to s. 49(1) ultra vires art. 121(1B) of Federal Constitution
Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

Acquisition of land - Award of compensation - Role of assessors under s. 40D of Land Acquisition Act 1960 ('LAA') - Whether s. 40D empowers assessors to decide on amount of compensation - Whether judicial power to award compensation vested in High Court Judge sitting in Land Reference Court - Whether non-judicial personages could exercise judicial power - Whether s. 40D of LAA usurps power of court - Whether s. 40D of LAA ultra vires art. 121 of Federal Constitution
Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

Acquisition of land - Compensation - Adequate compensation - Whether compensation ought to be for true loss - Whether value of land in its actual condition together with its profit value should be considered in determining market value of acquired land - Whether Land Administrator and court to give consideration to profit value of land at time of acquisition - Whether date of acquisition relevant
Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Another Case
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin CJ (Malaya), Hasan Lah, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Zaharah Ibrahim FCJJ) [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [FC]

Malay reservations - Transfer to non-Malay - Land proprietor entered into sale and purchase agreement with non-Malay for sale of Malay Reservation land - Whether sale and purchase agreement valid - Whether ownership of land ought to be restored to land proprietor - Whether purchaser entitled to purchase price - Whether land was Malay Reservation land - Whether there was explanation as to why new title deed was not endorsed with words 'Rizab Melayu' when it was issued - Failure of witness to appear in court - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - National Land Code, s. 215(2) - Enactment No. 63 (Malay Reservations)
Nor Azahar Zainol v. Pentadbir Tanah Langkawi & Ors
(Choo Kah Sing JC) [2017] 5 CLJ 629 [HC]

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LNS Article(s)

1. ESPOUSING ADR: THE PHILOSOPHIES AND ITS PERPETUAL SIGNIFICANCE IN NIGERIA ^{[Read excerpt]}
   AYINLA L.A.* ADEJARE E.O.** [2017] 1 LNS(A) xlv

[2017] 1 LNS(A) xlv



NIGERIA

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ESPOUSING ADR: THE PHILOSOPHIES AND ITS PERPETUAL SIGNIFICANCE IN NIGERIA

AYINLA L.A.*
ADEJARE E.O.**

Abstract

Litigation has brought a lot of pain to man and rigidity to the system due to the nature of the rights culture. It is a fact that dispute and conflict are not predetermined in most cases but result from human inter-personal relationships. However, the two concepts reside or are innate within both human beings and animals. As there may be nothing strange in the presence of this phenomenon in human relations, the quick response to dispute clearly determines whether an ordinary disagreement will remain a mere dispute or get out of hand to become a conflict or metamorphose into armed conflict or war. The settled fact is that ADR is a better and modern means of dispute settlement and is even now seen as a default process other than other rights prone mechanisms. However, it becomes imperative to espouse the philosophies underlying ADR as a modern tool in dispute resolution aimed at sustaining the significant role played by ADR mechanisms as against the other litigious adversarial methods.

Keywords: ADR, Philosophies of ADR, Significance and Nigeria.

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* Ph.D. (IIUM, Malaysia), LL.M (OAU, Ile - Ife), BL. (Abuja), LL.B. (UDUS), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, e-mail: lukmanayinla@gmail.com.

**BL., LL.B., e-mail:oluwasegun4real2008@yahoo.com.

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2. BRIEF COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MALAYSIAN PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT 2010 AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ^{[Read excerpt]}
   SEAH LILYNN* [2017] 1 LNS(A) xlvi

[2017] 1 LNS(A) xlvi



MALAYSIA

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BRIEF COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MALAYSIAN PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT 2010
AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS

SEAH LILYNN*

It has approximately been 3 years since the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 ("PDPA") came into force on 15^th November 2013.^[1] During the said approximate 3 years, myriad of updates have occurred to strengthen the aims of the PDPA in regulating the processing of personal data in commercial transactions which includes, but are not limited to the issuance of the PDPA Standard 2015^[2] and the Personal Data Protection (Class of Data Users) (Amendment) Order 2016.^[3]

But how different is the PDPA in regulating the processing of personal data in commercial transactions in comparison with other jurisdictions? A brief comparison of the data protection laws in other jurisdictions indicate that the PDPA differs in the following aspects:-

1. Non-applicability to government bodies

The PDPA is only applicable to personal data which are processed in commercial transactions. The PDPA does not apply to Federal and State government bodies^[4] (and also other exemptions such as personal data processed outside of Malaysia,^[5]  on credit reporting agencies under the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010^[6]  and personal data which are collected for personal purposes^[7]).

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* LLB (University of Reading), CLP

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