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Issue #28/2017 13 July 2017

New This Week Case(s) of the Week SOH POH SHENG v. MALAYAN BANKING BHD [2017] 6 CLJ 348 SURESH EMMANUEL ABISHEGAM & ANOR v. NAUTILUS PERAK MARINE SERVICES SDN BHD  Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2017 Volume 6 (Part 4) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

SOH POH SHENG v. MALAYAN BANKING BHD [2017] 6 CLJ 348
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
ABANG ISKANDAR JCA, ZALEHA YUSOF JCA, KAMARDIN HASHIM JCA
[APPEAL NO: J-02(IM)-444-03-2016]
25 JANUARY 2017

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders – Judgment in default ('JID') – Enforcement of – Leave to enforce JID after 12 years – Whether application for leave to enforce JID time barred – Application for nunc pro tunc order – Whether required – Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(3)

LIMITATION: Enforcement of judgment – Bankruptcy proceedings – Leave to enforce judgment in default after 12 years – Whether application for leave to enforce JID time barred – Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(3)

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SURESH EMMANUEL ABISHEGAM & ANOR v.
NAUTILUS PERAK MARINE SERVICES SDN BHD
HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
NOORIN BADARUDDIN J
[ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: WA-24NCC-264-06-2016]
2 JUNE 2017
[2017] CLJ JT (5)

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Contempt of court – Committal proceedings – Application for leave – Proceedings against directors of company – Whether company must first be charged and convicted of contempt – Company not named in committal proceedings – Whether company could be guilty of contempt when no proceedings against it – Whether application flawed – Rules of Court 2012, O. 52, rr. 3(2), 6A

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Contempt of court – Committal proceedings – Service of order – Proceedings against directors of company – Plaintiffs sought to enforce ex parte leave order to commence committal proceedings – Whether copy of order must be served personally on proposed contemnors – Whether fundamental requirement warranting strict compliance – Whether service on solicitors could be regarded as service on proposed contemnors – Whether personal service could be waived – Rules of Court 2012, O. 45 r. 5(1)(a)(B)

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Contempt of court – Committal proceedings – Standard of proof – Whether contempt must be proven beyond reasonable doubt – Whether alleged act of contempt adequately described and particularised in statement – Deficiency in statement – Whether could be cured by subsequent filing of further affidavits – Whether proposed contemnors made genuine efforts to obey order of court – Whether contempt proven beyond reasonable doubt

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Legal Network Series

[2016] 1 LNS 76	PP lwn. ZAMRI MAT SALLEH	PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Penghukuman - Faktor-faktor peringanan - Pertuduhan pemilikan dadah berbahaya - Pengakuan bersalah tertuduh diperingkat awal - Keadaan fizikal tertuduh yang hampir buta - Sama ada faktor-faktor sedemikian boleh mengurangkan tempoh penjara - Sama ada faktor-faktor sedemikian mempunyai impak yang mencukupi untuk memberi pengurangan yang banyak kepada pertuduhan pemilikan dadah berbahaya
[2016] 1 LNS 120	TUNKU NOOR HAYATI ALMARHUM TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA & ORS v. TUNKU KHADIJAH TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA & ANOR	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Stay of proceedings - Stay of civil action pending disposal of review by Syariah Court of Appeal - Civil action filed by beneficiaries against administrators of an estate - Defendants as administrators of estate challenging status of plaintiffs as beneficiaries which was subject matter of Syariah Court - Syariah Court of Appeal held that plaintiffs were daughters of deceased and beneficiaries to estate - Defendant's failure to challenge legitimacy of nikah certificate at Syariah Court - Whether likely defendants would succeed in their bid to review decision of Syariah Court of Appeal - Whether stay application by defendants was intended to frustrate plaintiff's application
[2016] 1 LNS 166	WONG BAN CHONG lwn. PP	UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Bunuh - Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan - Kematian akibat tetakan parang - Tertuduh bertindak agresif - Si mati telah kehilangan banyak darah dan telah mati akibat kecederaan tubuh - Sama ada pihak pendakwaan telah membuktikan bahawa si mati telah mati akibat daripada kecederaan yang dialami - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai niat untuk menyebabkan kecederaan tubuh ke atas si mati - Sama ada perbuatan tertuduh terjumlah kepada membunuh - Sama ada kes prima facie telah dibuktikan UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 326 - Kesalahan menyebabkan kecederaan parah yang boleh menyebabkan kematian - Penggunaan senjata parang - Tertuduh dilihat menetak mangsa beberapa kali - Mangsa mengalami kecederaan parah - Sama ada kes prima facie telah dibuktikan KETERANGAN: Inferen bertentangan - Kegagalan memanggil saksi - Inferen bertentangan terhadap kes pendakwaan - Kegagalan pihak pendakwaan memanggil anggota RELA serta orang awam yang berada di tempat kejadian - Sama ada orang awam yang berada di tempat kejadian merupakan saksi penting - Sama ada inferen bertentangan wajar dibangkitkan keatas kes pendakwaan - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pembelaan - Provokasi - Pertuduhan di bawah ss. 302 dan 326 Kanun Keseksaan - Tertuduh telah menyebabkan kematian keatas isteri serta cedera parah keatas anak - Dakwaan provokasi berturut-turut berkenaan soal hartanah - Sama ada provokasi yang dibangkitkan oleh tertuduh terjatuh dalam kecualian 1 dibawah s. 300 Kanun Keseksaan - Sama ada terdapat bangkitan marah yang besar dan mengejutkan hingga menyebabkan tertuduh gagal mengawal dirinya dan menyebabkan kematian kepada orang yang membuat provokasi
[2016] 1 LNS 1067	PP v. SOMASUNDRAM RAJASEGARAN & ANOR	CRIMINAL LAW: Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 - Sections 4 & 8 - Unlawful possession of pistol and cartridge as well as bullets - There was no one else in premise except accused at time of arrest - Pistol and ammunition were exposed and fairly visible to accused - Whether there was unlawful possession of pistol and bullets CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous drugs - Trafficking - Possession - Drugs found in premise - There was no one else in premise except accused at time of arrest - Drugs were exposed and fairly visible to accused - Whether there was possession of dangerous drugs - Whether drugs found were for purpose of trafficking CRIMINAL LAW: Poisons Act 1952 - Section 30(3) - Possession - Poison chemicals found in premise - Accused was alone in premise at time of arrest - Chemical and substances were exposed and fairly visible to accused - Whether there was possession of poison chemicals CRIMINAL LAW: Common intention - Section 34 of Penal Code - Accused persons were in premise at time of raid where incriminating drugs, poison chemicals, pistol and bullets were found - Several implements and processing equipment for drugs and other substances were visibly exposed - Exhibits seized during raid were in close proximity to both accused - Whether there was prior meeting of minds between both accused persons - Whether common intention was proven CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Exhibit - Break in chain of evidence - Discrepancies of weight of exhibits - Non-calling of laboratory assistant - Whether there was doubt with regard to identity of exhibit - Whether difference in weight of drugs could ipso facto cast any doubt as to identity of exhibits - Whether there was break in chain of exhibits - Whether failure to call laboratory assistant could cause any infirmity to prosecution's case CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Defence - Denial - Accused was found in premise during raid - Allegation that presence of accused in premise was by way of invitation of owner of premise - Whether defence raised reasonable doubt in prosecution's case
[2016] 1 LNS 1072	SARAWAK ENERGY BERHAD & ANOR v. PETER KALLANG & ORS	TORT: Conspiracy - Tort of conspiracy to cause economic damage - Conspiracy to protest plaintiff's work - Whether there was conspiracy and consensus reached to hold protest against plaintiff - Whether defendant's acts were unlawful - Whether defendant's conspiracy had caused loss and damage to plaintiff - Whether there was common intention to hold protest and to obstruct plaintiff's work TORT: Conversion - Elements of - Conversion of property - Deprivation of possession of property - Plaintiff's core samples were destroyed by protesters during protest - Whether core samples were plaintiff's property - Whether there was willful interference with movable property without lawful justification by protesters - Whether there was deprivation of use and possession of core samples - Whether tort of conversion established TORT: Trespass to goods - Unlawful interference with goods - Plaintiff's core samples were removed and destroyed by protesters during protest - Loss and damage occasioned to plaintiff as a result of destruction to core samples - Whether there was trespass to plaintiff's goods

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CLJ 2017 Volume 6 (Part 4)

COURT OF APPEAL

Lee Tiow Kee & Anor v. Ng Geok Hwa
Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA
(Contract - Breach - Sale and purchase agreement - Damages in lieu of specific performance - Assessment of) [2017] 6 CLJ 339 [CA]

Soh Poh Sheng v. Malayan Banking Bhd
Abang Iskandar, Zaleha Yusof, Kamardin Hashim JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Limitation - Judgment in default - Enforcement of - Whether time barred) [2017] 6 CLJ 348 [CA]

Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd & Anor
David Wong Dak Wah, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA
(Tort - Negligence - Damages - Claim for) [2017] 6 CLJ 356 [CA]

Tetuan Theselim Mohd Sahal & Co & Ors v. Tan Boon Huat & Anor
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JJCA
(Contract; Tort - Professional negligence - Whether purchasers' losses attributed to solicitor's negligence) [2017] 6 CLJ 368 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya v. Mayland Valiant Sdn Bhd
Rozana Ali Yusoff JC
(Local Government - Application for planning permission - Validity of) [2017] 6 CLJ 387 [HC]

Permintex JSL Resources Sdn Bhd v. Follitile (M) Sdn Bhd & Another Case
Lee Swee Seng J
(Construction Law - Adjudication - Setting aside - Application to set aside decision of adjudicator - Grounds of) [2017] 6 CLJ 406 [HC]

Sha'ari A Samat v. PP
Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC
(Criminal Law - Penal Code - Sections 354 & 377B - Prosecution established prima facie case - Whether court could re-evaluate evidence - Sentencing - Factors considered) [2017] 6 CLJ 424 [HC]

The Titular Roman Catholic Bishop Of Melaka-Johor v. Pentadbir Tanah Melaka Tengah & Anor
Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J
(Administrative Law - Judicial review - Acquisition of land - Re-gazette notifications to acquire same portion of land - Whether valid) [2017] 6 CLJ 438 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Application for - Certiorari - Acquisition of land - Gazette notifications - Lapse of - Re-gazette notifications to acquire same portion of land - Whether valid - Whether acquisition proceedings could be revived and continued by re-issuing declaration under s. 8(1) of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 and publishing it in gazette afresh - Whether acquisition process should start afresh - Land Acquisition Act 1960, ss. 3(1), 8(4) & 11
The Titular Roman Catholic Bishop Of Melaka-Johor v. Pentadbir Tanah Melaka Tengah & Anor
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J) [2017] 6 CLJ 438 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judgments and orders - Judgment in default ('JID') - Enforcement of - Leave to enforce JID after 12 years - Whether application for leave to enforce JID time barred - Application for nunc pro tunc order - Whether required - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(3)
Soh Poh Sheng v. Malayan Banking Bhd
(Abang Iskandar, Zaleha Yusof, Kamardin Hashim JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 348 [CA]

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Adjudication - Setting aside - Application to set aside decision of adjudicator - Grounds of - Right of claimant to bring adjudication proceedings - Whether consent of respondent to adjudication necessary - Whether appointment of adjudicator according to procedure - Whether respondent received direction from adjudicator on amount of fees to be deposited with Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration - Whether there was breach of natural justice
Permintex JSL Resources Sdn Bhd v. Follitile (M) Sdn Bhd & Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng J) [2017] 6 CLJ 406 [HC]

CONTRACT

Agreement - Sale and purchase agreement - Termination - Whether purchasers' losses attributed to solicitor's negligence - Whether losses caused by purchasers' failure to obtain financing within agreed time period - Whether solicitor complied with instructions of purchasers
Tetuan Theselim Mohd Sahal & Co & Ors v. Tan Boon Huat & Anor
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 368 [CA]

Breach - Sale and purchase agreement - Damages in lieu of specific performance - Assessment of - Whether valuation premised on basis of land being put to commercial use - Relevant date for computation of damages - Whether effective date for assessment of damages shall be date of subsequent sale of property to another party
Lee Tiow Kee & Anor v. Ng Geok Hwa
(Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 339 [CA]

Damages - Assessment of - Damages in lieu of specific performance - Relevant date for computation of damages - Whether effective date for assessment of damages shall be date of subsequent sale of property to another party
Lee Tiow Kee & Anor v. Ng Geok Hwa
(Abang Iskandar, Zamani A Rahim, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 339 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Sections 354 & 377B - Using criminal force with intent to outrage modesty - Committing carnal intercourse against order of nature - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Prima facie case - Whether established - Whether court could re-evaluate evidence for prosecution notwithstanding that a prima facie case had been made out - Whether tantamount to 'three bites of the cherry' - Two tier hierarchy system and principle of stare decisis - Whether applicable
Sha'ari A Samat v. PP
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2017] 6 CLJ 424 [HC]

Penal Code - Sections 354 & 377B - Using criminal force with intent to outrage modesty - Committing carnal intercourse against order of nature - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Whether Sessions Court Judge erred in assessment of defence - Whether defence failed to give credible evidence - Whether alibi supported by witnesses for defence - Whether there was sufficient evidence that accused committed alleged acts - Whether defence case succeeded in raising reasonable doubt
Sha'ari A Samat v. PP
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2017] 6 CLJ 424 [HC]

Penal Code - Sections 354 & 377B - Using criminal force with intent to outrage modesty - Committing carnal intercourse against order of nature - Sentencing - Factors considered - Public interest - Whether sentence passed ought to act as deterrent to others - Whether there was flaw in sentences passed
Sha'ari A Samat v. PP
(Collin Lawrence Sequerah JC) [2017] 6 CLJ 424 [HC]

LIMITATION

Enforcement of judgment - Bankruptcy proceedings - Leave to enforce judgment in default after 12 years - Whether application for leave to enforce JID time barred - Limitation Act 1953, s. 6(3)
Soh Poh Sheng v. Malayan Banking Bhd
(Abang Iskandar, Zaleha Yusof, Kamardin Hashim JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 348 [CA]

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Town planning - Application for planning permission - Granting of - Validity of planning permission - Sale of hotel suites building as hotel apartments - Whether contrary to planning permission - Town and Country Planning Act 1976, ss. 18, 19 & 20
Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya v. Mayland Valiant Sdn Bhd
(Rozana Ali Yusoff JC) [2017] 6 CLJ 387 [HC]

TORT

Negligence - Professional negligence - Solicitors in conveyancing practice - Termination of sale and purchase agreement - Whether caused by solicitor's negligence - Standard of care expected of solicitors - Whether evidence adduced to show degree of care and skill expected of a competent and reasonably experienced solicitor - Whether causal connection established - Whether solicitor guilty of unprofessional conduct
Tetuan Theselim Mohd Sahal & Co & Ors v. Tan Boon Huat & Anor
(Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 368 [CA]

Negligence - Damages - Claim for - First respondent contracted with second respondent to carry out excavation works - Underground cables belonging to appellant damaged by excavation works - Whether contractual relationship between first and second respondents relevant to appellant's claim - Whether first respondent owed a 'non-delegable duty' to appellant
Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd & Anor
(David Wong Dak Wah, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2017] 6 CLJ 356 [CA]

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LNS Article(s)

1. PROCEDURAL FLOW FOR WRONGFUL DISMISSAL SETTLEMENT IN MALAYSIA - A PRACTICAL APPROACH ^{[Read excerpt]}
   LEE SOOK LING* HASSIM, JADY ZAIDI** [2017] 1 LNS(A) li

[2017] 1 LNS(A) li



MALAYSIA

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PROCEDURAL FLOW FOR WRONGFUL DISMISSAL SETTLEMENT IN MALAYSIA -
A PRACTICAL APPROACH

LEE SOOK LING*
HASSIM JADY ZAIDI**

Introduction

Industrial dismissal is certainly devastating and disastrous for workers who have lost their main source of livelihood. The Malaysian community is constantly faced with employment and industrial relations issues and occurrences of wrongful dismissal disputes are inevitable. Therefore, the procedure to resolve dismissal disputes is essential to safeguard the wrongfully dismissed workers and provide the justice they rightfully deserve.

This paper aims to illustrate, from a practical aspect, the procedural flow to deal with wrongful dismissal disputes in Malaysia. This may serve as a how-to guideline to the Malaysian community, especially the dismissed workers, on what to do, when and where to file their complaint if they have been dismissed in an unjustified manner.

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*Faculty of Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

**Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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2. PENGGUNAAN ANJING PENGESAN DALAM SIASATAN ^{[Read excerpt]}
   RAMALINGGAM RAJAMANICKAM* KEVIN BRENDAN KUNG** [2017] 1 LNS(A) lviii

[2017] 1 LNS(A) lviii



MALAYSIA

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PENGGUNAAN ANJING PENGESAN DALAM SIASATAN

RAMALINGGAM RAJAMANICKAM*
KEVIN BRENDAN KUNG**

Abstrak

Anjing telah digunakan dalam siasatan jenayah sejak berkurun lamanya. Anjing menggunakan deria bau untuk membantu agensi penguatkuasaan undang-undang untuk mengecam penjenayah dan pelaku. Anjing yang digunakan untuk mengesan penjenayah dikenali sebagai anjing pengesan. Kebanyakan bidang kuasa di seluruh dunia menggunakan anjing pengesan sebagai alat untuk menyiasat jenayah. Malaysia juga menggunakan anjing pengesan dalam penyiasatan jenayah. Keterangan yang diperoleh melalui penggunaan anjing pengesan dikenali sebagai keterangan anjing pengesan. Walau bagaimanapun, kedudukan keterangan anjing pengesan di Malaysia tidak jelas dan kabur kerana tidak ada peruntukan langsung atau keputusan tentang kebolehterimaan keterangan anjing pengesan. Sehingga kini, tiada keterangan yang dikemukakan sebagai keterangan anjing pengesan di mahkamah Malaysia dan tiada kes yang membuat keputusan tentang perkara ini. Artikel ini bertujuan membincangkan ketepatan pengesanan oleh anjing pengesan dan kebolehpercayaannya dari sudut saintifik. Selain itu, artikel ini juga membincangkan elemen-elemen yang mempengaruhi kebolehterimaan keterangan anjing pengesan. Artikel ini mendapati bahawa keterangan anjing pengesan adalah sangat bernilai dalam sesuatu siasatan dan boleh membantu mahkamah dalam membuat keputusan.

Kata kunci: anjing pengesan; kebolehpercayaan; keterangan; siasatan

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* Pensyarah Kanan, Fakulti Undang-undang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia rama@ukm.edu.my

** Pelajar Prasiswazah, Fakulti Undang-undang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia kevin-swiss@hotmail.com

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3. INCORPORATION OF AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT ^{[Read excerpt]}
   ANIZ AHMAD AMIRUDIN⁺AUSTEN PEREIRA⁺ [2017] 1 LNS(A) lix

[2017] 1 LNS(A) lix



MALAYSIA

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INCORPORATION OF AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

ANIZ AHMAD AMIRUDIN⁺
AUSTEN PEREIRA⁺

A case commentary on Juaramedic Sdn Bhd v. MRCB Engineering Sdn Bhd [2017] 1 LNS 624, [2017] 3 AMR 793.

The law on stay pending arbitration is continuing to be developed in Malaysia with a consistent approach taken by the Malaysian Courts in leaning towards being arbitration friendly. The current case of Juaramedic Sdn Bhd v. MRCB Engineering Sdn Bhd [2017] 1 LNS 624, [2017] 3 AMR 793 is a prime example of this.

Brief Facts of the Case:

The respondent ("the defendant") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad ("MRCB") which had entered into a formal agreement dated November 18, 2010 ("the Main Agreement") with the government via Jabatan Kerja Raya ("JKR") subsequent to the government's acceptance of the defendant's proposal for upgrading and repair works at the Sabah Medical Centre-Queen Elizabeth Hospital II ("the project"). By way of a separate agreement dated October 30, 2010 ("the Procurement Agreement") the plaintiff was appointed by the defendant to procure, supply, install and commission medical and non-medical equipment for the project.

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+ Cecil Abraham & Partners, Advocates & Solicitors.

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