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Issue #44/2017 02 November 2017

New This Week Case(s) of the Week MANOHARAN RAMALINGAM v. LIBERTY INSURANCE BHD [2017] 9 CLJ 468 APPEAL UPDATE APPEAL UPDATE Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2017 Volume 9 (Part 4) Articles LNS Article(s) CLJ Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

MANOHARAN RAMALINGAM v. LIBERTY INSURANCE BHD [2017] 9 CLJ 468
HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
MOHD NAZLAN GHAZALI J
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: WA-12BNCC-23-04-2016]
05 MAY 2017

INSURANCE: Policy – Construction of policy – Theft – Insured vehicle stolen – Vehicle last driven and parked by unlicensed driver – Claim for compensation under policy by insured repudiated by insurance company – Whether fact that vehicle driven by unlicensed driver relevant – Whether vehicle stolen due to being driven by unlicensed driver – Whether insured vehicle was in course of being driven or engine was in operation by driver when stolen – Word ‘drive’ in policy – Proper construction under insurance policy

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1. Asis Lako v. PP [2017] 1 LNS 707 affirming the High Court case of PP v. Asis Lako [2014] 1 LNS 1592

2. Basil Azubueze Okafor v. PP [2017] 1 LNS 704 affirming the High Court case of PP v Basil Azubueze Okafor [2016] 1 LNS 75

Legal Network Series

[2016] 1 LNS 1228	KHAIRUDDIN ABU HASSAN lwn. KERAJAAN MALAYSIA & SATU LAGI	UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN: Perundangan - Kesahihan perundangan yang dipertikaikan - Seksyen 50(2) & (3) Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman 1964 ('Akta 1964') - Sama ada s. 50(2) & (3) Akta 1964 bercanggah dengan Perkara 8 Perlembagaan Persekutuan - Sama ada s. 50(2) & (3) Akta 1964 terbatal
[2016] 1 LNS 1240	HONWORLD CHEMICALS & MACHINERY SDN BHD & YANG LAIN lwn. KETUA PENGARAH KASTAM MALAYSIA, JABATAN KASTAM DIRAJA MALAYSIA & YANG LAIN	PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pembatalan - Writ saman dan pernyataan tuntutan - Penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Tindakan bersifat jenayah - Tuntutan membicarakan dan menyemak proses siasatan jenayah di bawah ss. 4(1) & 44(1) Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan dan Hasil Daripada Aktiviti Haram 2001 - Deklarasi yang dipohon telah menjadi akademik - Sama ada Mahkamah Sivil boleh membuat sebarang keputusan yang memberi kesan dan menyentuh siasatan jenayah - Sama ada terdapat penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Sama ada tindakan plaintif mengaibkan, remeh dan menyusahkan - Sama ada defendan boleh menggunakan mana-mana cabang dibawah A. 18 k. 19 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012 - Sama ada tindakan plaintif wajar dibatalkan
[2017] 1 LNS 148	CHIN WEE MING v. WONG PAK HOCK	TORT: Conversion - Trespass to goods - Claim for wrongful interference and conversion - Claim filed by tenant against landlord - Landlord entered premises and locked it up in accordance with terms of tenancy agreement - Tenant failed to prove existence and ownership of properties - List of properties allegedly converted marked as ID - Evidence tendered did not tally with amount claimed in statement of claim - Plaintiff departed from pleadings - Whether plaintiff's claim must fail - Whether plaintiff proved damages - Whether plaintiff's claim was bona fide - Whether plaintiff established wrongful deprivation of property LANDLORD AND TENANT: Determination - Non-payment of rent - Validity of termination of tenancy agreement by landlord - Breach of agreement by tenant - Arrears of rental due to default by tenant - Tenant admitted intentionally refusing to pay monthly rental - Right to forfeit deposit - Whether notice to quit was required - Whether termination was lawful - Whether deposit refundable in event of breach of tenancy agreement by tenant
[2017] 1 LNS 150	MA SUAN TONG v. UOB KAY HIAN PTE LTD & ANOR; MA BOON LAN (THIRD PARTY)	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Action - Dismissal of claim - Defendant applied to dismiss plaintiff's claim on ground that plaintiff failed to file statement of claim as ordered by court - Whether there are provision in Rules of Court 2012 which empowers the court to give judgment to defendant for failure of plaintiff to file statement of claim - Whether defendant entitled to damages that had not been substantiated
[2017] 1 LNS 166	DATO' SERI M MAHADEVAN A MAHALINGAM lwn. ORANG-ORANG YANG TIDAK DIKENALI YANG MENDUDUKI ATAS TANAH GERAN NO. SP 1642, PORTION NO. 3, (DIKENALI SEBAGAI KAMPUNG BARU PULAU TIGA, SUNGAI LAYAR) MUKIM SUNGAI PETANI, DAERAH KUALA MUDA, KEDAH	PROSEDUR SIVIL: Penguatkuasaan - Writ pemilikan - Permohonan kebenaran pemfailan writ pemilikan di luar tempoh 6 tahun - Writ pemilikan terdahulu telah dibatalkan dan tiada rayuan difailkan - Sama ada permohonan plaintif untuk kebenaran pemfailan writ pemilikan merupakan suatu tindakan baru - Sama ada permohonan pemfailan writ pemilikan merupakan prosiding sampingan bagi tujuan melaksanakan perintah di bawah A. 89 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah Tinggi 1980 - Sama ada kebenaran perlu diberikan bagi mengelakkan pemilik berdaftar mengalami ketidakadilan - Sama ada pemilik berdaftar wajar dihalang daripada memfailkan writ pemilikan baru setelah writ pemilikan terdahulu telah dibatalkan - Sama ada terdapat penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah

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CLJ 2017 Volume 9 (Part 4)

FEDERAL COURT

Malayan Banking Bhd v. Neway Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin PCA, Ahmad Maarop CJ, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hasan Lah,
Balia Yusof Wahi FCJJ
(Land Law; Contract - Purchase of land by non-native through native nominee - Whether in contravention of ss. 17(1) and 64(1) of Sabah Land Ordinance) [2017] 9 CLJ 401 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Majlis Peguam Malaysia v. Ahmad Rushdi Omar
Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA
(Legal Profession - Advocate and solicitor struck off Roll but restored on Roll by High Court - Whether advocate and solicitor truly showed repentance for past deeds - Legal Profession Act 1976, s. 107(3)) [2017] 9 CLJ 413 [CA]

MARS Telecommunications Sdn Bhd v. Cubic Electronics Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation)
Rohana Yusuf, Prasad Sandosham Abraham JJCA, Zaleha Yusof J
(Contract - Breach - Agreement - Contracts Act 1950, s. 75) [2017] 9 CLJ 425 [CA]

New Ace Digital Print Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Public Bank Bhd
Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA
(Banking - Cheques - Forgery - Bills of Exchange Act 1949) [2017] 9 CLJ 439 [CA]

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v. Lim Hock Kok & Anor
Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Contract; Banking - Summary judgment - Claim for repayment of loan - Rules of Court 2012, O. 14) [2017] 9 CLJ 454 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Manoharan Ramalingam v. Liberty Insurance Bhd
Mohd Nazlan Ghazali J
(Insurance - Construction of policy - Theft - Whether fact that vehicle driven by unlicensed driver relevant) [2017] 9 CLJ 468 [HC]

PP v. United Overseas Bank (M) Bhd
Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J
(Criminal Law - Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 - Fraud perpetrated by bank officer) [2017] 9 CLJ 482 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Banker and customer - Joint account - Survivorship clause - Effect of - Whether conclusive evidence of parties' intention as to ownership of money in joint account - Whether parties' intention overrides survivorship clause - Whether forged cheque had no effect on right of surviving account holder to all monies in account based on survivorship clause - Whether bank could rely on survivorship clause to give it good discharge for paying out RM500,000 from joint account - Whether bank failed to comply with conditions in survivorship clause - Whether bank precluded from relying on statutory defences in ss. 24 & 73A of Bills of Exchange Act 1949
New Ace Digital Print Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Public Bank Bhd
(Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 439 [CA]

Cheques - Forgery - Whether bank wrongfully paid out sum of RM500,000 from joint account through forged cheque - Whether payment of forged cheque a nullity and void ab initio - Whether bank breached mandate given by joint account holders - Whether bank negligent in not freezing joint account upon death of one of its account holders - Whether bank precluded from relying on statutory defences in ss. 24 & 73A of Bills of Exchange Act 1949
New Ace Digital Print Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Public Bank Bhd
(Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 439 [CA]

Loan - Security for loan - Bank granted loan to borrowers under facilities agreement - Facilities agreement contained clause that bank had right to seek further security from borrowers without qualification, pre-condition or negotiation with borrowers - Borrowers charged property valued by bank's valuer and later required to execute further security at lesser value - Borrowers did not accede to bank's request - Whether borrowers' failure to comply with clause in agreement amounted to default - Whether bank entitled to terminate contract
OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v. Lim Hock Kok & Anor
(Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 454 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Summary judgment - Banking - Triable issues - Claim for repayment of loan under facilities agreement between bank and borrowers - Facilities agreement contained clause that bank had right to seek further security from borrowers - Borrowers charged property valued by bank's valuer - Bank later required from borrowers further security at lesser value - Conflict in valuations prepared by bank's valuers - Whether borrowers entitled to know how and why there was substantial difference in valuations - Whether borrowers had defence to claim - Whether summary judgment ought to be granted - Rules of Court 2012, O. 14
OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v. Lim Hock Kok & Anor
(Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 454 [CA]

CONTRACT

Agreement - Breach - Bank granted loan to borrowers under facilities agreement - Facilities agreement contained clause that bank had right to seek further security from borrowers - Borrowers charged property valued by bank's valuer - Bank later required from borrowers further security at lesser value - Borrowers did not accede to bank's request - Whether borrowers' failure to comply with clause in agreement amounted to default - Whether borrowers' consistent payment of monthly instalments valid defence for breach of agreement - Whether bank entitled to terminate contract
OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v. Lim Hock Kok & Anor
(Lim Yee Lan, Idrus Harun, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 454 [CA]

Breach - Agreement - Sale and purchase of property - Tenant made offer to purchase land with earnest deposit of one million - Several requests for extension of time for execution of sale and purchase agreement made - Owner issued caution that at every request for extension of time amount paid would be treated as deposit and liable to be forfeited - Failure to execute sale and purchase agreement - Whether amount paid represented damages suffered by owner - Whether owner entitled to forfeit earnest deposit in sum of three million as liquidated damages - Whether owner entitled to claim interest of RM40,000 from tenant - Whether owner entitled to counterclaim for utility payments - Contracts Act 1950, s. 75
MARS Telecommunications Sdn Bhd v. Cubic Electronics Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation)
(Rohana Yusuf, Prasad Sandosham Abraham JJCA, Zaleha Yusof J) [2017] 9 CLJ 425 [CA]

Illegality - Contravention of provisions of statute - Claim for outstanding amount under term loan by bank - Purchase of native land by non-native through native nominee - Whether in contravention of ss. 17(1) and 64(1) of Sabah Land Ordinance - Whether bank bona fide lender without knowledge of purpose of term loan - Whether transaction tainted with illegality - Whether sale and purchase agreement void - Whether contrary to public policy - Contracts Act 1950, s. 24(a) & (b)
Malayan Banking Bhd v. Neway Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin PCA, Ahmad Maarop CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hasan Lah, Balia Yusof Wahi FCJJ) [2017] 9 CLJ 401 [FC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 ('AMLATFA') - Section 4 - Fraud perpetrated by bank officer - Discovery that monies passed by customer to bank officer not placed in fixed deposits - Bank officer fraudulently opened and deposited monies into accounts under customer's name - Monies transferred out from accounts into current account of bank officer's friend and used to purchase unit trusts - Sessions Court issued notice to third parties under s. 61(2) of AMLATFA to show cause as to why scheduled property should not be forfeited - Bank and customer staked claim at Sessions Court - Whether scheduled property should be released to bank - Whether bank satisfied requirements under s. 61(4)(a) to (e) of AMLATFA
PP v. United Overseas Bank (M) Bhd
(Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera J) [2017] 9 CLJ 482 [HC]

INSURANCE

Policy - Construction of policy - Theft - Insured vehicle stolen - Vehicle last driven and parked by unlicensed driver - Claim for compensation under policy by insured repudiated by insurance company - Whether fact that vehicle driven by unlicensed driver relevant - Whether vehicle stolen due to being driven by unlicensed driver - Whether insured vehicle was in course of being driven or engine was in operation by driver when stolen - Word 'drive' in policy - Proper construction under insurance policy
Manoharan Ramalingam v. Liberty Insurance Bhd
(Mohd Nazlan Ghazali J) [2017] 9 CLJ 468 [HC]

LAND LAW

Dealings in land - Native land - Purchase of land by non-native through native nominee - Whether in contravention of ss. 17(1) and 64(1) of Sabah Land Ordinance - Whether transaction tainted with illegality - Whether sale and purchase agreement void - Contracts Act 1950, s. 24(a) & (b)
Malayan Banking Bhd v. Neway Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin PCA, Ahmad Maarop CJ (Malaya), Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Hasan Lah, Balia Yusof Wahi FCJJ) [2017] 9 CLJ 401 [FC]

LEGAL PROFESSION

Roll of Advocates and Solicitors - Restoration on Roll - Appeal against - Advocate and solicitor committed serious misconduct - Advocate and solicitor struck off Roll but restored on Roll by High Court - Whether advocate and solicitor truly showed repentance for past deeds - Whether fair and reasonable for advocate and solicitor to be re-admitted to Roll - Legal Profession Act 1976, s. 107(3)
Majlis Peguam Malaysia v. Ahmad Rushdi Omar
(Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Prasad Sandosham Abraham, Asmabi Mohamad JJCA) [2017] 9 CLJ 413 [CA]

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LNS Article(s)

1. ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: TEN LESSONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE* ^{[Read excerpt]}
   ROGER SMITH [2017] 1 LNS(A) xc

[2017] 1 LNS(A) xc



UNITED KINGDOM

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ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: TEN LESSONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE*

ROGER SMITH

A concrete way of approaching the question of access to justice and ODR may be to build some practical issues from a current study (for the Legal Education Foundation) of what seems one of the most interesting ODR projects at the present time: that developed by the Dutch Legal Aid Board at rechtwijzer.nl. The rechtwijzer is sufficiently complex to raise a number of different questions about different aspects of ODR provision. The most interesting part of the rechtwijzer is its coverage of divorce and matrimonial disputes - a much more emotionally charged area of dispute than most commercial or consumer disagreements.

Rechtwijzer 2.0: an example

The Dutch Legal Aid Board came forward in 2006 with the project which became the Rechtwijzer (law signpost). This has undergone a number of transformations in its short life, notably what might be identified as versions 0.0, 1.0 and 2.0. In the course of this development, the ambition of the project has been transformed. It began in version 0.0 as a 'choice facilitator', a referral tool in a number of specific areas including divorce. Version 1.0 remained on the near side of the legal information-advice line: it scrupulously avoided giving advice; lawyers were invited to incorporate it within their websites and to use its interactive capacities to prepare their clients for their consultation. Use of version 1.0 is being researched by a researcher at the University of Twente but version 2.0 is being developed before that research has been completed. So we do not know much about how well 1.0 has been used.

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* Roger Smith, Chancery Bar Association Conference 2012. Published with kind permission of the Judicial Communications Office, Judiciary of England and Wales (https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ODR-access-to-justice.pdf)

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2. PERANAN BIDANG ANTROPOLOGI FORENSIK DAN CABARANNYA DALAM PENYIASATAN FORENSIK ^{[Read excerpt]}
   RAMALINGGAM RAJAMANICKAM*, RAJA MUHAMMAD ZUHA RAJA KAMAL BASHAH**, RUS DINA RUS DIN**, RABIATUL ADAWIYAH YA'ACOB***, LOVEY CLUDIA GUIANUS***, PUSPA ELIZA SUHAIMI***,NUR NAZARIN NAZWA ZAID*** [2017] 1 LNS(A) xcii

[2017] 1 LNS(A) xcii



MALAYSIA

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PERANAN BIDANG ANTROPOLOGI FORENSIK DAN CABARANNYA DALAM PENYIASATAN FORENSIK

RAMALINGGAM RAJAMANICKAM* RAJA MUHAMMAD ZUHA RAJA KAMAL BASHAH** RUS DINA RUS DIN** RABIATUL ADAWIYAH YA'ACOB*** LOVEY CLUDIA GUIANUS*** PUSPA ELIZA SUHAIMI***
NUR NAZARIN NAZWA ZAID***

ABSTRAK

Penggunaan tulang sebagai suatu keterangan fizikal di mahkamah bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu. Menerusi tulang, ahli antropologi forensik dapat membantu penguat kuasa undang-undang dalam mengenal pasti identiti tulang tersebut. Penganalisisan tulang perlu dilakukan dengan teliti bagi mengelakkan ahli antropologi forensik membuat pengecaman yang salah. Walaupun tulang merupakan salah satu keterangan fizikal yang diterima di mahkamah, terdapat beberapa cabaran yang boleh menjejaskan kebolehpercayaannya. Artikel ini bertujuan membincangkan tentang peranan ahli antropologi forensik dalam membantu penyiasatan kes jenayah dengan menggunakan tinggalan rangka manusia, kaedah yang digunakan dalam penganalisisan rangka tersebut dan kebolehpercayaan keterangan ini untuk digunakan di mahkamah.

Kata kunci: antropologi forensik; kebolehpercayaan; tulang; tinggalan rangka

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* Pensyarah Kanan, Fakulti Undang-undang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). E-mel: rama@ukm.edu.my

** Pensyarah Kanan, Program Sains Forensik, Pusat Pengajian Sains Diagnostik & Kesihatan Gunaan, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). E-mel: rmzuha@ukm.edu.my, rusdina@ukm.edu.my

*** Pelajar Prasiswazah, Program Sains Forensik, Pusat Pengajian Sains Diagnostik & Kesihatan Gunaan, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). E-mel: atulct@gmail.com, loveyloveall@yahoo.com, puspa_eliza94@yahoo.com, aininazarin@yahoo.com.

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CLJ Article(s)

1. PERANAN KONSEP KEDAULATAN RUANG UDARA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN UNDANG-UNDANG SEKTOR PENERBANGAN ^{[Read excerpt]}
   NORADURA HAMZAH*, PM DR SAFINAZ MOHD HUSSIEN**,PM DR MAHMUD ZUHDI MOHD NOR*** [2017] 9 CLJ(A) i

[2017] 9 CLJ(A) i



MALAYSIA

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PERANAN KONSEP KEDAULATAN RUANG UDARA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN UNDANG-UNDANG SEKTOR PENERBANGAN

NORADURA HAMZAH* PM DR SAFINAZ MOHD HUSSIEN**
PM DR MAHMUD ZUHDI MOHD NOR***

Abstrak

Perkara 1 Konvensyen Chicago 1944 telah menjamin hak kedaulatan mutlak dan eksklusif ruang udara sesebuah negara. Ini bermakna pesawat udara tidak boleh sewenang-wenangnya terbang masuk dan merentasi ruang udara sebuah negara berdaulat yang lain tanpa kebenaran. Pelanggaran peruntukan ini terjumlah kepada pencerobohan ruang udara negara berdaulat. Walau bagaimanapun, pengiktirafan terhadap hak kedaulatan ruang udara telah lama wujud. Penggubalan peruntukan ini dalam Konvensyen Chicago telah memperbaharui komitmen negara-negara ahli kepada instrumen antarabangsa pra Konvensyen Chicago 1944 serta memperluaskannya kepada negara-negara lain yang menyertai Konvensyen Chicago 1944, termasuk Malaysia. Oleh itu makalah ini akan membincangkan tentang peruntukan kedaulatan ruang udara yang menjadi asas kepada kerangka perundangan sektor penerbangan. Tujuannya adalah untuk memahami dan memperjelaskan tentang sistem perundangan sektor penerbangan terutamanya di Malaysia.

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* Noradura Hamzah ialah Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen yang bertugas di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur.

** Prof Madya Dr Safinaz Mohd Hussien ialah Timbalan Dekan dan Pensyarah Undang-Undang Persaingan di Fakulti Undang-Undang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

*** Prof Madya Dr Mahmud Zuhdi Mohd Nor ialah Pensyarah Undang-Undang di Department of Law, College of Sciences & Human Studies, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Arab Saudi.

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