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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 1', 'art. 27', 'art. 14', 'art. 27', 'art. 10', 'art. 10', 'art. 10', 'art. 10']

CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 50
b) CLJ Volume 9 (Part 1) 2011
PU(A) 410/2011 Workmens Compensation (Foreign Workers Compensation Scheme) (Insurance) (Amendment) (No 3) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 273
PU(A) 412/2011 Loans Guarantee (Declaration Of Bodies Corporate) (Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad) Order 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 96
PU(B) 601/2011 Notice To Third Parties Of Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 Not Yet In Force ACT 613
PU(B) 602/2011 Notice To Third Parties Of Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 Not Yet In Force ACT 613
1. The Future Of The Bar, The Role Of The Judiciary [Read excerpt]
By The Right Hon. The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales*
2. Mediation Of Personal Injury Litigation - Why It Works* [Read excerpt]
[2009] 1 LNS 1242 [HC] Full-Line Sales And Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Kew Yee Ling & Anor
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Application for - Whether defendants utilized misappropriated moneys to purchase properties - Injunction sought to enable plaintiff to recover sum from properties - Property charged to bank and 3rd party interest had set in - Whether proper to grant an injunction as prayed against property
TORT: Conversion - Money in bank account - Misappropriation of funds - Defence a mere denial - Entries made by 1st defendant in account book to show from which account money was withdrawn and for which account money was to be transferred - Failure by 1st defendant to account for withdrawn sums in full - Whether 1st defendant had misappropriated funds
[2009] 1 LNS 1247 [HC] Noor Mohamed Mohamed Younus v. Sime Securities Sdn Bhd
EVIDENCE: Conclusive evidence clause - Monthly commission statements issued to plaintiff who admitted receiving same - Commission Statements not including gains plaintiff was claiming - Whether plaintiff proved there was manifest error in commission statements - Whether plaintiff estopped from challenging conclusiveness of monthly statements
SECURITIES: Dealers representative - Claim for breach of employment contract for defendant's failure to pay 50% of a trading gain made by plaintiff - Whether plaintiff engaged in wrongful purchase and sale of securities without instructions from defendant's client and for his own personal benefit - Whether gain of RM1,414,378.87 was a clearing gain - Whether plaintiff was trading on his own behalf
[2010] 1 LNS 503 [HC] Kuang Pei San Food Products v. Wees Marketing Co Sdn Bhd
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Injunction - Interim injunction to restrain trademark and copyright infringement - Delay in filing suit - Whether defendant prejudiced - Plaintiff waiting for issuance of trade mark certificate before filing action - Whether sufficient reason to explain delay
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Security - Security for defendant's costs - Plaintiff a foreign company and able to honour undertaking to pay damages - Whether plaintiff should furnish security for cost
COPYRIGHT: Infringement - Whether defendant's get up in packaging, with words "Smiling Brand" in addition to pictures of a blue coloured sardine and chillis infringed plaintiff's copyright
TRADE MARKS: Infringement - Whether defendant's "Smiling Brand" canned sardines infringed plaintiff's "Smiling Fish" brand and device
TRADE MARKS: Passing off - Misrepresentation - Whether defendant's canned sardines capable of misleading and/or deceiving the public that the defendant's canned sardines were manufactured or imported, distributed and sold with the plaintiff's authority or consent - Whether damage to plaintiff's business and goodwill irreparable
[2010] 1 LNS 916 [HC] Perniagaan Cerah Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Messrs Sugumar & Co & Ors
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Damages - Assessment of damages - Failure to specifically plead for same - Whether plaintiffs entitled to damages to be assessed although not pleaded
CONTRACT: Sale of shares - Termination thereof - Whether termination of share sale agreement between 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs and former directors and shareholders of 1st plaintiff valid - Effect on rightful shareholders of 1st plaintiff
EVIDENCE: Adverse inference - Non appearance by 2nd and 3rd defendants as witnesses - Whether adverse inference to be drawn against them
LEGAL PROFESSION: Duty of care - Solicitors - 1st defendant appointed by 1st plaintiff through 2nd and 3rd defendants to peruse draft sale and purchase agreement - 2nd and 3rd defendants wishing to delete certain clauses - Whether solicitors have a duty to delve into reasons for deletion of clauses and investigate genuineness of documents - Whether 1st defendant breached his duty of care to 1st plaintiff
LIMITATION: Accrual of cause of action - Plaintiffs discovering letter by 1st defendant to Lands and Surveys Department on 25 February 2003 - Whether action time barred
TORT: Unlawful interference - Conspiracy to defraud - Former directors and shareholders of 1st plaintiff selling shares to 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs - Failure of agreement to materialize - Shares instead purchased by 2nd and 3rd defendants - Whether 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants conspired to defraud plaintiffs or alternatively unlawfully interfere with running of 1st plaintiff's business
[2011] 1 LNS 9 [HC] Re: Lau Kah Chin; Ex-Parte: Tiong Hua Trading
BANKRUPTCY: Creditor's petition - Appeal against refusal to strike out - Service of bankruptcy notice - Error in date of the bankruptcy notice stated in creditor's petition - Whether irregularity curable under Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 131 - Whether interest claimed in bankruptcy notice time-barred - Item 44 of the Limitation Ordinance of Sarawak providing 3 years as time limit for suing - Judgment creditor limited claim on post-judgment interest within 6 years period - Whether Judgment creditor's actions lawful
b. CLJ Volume 9 (Part 1) 2011
Fernrite Sdn Bhd v. Perbadanan Nasional Bhd
(Securities; Contract - Shares - Sale and purchase of - Agreement - Claim to dividends) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]
Md Masud Rana Md Mofizudin lwn. PP
(Prosedur Jenayah; Undang-Undang Jenayah - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Kesalahan membunuh) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]
Muhammad Hilman Idham & Ors v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors
(Constitutional Law - Fundamental liberties - Freedom of speech and expression - Legislation - Validity of s. 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA)) [2011] 9 CLJ 50 [CA]
Siew Khow Seng v. PP
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against safe custody of person acquitted) [2011] 9 CLJ 84 [CA]
Green Continental Furniture (M) Sdn Bhd lwn. Tenaga Nasional Bhd
Zamani A Rahim PK
(Prosedur Sivil; Had Masa; Kontrak; Utiliti Awam - Tuntutan pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih bayar - Had masa - Laches) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]
Metahub Industries Sdn Bhd lwn. ASP Hassan Basri Yahya & Yang Lain
(Prosedur Sivil - Penghakiman dan perintah - Deklarasi - Permohonan) [2011] 9 CLJ 113 [HC]
Yong Lee Hua v. Director Of National Registration Sabah & Anor
(Constitutional Law - Citizenship - Deprivation - Federal Constitution, art. 27) [2011] 9 CLJ 125 [HC]
Citizenship - Deprivation - Whether issuance of MyPR by 1st defendant deprived plaintiff's Malaysian citizenship - Whether plaintiff a Malaysian citizen under art. 14(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether 1st defendant empowered to revoke plaintiff's citizenship - Whether plaintiff suffered damages - Whether damages too remote - Federal Constitution, art. 27
(Abdul Rahman Sebli J) [2011] 9 CLJ 125 [HC]
Fundamental liberties - Freedom of speech and expression - Section 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) barring students from expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to any political party - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA restricting right to freedom of speech and expression - Whether infringing art. 10(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether restriction reasonable and permissible by virtue of art. 10(2)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA rendered unconstitutional and invalid
(Low Hop Bing, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Linton Albert JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 50 [CA]
Legislation - Validity of s. 15(5)(a) Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) - Section 15(5)(a) UUCA barring students from expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to any political party - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA restricting right to freedom of speech and expression - Whether infringing art. 10(1)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether restriction reasonable and permissible by virtue of art. 10(2)(a) Federal Constitution - Whether s. 15(5)(a) UUCA rendered unconstitutional and invalid
Construction - Agreements - Sale and purchase of shares - Beneficial ownership - Failure to make full purchase price - Whether defendant required to re-transfer shares to plaintiff - Whether defendant had no beneficial interest - Claim to dividends - Whether there was any agreement to extinguish plaintiff's rights to dividends - Release clause in Settlement Agreement - Whether sufficiently clear as to bar plaintiff from making claim to dividends
(Arifin Zakaria CJ, Hashim Yusoff, Abdull Hamid Embong FCJJ) [2011] 9 CLJ 1 [FC]
Shares - Agreement - Claim to dividends - Whether defendant could claim for beneficial interest in dividends - Whether there was any agreement to extinguish plaintiff's rights to dividends - Release clause in Settlement Agreement - Whether sufficiently clear as to bar plaintiff from making claim to dividends
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against safe custody of person acquitted - Whether evidence showed appellant attacked deceased with intention of causing death - Prima facie case - Whether established - Whether appeal dismissed
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 9 CLJ 84 [CA]
Appeal - Petition of appeal - Whether limited to appeal against sentence only - Oral application made to enlarge grounds of appeal - Whether allowed - Whether appellant must abide by notice of appeal - Whether appellant not allowed to submit on grounds not raised in notice of appeal and petition of appeal - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 56 - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, r. 27
Shares - Sale and purchase of - Agreement - Beneficial ownership - Whether passed to purchaser upon delivery of shares when full purchase price not paid - Failure to make full purchase price - Whether defendant required to re-transfer shares to plaintiff - Whether defendant had no beneficial interest
Kontrak - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh had masa - Tempoh had masa bermula apabila kesilapan disedari - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
(Zamani A Rahim PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 92 [HC]
Laches - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh laches - Sama ada plaintif mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai kesilapan - Sama ada defendan diprejudiskan oleh laches
Tuntutan - Pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih bayar - Tuntutan di bawah s. 73 Akta Kontrak, 1950 bagi wang yang dibayar akibat kesilapan - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Sama ada pembayaran dibuat mengikut undang-undang - Sama ada tuntutan dihalang oleh had masa atau laches
Tuntutan - Tuntutan 'money had and received' - Prinsip-prinsip - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Sama ada terdapat 'unjust enrichment' - Sama ada defendan akan mengalami prejudis atau ketidakadilan - Sama ada tuntutan dihalang oleh had masa atau laches
Pembelaan - Hilang akal - Beban pembuktian - Sama ada berjaya dibuktikan oleh perayu - Keterangan yang dikemukakan - Tingkah laku perayu selepas kesalahan dilakukan - Sama ada ia menyokong pembelaannya - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 84
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop HHMR) [2011] 9 CLJ 16 [CA]
Penyiasatan polis - Pernyataan beramaran - Sama ada penerimaan masuk pernyataan beramaran perayu oleh hakim bicara adalah betul - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Sama ada pernyataan beramaran perayu telah diambil daripadanya secara dorongan atau ugutan - Sama ada pernyataan beramaran perayu telah diberikan secara sukarela - Sama ada perayu mempunyai keupayaan untuk membuat pernyataan beramaran tersebut - Penilaian keterangan - Sama ada perayu telah diberikan amaran sebelum pernyataannya direkodkan oleh pegawai polis - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 113(1)
Rayuan - Keputusan hakim bicara - Sama ada hakim bicara telah khilaf dalam membuat keputusannya - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Sama ada hakim bicara telah memberi pertimbangan kepada semua fakta yang relevan dan telah menilai keterangan secara objektif dan dari segala sudut sebelum membuat keputusannya
Saksi - Pemanggilan saksi oleh pendakwaraya - Kegagalan pendakwaraya memanggil Cif Inspektor untuk memberi keterangan - Sama ada Cif Inspektor merupakan seorang saksi yang penting - Sama ada pendakwaraya cuba untuk menyembunyikan keterangan dengan tidak memanggil saksi ini - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) - Sama ada terpakai
Had masa - Kontrak - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh had masa - Tempoh had masa bermula apabila kesilapan disedari - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
Had masa - Laches - Tuntutan untuk relif dari kesan kesilapan - Sama ada dihalang oleh laches - Sama ada plaintif mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai kesilapan - Sama ada defendan diprejudiskan oleh laches - Akta Had Masa 1953, s. 32 - Sama ada dipakai
Penghakiman dan perintah - Deklarasi - Permohonan - Permohonan deklarasi Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi untuk memulangkan harta alih kepunyaan pemohon sah dan berkuatkuasa - Sama ada perintah dikeluarkan pramatang dan dibuat tidak berdasarkan merit - Sama ada memprejudiskan responden-responden - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 413 - Sama ada dipatuhi
(Samsudin Hassan PK) [2011] 9 CLJ 113 [HC]
Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Kesalahan membunuh - Sama ada pertuduhan-pertuduhan telah dibuktikan terhadap perayu - Keterangan yang dikemukakan - Sama ada keadaan minda perayu mewajarkan pengurangan pertuduhan kepada pensabitan di bawah s. 304 Kanun Keseksaan - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 182
Utiliti Awam
Elektrik - Bayaran elektrik - Tarif penggunaan elektrik - Tuntutan balik bayaran bil elektrik yang terlebih bayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah - Premis kilang plaintif dikenakan Tarif Perdagangan (Tarif B) bila sepatutnya dikenakan Tarif Perindustrian (Tarif D) - Sama ada plaintif berhak membuat tuntutan pembayaran balik wang yang terlebih dibayar akibat penggunaan tarif yang salah
EVIDENCE: Weight - Testimony of expert - Cause of death of insured - Testimony given by physician - Discrepancy in physician's statement as to cause of death - Physician unable to provide reasonable explanation - Post mortem report signed by him - Post mortem examination conducted by another party - Whether evidence was reliable and safe to be acted upon
INSURANCE: Accident insurance - Repudiation - Insured died from intracerebral hemorrhage - Plaintiff claiming as nominee to three insurance policies - Defendant did not receive nomination forms save for one - Whether defendant could claim plaintiff was not the nominee - Insured dealt with defendant's agent - Whether knowledge of defendant's agent deemed to be knowledge of defendant - Section 151(1) Insurance Act 1996 - Plaintiff failed to disclose full extent of deceased's earnings - Whether this was material non-disclosure - Whether cause of death due to illness or accident - Whether plaintiff able to prove insured's death was due to accident
INSURANCE: Agents - Insured dealt with defendant's agent - Whether agent's knowledge could be deemed as knowledge of defendant - Insurance Act 1996, s. 151(1)