Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Competence-competence

Legal area

Court

16 Nov 2023

Padda Gurtaj Singh 1. ) Dr. Christopher To 2. ) Tune Talk Sdn Bhd 3. ) Tune Group Sdn. Bhd. 4. ) Kalimullah Bin Masheerul Hassan 5. ) Lim Kian Onn 6. ) Christopher Mark Anthony Lankester

Citation

WA-24NCC(ARB)-12-05/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

ARB
Case number

WA-24NCC(ARB)-12-05/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court allowed the appeal under s.18(8) and held that the Arbitral Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to determine disputes and parties that were not within the original matter referred to arbitration; further, by plain reading of s.18(10) the High Court's decision on such an appeal is final and not subject to further appeal, rendering the Notices of Appeal by the 2nd to 5th Respondents incompetent.
20 May 2022

1. ) RAZMAN BIN IBRAHIM 2. ) TING KENG FUI 3. ) AB MANAN BIN MANSOR 4. ) CHONG EE FUNG 5. ) TAN MEI LIN 6. ) CHAIN MOK LIM 7. ) GOH LIAN SENG 8. ) HO TZER LUEN 9. ) LEONG MENG SOW 10. ) LOH TEIK YEN 11. ) OW WENG WOR CHRISTOPHER 12. ) ROHAN

Citation

WA-22NCC-563-12/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-563-12/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Clause 15 of the Rules and Regulations formed part of and was incorporated into the Time Share Ownership Agreements; the plaintiffs’ pleaded claims arise out of or in relation to those agreements and thus fall within the arbitration clause. Clause 14.15 (governing law/jurisdiction) does not negate the arbitration agreement. The defendant had not taken disqualifying steps in the proceedings. Therefore, under s10 Arbitration Act 2005 the court was mandatory required to stay proceedings and refer the dispute to arbitration; costs RM9,000 awarded to defendant.
26 Apr 2021

RED CONSULTING GROUP SDN BHD (COMPANY NO.: 813274-H) 1. ) FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA 2. ) PROF HELEN BARTLETT (Vice Chancellor & President, Federation University Australia)

Citation

WA-22NCvC-318-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-318-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court found clause 21 to be a valid and enforceable arbitration agreement which was not null, void or inoperative; issues of alleged waiver or failure to perform fall within the scope of the arbitration clause and must be resolved by the arbitral tribunal under section 18; accordingly a mandatory stay was ordered under section 10 and the dispute referred to arbitration.
26 Nov 2020

TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD SYNOHYDRO CORPORATION LIMITED & SATU LAGI

Citation

wa-22c-30-04/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

wa-22c-30-04/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

There was a valid and binding arbitration agreement covering the dispute; the Defendants satisfied s.10(1) requirements; non-fulfilment of the contract's multi-tier precondition (clause 20.2) did not render the arbitration agreement null, inoperative or incapable of performance; accordingly the court was obliged to stay the proceedings and refer the matter to arbitration, with costs in the cause.
22 Sept 2020

TWIN H ENGINEERING SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT : 961851-W) HONG YEH SENG ENTERPRISES SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT : 359426-A)

Citation

JA-22C-2-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

JA-22C-2-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The PAM Contract, including its rates, professional certifications and extensions, governed the Variation Works and brought the dispute within clause 34.5; under section 10 the court must stay proceedings and refer parties to arbitration unless the arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed; issues of compliance and validity are for the arbitral tribunal under section 18; Defendant was not estopped; therefore stay granted with costs.

Malaysia Case Law

Padda Gurtaj Singh 1. ) Dr. Christopher To 2. ) Tune Talk Sdn Bhd 3. ) Tune Group Sdn. Bhd. 4. ) Kalimullah Bin Masheerul Hassan 5. ) Lim Kian Onn 6. ) Christopher Mark Anthony Lankester

1. ) RAZMAN BIN IBRAHIM 2. ) TING KENG FUI 3. ) AB MANAN BIN MANSOR 4. ) CHONG EE FUNG 5. ) TAN MEI LIN 6. ) CHAIN MOK LIM 7. ) GOH LIAN SENG 8. ) HO TZER LUEN 9. ) LEONG MENG SOW 10. ) LOH TEIK YEN 11. ) OW WENG WOR CHRISTOPHER 12. ) ROHAN

RED CONSULTING GROUP SDN BHD (COMPANY NO.: 813274-H) 1. ) FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA 2. ) PROF HELEN BARTLETT (Vice Chancellor & President, Federation University Australia)

TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD SYNOHYDRO CORPORATION LIMITED & SATU LAGI

TWIN H ENGINEERING SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT : 961851-W) HONG YEH SENG ENTERPRISES SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT : 359426-A)