25 Oct 2021
1. ) Tioh Chee Seng 2. ) Hew Fui Li 1. ) Talent Team Sdn Bhd 2. ) Tetuan Sidek Teoh Wong & Dennis
- Citation
- WA-12BNCvC-34-03/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-12BNCvC-34-03/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Appeal dismissed: RM5,000 was a stakeholder sum held by solicitors and not a booking fee so LAD is calculated from the date of the SPA (21.10.2015); the Housing Controller validly granted extensions of time which were not properly challengeable in this originating summons and, absent a prior judicial review declaring the EOT invalid, the EOTs stand; solicitors holding stakeholder sums cannot be ordered to release those funds for LAD because clause 30 of the SPA and s22E HDA 1966 prevent such release and would expose solicitors to fiduciary, professional and criminal liability.