24 May 2022
AMINAH BINTI ABDULLAH 1. ) NUR ANIS BINTI JAMALUDIN 2. ) IKWAN HAFIZ BIN JAMALUDIN 3. ) WONG LU PEEN & TUNKU ALINA (SEBAGAI SEBUAH FIRMA PERKONGISAN) 4. ) LIZA CHAN SOW KENG 5. ) TENGKU FARIDDUDIN BIN TENGKU SULAIMAN
- Citation
- WA-22NCvC-381-05/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-22NCvC-381-05/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court held the present suit is struck out because the five core allegations asserted here were raised, litigated and supported by evidence in the prior S7 proceedings; permitting relitigation would be an abuse of process under the wider res judicata principle. The without prejudice settlement letter is inadmissible and does not establish fraud sufficient to avoid res judicata. The defective attestation of the renunciation did not render the earlier grant null; the plaintiff had executed the renunciation. Judicial estoppel did not alter the outcome. Accordingly the claim was plainly unsust…