30 Jul 2020
Finest Vision Sdn Bhd 1. City Appraisal Consultant 2. Tetuan Kamarudin & Partners
- Citation
- JA-22NCVC-45-04/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JA-22NCVC-45-04/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court found on the balance of probabilities that Edward acted as the estate agent and was the operative actor who created or procured a fictitious vendor, handled original title and identity documents, received the purchase monies via D1 and thereby committed fraud; those acts are attributable to D1 which conceded in submissions that D1 and Edward are the same for liability purposes. The 2nd Defendant was not negligent because the solicitor conducted land searches, was shown the original title and a copy IC, had no reasonable cause to suspect fraud, and acted with the care of a reasonably…