Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

14 Dec 2020

1. PBJV GROUP SDN BHD 2. BARAKAH OFFSHORE PETROLEUM BERHAD 1. PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD 2. PETROLEUM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)

Citation: WA-22C-77-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court: High Court
Case number: WA-22C-77-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

On the face of the pleadings the plaintiffs disclosed a plausible cause of action in negligence and breach of a duty of due diligence such that the claim was not obviously unsustainable; material questions of fact exist (including the effect and scope of the Focused Recognition, disputed subcontractor claims and the contents of the adverse report relied on by D2) which require trial evidence; D2 relied solely on an adverse report from D1 without independent investigation and the pleadings and Notice of Demand sufficiently particularised claimed special damages to preclude summary striking out…

Striking out under o.18 r.19
License suspension
Duty of care and due diligence
Corporate separateness and public interest
Pleading and particularity of special damages
Evidentiary limits on strike out applications

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1. PBJV GROUP SDN BHD 2. BARAKAH OFFSHORE PETROLEUM BERHAD 1. PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD 2. PETROLEUM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)