Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Nugatory appeal

Legal area

Court

31 Mar 2026

1. ) GOLDEN PLUS HOLDINGS BERHAD 2. ) GOLDEN PLUS CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD 3. ) GOLDEN PLUS (BVI) PTE LTD 4. ) SRI SERDANG SDN BHD 5. ) PARADIZE BAZAAR SDN BHD 6. ) VENICE HEIGHTS SDN BHD 7. ) HANPOPULAR SDN BHD 8. ) YANFULL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Citation

W-02(IM)(NCC)-1413-07/2025 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

IM
Case number

W-02(IM)(NCC)-1413-07/2025 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

The High Court erred in granting unconditional stays because the matters relied upon (impecuniosity, likely liquidation, age, disability, size of judgment, and hardship) do not constitute special circumstances in law; a stakeholder arrangement requiring payment of the judgment sum into an interest-bearing solicitors' stakeholder account pending the appeals appropriately protects against nugatoriness and must be ordered instead; therefore the unconditional stays are set aside and replaced with orders for payment into stakeholder account and costs fixed.
31 Mar 2026

1. ) GOLDEN PLUS HOLDINGS BERHAD 2. ) GOLDEN PLUS CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD 3. ) GOLDEN PLUS (BVI) PTE LTD 4. ) SRI SERDANG SDN BHD 5. ) PARADIZE BAZAAR SDN BHD 6. ) VENICE HEIGHTS SDN BHD 7. ) HANPOPULAR SDN BHD 8. ) YANFULL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Citation

W-02(IM)(NCC)-1412-07/2025 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

IM
Case number

W-02(IM)(NCC)-1412-07/2025 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

The High Court erred in granting unconditional stays because the respondents did not demonstrate special circumstances going to execution; ordinary hardship, impecuniosity, age or the size of judgment are insufficient; the proper remedy is conditional: payment of the judgment sum into an interest-bearing solicitors' stakeholder account pending the appeals, which neutralises the risk of nugatoriness.
28 Jan 2026

CHIN YOOK PHING 1. ) ENISAH BINTI BAHARUDDIN 2. ) YULINA BINTI BAHARUDDIN BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK TETUAN OLIVIA CHIN & CO

Citation

WA-22NCvC-513-07/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-513-07/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court exercised its discretion to grant a stay because the plaintiff proved special circumstances: the subject matter is a living durian orchard whose management is critical to preserve the practical efficacy of the appeal and refusal of a stay would likely render the appeal nugatory; on balance of convenience the temporary preservation of the status quo outweighed the defendants' prejudice.
26 Jan 2026

1. ) KOH KENG JOO 2. ) LIEW SOW YOKE 1. ) TAN SRI DATO' SERI KHALID BIN ABU BAKAR 2. ) TAN SRI MOHAMAD FUZI HARUN 3. ) DATO' AWALUDIN JADID 4. ) DATUK HUZIR MOHAMED 5. ) FADZIL AHMAT 6. ) SUPARI MUHAMMAD 7. ) KHOR YI SHUEN 8. ) HAZRIL BIN K

Citation

WA-21NCvC-17-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-21NCvC-17-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Because the judgment directed custodial holding of the First Plaintiff's damages and enforcement would require substantial recurring government payments with significant administrative and practical complications that risk rendering the appeal nugatory while causing no present enjoyment by the Plaintiffs, the Defendants established special circumstances under Order 45 r.11 ROC 2012 and a stay of execution was granted pending the appeal.
20 May 2025

LOW JEE KEONG NEXT FORTUNE SDN. BHD.

Citation

BA-22NCvC-145-04/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-145-04/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

No special circumstances were established to justify a stay of execution; the threat of a winding-up petition does not alone meet the special circumstances threshold and the proper remedy to challenge abuse of winding-up is a Fortuna injunction; accordingly the court exercised its discretion to dismiss the stay application and ordered costs.
30 May 2024

PANG CHOW HUAT TAN LI SIN

Citation

WA-24NCvC-132-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24NCvC-132-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

A stay was granted because special circumstances existed: the subject is an occupied residential property and transfer would allow the plaintiff to alienate or charge the property thereby rendering the appeal nugatory; merits of the appeal were not to be decided on the stay application.
15 Sept 2021

ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 88103-W) 1. KHEE SAN FOOD INDUSTRIES SDN BHD (No. Syarikat: 27605-H) 2. KHEE SAN BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 304376-)

Citation

WA-22NCC-215-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-215-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The application for a stay was dismissed because the defendants failed to prove special circumstances: they produced no evidence that the bank could not refund the judgment if the appeal succeeded, the risk of winding up or financial harm was speculative and not a special circumstance, and merits of the appeal were irrelevant to the stay assessment.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) GOLDEN PLUS HOLDINGS BERHAD 2. ) GOLDEN PLUS CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD 3. ) GOLDEN PLUS (BVI) PTE LTD 4. ) SRI SERDANG SDN BHD 5. ) PARADIZE BAZAAR SDN BHD 6. ) VENICE HEIGHTS SDN BHD 7. ) HANPOPULAR SDN BHD 8. ) YANFULL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

1. ) GOLDEN PLUS HOLDINGS BERHAD 2. ) GOLDEN PLUS CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD 3. ) GOLDEN PLUS (BVI) PTE LTD 4. ) SRI SERDANG SDN BHD 5. ) PARADIZE BAZAAR SDN BHD 6. ) VENICE HEIGHTS SDN BHD 7. ) HANPOPULAR SDN BHD 8. ) YANFULL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

CHIN YOOK PHING 1. ) ENISAH BINTI BAHARUDDIN 2. ) YULINA BINTI BAHARUDDIN BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK TETUAN OLIVIA CHIN & CO

1. ) KOH KENG JOO 2. ) LIEW SOW YOKE 1. ) TAN SRI DATO' SERI KHALID BIN ABU BAKAR 2. ) TAN SRI MOHAMAD FUZI HARUN 3. ) DATO' AWALUDIN JADID 4. ) DATUK HUZIR MOHAMED 5. ) FADZIL AHMAT 6. ) SUPARI MUHAMMAD 7. ) KHOR YI SHUEN 8. ) HAZRIL BIN K

LOW JEE KEONG NEXT FORTUNE SDN. BHD.

PANG CHOW HUAT TAN LI SIN

ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 88103-W) 1. KHEE SAN FOOD INDUSTRIES SDN BHD (No. Syarikat: 27605-H) 2. KHEE SAN BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 304376-)