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Malaysia Case Law

Registration of estate agents
  • K GOVINDARAJU v CHIANG SIU MIN HUGH

    Citation
    K GOVINDARAJU v CHIANG SIU MIN HUGH
    Court
    Malaysian court

    On the balance of probabilities the court found Agnes Chua had only verbal instruction to find a buyer and no authority to sell on the defendant's behalf; P1 was a purchaser's form addressed to the agent, signed only by purchaser and witnessed by the agent, contained bare terms, lacked the owner's signature and was altered by erasing 'subject to', and therefore did not create a binding contract between plaintiff and defendant; plaintiff's claim for specific performance or damages failed and was dismissed; defendant's counterclaim succeeded in part and damages with interest and costs were awar…