MAJLIS PERBANDARAN AMPANG JAYA V. STEVEN PHOA & ORS.
- Citation
- MAJLIS PERBANDARAN AMPANG JAYA V. STEVEN PHOA & ORS.
- Court
- Malaysian court
A claim for pure economic loss against a local authority can, depending on the facts, be pursued in private law (tort) where a duty of care, breach and proximate causation are established; courts importing English common law must apply s3(1) of the Civil Law Act 1956 and consider local circumstances; s95(2) bars pre-collapse claims but does not automatically bar private law liability for post-collapse remedial failures.
- Pure economic loss
- Negligence
- Nuisance
- Local authority liability
- Civil law act 1956 s3(1)
- Street, drainage and building act 1974 s95(2)