13 May 2020
MESSRS SHAHINUDDIN & RANJIT (COMPANY NO: 1021641-X) RAVICHANTIRAN A/L GANESAN
- Citation
- JA-12A-20-10/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JA-12A-20-10/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Appeal allowed: on the pleaded facts the respondent's writ and statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action against the 1st and 3rd defendants; the purported assignment was unknown to the bank and void ab initio depriving respondent of privity and locus standi; claims against the solicitors were unarguable and an abuse of process or otherwise barred by advocates' immunity; res judicata and finality principles additionally bar separate re‑litigation of matters that should have been raised in the earlier suit; accordingly the writ and statement of claim against the 1st and 3rd def…