Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Charitable trust

Legal area

Court

21 Mar 2023

1. ) Yum Shirley 2. ) CHAN YEN PENG 3. ) PHUAH KIM YEAN 4. ) WONG KWAI MOON 5. ) CHAN YIN HAN 6. ) CHAN SAW WAN 7. ) TOO HING YEAP 1. ) Chew Pit King 2. ) CHUNG ONN SOON 3. ) CHEW CHOON FATT 4. ) CHEW CHOON TET

Citation

22NCVC-513-09/2015 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

22NCVC-513-09/2015 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The suit was dismissed because the plaintiffs failed to obtain the Attorney General's prior written consent as required by section 9(1) and s.9(2) of the Government Proceedings Act 1956; statutory compliance is mandatory and the AG cannot grant retrospective consent, rendering the action not maintainable; consequentially the court did not decide merits of the alleged trust.
15 Dec 2021

1. ) Chong Chee Piao 2. ) Chong Chee Ping 3. ) Chong Chee Seang 4. ) Chong Chee Hin 5. ) Choong Swee Keaw KOH WAH LEONG (SEBAGAI PENGERUSI PERTUBUHAN PENGANUT-PENGANUT TING LEONG KENG LEE HU TONG CHU, PANTAI REMIS, MANJONG, PERAK)

Citation

A-02(NCvC)(W)-2231-12/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

NCvC
Case number

A-02(NCvC)(W)-2231-12/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

The Court of Appeal affirmed that a constructive trust arose in favour of the temple by reason of the late Chong Kew Sang's conduct and the community's reliance, but limited the trust to the land on which the temple proper sits (as shown orange on Exhibit CCS-8) inclusive of right of way because there was no evidence CKS intended to donate the wider areas (hall and activity space); the counterclaim was not statute-barred as the cause of action accrued on the 2015 notice of demand; the appellants' post-trial detailed survey (CCS-8) was admissible as fresh evidence and materially affected demar…

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) Yum Shirley 2. ) CHAN YEN PENG 3. ) PHUAH KIM YEAN 4. ) WONG KWAI MOON 5. ) CHAN YIN HAN 6. ) CHAN SAW WAN 7. ) TOO HING YEAP 1. ) Chew Pit King 2. ) CHUNG ONN SOON 3. ) CHEW CHOON FATT 4. ) CHEW CHOON TET

1. ) Chong Chee Piao 2. ) Chong Chee Ping 3. ) Chong Chee Seang 4. ) Chong Chee Hin 5. ) Choong Swee Keaw KOH WAH LEONG (SEBAGAI PENGERUSI PERTUBUHAN PENGANUT-PENGANUT TING LEONG KENG LEE HU TONG CHU, PANTAI REMIS, MANJONG, PERAK)