Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Equitable fraud

Legal area

Court

15 Jul 2024

RAJENDRAN A/L RASAMANICKAM 1. ) KOPERASI PEKERJA JAYA BHD 2. ) Gopalakrishnan A/L V.Subramaniam 3. ) Metro Esquire (M) Sdn Bhd

Citation

WA-22NCvC-68-01/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-68-01/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

On the totality of evidence plaintiffs established on balance of probabilities that D1 held the land on trust for sub‑lot purchasers, D1/D2 (and Metro acting in concert) breached fiduciary duties and engaged in equitable fraud/conspiracy by covertly dealing with the land and compensation; equitable relief is appropriate — declarations of trust, injunctions, an account, sale by public tender and distribution of proceeds, damages and costs were ordered.
19 Mar 2024

LEE TIAM BENG 1. ) HENG HAU CHONG 2. ) HENG KAI HUAT 3. ) HENG WEI LEONG 4. ) CHEK KAH KEONG 5. ) GREAT BUILDER SDN BHD PIHAK KETIGA 1. ) Doo Chang Hau 2. ) Loh Wei Sung

Citation

BL-22NCC-13-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BL-22NCC-13-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The application to add Doo Chang Hau and Loh Wei Sung and to amend the defence and counterclaim (Lampiran 30) was dismissed because the alleged friendship loan, equitable fraud and alter‑ego assertions are not sufficiently connected to the subject matter of the original claim (the share sale agreement and supplemental agreement); those issues can be segregated and litigated separately and allowing the amendment would unfairly complicate and delay the original proceedings.
1 Apr 2022

1. ) DATO' IDRUS BIN ZAINOL 2. ) LIM BENG TECK 1. ) INTERGRATED FORMATION SDN BHD (Dalam Penerimaan) 2. ) CHAN SIEW MEI (Sebagai Penerima Dan Pengurus Pertama) 3. ) BERKAT OIL PALM SDN BHD

Citation

BA-22NCC-97-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCC-97-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Plaintiffs, as directors and shareholders, lack locus standi to sue in their personal capacity for alleged wrongs to the company because no independent personal cause of action or distinct personal loss was pleaded; the claims are plainly and obviously unsustainable and therefore struck out.
17 Aug 2021

Bank Kerjasama Rakyat (M) Berhad Koperasi Serbaguna Iman Malaysia Berhad PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) MAYBANK ISLAMIC BERHAD 2. ) CIMB BANK BERHAD 3. ) KOPERASI CO-OPBANK PERTAMA MALAYSIA BERHAD 4. ) BANK MUAMALAT MALAYSIA BERHAD 5. ) AMBANK IS

Citation

WA-37G-12-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-37G-12-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The Court dismissed the JC's application for a Retransfer Order: the inherent jurisdiction under O.92 r.4 cannot be used to grant a remedy where statutory remedies (eg stay pending appeal) were available and not sought; a Retransfer Order exceeds the scope of garnishee jurisdiction and the omnibus clause; there was insufficient evidence of equitable fraud to lift the corporate veil; therefore the requested relief was refused and costs awarded.
29 Jan 2021

1. DUTHACO SDN BHD 2. ANG LI SUH 1. SOUTH ADVANCE CHEMICAL SDN BHD 2. LEE CHEAN BOO

Citation

WA-22IP-69-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22IP-69-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The 2nd Defendant's strike out application was dismissed because the plaintiffs' claims against him were not scandalous, frivolous or vexatious, and raised triable issues (including allegations supporting veil lifting) that could not be resolved summarily under O.18 r.19(1); the strict threshold for summary dismissal and for piercing the corporate veil was not met by the defendant's submissions.
18 Sept 2020

Halim Bin Saad Chan Yok Peng

Citation

W-02(IM)(NCVC)-2277-12/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

IM
Case number

W-02(IM)(NCVC)-2277-12/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

Order 42 r.13 could not be used to set aside an inter partes summary judgment obtained after hearing on the merits; the High Court was functus officio and the defendant's late change of case, after admitting liability and failing to respond to demands, amounted to afterthoughts that did not amount to nullity or equitable fraud; the application was barred by res judicata and properly dismissed; appeal to Court of Appeal was the correct remedy for any fresh evidence.
20 Jan 2020

RATNAVEL A/L PACKIRISAMY & 31 LAGI KOPERASI NLFCS BERHAD

Citation

WA-22NCVC-561-09/2016 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCVC-561-09/2016 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The Deed of Trust together with undisputed evidence that participants paid the purchase price established an express and resulting trust; the defendant's subsequent profit‑sharing agreements, disposals and sales to third parties without informing or accounting to beneficiaries constituted unconscionable conduct and breach of fiduciary duties giving rise to constructive trust and equitable fraud; limitation did not bar the claim because s.22(1) preserves beneficiaries' remedies for equitable fraud and recovery of trust property; equitable remedies of restitution, account and caveats therefore…

Malaysia Case Law

RAJENDRAN A/L RASAMANICKAM 1. ) KOPERASI PEKERJA JAYA BHD 2. ) Gopalakrishnan A/L V.Subramaniam 3. ) Metro Esquire (M) Sdn Bhd

LEE TIAM BENG 1. ) HENG HAU CHONG 2. ) HENG KAI HUAT 3. ) HENG WEI LEONG 4. ) CHEK KAH KEONG 5. ) GREAT BUILDER SDN BHD PIHAK KETIGA 1. ) Doo Chang Hau 2. ) Loh Wei Sung

1. ) DATO' IDRUS BIN ZAINOL 2. ) LIM BENG TECK 1. ) INTERGRATED FORMATION SDN BHD (Dalam Penerimaan) 2. ) CHAN SIEW MEI (Sebagai Penerima Dan Pengurus Pertama) 3. ) BERKAT OIL PALM SDN BHD

Bank Kerjasama Rakyat (M) Berhad Koperasi Serbaguna Iman Malaysia Berhad PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) MAYBANK ISLAMIC BERHAD 2. ) CIMB BANK BERHAD 3. ) KOPERASI CO-OPBANK PERTAMA MALAYSIA BERHAD 4. ) BANK MUAMALAT MALAYSIA BERHAD 5. ) AMBANK IS

1. DUTHACO SDN BHD 2. ANG LI SUH 1. SOUTH ADVANCE CHEMICAL SDN BHD 2. LEE CHEAN BOO

Halim Bin Saad Chan Yok Peng

RATNAVEL A/L PACKIRISAMY & 31 LAGI KOPERASI NLFCS BERHAD