Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Fraudulent misrepresentation/deceit

Legal area

Court

20 Jun 2022

1. ) SITRAC CORPORATION SDN BHD 2. ) KELANA JATI SDN BHD 1. ) DATO' SYED HAMZAH BIN SYED ABU BAKAR 2. ) PENDAFTAR SURUHANJAYA SYARIKAT MALAYSIA 3. ) PUNCAK KENANGAN (M) SDN BHD

Citation

WA-22NCC-623-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-623-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Where a judgment or order was obtained by fraud and the claimant incurred legal fees to vindicate its rights, those legal fees constitute actual loss recoverable as damages flowing from the fraud; after deducting previously awarded costs the court allowed RM220,477.73 for legal fees and awarded nominal RM5,000 for distress, totalling RM225,477.73 with assessment costs RM5,000.
28 Apr 2021

LUCASARK CAPITAL LAND SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT: 86743-U) 1. LOO GEOK IMM (NO. K/P: 530310-07-5410) 2. TAN CHEONG KEAN (NO. K/P: 520222-07-5489) 3. CIMB BANK BERHAD (NO. SYARIKAT: 13491-P)

Citation

PA-22NCvC-130-08/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

PA-22NCvC-130-08/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court refused to strike out both the 2nd defendant's Defence and the 1st defendant's Counterclaim because the pleadings raised triable issues of fraud and limitation that could not be fairly determined on a summary application: fraud allegations require trial by viva voce evidence and under s29 Limitation Act 1953 time only runs from discovery; the 1st defendant had locus standi and sufficiently particularised factual averments to sustain a counterclaim including potential breach of s67 Companies Act. Consequently neither pleading was plainly and obviously unsustainable.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) SITRAC CORPORATION SDN BHD 2. ) KELANA JATI SDN BHD 1. ) DATO' SYED HAMZAH BIN SYED ABU BAKAR 2. ) PENDAFTAR SURUHANJAYA SYARIKAT MALAYSIA 3. ) PUNCAK KENANGAN (M) SDN BHD

LUCASARK CAPITAL LAND SDN BHD (NO. SYARIKAT: 86743-U) 1. LOO GEOK IMM (NO. K/P: 530310-07-5410) 2. TAN CHEONG KEAN (NO. K/P: 520222-07-5489) 3. CIMB BANK BERHAD (NO. SYARIKAT: 13491-P)