Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Insurance coverage

Legal area

Court

24 Sept 2025

ZURICH GENERAL INSURANCE MALAYSIA BERHAD 1. ) AMIR HAIKAL BIN KAMARUZAMAN 2. ) VICKNESWARAN A/L KALAISELVAN 3. ) KAVITHA A/P RAVI SANGKAR

Citation

JA-12A-28-12/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

JA-12A-28-12/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The Court upheld the Session Court: (1) insurer lacks the requisite legal interest to intervene in a running-down tort action where liability and quantum are the only issues; (2) insurance coverage is irrelevant to the determination of liability at this stage and must be raised by separate declaratory proceedings under s.96(3) RTA; (3) fraud allegations were not pleaded with particulars and are speculative; and (4) the appellant failed to comply with mandatory appeal filing and service timelines; intervention would cause delay and prejudice — accordingly the appeal is dismissed and the lower…
9 May 2024

WAN KAM SANG SEBAGAI BAPA YANG SAH DAN PENANGGUNGAN KEPADA WAN MEE FONG, SIMATI, UNTUK DIRI SENDIRI, DAN BAGI PIHAK PENANGGUNGAN-PENANGGUNGAN YANG LAIN KOO TIEN WEE

Citation

JA-A53KJ-887-12/2022 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

JA-A53KJ-887-12/2022 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

The court dismissed the insurer's application to intervene because allowing the insurer to dispute coverage within the tort proceedings would defeat the statutory scheme under section 96(1)-(3) of the Road Transport Act 1987; the insurer must seek a declaratory judgment under s96(3) in a separate forum and cannot use procedural joinder powers to circumvent the statute.
21 Dec 2021

UM SPECIALIST CENTRE SDN BHD DEEPAK KUMAR A/L GEJINDER NATH & 1 LAGI

Citation

WA-A72NCVC-5217-08/2021 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Court

Magistrates' Court
Case number

WA-A72NCVC-5217-08/2021 (Mahkamah Majistret)

The court found the pleadings and evidentiary documents disclose a reasonable cause of action: defendant 2 signed a guarantee, insurer correspondence and invoices show amounts paid and remaining balances, and disputed representations about an estimated RM45,000 require oral evidence; therefore the matter is not plainly or obviously unsustainable and the strike-out application must be dismissed.

Malaysia Case Law

ZURICH GENERAL INSURANCE MALAYSIA BERHAD 1. ) AMIR HAIKAL BIN KAMARUZAMAN 2. ) VICKNESWARAN A/L KALAISELVAN 3. ) KAVITHA A/P RAVI SANGKAR

WAN KAM SANG SEBAGAI BAPA YANG SAH DAN PENANGGUNGAN KEPADA WAN MEE FONG, SIMATI, UNTUK DIRI SENDIRI, DAN BAGI PIHAK PENANGGUNGAN-PENANGGUNGAN YANG LAIN KOO TIEN WEE

UM SPECIALIST CENTRE SDN BHD DEEPAK KUMAR A/L GEJINDER NATH & 1 LAGI