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Res judicata and fraud exception
  • 10 Feb 2022

    BA-22NCvC-275-06/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    Citation
    BA-22NCvC-275-06/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    BA-22NCvC-275-06/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    On the totality of contemporaneous documents and witness evidence the SPA of 10.1.2013 was a sham used to disguise an interest-bearing loan; the Settlement Agreement of 19.11.2014 flowed from that illegal SPA and is tainted; the Defendant carried on unlicensed moneylending and obtained Sessions Court judgment by relying on documents and representations that masked the illegality; accordingly the Sessions Court judgment was set aside and the Defendant is not entitled to the RM450,000 claimed under the settlement; monetary losses lie where they fall and each party bears own costs.