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Topic

Rescission vs damages

Legal area

Court

27 Dec 2024

HL CAPITALS (M) SDN. BHD. TAIPING KAMPAR DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD

Citation

AB-A72NCvC-19-03/2023 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Court

Magistrates' Court
Case number

AB-A72NCvC-19-03/2023 (Mahkamah Majistret)

The Deposit Sum was a part payment for River Sand; the defendant did not possess a valid Permit 4C at the time of the Agreement (14 November 2020) nor throughout 2021, making lawful performance impossible and constituting a total failure of consideration; plaintiff therefore entitled to restitution of RM100,000 and fixed costs.
8 Aug 2022

1. ) AMUTHARAJ A/L SIVAPRAGASAM 2. ) ANURATHA A/P SUPRAMANIAM 1. ) CHANG KING SENG 2. ) CHANG CHIEN MING

Citation

AA-A52NCvC-180-10/2019 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

AA-A52NCvC-180-10/2019 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

Judge accepted contemporaneous documentary evidence (supplementary agreement, letter of acknowledgement, three cheques) and similarity of signatures, held defendants intentionally deceived plaintiffs amounting to fraud on balance of probabilities, lifted the corporate veil to hold defendants personally liable, awarded plaintiffs contractual rental shortfall (RM95,000), general damages for mental distress (RM20,000), aggravated/exemplary damages (RM50,000), costs and statutory interest.