Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Standard of care (bolam)

Legal area

Court

30 Jan 2026

1. ) AHMAD FAIZAL BIN MOHAMAD ALI 2. ) NORMALA BINTI HAJI BASIRON 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia JAY SHREE L. C. DOSHI (secara sendiri dan sebagai Wasi dan Pemegang Amanah Estet Vinayak Prabhakar Pradhan)

Citation

W-01(NCvC)(W)-440-07/2024 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

NCvC
Case number

W-01(NCvC)(W)-440-07/2024 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

First Appellant was negligent for failing to obtain proper informed consent, executing RFA below standard (causing full-thickness burn) and providing inadequate aftercare; Second Appellant was not negligent; Third Appellant vicariously liable. General damages and aggravated damages awarded by the High Court were reasonable and are affirmed. Special damages for private and overseas treatment were not fully justified; appellate court reduced recoverable special damages to one-third of claimed private treatment costs, awarding RM19,586.72 (Malaysia) and SGD65,532.60 (Singapore). Costs of RM250,0…
18 Dec 2024

1. ) MOHAN A/L KANDASAMY (Membawa tuntutan ini di bawah Seksyen 7 Akta Undang-Undang Sivil 1956 sebagai Bapa yang sah dan tanggungan kepada PUNITHA A/P MOHAN, simati dan membawa tuntutan ini di bawah Seksyen 8 Akta Undang-Undang Sivil 1956

Citation

BL-23NCvC-1-01/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BL-23NCvC-1-01/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Court found defendants owed a duty of care to the deceased and breached that duty by failing to monitor escalating blood loss, failing to provide/ensure required resuscitation drugs and equipment, leaving the patient without adequate medical supervision and failing to effect an urgent transfer; those breaches materially contributed to the fatal outcome; plaintiffs proved losses on balance of probabilities and are entitled to the monetary awards and interest specified.
4 Apr 2023

Nuur Iman Binti Rahmattullah Khan 1. ) Ampang Puteri Hospital Sdn. Bhd. 2. ) Nurul Azwa Bin Mohamad Noor

Citation

BA-22NCvC-517-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-517-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

PDCT was an acceptable treatment but the Second Defendant failed to obtain proper informed consent by not advising the Plaintiff of material risks (including risk of increased pain and needle bending); that failure constituted negligence by D2 warranting an award of damages; Ampang Puteri Hospital (D1) was not liable as D2 was an independent contractor and no non-delegable duty or system failure was established.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) AHMAD FAIZAL BIN MOHAMAD ALI 2. ) NORMALA BINTI HAJI BASIRON 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia JAY SHREE L. C. DOSHI (secara sendiri dan sebagai Wasi dan Pemegang Amanah Estet Vinayak Prabhakar Pradhan)

1. ) MOHAN A/L KANDASAMY (Membawa tuntutan ini di bawah Seksyen 7 Akta Undang-Undang Sivil 1956 sebagai Bapa yang sah dan tanggungan kepada PUNITHA A/P MOHAN, simati dan membawa tuntutan ini di bawah Seksyen 8 Akta Undang-Undang Sivil 1956

Nuur Iman Binti Rahmattullah Khan 1. ) Ampang Puteri Hospital Sdn. Bhd. 2. ) Nurul Azwa Bin Mohamad Noor