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  • 31 Jul 2024

    LOW YEE KIAN TIF HOLDINGS SDN BHD

    Citation
    BA-22NCvC-513-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    BA-22NCvC-513-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    The court granted the stay because there was a valid arbitration agreement covering the dispute, the Defendant had not taken any disqualifying steps in the proceedings (entry of appearance alone did not amount to a step), the exceptions in s10(1) (null, inoperative or incapable of being performed) did not apply, and the question of whether a 'bona fide dispute' exists is not a threshold for denying a stay where a dispute is pleaded; accordingly the matter must be referred to arbitration under s10(1).