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INAS FAIQAH MOHD HELMI (A CHILD SUING THROUGH HER FATHER TORT: Negligence - Medical negligence - Claim for damages - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Assessment of future loss and damage - Standard of proof - Whether on a balance of probabilities - Whether trial judge placed strict proof or specific proof as basis for claim for future damage - Whether resulted in huge reduction in compensation - Whether sum awarded appropriate and justified TORT: Damages - Negligence - Medical negligence - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Claim for general, special and future damages - Whether quantum of damages awarded appropriate and justified |
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CLJ 2016 Volume 2 (Part 6) FEDERAL COURT Inas Faiqah Mohd Helmi (A Child Suing Through Her Father And Next Friend; Mohd Helmi Abdul Aziz) v. Kerajaan Malaysia & Ors COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Sayeed Majangah & Anor v. Lembaga Getah Malaysia & Anor HIGH COURT Cheah Wei Ping lwn. Warta Kekal Sdn Bhd Dato' Ting Ching Lee & Ors v. Ting Siu Hua Desiree Couture Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Anne F Co Ltd & Ors Kiu Su Sieng & Ors v. Registrar Of Lands And Surveys, Kuching Division Kovalan Rajoo v. Hanif Muhamad Pauzi Ranjeet Singh Sidhu & Anor v. Zavarco Plc & Ors SUBJECT INDEX CIVIL PROCEDURE Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Setting aside earlier judgment or order in fresh suit - Fraud or collusion - Whether judgment or order obtained by fraud or collusion could be invalidated - Evidence Act 1950, s. 44 Striking out - Action - Action against solicitors - Defence of legal privilege - Whether suit could be struck out by reason of legal privilege - Evidence Act 1950, s. 126(1) Striking out - Action - Double derivative action - Existence of several cause of action - Non-disclosure of any reasonable cause of action after plaintiff filed application for discovery and interrogatories - Whether claim could be struck out Striking out - Action - Examination on restitutionary remedy at interlocutory stage - Allegation of illegality - Whether trial needed to determine availability of restitutionary remedy - Whether suit ought to be struck out Striking out - Counterclaim - Application for - Counterclaim for recovery of gambling debt - Whether against public policy and illegal - Whether counterclaim maintainable - Civil Law Act 1956, s. 26(2), (4) - Contracts Act 1950, ss. 24, 31 Striking out - Counterclaim - Counterclaim made against first plaintiff alone - Whether application to strike out counterclaim could be made against second and third plaintiffs jointly - Whether all plaintiffs entitled to be heard in course of justice - Failure to invoke O. 18 r. 19(1)(a) Rules of Court 2012 - Whether fatal COMPANY LAW Derivative action - Double derivative actions - Commencement of common law derivative action in Malaysia against company incorporated in England - Whether permission of English High Court required before filing suit in Malaysia Derivative action - Fraud on minority - Double derivative action and multiple derivative actions - Interest of justice - Safeguarding interest of company and shareholders - Whether double derivative actions and multiple derivative actions could be filed in Malaysia - Whether necessary in interest of justice to safeguard interest of company and shareholders Derivative action - Leave - Leave to commence common law derivative action - Whether leave of Malaysian court required before commencement of a common law derivative suit against Malaysian company CONTRACT Formation - Subject to contract - Draft lease agreement - Whether an offer simpliciter could be revoked by a counter offer - Whether terms of agreement negotiated fit for execution - Whether parties reached consensus ad idem - Whether contract prima facie concluded - Unilateral act of one party seeking to withdraw from agreement - Whether amounted to breach of obligations Joint venture - Joint venture agreement (`JVA') - Termination - Shipment of goods delivered prior to termination of JVA - Price of goods sold not determined in JVA - Whether price of goods sold should be wholesale price, agreed price under joint venture or ex-factory price - Whether plaintiffs returned unsold goods within reasonable time - Whether plaintiffs deemed to have appropriated goods - Whether plaintiffs liable for diminution in value of returned goods Specific performance - Refusal to grant - Appeal against - Draft lease agreement - Whether an offer simpliciter could be revoked by a counter offer - Whether terms of agreement negotiated fit for execution - Whether parties reached consensus ad idem - Whether contract prima facie concluded - Whether specific performance of lease agreement should be granted DAMAGES Quantum - Appeal against quantum - Fracture of pubic tubercle - Award of damages based on itemised injuries in each segment of bones surrounding pelvis - Whether damages awarded excessive - Whether pelvic injuries ought to be considered as one - Whether global sum should be awarded EVIDENCE Judicial notice - Foreign law - Opinions on English law - Judicial notice of opinions on English law - Evidence Act 1950, s. 57(1)(b) LAND LAW Caveat - Registrar's caveat - Application for removal of caveats - Registrar lodged caveats against lands upon official request by police - Whether land owners charged with criminal offence - Whether under any police investigation - Failure to disclose police report justifying lodgement of caveats - Whether fatal - Whether caveats maintainable in law TORT Damages - Negligence - Medical negligence - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Claim for general, special and future damages - Whether quantum of damages awarded appropriate and justified Defamation - Defamatory statements - Appointment of debt collector by defendant to collect amount owed by plaintiff - Debt collector issued flyers referring plaintiff as cheat - Relationship between defendant and debt collector - Whether debt collector an independent contractor - Whether defendant vicariously liable for defamation - Whether defendants participated in defamation Negligence - Medical negligence - Claim for damages - Infant suffered from quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy from child birth and treatment at hospital - Assessment of future loss and damage - Standard of proof - Whether on a balance of probabilities - Whether trial judge placed strict proof or specific proof as basis for claim for future damage - Whether resulted in huge reduction in compensation - Whether sum awarded appropriate and justified INDEKS PERKARA KONTRAK Perjanjian jual beli tanah - Tanah Rizab Melayu - Pembelian tanah oleh orang bukan Melayu - Prasyarat perjanjian jual beli - Pembatalan Tanah Rizab Melayu - Penyerahan hak milik daftar asal tanpa endorsmen Tanah Rizab Melayu - Sama ada prasyarat dipenuhi oleh plaintif - Sama ada defendan harus menyerahkan hak milik baru kepada plaintif - Sama ada perjanjian sah menurut undang-undang - Sama ada plaintif berhak ke atas ganti rugi - Akta Kontrak 1950, s. 24 UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH Rizab Melayu - Pembelian Tanah Rizab Melayu - Prasyarat perjanjian jual beli - Pembatalan Tanah Rizab Melayu - Penyerahan hak milik daftar asal tanpa endorsmen Tanah Rizab Melayu - Sama ada prasyarat dipenuhi oleh plaintif - Sama ada defendan harus menyerahkan hak milik baru kepada plaintif - Sama ada perjanjian sah menurut undang-undang |
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