Universiti Malaya (UM) v ESA JURUTERA PERUNDING SDN. BHD.

01i-20-07-2024w Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 13 May 2025 • 01(i)-20-07/2024(W) • 134 min read

48 cases cited (2 SG, 46 foreign)

Catchwords

Arbitration clause; conduct; express reservation; extension of time; Ford's Hotel Company; holistic approach; notice to produce documents referred to in pleadings; obiter dicta; other steps; Sanwell; stay of proceedings; subsection 10(1); UNCITRAL; unequivocal intention; unreported decision; waiver; Yeo Eng Lam.

Judges (3)

Ahmad Terrirudin bin Mohd Salleh Delivered Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim Coram Zabariah binti Mohd Yusof Coram

Counsel (8)

G. Ragumaren & Co Firm Wong Kian Kheong Firm Anantha Krishnan Counsel Respondent Darryl Ragumaren Counsel Respondent Farhanah Jahn Counsel Respondent Karen Lee Foong Voon Counsel Appellant Ragumaren Gopal Counsel Respondent See Yen Lin Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

ESA JURUTERA PERUNDING Sdn Bhd Respondent Universiti Malaya Appellant

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act

s 6(1)

Arbitration Act 1889

s 4

Arbitration Act 1952

s 6

Arbitration Act 1979

s 1

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)

s 10 s 10(1)

Fire Services Act 1988

s 33

Rules of Court 2012

Singapore Arbitration Act 2001

s 6(1)

United Kingdom Arbitration Act 1889

s 4

Cases Cited (48)

SLR (2)

[2008] 4 SLR 460 [2014] 1 SLR 724

UK (19)

[1891] 2 QB 252 [1893] 2 Ch 486 [1894] 2 Ch 478 [1896] AC 1 [1898] 2 Ch 92 [1913] AC 241 [1918] 1 KB 358 [1923] 2 KB 202 [1926] Ch 371 [1939] 3 All ER 353 [1940] 1 All ER 151 [1944] KB 718 [1949] 2 KB 481 [1967] 2 All ER 850 [1978] 2 All ER 254 [1982] AC 724 [1985] 1 WLR 898 [1985] 2 All ER 34 [1986] AC 1

AU (1)

[2007] HCA 22

MY (26)

[1986] 1 MLJ 347 [1991] 3 MLJ 309 [1994] 2 MLJ 97 [1997] 4 CLJ 645 [1998] 1 MLJ 1 [1998] 7 MLJ 691 [2002] 2 MLJ 625 [2002] 3 CLJ 213 [2003] 1 MLJ 304 [2010] 3 CLJ 634 [2010] 3 MLJ 656 [2012] 4 MLJ 573 [2012] 5 CLJ 120 [2015] 11 MLJ 485 [2016] 5 MLJ 417 [2018] 8 CLJ 394 [2019] 7 MLJ 59 [2019] 9 CLJ 763 [2019] MLJU 347 [2020] 3 MLJ 545 [2020] 4 CLJ 301 [2020] 4 MLJ 835 [2022] 2 MLJ 971 [2023] 4 MLJ 1 [2024] 4 CLJ 243 [2024] 4 MLJ 474

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.

Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (01i-20-07-2024w)