LEIKA SDN BHD v TM TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SDN BHD (yang telah mengambilalih hak-hak, aset-aset dan liabiliti-liabiliti Telekom Malaysia Berhad melalui Perintah Mahkamah bertarikh 21.2.2023)

ba-12bncvc-34-06-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 4 January 2026 • BA-12BNCvC-34-06/2025 • 7 min read
7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Negligence — Damage to underground telecommunication cable — Excavation works — Whether contractor liable for damage to underground utilities — Circumstantial evidence of causation — No alternative cause shown — Inference of negligence — Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Panareno Sdn Bhd Evidence — Res ipsa loquitur — Application of doctrine — Damage to underground cable occurring during excavation works — Whether occurrence ordinarily happens without negligence — Control of site by contractor — Evidential burden shifting to defendant — Teoh Guat Looi v Ng Hong Guan Evidence — Documentary evidence — Operational records and contemporaneous business documents — Admissibility and evidential weight — Documents explained by witness — Whether documents constituted hearsay — Recaliva Design Steel (M) Sdn Bhd v Vista Access Sdn Bhd Evidence — Adverse inference — Failure to call material witnesses — Site supervisors and personnel responsible for utility verification not called — Whether court entitled to draw inference against defendant — Munusamy v Public Prosecutor Damages — Repair costs — Damage to telecommunication infrastructure — Whether claim included upgrading works — Proof through invoices, work orders and supporting documents — Mestika Bistari Sdn Bhd v Telekom Malaysia Bhd Appeal — Interference with findings of fact — Appellate court approach — Whether trial judge misdirected on law or made findings unsupported by evidence — Deference to trial court’s evaluation of evidence — Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat v Wendy Tan Lee Peng — Tengku Dato’ Ibrahim Petra v Petra Perdana Bhd Civil procedure — Appeal from Sessions Court — Appellate court declining to re-evaluate facts — Appeal dismissed — Judgment of Sessions Court affirmed

Judges (1)

Asmah binti Musa Delivered

Counsel (5)

Othman Hashim & Co Firm Owee & Co Firm Lim Jia Xian Counsel Appellant Lim Kim Lai Counsel Respondent Owee Chia Ming Counsel Appellant

Parties (1)

LEIKA Sdn Bhd Appellant

Cases Cited (7)

UK (1)
[1971] 1 WLR 749
MY (6)
[1987] 1 MLJ 492 [1998] 4 MLJ 525 [2008] 6 MLJ 604 [2017] 1 MLJ 197 [2019] 11 MLJ 795 [2020] 12 MLJ 67

Judgment

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