MAKEWAY CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v COUNTRY HEIGHTS SMART LIVING SDN BHD

ba-22c-21-07-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 7 May 2026 • BA-22C-21-07/2025 • 14 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Judgment in Default of Appearance — Application to set aside regular judgment — Whether writ and statement of claim validly served on corporation by registered post to registered office — Whether defendant established bona fide defence on merits — Defendant relying on limitation and defective works — Repeated confirmations of balance acknowledging debt after expiry of original limitation period — Whether acknowledgment revived cause of action under ss. 26(2) and 28(4) of the Limitation Act 1953 — Whether confirmation of balance constituted clear acknowledgment of debt — Whether claim remained statute-barred — Whether allegations of defective works and set-off disclosed triable issue — Order 62 r.4(1)(b), Rules of Court 2012 — Sections 26(2) and 28(4), Limitation Act 1953.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Shahriza Zalina binti Abdul Shukor Delivered

Counsel (5)

Adrian & Co. Firm Sua & Co. Firm Adrian a/l Silvarajoo Counsel Defendant Nur Amalina binti Mohamad Rosli Counsel Defendant Polwin Sua Shiang-Nian Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

COUNTRY HEIGHTS SMART LIVING Sdn Bhd Defendant MAKEWAY CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (6)

UK (2)

[1937] AC 478 [1954] 2 All ER 52

MY (4)

[1972] 2 MLJ 211 [1997] 3 CLJ 305 [2014] MLJU 1895 [2018] 10 MLJ 289

Judgment

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