1. ) Abd Razak Bin Mohd Aris 2. ) Yap Chee Wee 3. ) Tan Soon Lee v 1. ) Dato' Lee Su Ha 2. ) BJ Homes Development Sdn Bhd 3. ) Tetuan Sayhan Lim Architect 4. ) Ukur Sekitar Sdn Bhd 5. ) Tetuan Ganesh & Co. 6. ) Lee Kwong Joo 7. ) Yu Eng Huat 8. ) Datin Loke May Kam
2 cases cited
(0 SG, 2 foreign)
Catchwords
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Disposal of case on point of law — Rules of Court 2012, Order 14A and/or Order 33 — Application to determine whether Plaintiffs are competent to proceed as a representative action — Whether question suitable for determination without full trial — Whether determination would finally dispose of the cause or matter — Where material facts are undisputed. CIVIL PROCEDURE: Representative action — Rules of Court 2012, Order 15 rule 12 — Requirements for maintaining representative proceedings — The "same interest" test — Whether there exists a common interest, a common grievance, and a relief beneficial to all members of the class — Palmco Holdings Bhd v Sakapp Commodities (M) Sdn Bhd applied. CIVIL PROCEDURE: Representative action — Competency of representative plaintiffs — Purchasers of a housing development project — Class of persons divided into materially different categories — Purchasers who accepted vacant possession and liquidated damages (LAD) — Purchasers who assigned interests to end-financiers — Purchasers who no longer retained proprietary interest — Whether purchasers constituted a homogenous class — Whether reliefs sought (termination of Sale and Purchase Agreements and voiding of Certificate of Completion and Compliance) were beneficial to the entire class. CONTRACT: Termination — Representative action seeking project-wide termination of Sale and Purchase Agreements — Individual purchasers having previously claimed and accepted Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Whether such affirmation of contract by members of the class precludes a representative claim for termination.
Judges (1)
Counsel (15)
Aaron Pang & Co. Firm Fyiona, Lai & Dennis Thong Firm Ringo Low & Assoc. Firm Robert Low & Ooi Firm Shu Yin, The & Taing Firm Y.Y. Ho & Lee Firm Aaron Pang Kok Kang Counsel Plaintiff Choy Chi Peng Counsel Defendant Edmund Teh Counsel Defendant Fiona Phik-Wy Counsel Defendant Lai Yee Fan Counsel Defendant Lee Tee Kiat Counsel Defendant Nathaniel Low Shern Min Counsel Defendant Ringo Low Counsel Defendant Ryan Ng Chin Wern Counsel Defendant
Parties (11)
BJ Homes Development Sdn Bhd Defendant Tetuan Ganesh & Co Defendant Tetuan Sayhan Lim Architect Defendant Ukur Sekitar Sdn Bhd Defendant Abd Razak bin Mohd Aris Plaintiff Datin Loke May Kam Defendant Dato' Lee Su Ha Defendant Lee Kwong Joo Defendant Tan Soon Lee Plaintiff Yap Chee Wee Plaintiff Yu Eng Huat Defendant
Statutes Cited
Rules of Court 2012
Cases Cited (2)
MY (2)
[2004] 1 MLJ 8 [2015] 9 CLJ 273
Judgment
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