ROSALIND GOH LEE LING v 1. ) GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE (MALAYSIA) BERHAD 2. ) HENG AIK JOON 3. ) TAN YEE VON

ba-22ncc-27-02-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 September 2024 • BA-22NCC-27-02/2022 • 36 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

INSURANCE: Claim-Repudiation-Plaintiff took medical insurance policy from insurer-Claim by Plaintiff under policy for medical treatment and hospitalisation repudiated-Whether Plaintiff failed to make full disclosure of material facts- Whether insurer entitled to repudiate claim- Financial Services Act 2013, Schedule 9, paras 5(1),5(8),6(2)7(8),13; CONTRACT: Contract of insurance-Policy-Non-disclosure- Plaintiff failed to make full disclosure of material facts-Pre-contractual duty of disclosure- -Principle of uberrimae fidei-Whether there was fraudulent non-disclosure and fraudulent misrepresentation-Whether defendants proved on balance of probabilities that plaintiff had committed fraud-Whether contract of insurance null and void- Contract Act 1950; s 17

Judges (1)

Jamhirah binti Ali Delivered

Counsel (9)

Harold & Lam Partnership Firm Ng Kian Nam & Partners Firm Wong Lu Peen & Tunku Alina Firm Andrew Teh Counsel Defendant Harold Tan Kok Leng Counsel Defendant Jessica Wong Yi Sing Counsel Defendant Melvin Kong Jiun Yuan Counsel Plaintiff Ng Kian Nam Counsel Plaintiff Tan Chong Pei Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE BERHAD Defendant Heng Aik Joon Defendant Rosalind Goh Lee Ling Plaintiff Tan Yee Von Defendant

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

s 17

Cases Cited (6)

MY (6)

[1980] 2 MLJ 136 [2006] 1 MLJ 710 [2006] 3 MLJ 1 [2011] 8 MLJ 556 [2015] 7 CLJ 584 [2020] 9 CLJ 435

Judgment

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