TOP SPEED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD. v VMALL ENTERPRISE SDN. BHD.

ba-22ncvc-250-06-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 9 April 2026 • BA-22NCvC-250-06/2022 • 23 min read
14 cases cited (0 SG, 14 foreign)

Catchwords

Landlord and tenant — Monthly tenancy — Expiry of written tenancy agreement — Continued occupation after expiry — Continued payment and acceptance of rent — Whether post-expiry occupation gave rise to lawful monthly tenancy — Whether all terms of expired tenancy agreement continued to apply Landlord and tenant — Notice to quit — Alleged notice to quit embedded in letter offering temporary occupation licence — Whether notice clear and unambiguous — Whether seven days’ notice sufficient for large commercial premises — Whether notice invalid for insufficiency and ambiguity Landlord and tenant — Double rental — Claim under s 28(4)(a) Civil Law Act 1956 — Whether landlord clearly demanded possession and elected to impose double rental — Effect of subsequent acceptance of rent and issuance of rental invoices — Whether claim for double rental sustainable Landlord and tenant — Deposit — Security deposit and utilities deposit — Forfeiture — Whether forfeiture clauses in expired written tenancy governed subsequent monthly tenancy — Whether landlord entitled to retain deposits — Counterclaim for return of deposits Evidence — Contemporaneous documents — Relative weight vis-à-vis oral testimony — Witness confusion and demeanour — Whether documentary correspondence and invoices more probative than uncertain oral answers

Judges (1)

Asmah binti Musa Delivered

Counsel (6)

AU & Partners Firm Richard Law & Co. Firm Chia Wen Chow Counsel Defendant Muhammad Syafiz bin Abdullah Counsel Defendant Siet Yi Heng Counsel Plaintiff Zawawi Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

TOP SPEED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Sdn Bhd Plaintiff VMALL ENTERPRISE Sdn Bhd Defendant

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956
s 28(4)(a)
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
s 71

Cases Cited (14)

MY (14)
[1960] 1 MLJ 8 [1961] 27 MLJ 73 [1965] 1 MLJ 230 [1966] 2 MLJ 121 [1968] 2 MLJ 126 [1976] 1 MLJ 166 [1980] 1 MLJ 279 [1980] 2 MLJ 214 [1996] 5 MLJ 646 [2004] 3 MLJ 405 [2010] 9 CLJ 785 [2016] MLJU 372 [2018] 11 MLJ 684 [2020] 1 MLJ 557

Judgment

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