UNIVERSAL CITY EDUCATION SDN. BHD. v U.C.I EDUCATION SDN. BHD.
ba-22ncvc-266-07-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 July 2025 • BA-22NCvC-266-07/2022 • 20 min read
14 cases cited
(1 SG, 13 foreign)
Catchwords
CONTRACT: The plaintiff is suing the defendant for an unpaid referral fee or commission of RM2,241,800 related to students recruited in 2020, 2021, and 2022, based on an alleged oral agreement between the parties - The defendant owns and operates City University Malaysia, a university that offers higher education opportunities, including management training programs and other internal courses - In 2020, the defendant appointed Eye Knowledge Sdn Bhd through an agency agreement dated 11.02.2020 to provide student recruitment services for City University Malaysia - Eye Knowledge has, in turn, engaged and appointed the plaintiff under a Student Recruitment Agency Agreement dated 01.07.2020 (“SRA 2020”) to provide student recruitment services for City University Malaysia - Eye Knowledge has subsequently instructed and authorised the defendant to make payments on its behalf to the plaintiff, as specified in SRA 2020, for students recruited by the plaintiff for City University Malaysia - Whether the plaintiff at all material times has been a student recruitment agent for the defendant - Whether there is a contract between the plaintiff and the defendant for student recruitment services in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 - Whether the plaintiff has any basis to claim against the defendant for the quantum of RM 2,241,800.00 as commission for students recruited in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 - Whether the plaintiff is entitled to claim against the defendant under unjust enrichment for student recruitment services rendered in years 2020, 2021 and 2022 - Whether the plaintiff is entitled to restitution from the defendant under Section 71 of the Contracts Act 1950 for the student recruitment services rendered in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleading - The plaintiff’s claim is based on an oral contract - Whether the plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded its case for and/or to support the allegations of an oral contract with the defendant for student recruitment services in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022? EVIDENCE LAW: Burden of proof - Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950.
Judges (1)
Counsel (5)
Case Significance
UNIVERSAL CITY EDUCATION SDN. BHD. v U.C.I EDUCATION SDN. BHD. is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated July 23, 2025 (citation: ba-22ncvc-266-07-2022). The case was decided by Hazizah binti Kassim.
Key issues: EVIDENCE LAW: Burden of proof - Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950..
What was the outcome of UNIVERSAL CITY EDUCATION SDN. BHD. v U.C.I EDUCATION SDN. BHD.?
UNIVERSAL CITY EDUCATION SDN. BHD. v U.C.I EDUCATION SDN. BHD. is a High Court decision dated July 23, 2025. The case was heard by Hazizah binti Kassim. See the full judgment for details.
Statutes Cited
Cases Cited (14)
SLR (1)
[2011] 2 SLR 63
UK (3)
[1902] 2 KB 190 [1936] 1 KB 697 [1955] 2 WLR 919
MY (10)
[1939] 1 MLJ 253 [1968] 1 MLJ 170 [1992] 2 MLJ 86 [1998] 1 MLJ 393 [2010] 8 MLJ 189 [2015] 1 MLJ 284 [2017] 4 MLJ 697 [2017] 5 CLJ 418 [2017] 5 MLJ 292 [2017] 8 CLJ 491
Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.
Read on eJudgmentSource: eJudgment (ba-22ncvc-266-07-2022)