FTC HOLDING SDN BHD v 1. ) ISARB MEDIA SDN BHD 2. ) ISA BIN BATHARUL ZAMAN

ba-22ncvc-500-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 22 December 2025 • BA-22NCvC-500-10/2025 • 6 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Arbitration — Arbitration clause — Court proceedings commenced despite arbitration agreement — Whether dispute should be referred to arbitration — Whether court retains jurisdiction to grant interim relief — Preservation of subject matter pending arbitration — Arbitration Act 2005 — Minimal court intervention — Federal Court authority — Press Metal Sarawak Sdn Bhd v Etiqa Takaful Bhd — Utra Holdings Bhd v ICB Islamic Bank Bhd Injunction — Interim injunction — Freezing order (Mareva injunction) — Application initially granted ex parte — Inter-parte hearing — Whether injunction should be maintained, varied or set aside — Principles governing interlocutory injunction — Serious question to be tried — Adequacy of damages — Balance of convenience — American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd — Keet Gerald Francis Noel John v Mohd Noor Abdullah Injunction — Freezing order — Proportionality — Whether injunction should exceed amount claimed — Court’s duty to ensure order not oppressive or punitive — Freezing order limited to sum claimed — Zainal Abidin bin Mohd Hassan v Century Engineering Sdn Bhd — The Siskina Civil procedure — Interlocutory applications — Applications heard together — Ex parte injunction converted to inter-parte hearing — Court declining to determine merits at interlocutory stage Contract — Commercial agreement — Payment made under agreement — Alleged illegality or frustration following regulatory intervention — Restitutionary claim — Issues reserved for arbitral tribunal Practice and procedure — Interim measures in aid of arbitration — Court preserving assets pending arbitration — Whether court order necessary to prevent arbitral proceedings being rendered nugatory Costs — Costs in the cause

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Judges (1)

Asmah binti Musa Delivered

Counsel (7)

Chambers of Aminahtul Mardiah Firm ISARB Media Sdn Bhd Firm Adrian Ng Chen Huat Counsel Defendant Calvin Khoo Counsel Defendant Nur Aminatul Mardiah Counsel Plaintiff Nur Izzati Hafieza binti Ismail Counsel Plaintiff Puteri Aiunaa Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

FTC HOLDING Sdn Bhd Plaintiff ISARB MEDIA Sdn Bhd Defendant Isa bin Batharul Zaman Defendant

Cases Cited (6)

UK (2)

[1975] AC 396 [1979] AC 210

MY (4)

[1995] 1 MLJ 193 [1996] 3 MLJ 560 [2016] 1 MLJ 257 [2016] 5 MLJ 417

Judgment

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