BETTER POWER SDN BHD v AGV OFFSHORE SDN BHD

ba-24c-54-09-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 January 2026 • BA-24C-54-09/2025 • 23 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Construction law — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) — Adjudication decision — Application to set aside — Application to enforce — Whether adjudicator acted in excess of jurisdiction — Whether breach of natural justice established — Whether adjudicator failed to consider material evidence — Whether adjudicator entitled to adopt own methodology in valuation of works — Distinction between jurisdictional error and error on merits — Temporary finality of adjudication decision

Practice Areas

Construction law

Judges (1)

Shahriza Zalina binti Abdul Shukor Delivered

Counsel (6)

CAL VIN, HONG & PARTNERS Firm Malek, Gan & Partners Firm Chew Calvin Counsel Respondent Lee Hui Ming Counsel Respondent Nadesh Ganabaskaran Counsel Applicant Nurul Hibbah Abd Khalid Counsel Applicant

Parties (2)

AGV OFFSHORE Sdn Bhd Respondent BETTER POWER Sdn Bhd Applicant

Statutes Cited

Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012

s 28

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (6)

MY (6)

[2015] MLJU 941 [2016] MLJU 1776 [2017] MLJU 242 [2017] MLJU 47 [2020] 7 MLJ 482 [2022] MLJU 2641

Judgment

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