SENG SAN BING v PETER CHARLES SMERLING PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) AFFIN BANK BERHAD 2. ) ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD 3. ) AMBANK (M) BERHAD 4. ) BANK OF AMERICA MALAYSIA BERHAD 5. ) BNP PARIBAS MALAYSIA BERHAD 6. ) CIMB BANK BERHAD 7. ) CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD 8. ) CITIBANK BERHAD 9. ) DEUTSCHE BANK (MALAYSIA) BERHAD 10. ) HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD 11. ) HSBC BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD 12. ) J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK BERHAD 13. ) MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD 14. ) OCBC BANK (MALAYSIA) BERHAD 15. ) PUBLIC BANK...

ba-37g-104-07-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 13 April 2025 • BA-37G-104-07/2024 • 9 min read
21 cases cited (0 SG, 21 foreign)

Catchwords

The Applicant is a Judgment Creditor, having secured a judgment against the Respondent in 2023, thereby rendering the Defendant a Judgment Debtor. To enforce the said judgment, the Judgment Creditor initiated garnishee proceedings against the Judgment Debtor’s accounts in 18 banks, pursuant to Order 49 of the Rules of Court 2012. However, these efforts proved futile when the High Court at Shah Alam, in Suit BA-37G-104-07/2024 (“Suit 104”), declined to grant the garnishee order absolute sought by the Plaintiff. The present dispute specifically concerns the Judgment Creditor and the Sixth Garnishee. Having successfully resisted the Judgment Creditor’s application for a garnishee order absolute before the Shah Alam High Court in Suit 104, the Sixth Garnishee now faces a fresh challenge – an application before this Court by the Judgment Creditor in Enclosure 77, seeking a stay of the decision in Suit 104, pending appeal to the Court of Appeal. At the heart of the matter lies the question of whether this Court has the power to stay the Shah Alam High Court’s refusal in Suit 104 to grant the garnishee order absolute. Put differently, the issue is whether a stay can be granted pursuant to a dismissal order. This overarching issue gives rise to another interrelated question, provided the answer to the predominant issue is in the affirmative: whether there exist special circumstances to warrant the granting of a stay.

Judges (1)

Choong Yeow Choy Delivered

Counsel (7)

Kee Sern, Siu & Huey Firm O S Kim & Associates Firm Boo Honn Chin Counsel Applicant Lau Kee Sern Counsel Third Party Lim Pey Tsyr Counsel Third Party Luqmanul Hakkim bin Roslan Counsel Third Party Ooi Suan Kim Counsel Applicant

Parties (20)

AFFIN BANK BERHAD Garnishee ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD Garnishee AMBANK BERHAD Garnishee BANK OF AMERICA MALAYSIA BERHAD Garnishee BNP PARIBAS MALAYSIA BERHAD Garnishee CIMB BANK BERHAD Garnishee CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD Garnishee CITIBANK BERHAD Garnishee DEUTSCHE BANK BERHAD Garnishee HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD Garnishee HSBC BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD Garnishee J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK BERHAD Garnishee MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD Garnishee OCBC Bank Berhad Garnishee PUBLIC BANK BERHAD Garnishee RHB BANK BERHAD Garnishee STANDARD CHARTERED BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD Garnishee United Overseas Bank Berhad Garnishee Peter Charles Smerling Defendant Seng San Bing Plaintiff

Case Significance

SENG SAN BING v PETER CHARLES SMERLING PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) AFFIN BANK BE... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated April 13, 2025 (citation: ba-37g-104-07-2024). The case was decided by Choong Yeow Choy.

What was the outcome of SENG SAN BING v PETER CHARLES SMERLING PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) AFFIN BANK BE...?

SENG SAN BING v PETER CHARLES SMERLING PIHAK YANG DIGARNIS 1. ) AFFIN BANK BE... is a High Court decision dated April 13, 2025. The case was heard by Choong Yeow Choy. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)
s 73
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (21)

MY (21)
[2002] 3 AMR 2867 [2002] 3 CLJ 380 [2002] 3 MLJ 49 [2003] 3 MLRH 474 [2003] 4 CLJ 1 [2003] 5 AMR 758 [2003] 8 CLJ 8 [2004] 1 MLJ 257 [2004] 4 MLJ 582 [2010] 1 CLJ 429 [2010] 2 AMR 821 [2010] 2 MLJ 141 [2010] 6 AMR 555 [2011] 6 MLJ 575 [2016] 4 MLJ 1 [2016] AMEJ 1317 [2019] 4 CLJ 1 [2019] MLJU 148 [2022] 2 AMR 607 [2022] 3 MLRH 43 [2022] MLJU 8

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ba-37g-104-07-2024)