REGAL ELITE LETRIK SDN BHD v COUNTRY GARDEN DANGA BAY SDN BHD PIHAK KETIGA 1. ) ISKANDAR WATERFRONT SDN BHD 2. ) PEMBINAAN KS TEBRAU SDN BHD 3. ) LEADER HARVEST CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD
ja-22ncvc-64-05-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 29 October 2025 • JA-22NCvC-64-05/2021 • 37 min read
8 cases cited
(1 SG, 7 foreign)
Catchwords
1. Plaintiff’s RM1,620,546.02 claim for rectification. 2. 33kV cable failure on 4 June 2015 (Country Garden Danga Bay). 3. Defendant denies liability; alleges deviation from approved route. 4. Contract: Letter of Award (Clauses 6.1, 17.3, 17.4, 20.2, 23.4). 5. No as-built survey; contractor conceded no coordinate verification. 6. Tripartite shop drawing (20 March 2015) = approved route. 7. Cable deviated to drainage corridor (Sections 8-9) - latent defect. 8. Immediate cause: third-party pipe-jacking; underlying cause: deviation. 9. Works within Defects Liability Period - contractor’s rectification duty. 10. Quantum meruit (s.71 Act 136) rejected - remedial works contractual. 11. Plaintiff’s quantum unproven; claimed sum implausible and incorrectly priced. 12. Claim dismissed in entirety; costs RM60,000.
Judges (1)
Statutes Cited
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
Cases Cited (8)
SG (1)
[2020] SGCA 86
UK (1)
[1996] AC 344
MY (6)
[1983] 1 CLJ 256 [2009] 2 MLJ 546 [2013] MLJU 284 [2015] 9 CLJ 1002 [2018] 4 MLJ 432 [2025] 1 MLJ 864
Judgment
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