Era Universe Development Sdn Bhd v KEN LIP CONSTRUCTIONS & TRADING SDN. BHD.

ja-24c-19-08-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 27 August 2024 • JA-24C-19-08/2023 • 28 min read
15 cases cited (0 SG, 15 foreign)

Catchwords

Construction Law – Adjudication – Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) – Application to set aside adjudication decision under s.15(b) and (d) CIPAA – Enforcement of adjudication decision under s.28 CIPAA – Consolidation of proceedings – Whether adjudicator acted in excess of jurisdiction – Whether breach of natural justice - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) — Originating Summons — Parallel applications — OS 19 and OS 21 - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) — Setting aside adjudication decision — Natural justice — Excess of jurisdiction — Fraud — Impartiality — Enforcement of adjudication decision — Section 28 CIPAA 2012 — Order 69A Rule 5 Rules of Court 2012 — Requirements for enforcement — Whether applicant must show absence of grounds for setting aside — Limited discretion of High Court — “Pay now, argue later” principle — Temporary finality — Purpose and object of CIPAA — Upholding adjudicator’s decision unless jurisdictional error or breach of natural justice.

Practice Areas

Construction Law

Judges (1)

Noor Hisham bin Ismail Delivered

Counsel (4)

Azmi Azahar Firm Shobana M & Associates Firm Azmi bin Azahar Counsel Respondent Shobana Mala Krishnan Counsel Applicant

Parties (2)

ERA UNIVERSE DEVELOPMENT Sdn Bhd Applicant KEN LIP CONSTRUCTIONS & TRADING Sdn Bhd Respondent

Statutes Cited

Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (Cap 746)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (15)

UK (2)
[2005] EWHC 778 [2008] EWHC 282
MY (13)
[2005] 5 CLJ 119 [2015] 1 MLJ 1 [2015] 7 CLJ 584 [2017] MLJU 1260 [2017] MLJU 242 [2018] 2 CLJ 163 [2019] 1 CLJ 592 [2019] 2 CLJ 229 [2019] 5 CLJ 479 [2020] MLJU 314 [2023] 2 CLJ 169 [2024] 5 CLJ 16 [2024] 5 CLJ 402

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