R SIVAKUMAR A/L RAJOO v UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
19 cases cited
(1 SG, 18 foreign)
Catchwords
TORT Negligence — Duty of care — Breach of duty — Causation — Fatal accident — Death of university student in dormitory — Alleged electrocution from defective wall lamp — Independent technical findings by statutory regulator (Energy Commission) — Whether breach of statutory duties under Electricity Supply Act 1990 and Electricity Regulations 1994 — Res ipsa loquitur EVIDENCE Burden of Proof — Balance of probabilities — Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950 — Evaluation of expert and factual evidence — Probative value of medical officer's post-mortem report versus independent statutory regulator's technical findings — Failure to conduct specific forensic tests (metallization test/EDX-SEM) — Premature conclusion of cause of death — Pre-existing medical condition (Myocardial Fibrosis). Adverse Inference — Section 114(g) of the Evidence Act 1950 — Alleged concealment of documents (maintenance records and Fire Department reports) CIVIL PROCEDURE Pleadings — Material facts — Failure to plead material facts in the Statement of Claim — Allegation of unidentified repairman ("Malay male") — Order 18 Rule 7(1) of the Rules of Court 2012 — Litigation by ambush — Inadmissibility of unpleaded evidence DAMAGES Fatal Accident — Wrongful death — Claim by administrator of estate and in personal capacity — Sections 7 and 8 of the Civil Law Act 1956 — Statutory bereavement sum under Section 7(3A). Exemplary Damages — Statutory bar
Counsel (6)
Statutes Cited
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
Rules of Court 2012
Cases Cited (19)
SLR (1)
[2003] 1 SLR 122
UK (2)
[1956] AC 218 [1958] 3 All ER 33
MY (16)
[1974] 1 MLJ 157 [1986] 1 MLJ 490 [1987] 1 MLJ 492 [1997] 3 MLJ 61 [1998] 2 MLJ 294 [2008] MLJU 785 [2015] 1 MLJ 171 [2015] 6 MLJ 810 [2015] 7 MLJ 858 [2017] 4 MLJ 697 [2019] 8 MLJ 331 [2021] 3 MLJ 365 [2022] 10 MLJ 183 [2024] MLJU 3271 [2026] 1 MLJ 172 [2026] 3 MLJ 20
Judgment
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