1. ) DHANRAJ RAM SUBRAMANIAM 2. ) TAN EE LIANG 3. ) ONG KWANG CHIANG 4. ) TAY WAN LIN 5. ) LEE YAW CHUAN 6. ) CHONG PECK WAH 7. ) LIM CHIEW SENG 8. ) LIM YONG YEW 9. ) NA SIR GUAN 10. ) NG HUI LING 11. ) SIAH BENG ENG 12. ) TAN WEI GIE v TANJUNG RATNA SDN BHD
Catchwords
Civil Procedure — Striking out — Order 18 r 19(1)(b), (c) and (d) Rules of Court 2012 — Threshold — Plain and obvious test — Distinction between legally unsustainable claim and triable issue — Partial striking out — Whether court may strike out one cause of action only. Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Bound by pleadings — Failure to plead material facts — Introduction of unpleaded case — Whether permissible — Giga Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd v Yip Chee Seng & Sons Sdn Bhd & Anor applied. Civil Procedure — Evidence — Affidavit evidence — Statements from the Bar — Whether admissible — Requirement that evidence be on oath — Ng Hee Thoong & Anor v Public Bank Bhd; Malayan Banking Bhd v Boo Hock Soon @ Boo Choo Soon applied. Tort — Negligent misrepresentation — Essential elements — Special relationship — Duty of care — Assumption of responsibility — Failure to plead — Whether claim discloses reasonable cause of action — Sim Thong Realty Sdn Bhd v Teh Kim Dar @ Tee Kim; Khutubul Zaman @ Khutubul Jaman bin SNS Bukhari & Anor v TJB Development Sdn Bhd & Anor applied. Contract — Housing development — Sale and purchase agreement — Statutory contract — Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) — Delivery of vacant possession — Whether CCC conclusive — Whether omission of facilities affects validity of delivery — Whether issue triable. Civil Procedure — Evaluation of affidavit evidence — Bare assertions and denials — Whether sufficient to raise triable issue — Bank Negara Malaysia v Mohd Ismail & Ors; Chen Heng Ping & Ors v Intradagang Merchant Bankers (M) Bhd applied. Civil Procedure — Res judicata — Issue estoppel — Constructive res judicata — Henderson v Henderson principle — Requirement of final determination — Whether Tribunal proceedings constitute final adjudication — Whether estoppel established. Civil Procedure — Abuse of process — Re-litigation — Requirement of factual foundation — Whether striking out justified in absence of established finality. Practice and Procedure — Representative action — Order 15 r 12 Rules of Court 2012 — Overlapping claims — Whether affects striking out analysis.
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TANJUNG RATNA Sdn Bhd Defendant Chong Peck Wah Plaintiff Dhanraj Ram Subramaniam Plaintiff Lee Yaw Chuan Plaintiff Lim Chiew Seng Plaintiff Lim Yong Yew Plaintiff Na Sir Guan Plaintiff Ng Hui Ling Plaintiff Ong Kwang Chiang Plaintiff Siah Beng Eng Plaintiff Tan Ee Liang Plaintiff Tan Wei Gie Plaintiff Tay Wan Lin Plaintiff
Judgment
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