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

ma-22ncvc-69-10-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 April 2026 • MA-22NCvC-69-10/2024

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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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