LIZAWATI BINTI JAMAL v 1. ) ZAIDA BINTI AHMAD 2. ) MASLAN BIN A. LATIF
Catchwords
Probate and administration — Revocation of grant — Application under s 34 Probate and Administration Act 1959 — Whether grant may be revoked where prior appellate consent order governs administration — Whether “just cause” established — Distinction between administrator and beneficiary — Absence of misconduct or defect in grant — Application dismissed Civil procedure — Consent order — Appellate consent order — Finality of litigation — Whether High Court may set aside consent order recorded in Court of Appeal — Jurisdictional limits — Ex debito justitiae — Whether nullity or vitiating factor shown — Effect of delay — Whether later dissatisfaction or change of legal advice sufficient — Negative Civil procedure — Abuse of process — Collateral attack on superior court order — Whether probate proceedings may be used to circumvent appellate compromise — Impermissible re-litigation — Finality principle upheld Islamic law — Faraid — Syariah court determination — Interaction between civil administration of estate and Syariah distribution — Whether subsequent faraid order affects prior civil consent order — Whether pending Syariah proceedings justify stay of distribution — Negative Equity — Laches — Delay in challenging consent order — Prejudice and finality — Whether delay bars relief — Considered Practice and procedure — Substituted service — Compliance with order for substituted service — Absence of appearance by respondents — Duty of court to scrutinise merits notwithstanding non-appearance Jurisdiction — High Court — Limits of supervisory probate jurisdiction — No power to review or overturn Court of Appeal order — Application not maintainable in substance
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