1. ) CHEW CHIN THAI 2. ) TEO GEOK KHUAN v PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN KONDOMINIUM SELAT HORIZON

ma-24ncvc-407-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 7 April 2026 • MA-24NCvC-407-10/2025

Catchwords

Strata Management — Strata Management Act 2013 — Section 59 — Management Corporation — Scope of Statutory Duty — Duty to Maintain and Repair — Common Property — Parcel — Distinction between Common Property and Parcel — Legal Characterisation of Structural Elements — Balcony — Roof — Whether Balcony Constitutes Roof — Functional Test vs Legal/Statutory Test — Waterproofing Layer — Inter-floor Leakage — Source of Leakage — Responsibility for Repairs — Allocation of Liability — Form 28 — Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015 — Inspection and Determination — Technical Report — Evidential Weight — Tribunal Findings — Strata Management Tribunal — Tribunal Award — Compliance with Award — Failure to Rectify — Step-in Powers of Management Corporation — Recovery of Costs — Reimbursement of Repair Costs — Invoice and Proof of Payment — Consequential Relief — Interest on Judgment Sum. Civil Procedure — Originating Summons — Declaratory Relief — Indemnity — Damages — Re-characterisation of Cause of Action — Whether Fresh Statutory Claim — Whether Independent Cause of Action — Collateral Attack — Abuse of Process — Relitigation — Fragmentation of Proceedings — Henderson v Henderson Principle — Cause of Action Estoppel — Issue Estoppel — Res Judicata (Narrow and Wider Sense) — Finality of Litigation — Public Policy — Identity of Issues — Identity of Subject Matter — Identity of Parties — Matters Which Ought to Have Been Raised — Whether Tribunal Proceedings and Judicial Review Preclude Subsequent Suit — Effect of Prior High Court Judgment — Effect of Appellate Proceedings — Whether Subsequent Action Barred. Evidence — Technical Evidence — Expert Findings — Absence of Contradictory Evidence — Acceptance of Earlier Findings — Consistency of Documentary Evidence — Tribunal Record — Judicial Review Record — Burden of Proof — Failure to Displace Findings. Remedies — Declaratory Relief — Indemnity — Damages — Recovery of Expenses — Consequential Orders — Reimbursement of RM19,800 Repair Costs — Interest — Costs — Dismissal of Action.

Practice Areas

Strata Management Civil Procedure Evidence Remedies

Judges (1)

Raja Segaran a/l S.krishnan Delivered

Parties (3)

PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN KONDOMINIUM SELAT HORIZON Respondent Chew Chin Thai Applicant Teo Geok Khuan Applicant

Judgment

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