TIBIANA PERMAI (M) SDN. BHD. v 1. ) BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA KONDOMINIUM RBC (RIVIERA BAY CONDOMINIUM) 2. ) TRIBUNAL PENGURUSAN STRATA

ma-25-1-01-2026 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 19 May 2026 • MA-25-1-01/2026

Catchwords

Judicial Review — Leave application — Threshold for leave — Whether applicant established arguable case fit for full investigation — Scope of court’s function at leave stage — Whether application frivolous — Rules of Court 2012, O 53 r 3(1) Judicial Review — Strata Management Tribunal — Default award — Application to quash tribunal awards — Whether tribunal acted in breach of natural justice — Whether Borang 1 initiating claim properly served — Whether presumption of service displaced where AR registered post returned to sender — Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 12 Natural Justice — Audi alteram partem — Tribunal proceedings — Default award entered in absence of respondent — Application to set aside refused notwithstanding alleged concession of non-service — Whether tribunal failed to engage with material facts and objections raised Strata Management — Maintenance charges — Basis of calculation — Whether maintenance charges lawfully imposed on square-foot basis instead of share-unit basis — Whether tribunal award contrary to Strata Management Act 2013 and binding appellate authority — Strata Management Act 2013, ss 8, 21, 23 & 25 Strata Management — Joint management body — Statutory powers — Whether joint management body entitled to impose charges beyond statutory mandate — Charges for utilities, quit rent, strata title application, air-conditioning and insurance — Whether tribunal erred in allowing such claims Strata Management — Borang 3 — Accessory parcels — Whether maintenance charges calculated on incorrect number of parcels — Effect of prior Court of Appeal determinations concerning accessory parcels and share units Judicial Review — Stay of execution — Tribunal awards — Whether special circumstances shown — Prima facie error of law — Risk of judicial review rendered nugatory — Existence of overlapping appellate proceedings — Whether stay pending disposal of judicial review should be granted

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