AMBER COURT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION v 1. ) Lonely Planet Inn Sdn. Bhd. 2. ) Joann Wen Law 3. ) Ong Phaik Kooi (Mendakwa Sebagai Seorang Wasi & Wakil Kepada Si Mati, Law Nam Poh (No. K/p: 501006-08-5099) 4. ) Law Wey Ann 5. ) Ong Phaik Kooi 6. ) Law Kim Loon 7. ) Ong Chin Ee 8. ) Teoh Yong Yong 9. ) Tee Soon Hin 10. ) Amber Green Sdn. Bhd.

w-02ncvcw-1499-08-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 9 February 2026 • W-02(NCvC)(W)-1499-08/2024 • 20 min read
8 cases cited (0 SG, 8 foreign)

Catchwords

Contract - Claim for supply of treated water - Whether Water Services Industry Act 2006 governed Water Supply Agreement - Whether absence of licence rendered the agreement illegal - Whether Appellant still liable to pay for water consumed - Contracts Act 1950 section 66 Contract - Claim for supply of treated water - Whether Judge had erred in allowing Respondents to deduct or set off water charges due from the Appellant against the maintenance charges - Whether such set-off was permitted under the Strata Management Act 2013 - Whether such set-off was an equitable one Contract - Claim for supply of treated water - Whether Judge had erred in dismissing Appellant's Counterclaim - Whether Appellant had proved its Counterclaim

Practice Areas

Contract

Judges (3)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Coram Evrol Mariette Peters Delivered Ismail bin Brahim Coram

Counsel (13)

Alvin John & Partners Firm Kin Jong & Co Firm Alvin John Counsel Respondent Amanda John Counsel Respondent Bernard Liew Kin Jong Counsel Appellant Hoon Qian Ying Counsel Appellant Isaac Pereira Counsel Respondent James Lopez a/l Marshall Lopez Counsel Appellant Lee Wan Wei Counsel Appellant Selvarajah Sivalingam Counsel Appellant Selwyn Das Counsel Appellant Sharan Chandran Counsel Respondent Tan Li Shern Counsel Respondent

Parties (10)

AMBER COURT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION Appellant Amber Green Sdn Bhd Respondent LONELY PLANET INN Sdn Bhd Respondent Joann Wen Law Respondent Law Kim Loon Respondent Law Wey Ann Respondent Ong Chin Ee Respondent Ong Phaik Kooi Respondent Tee Soon Hin Respondent Teoh Yong Yong Respondent

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act
s 66
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 103
Strata Titles Act 1985 (Cap 318)

Cases Cited (8)

UK (1)
[1947] AC 487
MY (7)
[1985] 1 CLJ 62 [1996] 2 MLJ 517 [1996] 3 CLJ 163 [2010] 9 CLJ 785 [2020] 10 CLJ 1 [2021] 2 CLJ 441 [2021] 3 CLJ 301

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