Public Bank Berhad v Bukit Baru Villas Sdn Bhd

w-02ncvcw-1851-11-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 14 May 2025 • W-02(NCvC)(W)-1851-11/2023 • 46 min read
51 cases cited (0 SG, 51 foreign)

Catchwords

Banking, mandate, forged cheques, sections 24, 73A and 95 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1949; bank's duty of care; reasonable and prudent banker; whether bank acted in good faith; expert evidence; whether expert's failure to examine original specimen signature cards undermined reliability of opinion; limitation section 29 of the Limitation Act 1953; whether limitation period postponed until forged cheques discovered.

Judges (3)

Azimah binti Omar Coram Faizah binti Jamaludin Delivered Lee Swee Seng Coram

Counsel (8)

Bodipalar & Partners Firm Shook Lin & Bok Firm Farah Aqila binti Mustafa Counsel Respondent Fiona Mathilda Bodipalar Counsel Respondent Hanna Mathews Counsel Respondent Lai Xuenwei Counsel Respondent Samuel Tan Lih Yau Counsel Appellant Sanjiv Naddan Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Bukit Baru Villas Sdn Bhd Respondent PUBLIC BANK BERHAD Appellant

Statutes Cited

Bills of Exchange Act 1949
s 24
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 45
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
s 29
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (51)

UK (6)
[1985] 2 All ER 947 [1986] 1 AC 80 [1992] 4 All ER 363 [1992] 4 All ER 409 [1995] 2 AC 378 [1995] 3 All ER 97
MY (45)
[1993] 1 AMR 612 [1993] 1 MLJ 182 [1993] 2 CLJ 31 [1995] 2 MLJ 770 [1995] 3 AMR 2375 [1995] 3 CLJ 639 [1997] 1 AMR 797 [1997] 1 CLJ 406 [1997] 1 MLJ 288 [1997] 2 CLJ 153 [1997] 3 AMR 3012 [1997] 3 MLJ 61 [2004] 4 CLJ 309 [2004] 6 AMR 781 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2006] 3 AMR 629 [2006] 3 CLJ 1 [2006] 5 MLJ 1 [2009] 1 MLRH 113 [2009] 10 CLJ 248 [2009] 5 AMR 488 [2009] MLJU 568 [2010] 6 CLJ 530 [2011] 4 MLJ 651 [2012] 4 AMR 428 [2012] 4 CLJ 997 [2012] 9 MLJ 336 [2013] 1 MLJ 507 [2013] 2 CLJ 753 [2013] 5 CLJ 810 [2013] AMEJ 0156 [2014] 1 AMR 418 [2014] 2 CLJ 445 [2014] 2 MLJ 799 [2014] 4 CLJ 510 [2014] 7 MLJ 104 [2014] AMEJ 1467 [2014] MLJU 01924 [2015] 1 CLJ 1056 [2015] MLJU 2073 [2016] 2 CLJ 158 [2020] 10 CLJ 1 [2020] 12 MLJ 67 [2020] 8 AMR 227 [2022] MLJU 2758

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