1. ) ARWIN SHANT A/L MURALI KRISHNAN 2. ) VIGNESWARY A/P SIMMACHALAM 3. ) S VIJAYALACHEMY A/P R SUBRAMANIAM v MISC BERHAD

wa-11ancvc-50-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 29 January 2026 • WA-11ANCvC-50-10/2025 • 28 min read
15 cases cited (0 SG, 15 foreign)

Catchwords

Contract — Cadetship agreement — Breach by failure to report for duty — Liability of cadet and sureties Limitation of Actions — Limitation Act 1953, s.6(1)(a) — Cause of action accrues upon breach — Whether “upon demand” clause defers accrual — Claim commenced more than six years after breach — Action statute-barred Construction of Contract — “Upon demand” clause — Whether condition precedent to liability or enforcement — Distinction between liability and enforcement — Clauses 6 and 7.3 of agreement construed together Guarantee — Nature of secondary liability — Applicability outside guarantee context distinguished Burden of Proof — Limitation pleaded as defence — Burden on claimant to prove claim within limitation period — Failure to exhibit agreement or demand letter Public Policy — Purpose of limitation statutes — Certainty and finality — Prevention of stale claims — Indefinite postponement of accrual not permitted Equity — Laches — Inordinate and unexplained delay — Section 32 Limitation Act 1953 — Equitable jurisdiction to refuse relief notwithstanding statutory limitation period Civil Procedure — Striking out — Order 18 rule 19(1)(b) & (d) Rules of Court 2012 — Statement of claim plainly unsustainable in law — Duty of court to terminate statute-barred actions early

Practice Areas

Contract Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Moh Kok Wai Delivered

Counsel (5)

Ariff & Co Firm Prakash & Co Firm Nur Syafina Nasir Counsel Respondent Prakash Chandrakant Counsel Appellant Shashikala Anne Counsel Appellant

Parties (4)

MISC BERHAD Respondent Arwin Shant a/l Murali Krishnan Appellant S Vijayalachemy a/p R Subramaniam Appellant Vigneswary a/p Simmachalam Appellant

Statutes Cited

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
s 32

Cases Cited (15)

UK (1)
[1897] 1 QB 702
MY (14)
[1987] 2 MLJ 1 [1989] 2 CLJ 1288 [1989] 3 MLJ 155 [1991] 1 MLJ 409 [1996] 2 CLJ 753 [1996] 2 MLJ 188 [2001] 3 CLJ 98 [2004] 3 CLJ 96 [2004] 3 MLJ 38 [2013] MLJU 1564 [2015] 1 MLJ 490 [2018] MLJU 510 [2023] MLJU 2338 [2024] MLJU 3389

Judgment

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