WEALTH PLATEAU SDN BHD v WONG YIP CHEE

wa-11bncvc-46-07-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 5 January 2026 • WA-11BNCvC-46-07/2024 • 16 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Housing Development — Sale and Purchase Agreement — Booking fee — Illegality of collection — Commencement date for calculation of liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Whether booking fee date or SPA execution date applies — Protective nature of Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and Regulations — Federal Court authority in PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah applied — Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd distinguished. Contract — Deeming provisions — Notice of vacant possession — Service by registered post — Legal fiction of deemed delivery — Whether purchaser’s denial of receipt sufficient to rebut presumption — Conclusive effect of deeming clauses — Authorities considered. Liquidated Ascertained Damages — Late delivery of vacant possession — Calculation of delay period — 80 days delay established — Quantum of damages — Correct application of SPA clauses — Magistrate’s calculation affirmed. Civil Procedure — Appeal — Grounds of appeal — Whether Magistrate erred in law and fact — Findings of fact and law upheld — Appeal dismissed with costs.

Practice Areas

Housing Development Contract Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Moh Kok Wai Delivered

Counsel (6)

Akmar & Co Firm Arifin & Partners Firm Dayang Nurfatriah binti Munir Counsel Appellant James Ng Kean Yip Counsel Respondent Tay Yeong Hui Counsel Respondent Wan Elya Nadiah binti Wan Azizi Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

WEALTH PLATEAU Sdn Bhd Appellant Wong Yip Chee Respondent

Statutes Cited

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

Cases Cited (6)

UK (1)

[1917] 1 KB 832

MY (5)

[1997] MLJU 264 [2020] 1 MLJ 281 [2021] 2 MLJ 60 [2021] MLJU 2089 [2024] 5 MLJ 897

Judgment

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