1. ) AWA NEW PARTS SDN BHD 2. ) YIP WAI KEAN v 1. ) WINSTON CHIN WENG FAI 2. ) FONG MIN YI 3. ) KHU WENG SHEN 4. ) NG CHUN KIT 5. ) CARSTO GARAGE SDN BHD
wa-12ancc-77-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 December 2024 • WA-12ANCC-77-08/2024 • 21 min read
16 cases cited
(0 SG, 16 foreign)
Catchwords
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Assessment of damages – Injunction – Undertaking as to damages – Whether specific order for assessment required – Whether compliance with Order 37 Rule 1 Rules of Court 2012 – Whether procedural objections waived – Whether assessment can proceed before trial of main action – Whether damages duplicate counterclaim – Whether appellant estopped from raising procedural objections EVIDENCE: Proof of loss – Causation – Quantification of damages – Whether sufficient evidence of losses – Whether liberal assessment appropriate for injunction damages – Whether contemporaneous documents required – Whether losses directly caused by injunction – Whether damages speculative REMEDIES: Damages for wrongful injunction – Mitigation of loss – Reasonable steps to mitigate – Rental costs – Employee salaries – Loss of use of vehicle – Whether respondents took reasonable steps to minimize losses – Whether damages assessment requires full trial – Whether undertaking to court prevents double recovery
Judges (1)
Counsel (6)
Statutes Cited
Rules of Court 2012
Cases Cited (16)
UK (3)
[1932] AC 452 [2008] EWHC 2347 [2015] EWCA Civ 484
MY (13)
[1984] 1 MLJ 130 [1996] 5 MLJ 593 [1997] 3 CLJ 305 [2007] MLJU 21 [2007] MLJU 923 [2010] 5 CLJ 613 [2013] 2 CLJ 936 [2015] 3 CLJ 63 [2018] 11 MLJ 324 [2019] MLJU 1342 [2020] 1 CLJ 839 [2020] 3 CLJ 317 [2024] 3 MLJ 831
Judgment
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