LAKEFRONT RESIDENCE SDN BHD v 1. ) ANG SOK CHOO 2. ) LEE HAI PING 3. ) LEE THIN YOW 4. ) SAK YOKE MENG 5. ) TAM KWEE THAI 6. ) TEH HUI BOON 7. ) YAP HAN CHONG 8. ) SHIRLEY TEO
wa-12ancvc-132-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 24 March 2026 • WA-12ANCvC-132-10/2025 • 30 min read
8 cases cited
(0 SG, 8 foreign)
Catchwords
• Housing Development — Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Computation of LAD under statutory sale and purchase agreements — Whether time runs from date of booking fee or date of execution of SPA — Consumer protection under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Application of PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah [2021] 2 MLJ 60 — Distinction from Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd [2024] 5 MLJ 897. • Contract — Statutory Sale and Purchase Agreement (Schedule H) — Clause 25(1) and Clause 27(1) — “From the date of this Agreement” — Construction in light of booking fee paid prior to SPA — Whether developer may rely on literal wording — Protective purpose of Act 118. • Illegality — Pleadings — Whether illegality must be specifically pleaded — Sufficiency of pleadings alleging payment of booking fee — Distinction between material facts and legal argument — Application of Yow Man Kong @ Senthil Kumar v Ghandirajan a/l Arjunan [2023] 5 MLJ 64. • Limitation — Cause of action for LAD — Limitation Act 1953, s 6(1)(a) — Cause of action accrues upon delivery of vacant possession — Distinction between challenge to validity of SPA clauses (Obata-Ambak) and computation of LAD (PJD Regency). • *Estoppel — Whether purchasers estopped from invoking PJD Regency principle — Effect of admission that SPA terms not challenged — Whether developer may rely on own breach of regulation 11(2) HDR 1989 — Consumer protection policy. • Civil Procedure — Joinder of plaintiffs — Order 15 rule 4 ROC 2012 — Purchasers of units in same development — Common question of law — Aggregate claim exceeding RM100,000 — Jurisdiction of Sessions Court — Whether abuse of process.
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (6)
Statutes Cited
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
Limitation Act
s 6(1)
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
Rules of Court 2012
Subordinate Courts Act 1948 (Cap 92)
s 65(1)
Cases Cited (8)
MY (8)
[2019] MLJU 1290 [2020] 1 MLJ 281 [2021] 2 MLJ 60 [2022] 10 MLJ 800 [2022] MLJU 1619 [2022] MLJU 808 [2023] 5 MLJ 64 [2024] 5 MLJ 897
Judgment
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