MAGNIFICIENT EMPIRE SDN BHD. v MPI GENERALI INSURANS BERHAD

wa-12bncc-5-02-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 14 December 2025 • WA-12BNCC-5-02/2024 • 20 min read

9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

Insurance — Fidelity Guarantee Policy — Fraud or dishonesty of employee — Construction of policy terms — Requirement that act be committed during "uninterrupted continuance of employment" — Loss resulting from encashment of forged cheques after employee’s resignation — Whether theft of cheque books during employment constitutes the policy trigger — Burden of proof — Identification of perpetrator — Standard of appellate intervention.

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Muhammad Adam bin Abdullah Delivered

Counsel (5)

Azim, Tunku Farik & Wong Firm Kevin & Co. Firm Dato' Joshua Kevin Counsel Appellant Intan Maisarah Khir Counsel Appellant Pee Kui Yee Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

MAGNIFICIENT EMPIRE Sdn Bhd Appellant MPI GENERALI INSURANS BERHAD Respondent

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Federal Constitution

Art 5

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

Cases Cited (9)

UK (2)

[1918] AC 350 [1985] 1 WLR 948

MY (7)

[1967] 1 MLJ 61 [1993] 2 MLJ 409 [1994] 3 MLJ 488 [1997] 2 MLJ 373 [2008] 6 MLJ 52 [2010] 7 MLJ 149 [2021] 10 MLJ 43

Judgment

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