1. ) Lee Koon Kit (Menuntut Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Lee Sang - K/P-541018105815) 2. ) Yuan Yoke Kiew (Menuntut Sebagai Orang Tanggungan Lee Sang - No. K/P-541018105815) v 1. ) Er Zhi Ning 2. ) Yong Yee Sien
wa-12bncvc-54-06-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 December 2025 • WA-12BNCvC-54-06/2025 • 25 min read
2 cases cited
(0 SG, 2 foreign)
Catchwords
Fatal Accidents — Civil Law Act 1956, s. 7 — Claim for loss of dependency — Status of claimant as lawful wife — Customary marriage predating Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 — Burden of proof — Failure to adduce cogent evidence of marriage — Identity cards of children insufficient proof — Claim dismissed Fatal Accidents — Civil Law Act 1956, s. 7(3)(iv)(a) — Deceased having attained the age of sixty years — Statutory bar on loss of earnings after death — Plain and grammatical construction of statute — No exception for gainfully employed persons — Jennifer Anne Harper v Timothy Theseira applied Fatal Accidents — Civil Law Act 1956, s. 8(2) — Survivable cause of action — Claim for outstanding balance of housing loan — Deceased not a party to loan agreement — No legal liability to repay debt — Claim based on "legitimate expectation" not a survivable cause of action — Claim dismissed Evidence — Special damages — Burden of proof — Documents marked for identification only — Documents not formally admitted into evidence — Failure to call maker of documents — Evidence inadmissible — Associated Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn Bhd v Westwood Development Sdn Bhd applied — Award of conventional sum for funeral expenses Pleadings — Special damages — Legal costs for extracting grant of letters of administration — Failure to specifically plead in statement of claim — Lee Tai Kau & Anor v. Rajanderan A/L Manickam & Anor applied — Claim dismissed
Practice Areas
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Counsel (5)
Statutes Cited
Penal Code (Cap 574)
Rules of Court 2012
Cases Cited (2)
MY (2)
[1991] 1 CLJ 682 [2004] 2 CLJ 265
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