BANK ISLAM MALAYSIA BERHAD v 1. ) BURWOOD GROUP LIMITED 2. ) ROBERT KOKSHOORN 3. ) ANTHONY RICHARD WHITHAM 4. ) GEORGE MAVROGENIS 5. ) OOI JOO FONG 6. ) DATO' MOHD SALLEH BIN YEOP ABDUL RAHMAN 7. ) STEPHEN KEITH LAVENDER 8. ) BPA GROUP LIMITED 9. ) DOMINIC ANDRLA

wa-22m-290-06-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 March 2025 • WA-22M-290-06/2022

Catchwords

Civil procedure – Islamic banking – Summary judgment against guarantor – Application for – Borrower failed to make installment payments in respect of loan facility granted by plaintiff under Islamic financing facility based on Bai’ Bithaman Ajil – Judgment obtained against borrower and 6 other guarantors – Whether plaintiff had established prima facie case and was entitled to summary judgment – Proportional Guarantee – Principal liability clause – Whether demand was effectively served on guarantor – Whether guarantor’s liability extinguished due to variance and restructuring of main agreement – Certified Statement of Account – Conclusive Evidence Clause – Whether Profit Rate and ta’widh excessive – Whether guarantor have shown evidence of manifest error – Whether guarantor successfully raised triable issues – Rules of Court 2012, Order 14 rr.1 & rr.3 – Contracts Act 1950, s.26, s.80, s.86, & s. 88 – Evidence Act 1950, s.115.

Practice Areas

Civil procedure

Judges (1)

Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff Delivered

Parties (10)

BANK ISLAM MALAYSIA BERHAD Plaintiff BPA GROUP LIMITED Defendant BURWOOD GROUP LIMITED Defendant Anthony Richard Whitham Defendant Dato' Mohd Salleh bin Yeop Abdul Rahman Defendant Dominic Andrla Defendant George Mavrogenis Defendant Ooi Joo Fong Defendant Robert Kokshoorn Defendant Stephen Keith Lavender Defendant

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