UNIQUE STEEL & HARDWARE SDN BHD v EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF MALAYSIA BERHAD

wa-22ncc-360-07-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 February 2026 • WA-22NCC-360-07/2022 • 14 min read

3 cases cited (0 SG, 3 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure: Pleadings — Amendment — Application for leave to re-amend Statement of Claim — Rules of Court 2012, Order 20 Rule 5 — Change of solicitors — Proposed amendments to introduce additional factual averments, expand on misrepresentation particulars, and add alternative claim for negligent misrepresentation — Whether proposed amendments introduce a new cause of action or change the character of the suit — Whether application affected by delay — Distinguishing introduction of alternative legal basis from fundamental change to identity of litigation — Proposed amendments arising from same core factual matrix and insurance policy — Absence of prejudice to Defendant that cannot be compensated by costs — Trial dates not derailed — Proposed amendment to introduce claim for breach of statutory duty — Failure to identify specific statute or plead essential ingredients of the cause of action — Defective and insufficiently particularised pleading disallowed — Application allowed in part.

Judges (1)

Muhammad Adam bin Abdullah Delivered

Counsel (7)

Alex Chang & Co. Firm The Chambers Of Kamarul Hisham & Hasnal Rezua Firm Alex Chang Huey Wah Counsel Plaintiff Chang Jun Chen Sean Counsel Plaintiff Cliff Siow Juan Wen Counsel Defendant Lim Wen Mi Counsel Plaintiff Syuhada binti Mohd Soberi Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF MALAYSIA BERHAD Defendant UNIQUE STEEL & HARDWARE Sdn Bhd Plaintiff

Cases Cited (3)

MY (3)

[1983] 1 CLJ 191 [1987] 1 CLJ 126 [2015] 8 CLJ 1

Judgment

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