SAPELO MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD. v 1. ) FEEZAL SHAZLEE BIN RAHMAT (Disaman dalam kapasiti peribadinya dan sebagai pemilik tunggal yang berdagang di bawah nama dan gaya Floof Pet) 2. ) ADIBAH HANUN BT ABU SEMAN BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK 1. ) Wise Payments Malaysia Sdn Bhd 2. ) HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD 3. ) AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad 4. ) ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD 5. ) ALLIANCE ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD 6. ) LUNO MALAYSIA SDN BHD 7. ) ABDUL RAZZAQ BIN CHE AZIZ 8. ) XENDIT SDN BHD 9. ) CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERH...
Catchwords
Employment — Duties of loyalty and fidelity — Fiduciary duties — Whether employee engaged in competing business during employment — Whether fiduciary duties arise notwithstanding absence of written contract — Whether breach established Confidential information — Business platform — Customer ecosystem — Whether social media group constituted proprietary business asset — Whether protection afforded Trusts — Constructive trust — Breach of trust — Employee retaining and exploiting employer’s business platform after resignation Illegality — Defence of illegality — Whether plaintiff’s business allegedly unlawful — Whether claim barred — Pleading and proof — Application of proportionality test Employment — Secret profits — Account of profits — Whether proof of loss required — Appropriate remedy for fiduciary breach Damages — Exemplary damages — Breach of fiduciary duty — Whether conduct deliberate and profit-driven — Whether award justified Injunction — Final injunction — Protection of confidential information and business platform — Restoration of control
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Parties (14)
AEON Credit Service Berhad Non Party ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD Non Party ALLIANCE ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD Non Party CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD Non Party HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD Non Party LUNO MALAYSIA Sdn Bhd Non Party MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD Non Party RHB Islamic Bank Berhad Non Party SAPELO MANAGEMENT Sdn Bhd Plaintiff Wise Payments Malaysia Sdn Bhd Non Party XENDIT Sdn Bhd Non Party Abdul Razzaq bin Che Aziz Non Party Adibah Hanun bt Abu Seman Defendant Feezal Shazlee bin Rahmat Defendant
Judgment
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Read on eJudgmentSource: eJudgment (wa-22ncc-412-06-2023)