EASTMONT SDN BHD v ALLIANZ GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (MALAYSIA) BERHAD

wa-22ncc-599-09-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 24 June 2026 • WA-22NCC-599-09/2024 • 13 min read

4 cases cited (0 SG, 4 foreign)

Catchwords

INSURANCE: Construction all risks policy – Warranties and conditions precedent – Flood damage claim – Repudiation of liability – Whether policy clauses requiring compliance with material-storage limits and flood safety measures were valid and enforceable – Whether such clauses constituted conditions precedent to insurer’s liability – Burden of proof – Whether insured bore burden of proving compliance with policy warranties – Whether failure to adduce sufficient evidence of compliance entitled insurer to repudiate liability

Judges (1)

Elaine Yap Chin Gaik Delivered

Counsel (6)

Othman Hashim & Co Firm Ricky Tan & Co. Firm Kwong Sook Wen Counsel Plaintiff Lau Zhi Ying Counsel Defendant Liaw Li Juan Counsel Plaintiff R Thayakugan Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

ALLIANZ GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY BERHAD Defendant EASTMONT Sdn Bhd Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (4)

MY (4)

[1966] 1 MLJ 140 [2005] 2 MLJ 123 [2017] MLJU 2319 [2019] 4 MLJ 581

Judgment

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