Lim Mei Jin (Menyaman Sebagai Wakil Diri Kepada Loh Yuen Weng (Si Mati) [Yang Telah Dilantik Sebagai "Executrix" Dan Pemegang Amanah ("Trustee") Untuk Estet Loh Yuen Weng (Si Mati)] v LOH YUEN TUCK
19 cases cited
(0 SG, 19 foreign)
Catchwords
CONTRACT LAW: Friendly loan agreement – Private share placement transaction – Contemporaneous agreements between different parties – Whether accord and satisfaction established – Whether separate agreements should be read conjunctively – Whether privity of contract prevents reliance on separate agreement – Whether alleged payments discharged loan obligation – Whether loss-sharing provision applies across agreements CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings – Sufficiency of pleading defences – Whether accord and satisfaction properly pleaded – Whether lack of cause of action sufficiently raised – Whether failure to cross-examine witnesses amounts to abandonment of defence – Whether unpleaded defences can be raised in submissions – Whether reduction of claimed sum requires pleading amendment PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION: Executrix's standing – Recovery of deceased's assets – Whether debt listed in probate assets but not specifically mentioned in will can be pursued – Whether residuary clause covers unlisted assets – Whether executrix has sufficient personal knowledge to maintain claim – Whether non-inclusion in will prevents recovery – Whether listing asset in probate sufficient for claim
Judges (1)
Counsel (3)
Parties (2)
Statutes Cited
Federal Constitution
Rules of Court 2012
Cases Cited (19)
UK (2)
[1915] AC 847 [1956] AC 218
MY (17)
[1964] MLJ 416 [1969] 1 MLJ 22 [1980] 2 MLJ 182 [1981] 2 MLJ 10 [1987] 1 CLJ 194 [1987] 1 MLJ 302 [1995] 2 MLJ 770 [1997] 1 MLJ 145 [1997] 4 CLJ 634 [2014] 5 CLJ 533 [2015] 1 MLJ 284 [2015] 6 MLJ 449 [2020] MLJU 1766 [2021] 5 MLJ 79 [2023] 6 MLRH 512 [2024] 1 MLJ 572 [2024] 3 MLRH 658
Judgment
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