1. ) JEEVA JOTHY A/P SATCHITHANANDAN 2. ) SATHESELAN A/L PERIASAMY 3. ) YOGESWARAN A/L POKANNI 4. ) KANDASAMY A/L ARUMUGAM 5. ) MURUGASU A/L PERIASAMY 6. ) YAP LAN @ YAP LAM 7. ) LIM MEI WAH (MENDAKWA DALAM KAPASITI SELAKU WASI BAGI HARTAPUSAKA YAP SONG NAN SIMATI) 8. ) SUPRAMANIAM @ MURUGAVELOO A/L KANDASAMY 9. ) KAMALAM A/P SINNAIAH (MENDAKWA DALAM KAPASITI SELAKU WASI BAGI HARTAPUSAKA BALASUNDARAM A/L KARUPPIAH SIMATI) 10. ) KONG SOI POY 11. ) LIM ANG JOO 12. ) PARAMESWARAN RAM A/L SATCHIT...
wa-22ncvc-212-04-2019 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 May 2026 • WA-22NCvC-212-04/2019 • 11 min read
Catchwords
Civil Procedure – Assessment of damages – Assessment following liability judgment after full trial – Liability conclusively determined – Assessment confined to quantification of damages arising from established liability. Damages – Compensatory damages – Beneficial proprietary interests – Multiple plaintiffs – Categorised assessment – Ordinary plaintiffs – Estate/family plaintiffs – Multiple-interest plaintiffs – Moderated judicial assessment – Rejection of speculative valuation methodology – Awards calibrated according to differing beneficial interests and factual circumstances. Damages – Aggravated damages – Global award – Breach of trust – Breach of fiduciary duty – Concealment – Non-disclosure – Abuse of fiduciary obligations – Prolonged deprivation of beneficial ownership – Whether aggravated damages formed part of the Court's assessment of the consequences of the established wrongdoing. Damages – Exemplary damages – Global award – Punitive and deterrent award – Proportionality – Avoidance of duplication with compensatory and aggravated damages – Assessment of quantum. Equity – Trusts – Beneficial ownership – Fiduciary obligations – Wrongful dealings with trust property – Failure to account – Assessment of damages arising from breach of trust and fiduciary duties. Evidence – Valuation evidence – Scott Schedule – Market valuation – Speculative future development value – Judicial moderation – Whether valuation evidence should be adopted as the mathematical measure of recoverable damages. Civil Procedure – Clarification proceedings – Scope of clarification – Clarification of legal basis of aggravated and exemplary damages – Distinction between clarification and appeal – Challenge to correctness of the assessment judgment properly a matter for the appellate process.
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (5)
Parties (15)
KOPERASI PEKERJA JAYA BERHAD Defendant METRO ESQUIRE Sdn Bhd Defendant Gopalakrishnan s/o V. Supramaniam Defendant Jeeva Jothy a/p Satchithanandan Plaintiff Kamalam a/p Sinnaiah Plaintiff Kandasamy a/l Arumugam Plaintiff Kong Soi Poy Plaintiff Lim Ang Joo Plaintiff Lim Mei Wah Plaintiff Murugasu a/l Periasamy Plaintiff Parameswaran Ram a/l Satchithanandam Plaintiff Satheselan a/l Periasamy Plaintiff Supramaniam @ Murugaveloo a/l Kandasamy Plaintiff Yap Lan @ Yap Lam Plaintiff Yogeswaran a/l Pokanni Plaintiff
Judgment
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