1. ) Samuel A/L Frederick Joseph Hogg 2. ) Kishan A/L Kandaya 3. ) Lee Kok Chiang 4. ) Soi Leng @ Lau Siew Leng 5. ) Krishnan A/L Abbaye Naidu 6. ) Lim Ang Sooi 7. ) Hoong Ah Moi 8. ) Hong Shok Ngik v 1. ) Koperasi Pekerja Jaya Berhad 2. ) Metro Esquire (M) Sdn Bhd
wa-22ncvc-219-04-2019 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 May 2026 • WA-22NCvC-219-04/2019 • 11 min read
2 cases cited
(0 SG, 2 foreign)
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 – General and compensatory damages – Beneficial proprietary interests – Multiple plaintiffs – Global award – Apportionment according to beneficial interests – Breach of trust – Breach of fiduciary duty – Prolonged deprivation of beneficial ownership – Moderated judicial assessment – Rejection of speculative valuation methodology. Damages – Aggravated damages – Global award – Concealment – Non-disclosure – Abuse of fiduciary obligations – Exclusion of beneficial owners from dealings affecting the land – Whether aggravated damages formed part of the Court's assessment of the consequences of the established wrongdoing. Damages – Exemplary damages – Punitive and deterrent award – Proportionality – Avoidance of duplication with compensatory and aggravated damages – Clarification proceedings concerning legal basis of exemplary damages. Equity – Trusts – Beneficial ownership – Fiduciary obligations – Wrongful dealings with trust property – Failure to account – Assessment of damages arising from breach of trust and fiduciary duty. Evidence – Valuation evidence – Market valuation – Speculative future development value – Whether valuation evidence should be adopted as the mathematical measure of recoverable damages – Judicial moderation. 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 (10)
KOPERASI PEKERJA JAYA BERHAD Defendant METRO ESQUIRE Sdn Bhd Defendant Hong Shok Ngik Plaintiff Hoong Ah Moi Plaintiff Kishan a/l Kandaya Plaintiff Krishnan a/l Abbaye Naidu Plaintiff Lee Kok Chiang Plaintiff Lim Ang Sooi Plaintiff Samuel a/l Frederick Joseph Hogg Plaintiff Soi Leng @ Lau Siew Leng Plaintiff
Cases Cited (2)
UK (1)
[2015] AC 1503
MY (1)
[2024] 4 MLJ 749
Judgment
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