1. ) KOPERASI MUTIARA NEGERI SEMBILAN BERHAD 2. ) TETUAN MUTHU & PARTNERS v 1. ) Rabinder Kaur a/p Ranjit Singh 2. ) Jetinder Singh a/l Ranjit Singh 3. ) Jagjeet Singh s/o Ranjit Singh

wa-22ncvc-605-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 April 2026 • WA-22NCvC-605-10/2025 • 35 min read
13 cases cited (1 SG, 12 foreign)

Catchwords

• Civil Procedure — Summary judgment — Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Threshold requirements — Prima facie entitlement — Whether defence raises bona fide triable issue — Allegations of sham transaction and fraud. • Conveyancing — Stakeholder funds — Solicitor holding deposit — Fiduciary obligations — Duty to hold in medio — Release of funds contrary to contractual terms — Breach of trust. • Contract — Sale and purchase agreement — Clause stipulating stakeholder arrangement — Express terms governing release of monies — Vendors’ financier recorded as “NIL” — Payment to third party company — Whether authorised. • Professional Conduct — Solicitor’s undertaking — Nature and enforceability — Undertaking to refund RM800,000 — Conditional versus unconditional terms — Failure to honour undertaking. • Trusts — Stakeholder solicitor as trustee — Fiduciary character of obligations — Unilateral instructions of vendor insufficient to authorise release — Liability for breach. • Evidence & Defence — Allegations of gambling debts and sham transaction — Involvement of plaintiffs’ solicitor — Whether sufficient to raise triable issue — Court’s discretion to refuse summary judgment.

Practice Areas

• Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Moh Kok Wai Delivered

Counsel (7)

L. Ho & Associates Firm M L Lum & Co Firm Joslyne Delano Goonting Counsel Plaintiff Lam May Lan Counsel Plaintiff Lily Ho Counsel Defendant N Subramaniyam Counsel Defendant Tan Yi wen Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (5)

KOPERASI MUTIARA NEGERI SEMBILAN BERHAD Plaintiff TETUAN MUTHU & PARTNERS Plaintiff Jagjeet Singh s/o Ranjit Singh Defendant Jetinder Singh a/l Ranjit Singh Defendant Rabinder Kaur a/p Ranjit Singh Defendant

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (13)

SLR (1)
[2001] 3 SLR 616
UK (4)
[1910] 2 KB 296 [1967] 2 All ER 1286 [1967] Ch 1194 [2005] EWHC 1830
MY (8)
[1987] 2 MLJ 183 [1988] 1 MLJ 116 [1999] 1 MLJ 657 [2004] 2 MLJ 203 [2013] 5 MLJ 640 [2019] 3 MLJ 485 [2019] 8 MLJ 669 [2023] MLJU 3235

Judgment

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