SMART GLOVE INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD v TECHNYGROUP HOLDINGS (M) SDN BHD

wa-24c-52-03-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 January 2024 • WA-24C-52-03/2023 • 62 min read
50 cases cited (1 SG, 49 foreign)

Catchwords

Whether the AD should be set aside on the ground of illegality - Whether the Adjudicator acted in excess of his jurisdiction by allowing the claim for works which are illegal - Whether the Adjudicator had acted in excess of his jurisdiction by relying on unpleaded matters in dismissing SGI’s defences - Whether there is a denial of natural justice when the Adjudicator purportedly – (a) relied on unpleaded matters without providing the parties with the opportunity to submit on the same; and (b) failed to consider all the defences raised in the Payment Response and Adjudication Response

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Parties (2)

SMART GLOVE INDUSTRIES Sdn Bhd Applicant TECHNYGROUP HOLDINGS Sdn Bhd Respondent

Statutes Cited

Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012
s 16(1)
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
Rules of Court 2012
Town and Country Planning Act 1976
s 19(1)

Cases Cited (50)

SG (1)
[2018] SGCA 66
UK (7)
[1843] 67 All ER 313 [2003] EWHC 217 [2004] 4 All ER 775 [2005] EWCA Civ 1358 [2008] EWHC 282 [2009] EWHC 2218 [2017] 1 All ER 191
MY (42)
[1987] 2 MLJ 85 [1995] 2 MLJ 57 [2000] 4 CLJ 881 [2001] 4 MLJ 346 [2007] 6 CLJ 570 [2013] 10 MLJ 899 [2014] 10 MLJ 633 [2014] MLJU 1909 [2015] 10 CLJ 801 [2015] 11 MLJ 818 [2015] MLJU 1125 [2016] 5 CLJ 882 [2016] MLJU 1054 [2017] MLJU 79 [2018] 2 MLJ 22 [2018] 4 MLJ 685 [2018] 8 CLJ 380 [2018] MLJU 1509 [2018] MLJU 152 [2018] MLJU 1918 [2019] 2 MLJ 362 [2019] 4 MLJ 141 [2019] MLJU 1393 [2019] MLJU 1663 [2020] 1 AMEJ 1857 [2020] 9 MLJ 499 [2020] MLJU 1162 [2020] MLJU 2058 [2021] 12 MLJ 193 [2021] MLJU 1455 [2021] MLJU 1855 [2021] MLJU 2248 [2021] MLJU 561 [2022] 10 CLJ 528 [2022] 10 MLJ 956 [2022] 6 MLJ 392 [2022] 6 MLJ 503 [2022] MLJU 1789 [2022] MLJU 3329 [2022] MLJU 3440 [2023] MLJU 404 [2024] MLJU 53

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