MCC OVERSEAS (M) SDN. BHD. v AMPROJEK CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD.

wa-24carb-52-11-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 13 May 2026 • WA-24C(ARB)-52-11/2025

Catchwords

CONSTRUCTION LAW – Arbitration – Setting aside of arbitral award – Application under sections 37(1)(b)(ii), 37(2)(b)(i), 37(2)(b)(ii), 37(6) and 50 of the Arbitration Act 2005 – Public policy – Breach of natural justice – Whether award reasoning disclosed a defect in the chain of reasoning – Whether arbitrator's multi-limbed finding on invalidity of Certificate of Non-Completion ("CNC") irrational or capricious – CNC issued seven months late and backdated – Non-compliance with PAM Conditions of Contract – Failure to account for partial possession – Outstanding extension of time applications undetermined at date of issuance – Whether factual error by arbitrator amounts to breach of natural justice – Whether failure to exercise power under Clause 34.8(d) to "open up, review and revise" defective certificate constitutes breach of natural justice – Liquidated damages – Penalty clause – Whether departure from binding Federal Court decision in Cubic Electronics Sdn Bhd v Mars Telecommunications Sdn Bhd [2018] MLJU 1935 constitutes breach of natural justice contrary to public policy – Distinction between error of law and breach of natural justice –– Pre-award interest – Whether contractual and unliquidated claims comparable for interest crystallisation purposes – Remission under Section 37(6) – Whether remission available where no ground for setting aside established – Enforcement of Final Award under Section 38 – Mandatory nature of enforcement where formal requirements met – Whether supervisory court retains residual discretion to refuse enforcement independent of setting aside – High Court supervisory jurisdiction – Minimal curial intervention

Practice Areas

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Judges (1)

Rajes Raghavji Delivered

Parties (2)

AMPROJEK CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd Respondent MCC OVERSEAS Sdn Bhd Applicant

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