AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v CHINA CONSTRUCTION YANGTZE RIVER (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD

wa-24ncc-141-03-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 6 May 2024 • WA-24NCC-141-03/2024 • 13 min read

9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

Fortuna Injunction – Sections 13, 15, 16, and 28 of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) – Sections 50 and 51(2) of the Specific Relief Act 1950 – Failure to pay contractor – Statutory notice based on adjudication decision – Bona fide dispute of debt – Whether counterclaims and set-offs raised in adjudication proceedings constitute bona fide dispute of debt – Irreparable damage – No chance of success – Binding and enforceability of adjudication decision – Pending stay or setting aside application of adjudication decision – Commercially solvent – Whether it is contradictory and inconsistent to pursue concurrent remedies of enforcement under CIPAA and winding up proceedings

Judges (1)

Wan Muhammad Amin bin Wan Yahya Delivered

Counsel (8)

Gan Partnership Firm Sanjay Mohan Firm Carissa How Chen Huey Counsel Plaintiff Cheryl Leong See Teng Counsel Defendant Chiew Zhe Sheng Counsel Plaintiff Choon Hon Leng Counsel Defendant Foo Joon Liang Counsel Plaintiff Khor Yongshi Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT Sdn Bhd Applicant CHINA CONSTRUCTION YANGTZE RIVER Sdn Bhd Respondent

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

s 465

Specific Relief Act 1950 (Cap 137)

Cases Cited (9)

MY (9)

[2007] 3 MLJ 316 [2007] 4 MLJ 355 [2011] 1 CLJ 947 [2018] MLJU 103 [2018] MLJU 899 [2019] 3 MLJ 244 [2021] MLJU 1399 [2022] 1 MLJ 458 [2022] 6 MLJ 392

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