AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

wa-24ncc-535-11-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 20 January 2025 • WA-24NCC-535-11/2024 • 21 min read
14 cases cited (0 SG, 14 foreign)

Catchwords

Fortuna Injunction – Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) – s.466 of the Companies Act 2016 – Failure to pay contractor – Statutory notice based on enforcement order – Whether it is abuse of court process by issuing fresh statutory notice – Withdrawal of winding up petition and issuing of fresh statutory notice – Whether appeal or commencement of arbitration or counterclaims and set-offs raised in adjudication constitute bona fide dispute of debt – Undisputed debt unless and until enforcement order is set aside or stayed – Res judicata – Irreparable damage irrelevant – No chance of success – Commercially solvent – Statutory threshold amount – Combined costs and the principal sum

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 Choon Hon Leng Counsel Defendant Foo Joon Liang Counsel Plaintiff Khor Yongshi Counsel Defendant Wong Yan Zhang Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

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

Case Significance

AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) S... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated January 20, 2025 (citation: wa-24ncc-535-11-2024). The case was decided by Wan Muhammad Amin bin Wan Yahya.

What was the outcome of AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) S...?

AGILE PJD DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) S... is a High Court decision dated January 20, 2025. The case was heard by Wan Muhammad Amin bin Wan Yahya. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

Cases Cited (14)

MY (14)
[1988] 2 CLJ 424 [1997] 2 CLJ 104 [2002] 1 MLJ 326 [2003] 3 MLJ 178 [2006] 2 MLJ 602 [2007] 4 MLJ 355 [2008] 1 CLJ 632 [2011] 1 CLJ 947 [2018] 9 MLJ 305 [2018] MLJU 10 [2018] MLJU 899 [2021] MLJU 549 [2022] MLJU 940 [2024] 4 MLJ 67

Judgment

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Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (wa-24ncc-535-11-2024)