Building and Construction Law
5 cases · November 2017 to March 2026
Case Volume by Year
1 17
2 25
2 26
2017–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Adjudication — Enforcement — Section 28 CIPAA — Three Statutory Bars To Enforcement Under Section 13 — None Engaged Where Setting Aside Dismissed And Arbitration Proceedings In Their Infancy — Objection That Arbitration Commenced Over Same Adjudicated Sum — Whether Risk Of Double Recovery A Bar To Enforcement — Objection That Disputed Invoice Not Properly Served — Whether Notice Of Demand A Precondition To Enforcement Under Section 28 — Objection That Adjudication Costs Already Paid In Part — Whether Matter For Parties To Reconcile At Execution Stage — Geoforce East Sdn Bhd V Melati Evergreen Sdn Bhd — Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd V Puteri Nusantara Sdn Bhd — Enforcement Allowed 2 Construction contract — Adjudication — Claimant sought to enforce adjudication decision (“AD”) — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA”) — s 28 — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 2 Construction contract — Adjudication — Respondent sought to set aside AD — CIPAA — s 15 — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 2 Appeal — Adjudication award — Construction contracts — Payment disputes — Whether a jurisdictional challenge can be made any time by way of application or whether such an application can only be made upon the application to set aside an Adjudication Award — Application to challenge jurisdiction of the Adjudicator — Whether the Adjudicator has the right to exclude the defences of the appellant — Whether the exclusion of defence amounts to a denial of natural justice — Whether the Adjudicator had acted in breach of natural justice in excluding and refusing to consider certain defences — Application seeking the registration and enforcement of the adjudication decision as a judgment of the Court — Application to set aside and/or stay the award— Whether applications ought to be set aside and dismissed — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 [Act 746], section 2, section 3, section 4, section 5, section 6, section 15, section 16, section 26, section 27, section 28, section 41 1
Adjudication — Enforcement — Section 28 CIPAA — Three Statutory Bars To Enforcement Under Section 13 — None Engaged Where Setting Aside Dismissed And Arbitration Proceedings In Their Infancy — Objection That Arbitration Commenced Over Same Adjudicated Sum — Whether Risk Of Double Recovery A Bar To Enforcement — Objection That Disputed Invoice Not Properly Served — Whether Notice Of Demand A Precondition To Enforcement Under Section 28 — Objection That Adjudication Costs Already Paid In Part — Whether Matter For Parties To Reconcile At Execution Stage — Geoforce East Sdn Bhd V Melati Evergreen Sdn Bhd — Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd V Puteri Nusantara Sdn Bhd — Enforcement Allowed 2 cases
Construction contract — Adjudication — Claimant sought to enforce adjudication decision (“AD”) — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA”) — s 28 — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 2 cases
Construction contract — Adjudication — Respondent sought to set aside AD — CIPAA — s 15 — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 2 cases
Appeal — Adjudication award — Construction contracts — Payment disputes — Whether a jurisdictional challenge can be made any time by way of application or whether such an application can only be made upon the application to set aside an Adjudication Award — Application to challenge jurisdiction of the Adjudicator — Whether the Adjudicator has the right to exclude the defences of the appellant — Whether the exclusion of defence amounts to a denial of natural justice — Whether the Adjudicator had acted in breach of natural justice in excluding and refusing to consider certain defences — Application seeking the registration and enforcement of the adjudication decision as a judgment of the Court — Application to set aside and/or stay the award— Whether applications ought to be set aside and dismissed — Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 [Act 746], section 2, section 3, section 4, section 5, section 6, section 15, section 16, section 26, section 27, section 28, section 41 1 case
Key Statutes
Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012
cited in 4 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 4 cases Specific Relief Act 1950 (Cap 137)
cited in 2 cases Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
cited in 2 cases Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Judges
Cases
ja-24c-4-10-2025
S.P. MULIA SDN. BHD. v CTL BORED PILE & MACHINERY SDN. BHD.
1 March 2026
MYHC
ja-24c-6-11-2025
CTL BORED PILE & MACHINERY SDN. BHD. v S.P. MULIA SDN. BHD.
1 March 2026
MYHC
w-02ca-1483-08-2024
HONGLER ENTERPRISE SDN BHD v CHAI HON SANG (berniaga sebagai HOCK SENG TRADING & CONSTRUCTION)
22 June 2025
MYCOA
w-02ca-980-06-2024
HOCK SENG TRADING & CONSTRUCTION v HONGLER ENTERPRISE SDN BHD
22 June 2025
MYCOA
02f-11-02-2017-w
VIEW ESTEEM SDN BHD … APPELLANT v BINA PURI HOLDINGS BERHAD … RESPONDENT
5 November 2017
MYFC