CIVIL PROCEDURE: Res judicata
3 cases · August 2024 to October 2025
Case Volume by Year
1 24
2 25
2024–2025
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Effect of nullity of prior proceedings — Whether res judicata bars fresh action where earlier proceedings declared void ab initio — Whether proceedings void for lack of prosecutorial consent under section 54(3) Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 — Whether void ab initio proceedings treated as never having existed — Whether nullity of proceedings means no valid judicial determination capable of founding res judicata defence — Whether constructive res judicata in wider sense applies — Whether fraud cause of action available in earlier proceedings but not pleaded — Whether criminal conviction occurring after earlier suit dismissed constitutes new evidence — Whether materially different causes of action in fresh suit — Application of res judicata where different parties joined as defendants — Whether doctrine should be applied where to do so would lead to unjust result 1 Whether previous proceedings involving different parties and causes of action preclude fresh proceedings — Whether contractual breach claims against third party bar fiduciary duty claims against director — Multiplicity of proceedings — Whether separate legal relationships and remedies justify concurrent proceedings — Whether proceedings serve distinct purposes against different defendants — Notice requirements under statutory derivative action provisions — Whether failure to respond to statutory notice constitutes admission of allegations 1 Facts in statement of claim identical to facts in defence in previous action — Whether claim barred by res judicata — Whether claim should be struck out — Rules of Court 2012, O 18 r 19(1) 1
Effect of nullity of prior proceedings — Whether res judicata bars fresh action where earlier proceedings declared void ab initio — Whether proceedings void for lack of prosecutorial consent under section 54(3) Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 — Whether void ab initio proceedings treated as never having existed — Whether nullity of proceedings means no valid judicial determination capable of founding res judicata defence — Whether constructive res judicata in wider sense applies — Whether fraud cause of action available in earlier proceedings but not pleaded — Whether criminal conviction occurring after earlier suit dismissed constitutes new evidence — Whether materially different causes of action in fresh suit — Application of res judicata where different parties joined as defendants — Whether doctrine should be applied where to do so would lead to unjust result 1 case
Whether previous proceedings involving different parties and causes of action preclude fresh proceedings — Whether contractual breach claims against third party bar fiduciary duty claims against director — Multiplicity of proceedings — Whether separate legal relationships and remedies justify concurrent proceedings — Whether proceedings serve distinct purposes against different defendants — Notice requirements under statutory derivative action provisions — Whether failure to respond to statutory notice constitutes admission of allegations 1 case
Facts in statement of claim identical to facts in defence in previous action — Whether claim barred by res judicata — Whether claim should be struck out — Rules of Court 2012, O 18 r 19(1) 1 case
Key Statutes
Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989
cited in 1 case Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
cited in 1 case Limitation Act
cited in 1 case Penal Code (Cap 574)
cited in 1 case Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
cited in 1 case Companies Act 1965 (Cap 777)
cited in 1 case Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
cited in 1 case Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Firms
Cases
wa-22ncc-141-04-2022
LIM TING CHAI v 1. ) GENNEVA MALAYSIA SDN BHD 2. ) AHMAD KHAIRUDDIN BIN ILIAS 3. ) PHILIP LIM JIT MENG 4. ) TAN LIANG KEAT
21 October 2025
MYHC
wa-24ncc-453-09-2024
LEE WAI PING v 1. ) MOHD TAUFIK BIN KAMIS 2. ) SERATA HIJAU SDN BHD
25 May 2025
MYHC
wa-22ncc-642-09-2023
MHA INFOTECH SDN BHD v HORIZON TELE SYSTEM SDN BHD
19 August 2024
MYHC