Estoppel
9 cases · May 2025 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
3 25
6 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Representation by management corporation’s officer that only current charges payable — Purchaser relying and making payments accordingly — Acceptance of payments without reservation — Whether management corporation estopped from claiming historical arrears. 1 By conduct — Account stated — Silence in response to invoices and statements of account — Whether defendants estopped from disputing liability after receiving invoices, making part-payments and failing to raise contemporaneous objections — Whether part-payment constituted acknowledgment of indebtedness 1 Approbation and reprobation — Acceptance of benefits — Whether landlords estopped from denying novation by accepting rental payments from third party without protest — Requirement of knowledge, election and unequivocal representation — Whether estoppel issues required trial 1 if all 25 consignments were indeed substandard, it defies logic that the Appellant did not immediately reject or halt subsequent shipments upon discovering the defective quality of the very first consignment — instead, the Appellant continued to accept deliveries without protest, waiting until the 25th and final consignment before raising any objection — in all the circumstances the Appellant is estopped from asserting about the substandard of the goods. 1 Whether purchasers estopped from invoking PJD Regency principle — Effect of admission that SPA terms not challenged — Whether developer may rely on own breach of regulation 11(2) HDR 1989 — Consumer protection policy. 1 Res judicata — Public policy — Finality of litigation — Whether court may decline to apply doctrine where injustice would result 1 Representation — Reliance and detriment — Threshold not met — Boustead Trading applied 1 Waiver by election — Failure to notify and terminate — Whether plaintiff's conduct in terminating facility without notifying defendant estopped subsequent claim under LOU — Whether unequivocal representation made. 1 Is the Plaintiff estopped from filing this suit due to a previous withdrawal? — Plaintiff had the liberty to refile the suit after withdrawal of the earlier claim. 1
Representation by management corporation’s officer that only current charges payable — Purchaser relying and making payments accordingly — Acceptance of payments without reservation — Whether management corporation estopped from claiming historical arrears. 1 case
By conduct — Account stated — Silence in response to invoices and statements of account — Whether defendants estopped from disputing liability after receiving invoices, making part-payments and failing to raise contemporaneous objections — Whether part-payment constituted acknowledgment of indebtedness 1 case
Approbation and reprobation — Acceptance of benefits — Whether landlords estopped from denying novation by accepting rental payments from third party without protest — Requirement of knowledge, election and unequivocal representation — Whether estoppel issues required trial 1 case
if all 25 consignments were indeed substandard, it defies logic that the Appellant did not immediately reject or halt subsequent shipments upon discovering the defective quality of the very first consignment — instead, the Appellant continued to accept deliveries without protest, waiting until the 25th and final consignment before raising any objection — in all the circumstances the Appellant is estopped from asserting about the substandard of the goods. 1 case
Whether purchasers estopped from invoking PJD Regency principle — Effect of admission that SPA terms not challenged — Whether developer may rely on own breach of regulation 11(2) HDR 1989 — Consumer protection policy. 1 case
Res judicata — Public policy — Finality of litigation — Whether court may decline to apply doctrine where injustice would result 1 case
Representation — Reliance and detriment — Threshold not met — Boustead Trading applied 1 case
Waiver by election — Failure to notify and terminate — Whether plaintiff's conduct in terminating facility without notifying defendant estopped subsequent claim under LOU — Whether unequivocal representation made. 1 case
Is the Plaintiff estopped from filing this suit due to a previous withdrawal? — Plaintiff had the liberty to refile the suit after withdrawal of the earlier claim. 1 case
Key Statutes
Rules of Court 2012
cited in 2 cases Limitation Act
cited in 1 case Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
cited in 1 case Subordinate Courts Act 1948
cited in 1 case Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
cited in 1 case National Land Code
cited in 1 case Probate and Administration Act 1959
cited in 1 case Specific Relief Act 1950 (Cap 137)
cited in 1 case Federal Constitution
cited in 1 case Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Judges
Top Firms
Top Lawyers
Mohd Munzeer Biin Zainul Abidin 1 Nabilah Binti Din 1 Amrah Binti Mohd Khairul Anuar 1 Huzir Bin Shamsul Bahrin 1 Nur Neena Chirani Binti Aqmar Hisham 1 Tan Ko Xin 1 Justin Voon 1 Joseph Ching Ern Hao 1 Vinci Ng 1 Muhammad Aiman bin Mohd Firhad 1 Tan Gian Chung 1 Christopher Arun Francis 1 Sylvie Tan Sie Ni 1 Nina Lai Jien Xian 1 Wong Ai Yu 1
Cases
wa-24ncvc-5246-10-2025
WONG KEH YEN (Mendakwa Sebagai Wasi Harta Pusaka Lai Kui Yin, Si Mati) v 1. ) WONG TZY JIAN 2. ) WONG JENQ YANN 3. ) WONG JENQ THORNG
15 June 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-675-12-2023
TEC D DISTRIBUTION (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD v 1. ) IRIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS SDN BHD 2. ) IRIS CORPORATION BERHAD
24 May 2026
MYHC
ma-12ancvc-1-01-2026
1. ) YAN CHOON POH 2. ) BONG MEEI LING v HATTEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD.
21 May 2026
MYHC
bl-12ancc-10-12-2025
LUBEGUARD SDN. BHD. v MAXCHEM PETROLEUM (M) SDN. BHD.
30 March 2026
MYHC
wa-12ancvc-132-10-2025
LAKEFRONT RESIDENCE SDN BHD v 1. ) ANG SOK CHOO 2. ) LEE HAI PING 3. ) LEE THIN YOW 4. ) SAK YOKE MENG 5. ) TAM KWEE THAI 6. ) TEH HUI BOON 7. ) YAP HAN CHONG 8. ) SHIRLEY TEO
24 March 2026
MYHC
wa-22m-131-02-2024
Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) v SHABRI BIN SULONG
13 January 2026
MYHC
ca-22ncvc-29-09-2020
Portland Oasis Sdn Bhd v Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
18 December 2025
MYHC
wa-22m-169-08-2021
BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT MALAYSIA BERHAD v PRISMA BUMIRAYA SDN BHD
24 September 2025
MYHC
wa-22ncc-269-04-2024
ADEMCO SECURITY GROUP PTE. LTD. v XECURETRONIX SDN. BHD.
6 May 2025
MYHC