Housing Development
10 cases · February 2025 to July 2026
Case Volume by Year
1 25
9 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect 2 Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period 2 Housing developer — Sale and Purchase Agreement (Schedule H) — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 — Developer’s Instalment Plan — Alleged unlawful financing arrangement — Alleged unlicensed moneylending — Vacant possession — Strata parcel — Alternative claim for specific relief. 1 Sale and Purchase Agreement — Delivery of vacant possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) — Challenge to validity of CCC — Alleged non-compliance with Clause 23 and Clause 31(e) of statutory Sale and Purchase Agreement — Whether subsequent water reticulation, takeover documentation, regularisation process and dealings with water authorities rendered CCC invalid — Whether lawful vacant possession was delivered — Whether Plaintiffs entitled to Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD). 1 Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect. 1 Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period. 1 Strata title property — Consent to transfer — Bumiputera quota discount repayment — LPHS penalty — Whether developer under statutory obligation to procure consent to transfer and facilitate transfer process — Whether developer liable to settle LPHS penalty and Bumiputera quota discount repayment — Whether plaintiffs entitled to specific performance compelling execution of Form 14A — Whether injunction should issue restraining developer from demanding payment from plaintiffs — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, s 7(j) — Specific Relief Act 1950, ss 44 & 52 Civil Procedure — Amendment of originating summons — Further amended originating summons — Whether amendment mala fide — Whether amendment introduced new cause of action — Whether amendment altered character of proceedings — Whether prejudice compensable by costs — Whether amendment arose from substantially same facts — Order 20 rr 5 & 7 Rules of Court 2012 Land Law — Transfer of strata title — Registered proprietor — Developer’s continuing obligations — Failure to execute Form 14A — Failure to obtain transfer approval — Consequences of non-completion of transfer — Role of LPHS in Bumiputera quota release and approval process Equity — Specific performance — Adequacy of damages — Property transaction involving third-party purchaser — Whether damages alone adequate remedy — Necessity for coercive relief to compel completion of transfer process 1 Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Computation of LAD under statutory sale and purchase agreements — Whether time runs from date of booking fee or date of execution of SPA — Consumer protection under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Application of PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah [2021] 2 MLJ 60 — Distinction from Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd [2024] 5 MLJ 897. 1 Defects — Vacant Possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance — Electrical Defects — Breach of Contract — Sale and Purchase Agreement — Clause 13 — Clause 23 — Clause 25 — Rectification — Reasonable Refusal — Duty to Mitigate — Liquidated Ascertained Damages — Repair Costs — Loss of Use — Distress and Inconvenience — Negligence — Concurrent Liability — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 1 Sale and Purchase Agreement — Booking fee — Illegality of collection — Commencement date for calculation of liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Whether booking fee date or SPA execution date applies — Protective nature of Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and Regulations — Federal Court authority in PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah applied — Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd distinguished. 1 Sinking Fund — Deed of Mutual Covenant (DMC) — whether funds to be paid to Residents’ Association or to individual purchasers — Trust obligation under DMC — Schedule H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations and Strata Management Act 2013 — whether equitable set-off applicable for arrears of service charges 1
Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect 2 cases
ma-25-7-07-2024 1. ) CHEW YU XIANG 2. ) CHEW FUI KINN 3. ) CHEW MEOW CHEN 4. ) GOH HOCK THUAN 5. ) CHEW FUPENG 6. ) GOH WEI JIE 7. ) NUR ATIKAH BINTI ROSLI 8. ) JUSTIN ONG KHENG YANG 9. ) NG THENG EE 10. ) ROBENDRAN A/L PUCHANDRAN 11. ) ARIF QUSYAIRI BIN BUSTAMI 12. ) ALICIA TENG HUI CHING 13. ) AZLAN SHAH BIN MOHAMED AMALI 14. ) HARZIRA BINTI HARUN 15. ) LIM CHUIN RONG 16. ) SENG LOO CHIN 17. ) ONG KIEN GHEE 18. ) TAN GEOK YEONG 19. ) JUMARI BIN KASMIN 20. ) MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN ABDULLAH 21. ) TEA WEE LONG 22...
27 April 2026
ma-25-9-08-2024 1. ) GAN MAY PING 2. ) MUHAMMAD SAFUAN BIN SETH 3. ) CHIA KOK HOONG 4. ) SOH ENG GEOK 5. ) KONG KAH SOON 6. ) LIAW LIN LEE 7. ) TEOH CHOON HEA 8. ) SIEW HUEY MING 9. ) CHAN WEY SHEN 10. ) NURJANNAH ZAIHA BINTI HAMZAH 11. ) GOH SEE JAU 12. ) WAHIDANOOR BT WAHID 13. ) TAY CHAU HWEE 14. ) ARNIE SHAZLEEN BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN 15. ) MARINA TAN BINTI MOHD ROSS TAN 16. ) LEE ENG KIAT 17. ) LEE KOK HENG 18. ) CHONG KAH WEI 19. ) LIM HON YOONG 20. ) TAN PING 21. ) LEE YOONG SING 22. ) LEE CHONG HWAI 23. ...
27 April 2026
Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period 2 cases
ma-25-7-07-2024 1. ) CHEW YU XIANG 2. ) CHEW FUI KINN 3. ) CHEW MEOW CHEN 4. ) GOH HOCK THUAN 5. ) CHEW FUPENG 6. ) GOH WEI JIE 7. ) NUR ATIKAH BINTI ROSLI 8. ) JUSTIN ONG KHENG YANG 9. ) NG THENG EE 10. ) ROBENDRAN A/L PUCHANDRAN 11. ) ARIF QUSYAIRI BIN BUSTAMI 12. ) ALICIA TENG HUI CHING 13. ) AZLAN SHAH BIN MOHAMED AMALI 14. ) HARZIRA BINTI HARUN 15. ) LIM CHUIN RONG 16. ) SENG LOO CHIN 17. ) ONG KIEN GHEE 18. ) TAN GEOK YEONG 19. ) JUMARI BIN KASMIN 20. ) MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN ABDULLAH 21. ) TEA WEE LONG 22...
27 April 2026
ma-25-9-08-2024 1. ) GAN MAY PING 2. ) MUHAMMAD SAFUAN BIN SETH 3. ) CHIA KOK HOONG 4. ) SOH ENG GEOK 5. ) KONG KAH SOON 6. ) LIAW LIN LEE 7. ) TEOH CHOON HEA 8. ) SIEW HUEY MING 9. ) CHAN WEY SHEN 10. ) NURJANNAH ZAIHA BINTI HAMZAH 11. ) GOH SEE JAU 12. ) WAHIDANOOR BT WAHID 13. ) TAY CHAU HWEE 14. ) ARNIE SHAZLEEN BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN 15. ) MARINA TAN BINTI MOHD ROSS TAN 16. ) LEE ENG KIAT 17. ) LEE KOK HENG 18. ) CHONG KAH WEI 19. ) LIM HON YOONG 20. ) TAN PING 21. ) LEE YOONG SING 22. ) LEE CHONG HWAI 23. ...
27 April 2026
Housing developer — Sale and Purchase Agreement (Schedule H) — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 — Developer’s Instalment Plan — Alleged unlawful financing arrangement — Alleged unlicensed moneylending — Vacant possession — Strata parcel — Alternative claim for specific relief. 1 case
Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect. 1 case
Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period. 1 case
Strata title property — Consent to transfer — Bumiputera quota discount repayment — LPHS penalty — Whether developer under statutory obligation to procure consent to transfer and facilitate transfer process — Whether developer liable to settle LPHS penalty and Bumiputera quota discount repayment — Whether plaintiffs entitled to specific performance compelling execution of Form 14A — Whether injunction should issue restraining developer from demanding payment from plaintiffs — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, s 7(j) — Specific Relief Act 1950, ss 44 & 52 Civil Procedure — Amendment of originating summons — Further amended originating summons — Whether amendment mala fide — Whether amendment introduced new cause of action — Whether amendment altered character of proceedings — Whether prejudice compensable by costs — Whether amendment arose from substantially same facts — Order 20 rr 5 & 7 Rules of Court 2012 Land Law — Transfer of strata title — Registered proprietor — Developer’s continuing obligations — Failure to execute Form 14A — Failure to obtain transfer approval — Consequences of non-completion of transfer — Role of LPHS in Bumiputera quota release and approval process Equity — Specific performance — Adequacy of damages — Property transaction involving third-party purchaser — Whether damages alone adequate remedy — Necessity for coercive relief to compel completion of transfer process 1 case
Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) — Computation of LAD under statutory sale and purchase agreements — Whether time runs from date of booking fee or date of execution of SPA — Consumer protection under Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Application of PJD Regency Sdn Bhd v Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah [2021] 2 MLJ 60 — Distinction from Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd [2024] 5 MLJ 897. 1 case
Defects — Vacant Possession — Certificate of Completion and Compliance — Electrical Defects — Breach of Contract — Sale and Purchase Agreement — Clause 13 — Clause 23 — Clause 25 — Rectification — Reasonable Refusal — Duty to Mitigate — Liquidated Ascertained Damages — Repair Costs — Loss of Use — Distress and Inconvenience — Negligence — Concurrent Liability — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 1 case
Sinking Fund — Deed of Mutual Covenant (DMC) — whether funds to be paid to Residents’ Association or to individual purchasers — Trust obligation under DMC — Schedule H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations and Strata Management Act 2013 — whether equitable set-off applicable for arrears of service charges 1 case
Key Statutes
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
cited in 2 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 2 cases Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
cited in 2 cases
cited in 1 case
Limitation Act
cited in 1 case Subordinate Courts Act 1948
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Judges
Top Firms
Top Lawyers
Datuk Ahmad Musthafi Bin Mohamad 1 Rohana Binti Ngah 1 Lim Mey Yee 1 Rashera Chan 1 Natalie Tan 1 James Ng Kean Yip 1 Tay Yeong Hui 1 Dayang Nurfatriah binti Munir 1 Wan Elya Nadiah binti Wan Azizi 1 Tan Ko Xin 1 Justin Voon 1 Joseph Ching Ern Hao 1 Vinci Ng 1 Rutheran Sivagnanam 1 Dheebak Kumaran 1
Cases
ma-22ncvc-9-04-2025
NORASHFAH HANIM BINTI YA'AKOP YAHAYA ALHAJ v MDSA VENTURES SDN. BHD.
5 July 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-305-04-2021
1. ) KIRUBAGHARAN A/L SIVANADHAM 2. ) FARAMALA DAWI A/P SAMY DURAI 3. ) Thamil Selvi A/p Letchumanan Pillai v 1. ) HARTAWAN PASIFIK SDN BHD 2. ) KHALID HAJI AHMAD (Berniaga dibawah nama dan gaya Khalid Ahmad Architects) 3. ) PERUNDING JPC SDN BHD
3 June 2026
MYHC
ma-25-19-11-2024
1. ) CHONG HOE CHIN 2. ) YEO MING SHEN 3. ) TAN HWA TENG 4. ) KHOO PEI SIME 5. ) HO HOO YEEN 6. ) MUHAMAD FITRI BIN MUHAMAD ZIN 7. ) HONG CHIA NEE 8. ) HONG CHEE WEI 9. ) SITI SUHANA BINTI MOHAMED ALI 10. ) YOONG SAI SIENG 11. ) MOK CHAN SING 12. ) LI LI YEN 13. ) KOH CHEE PENG 14. ) LOKE CHEE CHEONG 15. ) DANNY LOH BOON MING 16. ) LAI LEE FANG 17. ) NUR IZATY BINTI MOHD SUHAIMI 18. ) SYAHRUDDIN BIN KATDERI 19. ) SEE FANG YEE 20. ) NORMAH BINTI JANTAN 21. ) NORIFAH BINTI WAHAB 22. ) CHONG AH ...
27 April 2026
MYHC
ma-25-7-07-2024
1. ) CHEW YU XIANG 2. ) CHEW FUI KINN 3. ) CHEW MEOW CHEN 4. ) GOH HOCK THUAN 5. ) CHEW FUPENG 6. ) GOH WEI JIE 7. ) NUR ATIKAH BINTI ROSLI 8. ) JUSTIN ONG KHENG YANG 9. ) NG THENG EE 10. ) ROBENDRAN A/L PUCHANDRAN 11. ) ARIF QUSYAIRI BIN BUSTAMI 12. ) ALICIA TENG HUI CHING 13. ) AZLAN SHAH BIN MOHAMED AMALI 14. ) HARZIRA BINTI HARUN 15. ) LIM CHUIN RONG 16. ) SENG LOO CHIN 17. ) ONG KIEN GHEE 18. ) TAN GEOK YEONG 19. ) JUMARI BIN KASMIN 20. ) MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN ABDULLAH 21. ) TEA WEE LONG 22...
27 April 2026
MYHC
ma-25-9-08-2024
1. ) GAN MAY PING 2. ) MUHAMMAD SAFUAN BIN SETH 3. ) CHIA KOK HOONG 4. ) SOH ENG GEOK 5. ) KONG KAH SOON 6. ) LIAW LIN LEE 7. ) TEOH CHOON HEA 8. ) SIEW HUEY MING 9. ) CHAN WEY SHEN 10. ) NURJANNAH ZAIHA BINTI HAMZAH 11. ) GOH SEE JAU 12. ) WAHIDANOOR BT WAHID 13. ) TAY CHAU HWEE 14. ) ARNIE SHAZLEEN BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN 15. ) MARINA TAN BINTI MOHD ROSS TAN 16. ) LEE ENG KIAT 17. ) LEE KOK HENG 18. ) CHONG KAH WEI 19. ) LIM HON YOONG 20. ) TAN PING 21. ) LEE YOONG SING 22. ) LEE CHONG HWAI 23. ...
27 April 2026
MYHC
ba-24ncvc-2326-10-2025
1. ) CHANG WEI KIAT 2. ) CHAN YOKE LIM v PRIMA NOVA HARTA DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD
26 April 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
ja-22c-4-06-2020
1. ) ANUAR BIN MAHMOOD 2. ) FARIDAH BINTE AHMAD v JOHOR LAND BERHAD
13 January 2026
MYHC
wa-11bncvc-46-07-2024
WEALTH PLATEAU SDN BHD v WONG YIP CHEE
5 January 2026
MYHC
aa-24ncvc-377-08-2023
KINTA ECOCITY SDN BHD v PERSATUAN PENDUDUK KEDIAMAN GRAND RETREATS, BANDAR BARU SRI KLEBANG
23 February 2025
MYHC