Judgment

4 cases · September 2025 to May 2026

Case Volume by Year

2
25
2
26
2025–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Sufficiency of reasons — Failure of trial court to adequately analyse basis of liability — Whether finding founded upon actual receipt of deposit, contractual assumption of liability or commercial inference — Material omission in reasoning 1 case

Default judgment — Application to set aside — Delay of one year seven months — No explanation offered — Magistrate entitled to dismiss without considering merits — Ng Han Seng v Scotch Leasing Sdn Bhd applied. 1 case

Impeachment of judgment — Fraud — Suppression of payments — Final judgment affirmed by Federal Court — Whether subsequent action to set aside permissible — Whether “reasonable diligence” required — Fresh evidence — Whether plaintiff’s own payment records constituted “new facts” — Distinction between external fraud and internal accounting discrepancy. 1 case

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