Negligence
8 cases · July 2021 to April 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 21
3 25
3 26
2021–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Were the Defendants negligent in causing the death of the deceased — Held, there was a duty of care owed by the defendants to the deceased and that the defendants had breached that duty. 2 Road traffic accident — Liability — No direct collision between appellants’ and respondents’ vehicles — Third-party vehicle (JGS 39) collided with appellants’ vehicle before striking respondents’ vehicle — Police investigation attributing fault to third-party driver — Appellants confronted with sudden emergency and entitled to rely on “agony of the moment” doctrine — Whether learned Magistrate misappreciated material evidence and wrongly imposed 100% liability on appellants. 1 Road Traffic Accident — Motorcyclist overtaking from the left — Collision between motorcycles — Liability — Whether trial judge correct in finding defendant fully liable — Assessment of conflicting evidence — Independent witness testimony — Physical damage to vehicles corroborating plaintiff’s version — Contributory negligence — Appellate interference with findings of fact. 1 Damage to underground telecommunication cable — Excavation works — Whether contractor liable for damage to underground utilities — Circumstantial evidence of causation — No alternative cause shown — Inference of negligence — Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Panareno Sdn Bhd Evidence — Res ipsa loquitur — Application of doctrine — Damage to underground cable occurring during excavation works — Whether occurrence ordinarily happens without negligence — Control of site by contractor — Evidential burden shifting to defendant — Teoh Guat Looi v Ng Hong Guan Evidence — Documentary evidence — Operational records and contemporaneous business documents — Admissibility and evidential weight — Documents explained by witness — Whether documents constituted hearsay — Recaliva Design Steel (M) Sdn Bhd v Vista Access Sdn Bhd Evidence — Adverse inference — Failure to call material witnesses — Site supervisors and personnel responsible for utility verification not called — Whether court entitled to draw inference against defendant — Munusamy v Public Prosecutor Damages — Repair costs — Damage to telecommunication infrastructure — Whether claim included upgrading works — Proof through invoices, work orders and supporting documents — Mestika Bistari Sdn Bhd v Telekom Malaysia Bhd Appeal — Interference with findings of fact — Appellate court approach — Whether trial judge misdirected on law or made findings unsupported by evidence — Deference to trial court’s evaluation of evidence — Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat v Wendy Tan Lee Peng — Tengku Dato’ Ibrahim Petra v Petra Perdana Bhd Civil procedure — Appeal from Sessions Court — Appellate court declining to re-evaluate facts — Appeal dismissed — Judgment of Sessions Court affirmed 1 Standard of care — Failure to give advance signal before changing lane — Breach of basic road safety obligation — Dominant cause of collision — “Last opportunity” principle — Motorcyclist’s duty of heightened vigilance when riding on road shoulder — Contributory negligence. 1 medical negligence — It is not uncommon to see medical negligence cases involving private hospitals in Court and in the law reports and this Court will not take judicial notice that private hospitals are necessarily better given the huge volume of patients the Government hospitals serve. Without any empirical evidence that private medical institutions are necessarily better, to tar Government hospitals which serve hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people as a whole is unacceptable. 1 Duty of care — Whether landlords owe duty of care to neighbouring property — Whether failure to impose public liability insurance obligation constitutes breach — Whether structural defects contributed to fire 1
Were the Defendants negligent in causing the death of the deceased — Held, there was a duty of care owed by the defendants to the deceased and that the defendants had breached that duty. 2 cases
a-01ncvcw-463-09-2019 RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNIZAM BIN ISMAIL, SIMATI) v 1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/Insp Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Ma Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia
6 July 2021
a-01ncvcw-71-02-2020 1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/INSP Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Md Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara (Tan Sri Dato' Sri Khalid Bin Abu Bakar 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia v RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNI...
6 July 2021
Road traffic accident — Liability — No direct collision between appellants’ and respondents’ vehicles — Third-party vehicle (JGS 39) collided with appellants’ vehicle before striking respondents’ vehicle — Police investigation attributing fault to third-party driver — Appellants confronted with sudden emergency and entitled to rely on “agony of the moment” doctrine — Whether learned Magistrate misappreciated material evidence and wrongly imposed 100% liability on appellants. 1 case
Road Traffic Accident — Motorcyclist overtaking from the left — Collision between motorcycles — Liability — Whether trial judge correct in finding defendant fully liable — Assessment of conflicting evidence — Independent witness testimony — Physical damage to vehicles corroborating plaintiff’s version — Contributory negligence — Appellate interference with findings of fact. 1 case
Damage to underground telecommunication cable — Excavation works — Whether contractor liable for damage to underground utilities — Circumstantial evidence of causation — No alternative cause shown — Inference of negligence — Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Panareno Sdn Bhd Evidence — Res ipsa loquitur — Application of doctrine — Damage to underground cable occurring during excavation works — Whether occurrence ordinarily happens without negligence — Control of site by contractor — Evidential burden shifting to defendant — Teoh Guat Looi v Ng Hong Guan Evidence — Documentary evidence — Operational records and contemporaneous business documents — Admissibility and evidential weight — Documents explained by witness — Whether documents constituted hearsay — Recaliva Design Steel (M) Sdn Bhd v Vista Access Sdn Bhd Evidence — Adverse inference — Failure to call material witnesses — Site supervisors and personnel responsible for utility verification not called — Whether court entitled to draw inference against defendant — Munusamy v Public Prosecutor Damages — Repair costs — Damage to telecommunication infrastructure — Whether claim included upgrading works — Proof through invoices, work orders and supporting documents — Mestika Bistari Sdn Bhd v Telekom Malaysia Bhd Appeal — Interference with findings of fact — Appellate court approach — Whether trial judge misdirected on law or made findings unsupported by evidence — Deference to trial court’s evaluation of evidence — Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat v Wendy Tan Lee Peng — Tengku Dato’ Ibrahim Petra v Petra Perdana Bhd Civil procedure — Appeal from Sessions Court — Appellate court declining to re-evaluate facts — Appeal dismissed — Judgment of Sessions Court affirmed 1 case
Standard of care — Failure to give advance signal before changing lane — Breach of basic road safety obligation — Dominant cause of collision — “Last opportunity” principle — Motorcyclist’s duty of heightened vigilance when riding on road shoulder — Contributory negligence. 1 case
medical negligence — It is not uncommon to see medical negligence cases involving private hospitals in Court and in the law reports and this Court will not take judicial notice that private hospitals are necessarily better given the huge volume of patients the Government hospitals serve. Without any empirical evidence that private medical institutions are necessarily better, to tar Government hospitals which serve hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people as a whole is unacceptable. 1 case
Duty of care — Whether landlords owe duty of care to neighbouring property — Whether failure to impose public liability insurance obligation constitutes breach — Whether structural defects contributed to fire 1 case
Key Statutes
Evidence Act 1950
cited in 1 case Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
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