Civil procedure

394 cases · Invalid Date to July 2026

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Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Order 14A and Order 33 r 2 ROC 2012 — Preliminary determination in five forestry and land concession disputes — Alleged unlawful termination by State authority — Whether questions of law suitable for summary disposal where contractual performance, statutory compliance under s 20 National Forestry Act 1984, plantation progress and alleged breaches were disputed — Applications dismissed. 5 Assessment of damages — Assessment following liability judgment after full trial — Liability conclusively determined — Assessment confined to quantification of damages arising from established liability. 4 Stay of proceedings — Winding-up petitions — Pending appeal — Pending buy-out order — Whether appeal operates as stay — Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 73 3 Representative action — Multiple purchasers — Joinder of claims — Monetary jurisdiction of Sessions Court — Section 65(1)(b) Subordinate Courts Act 1948 — Whether jurisdiction determined by aggregate sum or individual claims — Distinction between composite award and discrete awards 3 Whether the Plaintiff has proven the claim for goods and services supplied to the Defendant — Whether the Defendants are liable for the guarantees — Whether the Defendants in counterclaim have conspired jointly to defraud the Plaintiff 3 Clarification proceedings — Scope of clarification — Clarification of legal basis of aggravated and exemplary damages — Distinction between clarification and appeal — Challenge to correctness of the assessment judgment properly a matter for the appellate process. 2 Summary judgment — Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Certificate of Indebtedness — Conclusive evidence clause — Whether manifest error shown — Effect of successive statements of account — Settlement Agreement — Novation — Whether settlement agreement extinguished original debt or preserved right to sue upon default. 2 Striking out — Order 18 rule 19 Rules of Court 2012 — Counterclaim — Reasonable cause of action — Abuse of process — Jurisdiction of Sessions Court to grant declaratory relief — Harmonization of sections 65(5)(b) and 69(g) of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 — Pleading requirements for general, aggravated, and exemplary damages. 2 Summary judgment — Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Banking institution’s claim for outstanding banking facilities — Letter of Offer and Personal Guarantee — Certificate of Indebtedness (“COI”) — Conclusive evidence clause — Burden of proof shifts to defendants once procedural requirements satisfied — Defendants raised alleged non-reflection of payments, interest miscalculation, and premature recall — Defendants failed to demonstrate manifest error or provide documentary evidence — Bare denials and speculative assertions — No bona fide triable issues raised — Summary judgment allowed. 2 Res judicata — Issue estoppel — Prior striking out of local authority on ground tree located on federal land — Whether JKR and government estopped from arguing local authority was responsible — Effect of final judicial determination on same issue 2 Parties— Proper parties to be sued — Whether proper to sue sole proprietor in his own name and to add below the name within brackets the name of the firm — Whether respondent was properly named at the adjudication proceedings — Whether action can be taken against a body that has no legal status — Whether the Adjudicator is clothed with the jurisdiction — Whether adjudication proceedings valid 2 Banking and Finance — Islamic banking — Summary judgment — Recovery of outstanding sums under Murabahah term financing, Cashline-i and Tradeline-i facilities — Whether genuine triable issues raised — Defence based on non-receipt of demand letter — Whether the claim is premature — Whether proceedings must first be taken against the principal borrower before recourse to the guarantors — Guarantee and Indemnity — Whether certificate of indebtedness conclusive — Whether service of certificate upon defendants a precondition –Whether defendants have proven manifest error — Principal liability clause — Indemnity clause — Rules of Court 2012, Order 14 rr 1, & 3. 2 Appeal — Appeal against summary judgment — Appeal against striking out of counterclaim — Applicable appellate standard — Whether re-hearing or review of discretion — Whether genuine triable issue raised — Distinction between limbs under O 18 r 19(1) Rules of Court 2012 — Sub-paragraph (a) confined to defects on the face of pleadings — Prohibition on affidavit evidence under O 18 r 19(2) for sub-paragraph (a) — Scope of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) — Whether counterclaim for fraud and misrepresentation properly struck out under sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) — Lack of material particulars — Whether counterclaim obviously unsustainable — Rules of Court 2012, O.14 r.1 & r.3, & O.8 r.19. 2 Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 67 — Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, Rules 5(1), 5(3) and 5(4) — procedural law — striking out of notice of appeal — preliminary objection — filing of single notice of appeal for more than one decision — whether decisions were clearly and concisely identified 2 Order 53 Rules of Court 2012 — Leave stage — Ex parte application — Attorney General appearing for statutory respondents — Stay application to be heard inter partes — Costs in the cause. 1 Originating Summons — Ex parte proceedings — Certificate of Urgency — Interim preservation of subject matter of litigation — Pending writ action — Pending judicial management proceedings — Preservation of efficacy of pending proceedings. 1 Preliminary issue — Whether facts admitted or genuinely undisputed — Requirement for agreed factual substratum — Whether action suitable for summary disposal. 1 Order 33 — Mixed questions of fact and law — Genuine dispute of material fact — Necessity for oral evidence — Appropriateness of full trial. 1 Preliminary determination — Whether court may grant final relief on counterclaim through Order 33 procedure. 1 Judgments in default — Alleged merger of indebtedness — Relevance to preliminary issue application. 1 + 487 more

Summary judgment — Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Certificate of Indebtedness — Conclusive evidence clause — Whether manifest error shown — Effect of successive statements of account — Settlement Agreement — Novation — Whether settlement agreement extinguished original debt or preserved right to sue upon default. 2 cases

Striking out — Order 18 rule 19 Rules of Court 2012 — Counterclaim — Reasonable cause of action — Abuse of process — Jurisdiction of Sessions Court to grant declaratory relief — Harmonization of sections 65(5)(b) and 69(g) of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 — Pleading requirements for general, aggravated, and exemplary damages. 2 cases

Summary judgment — Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Banking institution’s claim for outstanding banking facilities — Letter of Offer and Personal Guarantee — Certificate of Indebtedness (“COI”) — Conclusive evidence clause — Burden of proof shifts to defendants once procedural requirements satisfied — Defendants raised alleged non-reflection of payments, interest miscalculation, and premature recall — Defendants failed to demonstrate manifest error or provide documentary evidence — Bare denials and speculative assertions — No bona fide triable issues raised — Summary judgment allowed. 2 cases

Banking and Finance — Islamic banking — Summary judgment — Recovery of outstanding sums under Murabahah term financing, Cashline-i and Tradeline-i facilities — Whether genuine triable issues raised — Defence based on non-receipt of demand letter — Whether the claim is premature — Whether proceedings must first be taken against the principal borrower before recourse to the guarantors — Guarantee and Indemnity — Whether certificate of indebtedness conclusive — Whether service of certificate upon defendants a precondition –Whether defendants have proven manifest error — Principal liability clause — Indemnity clause — Rules of Court 2012, Order 14 rr 1, & 3. 2 cases

Appeal — Appeal against summary judgment — Appeal against striking out of counterclaim — Applicable appellate standard — Whether re-hearing or review of discretion — Whether genuine triable issue raised — Distinction between limbs under O 18 r 19(1) Rules of Court 2012 — Sub-paragraph (a) confined to defects on the face of pleadings — Prohibition on affidavit evidence under O 18 r 19(2) for sub-paragraph (a) — Scope of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) — Whether counterclaim for fraud and misrepresentation properly struck out under sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) — Lack of material particulars — Whether counterclaim obviously unsustainable — Rules of Court 2012, O.14 r.1 & r.3, & O.8 r.19. 2 cases

Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 67 — Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, Rules 5(1), 5(3) and 5(4) — procedural law — striking out of notice of appeal — preliminary objection — filing of single notice of appeal for more than one decision — whether decisions were clearly and concisely identified 2 cases

Order 53 Rules of Court 2012 — Leave stage — Ex parte application — Attorney General appearing for statutory respondents — Stay application to be heard inter partes — Costs in the cause. 1 case

Originating Summons — Ex parte proceedings — Certificate of Urgency — Interim preservation of subject matter of litigation — Pending writ action — Pending judicial management proceedings — Preservation of efficacy of pending proceedings. 1 case

Preliminary issue — Whether facts admitted or genuinely undisputed — Requirement for agreed factual substratum — Whether action suitable for summary disposal. 1 case

Order 33 — Mixed questions of fact and law — Genuine dispute of material fact — Necessity for oral evidence — Appropriateness of full trial. 1 case

Preliminary determination — Whether court may grant final relief on counterclaim through Order 33 procedure. 1 case

Judgments in default — Alleged merger of indebtedness — Relevance to preliminary issue application. 1 case

Registrar empowered to execute transfer documents — Sale of matrimonial properties — Liberty to apply. 1 case

Consolidation of actions — Joint trial — Order 4 rule 1 Rules of Court 2012 — Common questions of fact and law — Same transaction or series of transactions — Discretion of Court — Distinction between consolidation and trial together — Preservation of separate identity of actions — Different parties and different capacities — Avoidance of inconsistent findings — Case management. 1 case

Originating Summons — Writ action — Whether proceedings suitable for determination on affidavit evidence — Final relief — Requirement for oral evidence and cross-examination. 1 case

Conversion of proceedings — Pleadings — Affidavits to stand as pleadings — Consequential directions. 1 case

Originating Summons — Ex parte application — Declaratory relief — Appointment of committee of estate — Jurisdiction — Statutory preconditions. 1 case

Leave to continue proceedings — Action commenced prior to bankruptcy — Supervening bankruptcy during pendency of action — Whether proceedings may continue to judgment. 1 case

Jurisdiction — Proper forum — Malaysian proceedings involving foreign bankrupts — Whether leave should be sought in Malaysia or Singapore — Court seized of action as proper forum. 1 case

Judgment in default — Corporate guarantor — Judgment already entered against co-defendant — Relevance to continuation of proceedings against individual guarantors. 1 case

Restoration of proceedings — Interlocutory applications adjourned due to bankruptcy — Leave granted to continue action — Directions restoring pending applications for hearing. 1 case

Key Statutes

Rules of Court 2012
cited in 120 cases
cited in 31 cases
cited in 28 cases
cited in 23 cases
cited in 21 cases
cited in 17 cases
cited in 14 cases
Federal Constitution
cited in 13 cases
cited in 8 cases
cited in 8 cases
cited in 3 cases
cited in 3 cases
cited in 3 cases
cited in 3 cases
Industrial Relations Act 1967
cited in 2 cases

Court Distribution

Key People & Firms

Cases

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