Landlord and Tenant
4 cases · October 2025 to April 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 25
2 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Monthly tenancy — Expiry of written tenancy agreement — Continued occupation after expiry — Continued payment and acceptance of rent — Whether post-expiry occupation gave rise to lawful monthly tenancy — Whether all terms of expired tenancy agreement continued to apply Landlord and tenant — Notice to quit — Alleged notice to quit embedded in letter offering temporary occupation licence — Whether notice clear and unambiguous — Whether seven days’ notice sufficient for large commercial premises — Whether notice invalid for insufficiency and ambiguity Landlord and tenant — Double rental — Claim under s 28(4)(a) Civil Law Act 1956 — Whether landlord clearly demanded possession and elected to impose double rental — Effect of subsequent acceptance of rent and issuance of rental invoices — Whether claim for double rental sustainable Landlord and tenant — Deposit — Security deposit and utilities deposit — Forfeiture — Whether forfeiture clauses in expired written tenancy governed subsequent monthly tenancy — Whether landlord entitled to retain deposits — Counterclaim for return of deposits Evidence — Contemporaneous documents — Relative weight vis-à-vis oral testimony — Witness confusion and demeanour — Whether documentary correspondence and invoices more probative than uncertain oral answers 1 Sub tenancy — Redevelopment — Vacant possession — Termination vs suspension — Replacement premises — “Agreed Conditions” — No contemporaneous evidence — Negotiations only — Expiry of tenancy — Renewal option — 20 year extension — Failure to request renewal — Demised premises demolished — Fresh tenancy required. CONTRACT — Interpretation — Clause 11.01 — Structural modifications — Legal compulsion vs commercial redevelopment — Subject matter ceased to exist — Option exercised strictly — No agreement to negotiate. EVIDENCE — Contemporaneous documents preferred — Evasive witness — Oral testimony given limited weight — Burden of proof — Conduct inconsistent with claimed rights. DAMAGES — Refund of rentals — Section 74 Contracts Act 1950 — No proof of loss — Rent paid for occupation. DEPOSITS — Set off of security deposit — Temporary utilities charge — Non refundable charge. 1 Tenancy agreement — Delivery of vacant possession — Tenant in possession — Renovation works undertaken — Estoppel against denial of landlord’s title — Evidence Act 1950, s 116 — “As is, where is” clause — Effect 1 Scope of liability — Whether landlord responsible for tenant’s machinery and operations — Whether tenancy agreement imposes duty to maintain safety or procure insurance 1
Monthly tenancy — Expiry of written tenancy agreement — Continued occupation after expiry — Continued payment and acceptance of rent — Whether post-expiry occupation gave rise to lawful monthly tenancy — Whether all terms of expired tenancy agreement continued to apply Landlord and tenant — Notice to quit — Alleged notice to quit embedded in letter offering temporary occupation licence — Whether notice clear and unambiguous — Whether seven days’ notice sufficient for large commercial premises — Whether notice invalid for insufficiency and ambiguity Landlord and tenant — Double rental — Claim under s 28(4)(a) Civil Law Act 1956 — Whether landlord clearly demanded possession and elected to impose double rental — Effect of subsequent acceptance of rent and issuance of rental invoices — Whether claim for double rental sustainable Landlord and tenant — Deposit — Security deposit and utilities deposit — Forfeiture — Whether forfeiture clauses in expired written tenancy governed subsequent monthly tenancy — Whether landlord entitled to retain deposits — Counterclaim for return of deposits Evidence — Contemporaneous documents — Relative weight vis-à-vis oral testimony — Witness confusion and demeanour — Whether documentary correspondence and invoices more probative than uncertain oral answers 1 case
Sub tenancy — Redevelopment — Vacant possession — Termination vs suspension — Replacement premises — “Agreed Conditions” — No contemporaneous evidence — Negotiations only — Expiry of tenancy — Renewal option — 20 year extension — Failure to request renewal — Demised premises demolished — Fresh tenancy required. CONTRACT — Interpretation — Clause 11.01 — Structural modifications — Legal compulsion vs commercial redevelopment — Subject matter ceased to exist — Option exercised strictly — No agreement to negotiate. EVIDENCE — Contemporaneous documents preferred — Evasive witness — Oral testimony given limited weight — Burden of proof — Conduct inconsistent with claimed rights. DAMAGES — Refund of rentals — Section 74 Contracts Act 1950 — No proof of loss — Rent paid for occupation. DEPOSITS — Set off of security deposit — Temporary utilities charge — Non refundable charge. 1 case
Tenancy agreement — Delivery of vacant possession — Tenant in possession — Renovation works undertaken — Estoppel against denial of landlord’s title — Evidence Act 1950, s 116 — “As is, where is” clause — Effect 1 case
Scope of liability — Whether landlord responsible for tenant’s machinery and operations — Whether tenancy agreement imposes duty to maintain safety or procure insurance 1 case
Key Statutes
Civil Law Act 1956
cited in 1 case Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Cases
ba-22ncvc-250-06-2022
TOP SPEED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD. v VMALL ENTERPRISE SDN. BHD.
9 April 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-664-11-2023
Econsave Cash & Carry Sdn Bhd v The Cafe And Golf Sdn Bhd (In Receivership)
16 March 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-167-03-2025
BAEV Holdings Sdn Bhd v 1. ) Yong Chun Khiong 2. ) MBL Agarwood ECO Leisureland Sdn Bhd
21 December 2025
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-174-03-2025
1. ) GENERALI INSURANCE MALAYSIA BERHAD 2. ) TAKAFUL IKHLAS GENERAL BERHAD 3. ) SS MOTOR CENTURY SDN. BHD. v 1. ) WAWASAN SINAR GEMILANG SDN. BHD. 2. ) Kua Guan Chai 3. ) Phun Booi Mooi
7 October 2025
MYHC