Limitation
9 cases · July 2024 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
1 24
3 25
5 26
2024–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Limitation Act 1953 — Section 6(1)(a) — Action founded on fraud and misrepresentation — Transactions occurring in 2013 — Plaintiff admitting discovery of alleged fraud and lodging police report on 1 July 2017 — Writ filed on 1 October 2024 — Whether claim statute-barred — Held, yes. 1 Limitation Act 1953 — Section 29 — Fraud exception — Whether Plaintiffs pleaded sufficient material facts to postpone commencement of limitation period — Whether subsequent discovery of additional evidence revived limitation period — Held, no — Plaintiffs having admitted discovery of alleged fraud by July 2017. 1 Tort — Section 6(1)(a) Limitation Act 1953 — Six-year limitation period — Cause of action arising from road accident — Defendant added after expiry of limitation period — Whether action against defendant statute-barred 1 Limitation Act 1953 — Section 6 and section 29 — Fraud and postponement of limitation — Date of accrual — Date of discovery — Reasonable diligence — Whether limitation can be determined as preliminary issue — Whether limitation fact-sensitive — Whether issue intertwined with allegations of fraud and concealment 1 Cause of action for LAD — Limitation Act 1953, s 6(1)(a) — Cause of action accrues upon delivery of vacant possession — Distinction between challenge to validity of SPA clauses (Obata-Ambak) and computation of LAD (PJD Regency). 1 Cause of action — Accrual date — Contract — Promise to pay incentive — Plaintiff informed of Board's approval in 2010 — Whether breach occurred when payment not made after obligation arose — Whether discovery of subsequent Board minutes refusing payment extended limitation period — Limitation Act 1953, s 6(1)(a) 1 Limitation of actions — Tenancy agreement executed in 2018 — Suit commenced in 2025 — Whether claim statute-barred — Postponement of limitation — Alleged fraud or concealment — Means of discovery with ordinary diligence — Public land records — Limitation Act 1953, ss 6, 29 1 Laches — Equitable defence — Whether applicable where statutory limitation period not expired — Suit filed within six-year limitation period — Delay of seven months not unreasonable — Defence rejected — Limitation Act 1953, s.6(1)(a). 1 Tort — s.6(1)(a) Limitation Act — One-day late filing — s.29 concealment — Whether referral letter withheld — Discovery during custody proceedings — Fact-sensitive issue. Medical Negligence — Psychiatric referral letter — Issued without examination — Breach of duty — Need for viva voce evidence. Confidentiality — Medical records — Disclosure without consent — MMC confidentiality rules — Letter given to husband — Whether wrongful disclosure. Vicarious Liability — Clinic operator — Relationship between D1 and D2 — Control and integration — Triable issue. Abuse of Process — Late service — No mala fides — Serious allegations — Not frivolous or vexatious. 1 when the cause of action arose — whether the cause of action arose after the decision of Ang Ming Lee & Ors v. Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan & Anor And Other Appeals [2020] 1 MLJ 281 or within 6 years after the execution of the SPAs. 1
Limitation Act 1953 — Section 6(1)(a) — Action founded on fraud and misrepresentation — Transactions occurring in 2013 — Plaintiff admitting discovery of alleged fraud and lodging police report on 1 July 2017 — Writ filed on 1 October 2024 — Whether claim statute-barred — Held, yes. 1 case
Limitation Act 1953 — Section 29 — Fraud exception — Whether Plaintiffs pleaded sufficient material facts to postpone commencement of limitation period — Whether subsequent discovery of additional evidence revived limitation period — Held, no — Plaintiffs having admitted discovery of alleged fraud by July 2017. 1 case
Tort — Section 6(1)(a) Limitation Act 1953 — Six-year limitation period — Cause of action arising from road accident — Defendant added after expiry of limitation period — Whether action against defendant statute-barred 1 case
Limitation Act 1953 — Section 6 and section 29 — Fraud and postponement of limitation — Date of accrual — Date of discovery — Reasonable diligence — Whether limitation can be determined as preliminary issue — Whether limitation fact-sensitive — Whether issue intertwined with allegations of fraud and concealment 1 case
Cause of action for LAD — Limitation Act 1953, s 6(1)(a) — Cause of action accrues upon delivery of vacant possession — Distinction between challenge to validity of SPA clauses (Obata-Ambak) and computation of LAD (PJD Regency). 1 case
Cause of action — Accrual date — Contract — Promise to pay incentive — Plaintiff informed of Board's approval in 2010 — Whether breach occurred when payment not made after obligation arose — Whether discovery of subsequent Board minutes refusing payment extended limitation period — Limitation Act 1953, s 6(1)(a) 1 case
Limitation of actions — Tenancy agreement executed in 2018 — Suit commenced in 2025 — Whether claim statute-barred — Postponement of limitation — Alleged fraud or concealment — Means of discovery with ordinary diligence — Public land records — Limitation Act 1953, ss 6, 29 1 case
Laches — Equitable defence — Whether applicable where statutory limitation period not expired — Suit filed within six-year limitation period — Delay of seven months not unreasonable — Defence rejected — Limitation Act 1953, s.6(1)(a). 1 case
Tort — s.6(1)(a) Limitation Act — One-day late filing — s.29 concealment — Whether referral letter withheld — Discovery during custody proceedings — Fact-sensitive issue. Medical Negligence — Psychiatric referral letter — Issued without examination — Breach of duty — Need for viva voce evidence. Confidentiality — Medical records — Disclosure without consent — MMC confidentiality rules — Letter given to husband — Whether wrongful disclosure. Vicarious Liability — Clinic operator — Relationship between D1 and D2 — Control and integration — Triable issue. Abuse of Process — Late service — No mala fides — Serious allegations — Not frivolous or vexatious. 1 case
when the cause of action arose — whether the cause of action arose after the decision of Ang Ming Lee & Ors v. Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan & Anor And Other Appeals [2020] 1 MLJ 281 or within 6 years after the execution of the SPAs. 1 case
Key Statutes
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
cited in 5 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 4 cases Limitation Act
cited in 1 case Subordinate Courts Act 1948
cited in 1 case Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Judges
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