PREMIER MODEL (M) SDN BHD V. PHILEO PROMENADE SDN BHD & 1
ORS
04 JANUARY 2001 - HIGH COURT [KUALA LUMPUR]
SAMAN PEMULA N0: S6-24-431-TAHUN 1999
GROUNDS OF JUDGMENT.
Sometime in the middle of 1995 the Plaintiff purchased from the 1st Defendant
16 units of office/shoplots in a multi-storey building called Megan Phileo
Promenade. The sale and purchase agreements of each of the 16 units contain
similar terms and conditions. Among them it provides the right of the Defendant
to collect various charges from the purchasers. Before the strata titles
are issued to the individual units it was the responsibility of the Defendant
as the Vendor to manage and administer the Common Property. For such purposes
the 1st Defendant appointed the 2nd Defendant as its agent to manage, administer,
upkeep, upgrade and maintain the Common Property and at the same time to
bill and collect all the various charges from the purchasers in respect
of their units.
Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad v. Chan Sai Mee
05 JANUARY 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
[ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: S2-24-978-2000]
LAND LAW: Charge - Order for sale
- Cause to the contrary - Whether established - Developer's failure to obtain
official approval for building plans - Whether sale and purchase agreement
rendered void - Whether loan agreement affected - Whether defendant had
shown "valid cause to the contrary" - National Land Code, s. 256(3)
PLAZA PEKELILING MANAGEMENT CORPORATION V. IGB CORPORATION
BERHAD & 1 ORS
11 JANUARY 2001 - MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA
DI KUALA LUMPUR
SAMAN PEMULA NO: S6-24-640-2000
Satu Deklarasi bahawa plaintif adalah Management Corporation yang sah
yang ditubuhkan dibawah Akta Hakmilik Strata 1985 bagi blok A, B, C dan
D (Low Rise 4 Storey) dan F (High Rise 17 Storey) di Jalan Tun Razak Kuala
Lumpur (Geran 6851 Lot 644 Seksyen 47 Kuala Lumpur).
2) Satu Deklarasi bahawa plaintif adalah berkuasa dan bertanggungjawab untuk
pengurusan seluruh kompleks yang dikenali sebagai Plaza Pekeliling termasuk
bagi blok A, B, C dan D (Low Rise 4Y2 Storey) dan F (High Rise 17 Floor)
di Jalan Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur (Geran 6851 Lot 644 Seksyen 47 Kuala Lumpur).
3) Defendan pertama menyerahkan akaun-akaun yang lengkap bagi kompleks yang
dikenali sebagai Plaza Pekeliling termasuk bagi blok A, B, C dan D (Low
Rise 4 Storey) dan F (High Rise 17 Storey) di Jalan Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur
(Geran 6851 Lot 644 Seksyen 47 Kuala Lumpur) sehingga tarikh penyerahan
kompleks tersebut kepada plaintif.
4) Defendan pertama menyerahkan kepada plaintif dokumen-dokumen berikut
:-
(a) Pelan struktur.
(b) Pelan Mekanikal dan Elektrikal.
(c) Segala kontrak-kontrak yang ditandatangani oleh defendan pertama dengan
pihak-pihak lain berkenaan dengan pengurusan kompleks tersebut.
(d) Segala dokumen-dokumen lain dalam simpanan defendan pertama berkenaan
dengan pengurusan kompleks tersebut.
5) Defendan kedua menyerahkan kepada plaintif semua dokumen-dokumen dalam
simpanan defendan kedua yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan kompleks tersebut.
6) Defendan kedua menyerahkan kepada plaintif akaun-akaun kutipan wang oleh
defendan kedua daripada pihak lain berkenaan dengan pengurusan kompleks
berkenaan.
7) Defendan pertama dan kedua membayar plaintif kos tindakan ini.
8) Relif-Relif yang lain dan wajar yang didapati suai manfaat oleh Mahkamah
Yang Mulia ini.
Cheong Bee Yong v. MBF Finance Bhd & Anor
19 JANUARY 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
[ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: S6-24-2576-99]
LAND LAW: Housing developers - Promotional brochure
for sale of condominium units - Brochure stated developer would pay for
interest on loan until Certificate of Fitness issued - Whether developer
bound by words therein - Whether plaintiff relied on brochure to purchase
condominium unit
CONTRACT: Loan - Interest payments - Interest payments on loan before
issuance of Certificate of Fitness - Whether developer undertook to pay
for interest before issuance of Certificate of Fitness in promotional brochure
for sale of property - Whether plaintiff relied on such undertaking to purchase
property
Chua Eng Hong & Anor v. Palm Springs Development Sdn Bhd
02 MAY 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
[SUIT NO: S2-(S1)-22-365-1999]
Land Law:
Housing developers - Sale and purchase agreement - Defendant failed to complete
and deliver vacant possession within stipulated time - Failure to apply
for extension under reg. 11(3) of the Housing Developers (Control & Licensing)
Regulations 1989 - Whether the period of 36 months could be waived - Whether
extension of time could be given
Kemayan Engineering (SEA) Pte Ltd V. Sunyap Development Sdn
Bhd
10 MAY 2001 - HIGH COURT SABAH & SARAWAK, KOTA KINABALU
[ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: K24-13-2000]
In this case, the plaintiff entered into two separate sale and purchase
agreements, both dated 27 June 90 for purchase of two units of shoplots
ie, Units No. B 51 and B 52 respectively at Second Floor, Centre Point,
Kota Kinabalu from the defendants. All terms and conditions in the said
agreements are similar and identical.
Ang Kee Sim v. Kembang Jaya Development Sdn Bhd
27 JUNE 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, PENANG
[CIVIL SUIT NO: 22-457-2000 (MT 4)]
CONTRACT: Specific performance
- Sale and purchase agreement - Whether effective and applicable - Section
75 of the Contracts Act 1950 - Whether applicable - Application for extension
of time - Whether made in time - Whether plaintiff entitled to specific
performance - Section 11(3) of the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing)
Regulations 1989
Contract: Building contract - Delay in completion
- Vendor unable to fulfil contract by completion date - Deduction of liquidated
damages for delay - Whether allowed - Whether plaintiff entitled to specific
performance
MBF FINANCE BHD V. NGOI THIAM WOH
09 AUGUST 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, IPOH
[CIVIL SUIT NO: 22-68-99]
Introduction The plaintiff is a licensed finance company. It gave
a loan of RM232,650 to the defendant on 19 November 1994 to finance the
purchase of a unit of 'condotel' in Penang known as "Park Paradise of Penang"
(Park Paradise). This loan was to be repaid over 15 years at a monthly installment
of RM12,555.67.
PUBLIC FINANCE BERHAD V ZAINAL BIN OSMAN T/A PUTERA FOTOT
STUDIO
30 AUGUST 2001 - HIGH COURT (SHAH ALAM)
GUAMAN NO MT3-22-1615-1998
The next and final point raised for the defendant is the alleged negligence
in releasing the progress payments without studying the architect's certificates.
The loan agreement does not appear to contain any obligation which requires
the plaintiff to go behind the architect's certificate. Architects have
the special professional skill and competence to certify the state of the
building and the plaintiff is perfectly entitled to rely on these certificates
issued by architects in order to justify the disbursements of the relevant
progress payments, and that is precisely what the plaintiff has done in
this case.
KC Chan Brothers Development Sdn Bhd - vs - Tan Kong Seng
& Ors
07 SEPTEMBER 2001 - HIGH COURT MALAYA, TEMERLOH
[CIVIL APPEAL NOS: 11-1-2000 TO 11-26-2000]
CIVIL PROCEDURE:
Appeal - Jurisdiction to entertain - Power of High Court to hear appeals
from subordinate courts - Question of law - Whether substantially raised
in notice of appeal or memorandum of appeal - Courts of Judicature Act 1964,
ss. 27, 28
CONTRACT: Building contract - Breach - Defects - No notice as per
sale and purchase agreement given to developer to repair defects - Whether
purchasers may still sue developer for breach of contract - Whether purchasers
estopped from bringing claim - Protection of house buyers - Housing Developers
(Control & Licensing) Regulations 1982
CONTRACT: Building contract - Breach - Defects - Certificate of fitness
for occupation issued by local authority - Whether purchasers precluded
from suing developer for breach of contract - Whether specifications as
per sale and purchase agreement and building plans met
CONTRACT: Building contract - Sale and purchase agreement - Approved
building plans - Whether must be annexed to agreement - Whether a mandatory
requirement - Whether may be deemed to have been annexed to agreement -
Whether building plans part and parcel of agreement - Rights and liabilities
of purchaser and developer - Housing Developers (Control & Licensing) Regulations
1982, reg. 12
CONTRACT: Building contract - Breach - Defects - Discovered after
12-month liability period - Whether purchaser may still sue developer for
breach of contract under common law
