1. ) LUXOR HOLDINGS SDN BHD 2. ) LUXOR YRM SDN BHD v SQA BUILDERS SDN BHD

b-02ca-2395-12-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 11 September 2024 • B-02(C)(A)-2395-12/2022 • 19 min read

10 cases cited (0 SG, 10 foreign)

Outcome

B-02(C)(A)-2395-12/2022 Luxor Holdings v SQA Builders 16 [44] For the reasons explained in this judgment, we dismissed Luxor’s appeal in Appeal No 2395 with costs of RM25,000, such costs to be subject to an allocatur.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (b-02ca-2395-12-2022). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Referral of question law to the High Court under the repealed section 42 of the Arbitration Act 2005; whether originating summons competent if the award had not yet been published at the time of the repeal of section 42; whether the High Court had jurisdiction to hear the originating summons.

Practice Areas

Arbitration Civil Procedure

Judges (3)

Azizah binti Haji Nawawi Coram Azizul Azmi bin Adnan Delivered Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Coram

Counsel (9)

Harold & Lam Partnership Firm K.H. Ee & Partners Firm Abd Shukor Ahmad Counsel Appellant Choy Chi Peng Counsel Respondent Ee Kim Hau Counsel Appellant Lam Wai Loon Counsel Respondent Lim Ren Wei Counsel Respondent Ringo Low Counsel Respondent Thiong Chee Whei Counsel Appellant

Parties (3)

LUXOR HOLDINGS Sdn Bhd Appellant LUXOR YRM Sdn Bhd Appellant SQA BUILDERS Sdn Bhd Respondent

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)

s 37 s 38 s 42 s 42(1) s 44

Federal Constitution

Interpretation Act

s 30(1) s 30(1)(b)

Cases Cited (10)

UK (1)

[1918] AC 626

MY (9)

[1977] 2 MLJ 187 [1989] 1 CLJ 897 [1995] 3 CLJ 520 [2016] 3 CLJ 382 [2018] 12 MLJ 49 [2020] 6 CLJ 625 [2020] MLJU 1446 [2020] MLJU 1473 [2020] MLJU 660

Judgment

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