Delight House Management (KL) Sdn Bhd v Chew Choi Ting

ja-22ncvc-44-03-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 April 2026 • JA-22NCvC-44-03/2025 • 29 min read
20 cases cited (1 SG, 19 foreign)

Outcome

The Plaintiff’s claim is hereby dismissed with costs fixed at RM100,000.00 to be paid to the Defendant, subject to the allocator fees.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (ja-22ncvc-44-03-2025). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Employment law — Fraud — Breach of confidence — Client solicitation — Misappropriation of monies — Former employee — Property management company — Threshold issue of employment nexus established — Transfer letter defective — No direct evidence of solicitation — Line group chat post-dated employment — Section 28 Contracts Act 1950 — Restraint of trade void — Hearsay evidence — Adverse inference under section 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 — Tenant not called as witness — Alleged financial policy unsupported — Unsigned documents — No proof of deceit — Damages speculative and inflated — Claim dismissed with costs RM100,000.00

Practice Areas

Employment & Industrial Relations Contract Evidence

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (5)

Enho Grace & Partners Firm Michael & Co. Firm Lum Pei Ying Counsel Defendant Michael a/l Anthony Counsel Plaintiff Stanley Chong Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Delight House Management Sdn Bhd Plaintiff Chew Choi Ting Defendant

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
s 28
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 114(g)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (20)

SLR (1)
[2001] 2 SLR(R) 435
UK (1)
[1964] 1 All ER 367
MY (18)
[1956] MLJ 220 [1987] 1 MLJ 492 [1987] 2 MLJ 336 [2006] 5 MLJ 359 [2010] 4 MLJ 17 [2015] 3 MLJ 254 [2015] 9 CLJ 227 [2016] 1 MLJ 464 [2016] 2 CLJ 36 [2016] 4 MLJ 100 [2016] MLJU 868 [2018] 1 MLJ 784 [2019] 1 MLJ 421 [2019] 6 MLJ 220 [2020] MLJU 1868 [2023] MLJU 3130 [2025] MLJU 3214 [2026] MLJU 93

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ja-22ncvc-44-03-2025)