CHAMPION SCORE SDN BHD v MOHD SOBRI CHEW BIN ABDULLAH

p-02ncvcw-2249-12-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 11 November 2024 • P-02(NCvC)(W)-2249-12/2022 • 51 min read
32 cases cited (0 SG, 32 foreign)

Outcome

We had therefore dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision of the High Court. [101] We ordered costs of RM15,000 to the respondent purchaser subject to the allocator.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (p-02ncvcw-2249-12-2022). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Purchaser paid full purchase price to developer under a Schedule G SPA under the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act , 1966 (HDA) - position of developer as bare trustee - scope of irrevocable Power of Attorney (PA) given by proprietor to developer - whether Form 16A for the charge created subsequently in favour of moneylender is valid or whether the Form 16A is an insufficient or void instrument under s 340(2)(b) NLC - whether developer had exceeded its powers under the PA - whether public policy applies to protect innocent purchaser of houses from developer under the HDA- HDA being a social legislation- application of s 340(4)(b) NLC.

Practice Areas

Housing Development

Judges (3)

Azimah binti Omar Coram Azizul Azmi bin Adnan Coram Lee Swee Seng Delivered

Parties (2)

CHAMPION SCORE Sdn Bhd Appellant Mohd Sobri Chew bin Abdullah Respondent

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
National Land Code (Cap 828)

Cases Cited (32)

UK (5)
[1892] 2 QB 724 [1918] 2 KB 241 [1951] 2 KB 252 [1971] 1 All ER 215 [2017] AC 467
MY (27)
[1971] 1 MLJ 224 [1976] 2 MLJ 253 [1982] 2 MLJ 31 [1990] 1 MLJ 296 [1995] 3 MLJ 369 [1996] 4 CLJ 687 [1997] 4 MLJ 474 [1998] 3 CLJ 316 [1998] MLJU 40 [2009] 6 CLJ 232 [2010] 2 CLJ 269 [2010] 2 MLJ 1 [2011] 2 MLJ 141 [2011] 4 CLJ 42 [2014] 1 CLJ 987 [2015] 2 MLJ 801 [2015] 6 MLJ 1 [2016] MLJU 1431 [2019] 4 MLJ 141 [2020] 1 CLJ 162 [2020] 1 MLJ 281 [2020] 12 MLJ 465 [2020] 4 MLJ 662 [2021] 2 CLJ 441 [2021] 3 MLJ 914 [2022] 1 MLJ 701 [2023] 4 MLJ 145

Judgment

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