TAN SOW MOOI v 1. ) RAINBOW PARADISE BEACH RESORT HOTEL 2. ) CHAMPSURF SDN BHD

pa-12bncvc-15-06-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 20 March 2025 • PA-12BNCvC-15-06/2023 • 23 min read
28 cases cited (0 SG, 28 foreign)

Outcome

Page 19 of 22 (1) P’s appeal is allowed with costs of RM10K for this appeal, plus the costs of RM7K relating to Enclosure 11 per Order dated 13.12.2023 to be paid by D1D2 to P by 21.4.2025. Costs are subject to the allocatur. If these costs are not paid to P by 21.4.2025, interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the amounts ordered shall apply from 22.4.2025 to the date of full payment.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (pa-12bncvc-15-06-2023). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

1. It is a post-trial Appeal to review the law on appellate intervention. 2. An appellate court should only interfere to disturb the findings of the first-instance court (here: the Sessions Court), if the Sessions Court was “plainly wrong”.

Judges (1)

Kenneth Yoong Ken Chinson St James Delivered

Parties (3)

CHAMPSURF Sdn Bhd Respondent Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort Hotel Respondent Tan Sow Mooi Appellant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 57
National Land Code (Cap 828)
National Land Code 1965 (Cap 828)
s 232(1)(a)
Strata Titles Act 1985 (Cap 318)

Cases Cited (28)

UK (1)
[2014] 1 WLR 2600
MY (27)
[1996] 1 MLRH 382 [1997] 5 MLJ 570 [2003] 1 CLJ 585 [2003] 1 MLJ 567 [2003] 2 AMR 6 [2004] 4 CLJ 309 [2004] 6 AMR 781 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2010] 9 CLJ 785 [2013] 5 MLJ 360 [2013] 6 CLJ 958 [2016] 2 MLJ 428 [2016] 4 CLJ 665 [2016] AMEJ 0743 [2018] 1 AMR 517 [2018] 2 CLJ 641 [2018] 2 MLJ 177 [2019] MLJU 681 [2020] 10 CLJ 1 [2020] 10 CLJ 321 [2020] 12 MLJ 67 [2020] 3 MLRH 611 [2020] 4 AMR 568 [2020] 8 AMR 14 [2020] 8 AMR 227 [2020] MLJU 498 [2021] 1 MLJ 322

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (pa-12bncvc-15-06-2023)