1. ) Bernadette Jeanne De Souza 2. ) Lau Tiang Hua v Shorefront Development Sdn Bhd (dahulu dikenali sebagai PDC Heritage Hotel Sdn Bhd)

pa-22ncvc-35-02-2019 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 19 August 2024 • PA-22NCvC-35-02/2019 • 12 min read

5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Outcome

The Plaintiffs propose a cost of RM120,000.00 if the claim is allowed and a cost of RM20,000.00 if the claim is dismissed. The Defendant proposes a cost of RM50,000.00 if the claim is dismissed and RM30,000.00 if allowed.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (pa-22ncvc-35-02-2019). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

The burden of proof on the Plaintiff to prove their claim is a legal one, as prescribed by under Section 101 of the Evidence Act, which reads as follows: Section 101 – Burden of proof (1) Whoever desires any court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability, dependent on the existence of facts which he asserts, must prove that those facts exist. (2) When a person is bound to prove the existence of any fact, it is said that the burden of proof lies on that person.”

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Azizan bin Md. Arshad Delivered

Counsel (6)

Lim Seang Lee & Associates Firm Steven Thiru & Sudhar Firm Charles Rajah Counsel Plaintiff Chong Jen Hui Counsel Defendant Gregory Das Counsel Defendant Lim Seang Lee Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

Shorefront Development Sdn Bhd (dahulu dikenali sebagai PDC Heritage Hotel Sdn Bhd) Defendant Bernadette Jeanne De Souza Plaintiff Lau Tiang Hua Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (5)

UK (1)

[2009] EWCA Civ 1247

MY (4)

[2015] 7 CLJ 584 [2017] 8 CLJ 491 [2021] MLJU 1712 [2022] MLJU 529

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (pa-22ncvc-35-02-2019)