PESAT BUMI SDN BHD v CESCON ENGINEERS SDN BHD

w-02cw-1216-07-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 17 January 2024 • W-02(C)(W)-1216-07/2022 • 28 min read
9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Outcome

We accordingly dismissed the appeal with costs of RM30,000 payable to5 the respondent, with such costs to be subject to an allocator.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (w-02cw-1216-07-2022). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Engineering consultancy fees payable under a consultancy contract; fees expressed as a percentage of total construction costs; certain items of costs excluded; whether discretion of the employer was correctly exercised in excluding certain items of costs; whether parties bound by the statement of final account.

Practice Areas

Construction Law Contract

Judges (3)

Azizul Azmi bin Adnan Delivered Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Coram Hanipah binti Farikullah Coram

Counsel (8)

Rahmat Lim & Partners Firm Shannen Lee & Co Firm Alan Lim Wei Lun Counsel Respondent Chua Chuan Sheng Counsel Respondent Jack Yow Pit Pin Counsel Appellant Kan Hui Ling Counsel Appellant Prisilla Chong Mun Mun Counsel Respondent Ranjit Singh Harbinder Singh Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

CESCON ENGINEERS Sdn Bhd Respondent PESAT BUMI Sdn Bhd Appellant

Cases Cited (9)

UK (4)
[1948] 1 KB 223 [2001] EWCA Civ 1047 [2001] EWCA Civ 1466 [2013] UKSC 17
MY (5)
[1979] 1 MLJ 135 [1997] 1 MLJ 145 [2016] 2 MLJ 428 [2019] 5 MLJ 209 [2019] 6 MLJ 752

Judgment

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