XXXX v PROTASCO BHD

w-02nccw-1459-09-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 8 March 2026 • W-02(NCC)(W)-1459-09/2023 • 42 min read
7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Outcome

For the above reasons, we unanimously dismiss the appeal of the appellants wholly with costs of RM150,000.00 in favour of the Protasco. [83] As for the cross-appeal of Protasco for the failure of the learned trial judge decision not to award exemplary and aggravated damages, we see no reason to interfere with her discretion. The cross-appeal of Protasco is unanimously dismissed with no order as to costs.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (w-02nccw-1459-09-2023). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Whether the broad grounds is the full grounds of judgment - Whether full grounds should be ignored since broad grounds delivered when judgment pronounced - Whether omissions and divergences between broad grounds and full grounds of judgment fatal - Whether particulars sufficiently pleaded for a fraud claim - Whether finding of fact on fraud and breach of fiduciary duty warrant interference

Practice Areas

Equity & Trusts

Judges (3)

Ahmad Fairuz bin Zainol Abidin Coram Choo Kah Sing Coram Ravinthran a/l Paramaguru Delivered

Counsel (12)

B H Lawrence & Co. Firm Cheah Teh & Su Firm C. Vignesh Kumar Counsel Appellant Chen Jia Ern Counsel Appellant Dato' Malik Imtiaz Sarwar Counsel Appellant How Chen Hee Counsel Respondent Joycelyn Teoh Counsel Respondent Lim Yvonne Counsel Appellant Peter Skelchy Counsel Respondent R. Jayasingam Counsel Appellant Rubanyah Sedopathy Counsel Appellant Tan Zhixin Counsel Respondent

Parties (1)

Protasco Bhd Respondent

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 1965 (Cap 777)
s 132E
Court of Judicature Act 1964
s 3 s 71
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
s 112
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (7)

MY (7)
[1972] 1 MLJ 153 [1996] 3 CLJ 335 [2010] 9 CLJ 625 [2014] 7 MLJ 652 [2017] 5 CLJ 418 [2020] 12 MLJ 67 [2023] 3 MLJ 795

Judgment

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