PROPNEX REALTY SDN BHD v SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD

w-04ncvcw-355-09-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 18 August 2025 • W-04(NCvC)(W)-355-09/2023 • 24 min read
22 cases cited (0 SG, 22 foreign)

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PROPNEX REALTY SDN BHD v SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT BANK MALAYSIA BE... is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated August 18, 2025 (citation: w-04ncvcw-355-09-2023). <p>Propnex Realty claimed RM819,000 in estate agency fees for facilitating the sale of SME Bank's factory property in Sitiawan, Perak to Dynacare (an associate of George Kent). The Court of Appeal allowed Propnex's appeal, finding that a valid estate agency contract existed and Propnex was the effective cause of the sale, awarding the full 3% agency fee of RM819,000 but disallowing the SST claim.</p> The panel comprised Azimah binti Omar, Faizah binti Jamaludin and Mohd Nazlan bin Mohd Ghazali, with Faizah binti Jamaludin delivering the judgment. Counsel appearing: Abu Haziq bin Abu Talib (counsel for respondent), Amelda Md Din (counsel for respondent), Lai Yee Fan (counsel for appellant), Wong Yin Mei (counsel for appellant).

Summary

Propnex Realty claimed RM819,000 in estate agency fees for facilitating the sale of SME Bank's factory property in Sitiawan, Perak to Dynacare (an associate of George Kent). The Court of Appeal allowed Propnex's appeal, finding that a valid estate agency contract existed and Propnex was the effective cause of the sale, awarding the full 3% agency fee of RM819,000 but disallowing the SST claim.

What was the outcome of PROPNEX REALTY SDN BHD v SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT BANK MALAYSIA BE...?

<p>Propnex Realty claimed RM819,000 in estate agency fees for facilitating the sale of SME Bank's factory property in Sitiawan, Perak to Dynacare (an ...

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UK (1)
[2013] 1 WLR 2477
MY (20)
[1981] 1 MLJ 298 [1996] 1 AMR 839 [1996] 1 MLJ 233 [1996] 2 CLJ 611 [1999] 3 AMR 3345 [1999] 3 CLJ 738 [1999] 3 MLJ 577 [2004] 4 CLJ 309 [2004] 6 AMR 781 [2005] 2 MLJ 1 [2010] 9 CLJ 785 [2014] 7 MLJ 476 [2018] 1 AMR 517 [2018] 2 CLJ 641 [2018] 2 MLJ 177 [2020] 10 CLJ 1 [2020] 12 MLJ 67 [2020] 5 CLJ 27 [2020] 5 MLJ 630 [2020] 8 AMR 227
IN (1)
AIR 1969 SC 193