1. ) AWA NEW PARTS SDN BHD 2. ) YIP WAI KEAN v 1. ) WINSTON CHIN WENG FAI 2. ) FONG MIN YI 3. ) KHU WENG SHEN 4. ) NG CHUN KIT 5. ) CARSTO GARAGE SDN BHD

wa-12ancc-77-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 December 2024 • WA-12ANCC-77-08/2024 • 21 min read
16 cases cited (0 SG, 16 foreign)

Outcome

For these reasons, the appeal is dismissed with costs of RM10,000 to be paid by the Appellants to the Respondents. The order of the learned SCJ dated 12.8.2024 is hereby affirmed.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-12ancc-77-08-2024). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Assessment of damages – Injunction – Undertaking as to damages – Whether specific order for assessment required – Whether compliance with Order 37 Rule 1 Rules of Court 2012 – Whether procedural objections waived – Whether assessment can proceed before trial of main action – Whether damages duplicate counterclaim – Whether appellant estopped from raising procedural objections EVIDENCE: Proof of loss – Causation – Quantification of damages – Whether sufficient evidence of losses – Whether liberal assessment appropriate for injunction damages – Whether contemporaneous documents required – Whether losses directly caused by injunction – Whether damages speculative REMEDIES: Damages for wrongful injunction – Mitigation of loss – Reasonable steps to mitigate – Rental costs – Employee salaries – Loss of use of vehicle – Whether respondents took reasonable steps to minimize losses – Whether damages assessment requires full trial – Whether undertaking to court prevents double recovery

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Evidence Remedies Damages

Judges (1)

Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad Delivered

Counsel (6)

Chambers of Aminahtul Mardiah Firm Sivagurunathan Firm Chan Yeut Liang Counsel Respondent Damien Kiethan Counsel Respondent Nurul Hafidzah Counsel Appellant Zeti Zulkifli Counsel Appellant

Parties (7)

AWA NEW PARTS Sdn Bhd Appellant CARSTO GARAGE Sdn Bhd Respondent Fong Min Yi Respondent Khu Weng Shen Respondent Ng Chun Kit Respondent Winston Chin Weng Fai Respondent Yip Wai Kean Appellant

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (16)

UK (3)
[1932] AC 452 [2008] EWHC 2347 [2015] EWCA Civ 484
MY (13)
[1984] 1 MLJ 130 [1996] 5 MLJ 593 [1997] 3 CLJ 305 [2007] MLJU 21 [2007] MLJU 923 [2010] 5 CLJ 613 [2013] 2 CLJ 936 [2015] 3 CLJ 63 [2018] 11 MLJ 324 [2019] MLJU 1342 [2020] 1 CLJ 839 [2020] 3 CLJ 317 [2024] 3 MLJ 831

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-12ancc-77-08-2024)