GIIB HOLDINGS BERHAD (DAHULUNYA DIKENALI SEBAGAI GOODWAY INTEGRATED INDUSTRIES BERHAD) v 1. ) WONG WENG YEW 2. ) YEE VOON HON 3. ) YEE KWEK KEONG 4. ) YAP KWEE HEONG 5. ) GLOMAXES LATEX GLOVE MANUFACTURER SDN BHD 6. ) EWE EE MAY 7. ) MICHELLE SAMMY 8. ) Firmansyah Aang Bin Muhamad 9. ) H'ng Boon Keng 10. ) Lim Teck Seng 11. ) Tai Boon Wee 12. ) Tai Qiyao 13. ) Tai Qisheng 14. ) Wong Ping Kiong

wa-22ncc-254-06-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 13 March 2025 • WA-22NCC-254-06/2022 • 25 min read
10 cases cited (0 SG, 10 foreign)

Outcome

For the reasons above, I dismissed the amendment application in Enclosure 404. I awarded costs of RM 5,000 to the 1st to 5th Defendants, and costs of RM 5,000 to the 6th and 7th Defendants.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-22ncc-254-06-2022). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Order 24 Rules 3 and 7 Rules of Court 2012 - Discovery – Whether delay per se fatal to discovery application – Application can be made at any stage of the proceedings - Application for - inspection of the documents which the Plaintiff was never privy to – Whether on the presumption the facts as pleaded by Plaintiff are true – Whether amounted to fishing expeditions – The documents sought to be discovered are relevant and necessary for the trial given the Plaintiff’s cause of action grounded on the tort of conspiracy to injure – Documents sought to be discovered are relevant to cause or matter – Itemised document which being ‘open ended’ were not allowed.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Quay Chew Soon Delivered

Counsel (11)

How & Partners Firm Izral Partnership Firm Terrence Lee & Co Firm Esther Soo Counsel Defendant How Li Nee Counsel Plaintiff Jane Chan Counsel Defendant Kang Zhi Han Counsel Defendant Lee Min Yau Counsel Plaintiff Marcus Lee Counsel Plaintiff Terrence Lee Rohui Counsel Defendant Tharminder Singh Counsel Defendant

Parties (15)

GIIB HOLDINGS BERHAD Plaintiff GLOMAXES LATEX GLOVE MANUFACTURER Sdn Bhd Defendant Ewe Ee May Defendant Firmansyah Aang bin Muhamad Defendant H'ng Boon Keng Defendant Lim Teck Seng Defendant Michelle Sammy Defendant Tai Boon Wee Defendant Tai Qisheng Defendant Tai Qiyao Defendant Wong Ping Kiong Defendant Wong Weng Yew Defendant Yap Kwee Heong Defendant Yee Kwek Keong Defendant Yee Voon Hon Defendant

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 10
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (10)

UK (5)
[1988] 1 All ER 38 [1998] EWCA Civ 1894 [2004] 1 All ER 1125 [2011] EWCA Civ 14 [2020] EWHC 553
MY (5)
[1983] 1 MLJ 213 [1996] 1 MLJ 223 [1999] 1 MLJ 359 [2016] 1 MLJ 301 [2020] 1 MLJ 258

Judgment

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