Lim Mei Jin (Menyaman Sebagai Wakil Diri Kepada Loh Yuen Weng (Si Mati) [Yang Telah Dilantik Sebagai "Executrix" Dan Pemegang Amanah ("Trustee") Untuk Estet Loh Yuen Weng (Si Mati)] v LOH YUEN TUCK

wa-22ncc-621-12-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 July 2024 • WA-22NCC-621-12/2020 • 57 min read
19 cases cited (0 SG, 19 foreign)

Outcome

Accordingly, I allow the Plaintiff's claim against the Defendant for the sum of RM910,000 with interest at 5% per annum from the date of judgement till full realisation. The Defendant shall also pay costs of this action to the Plaintiff.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-22ncc-621-12-2020). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

CONTRACT LAW: Friendly loan agreement – Private share placement transaction – Contemporaneous agreements between different parties – Whether accord and satisfaction established – Whether separate agreements should be read conjunctively – Whether privity of contract prevents reliance on separate agreement – Whether alleged payments discharged loan obligation – Whether loss-sharing provision applies across agreements CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings – Sufficiency of pleading defences – Whether accord and satisfaction properly pleaded – Whether lack of cause of action sufficiently raised – Whether failure to cross-examine witnesses amounts to abandonment of defence – Whether unpleaded defences can be raised in submissions – Whether reduction of claimed sum requires pleading amendment PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION: Executrix's standing – Recovery of deceased's assets – Whether debt listed in probate assets but not specifically mentioned in will can be pursued – Whether residuary clause covers unlisted assets – Whether executrix has sufficient personal knowledge to maintain claim – Whether non-inclusion in will prevents recovery – Whether listing asset in probate sufficient for claim

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Contract Probate & Administration Banking & Finance

Judges (1)

Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad Delivered

Counsel (3)

CK Lim Law Chambers Firm Chow Siew Wai Counsel Plaintiff Tieh Siaw Siong Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Lim Mei Jin Plaintiff Loh Yuen Tuck Defendant

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (19)

UK (2)
[1915] AC 847 [1956] AC 218
MY (17)
[1964] MLJ 416 [1969] 1 MLJ 22 [1980] 2 MLJ 182 [1981] 2 MLJ 10 [1987] 1 CLJ 194 [1987] 1 MLJ 302 [1995] 2 MLJ 770 [1997] 1 MLJ 145 [1997] 4 CLJ 634 [2014] 5 CLJ 533 [2015] 1 MLJ 284 [2015] 6 MLJ 449 [2020] MLJU 1766 [2021] 5 MLJ 79 [2023] 6 MLRH 512 [2024] 1 MLJ 572 [2024] 3 MLRH 658

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-22ncc-621-12-2020)