R&A TRADING (K.L.) SDN. BHD. v 1. ) JIWA RAKYAT SDN. BHD. 2. ) LIM AH LIM 3. ) CHAN YONG SIN 4. ) TETUAN ABDUL AZIZ RAHIM & CO.

wa-22ncvc-247-04-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 3 July 2025 • WA-22NCvC-247-04/2022

Catchwords

Balance purchase price to be paid to vendor’s solicitors to be held as stakeholders – Whether money received by the solicitors were to be held as stake monies – Whether the stakeholders breached duties as stakeholders in releasing stake monies to third parties – Appropriation of part of stake monies as legal fees – A series of fraud committed by directors of a company by selling the same land – Same solicitors acted for the company in similar transactions – Whether solicitors complicit in the fraud – Whether vendor’s solicitors have a duty to disclose that vendor’s land title had been cancelled by a court order – Whether vendor’s solicitors conspired with the client to defraud purchaser – Damages for conspiracy to defraud

Practice Areas

Balance purchase price to be paid to vendor’s solicitors to be held as stakeholders

Judges (1)

Gan Techiong Delivered

Parties (5)

JIWA RAKYAT Sdn Bhd Defendant R&A TRADING (K.L.) Sdn Bhd Plaintiff TETUAN ABDUL AZIZ RAHIM & CO Defendant Chan Yong Sin Defendant Lim Ah Lim Defendant

Case Significance

R&A TRADING (K.L.) SDN. BHD. v 1. ) JIWA RAKYAT SDN. BHD. 2. ) LIM AH LIM 3. ... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated July 3, 2025 (citation: wa-22ncvc-247-04-2022). The case was decided by Gan Techiong.

What was the outcome of R&A TRADING (K.L.) SDN. BHD. v 1. ) JIWA RAKYAT SDN. BHD. 2. ) LIM AH LIM 3. ...?

R&A TRADING (K.L.) SDN. BHD. v 1. ) JIWA RAKYAT SDN. BHD. 2. ) LIM AH LIM 3. ... is a High Court decision dated July 3, 2025. The case was heard by Gan Techiong. See the full judgment for details.