SELVARAJAN A/L VEERIAH v 1. ) BANGSAR AMAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2. ) KARTHIGASU A/L K. RATNASINGAM 3. ) FOO JIA-HOU 4. ) ANG LING LING 5. ) ADRIAN HO TUCK DJI 6. ) RUBAN SATKUNA NATHAN 7. ) PLANET GARDENS SDN BHD 8. ) LIEW TZE HANN 9. ) ISAAC DANIEL PIHAK KETIGA BAWANI A/P VEERIAH

wa-22ncvc-777-12-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 28 August 2025 • WA-22NCvC-777-12/2024

Catchwords

External auditor appointed by management corporation of strata development – Whether duty of care owed by auditor to an individual proprietor of a parcel in a strata development – Auditor audited maintenance account and the sinking fund account – Whether purpose of audit solely for compliance with S.62(1)(c) Strata Management Act 2013 – Professional opinion rendered in commercial contract – Whether any duty of care owed to other persons who discovered the opinion and choose to act upon it – Whether 3 questions in Caparo Industries Plc applicable to impose duty of care – Whether the damage suffered is reasonably foreseeable – Whether there is a relationship of proximity between the parties – Whether fair and reasonable the duty of care – Whether action against auditor ought to be struck out under O.18 r.19

Practice Areas

External auditor appointed by management corporation of strata development

Judges (1)

Gan Techiong Delivered

Parties (11)

BANGSAR AMAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION Defendant PLANET GARDENS Sdn Bhd Defendant Adrian Ho Tuck Dji Defendant Ang Ling Ling Defendant Bawani a/p Veeriah Third Party Foo Jia-hou Defendant Isaac Daniel Defendant Karthigasu a/l K. Ratnasingam Defendant Liew Tze Hann Defendant Ruban Satkuna Nathan Defendant Selvarajan a/l Veeriah Plaintiff

Case Significance

SELVARAJAN A/L VEERIAH v 1. ) BANGSAR AMAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2. ) KARTHI... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated August 28, 2025 (citation: wa-22ncvc-777-12-2024). The case was decided by Gan Techiong.

What was the outcome of SELVARAJAN A/L VEERIAH v 1. ) BANGSAR AMAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2. ) KARTHI...?

SELVARAJAN A/L VEERIAH v 1. ) BANGSAR AMAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2. ) KARTHI... is a High Court decision dated August 28, 2025. The case was heard by Gan Techiong. See the full judgment for details.