1. ) HAYEL SAEED ANAM (SYARIKAT DIPERBADANKAN DI BAWAH UNDANG-UNDANG YAMEN) 2. ) ABDULGABBAR HAYEL SAEED 3. ) ABDULWASA HAYEL SAEED 4. ) ABDULLAH ABDO SAEED 5. ) MOHAMED ABDO SAEED v MARWAN AHMED HAEL SAEED

wa-23cy-38-07-2019 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 9 March 2022 • WA-23CY-38-07/2019 • 54 min read
18 cases cited (0 SG, 18 foreign)

Outcome

The Defendant’s Counterclaim is hereby dismissed. A global costs of RM350,000.00 (subject to allocator) is to be paid by the Defendant to the Plaintiffs.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-23cy-38-07-2019). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Discovery - Discovery of documents – General discovery – Specific discovery - Plaintiff applied for discovery of documents pursuant to Order 24 Rule 3 and Rule 7 of ROC 2012 - Whether discovery was necessary and relevant – Whether the defendant fulfil the requirement for order of discovery under Order 24 Rule 3 ROC – Whether the burden of proof lies on the defendant to establish the necessity and relevance of the documents sought – Whether lack of specificity of the documents sought has detriment the defendant’s application – Whether the defendant succeeded in proving to the court that the documents sought are in possession, custody or control of the plaintiffs – Whether the documents sought by the defendant amounts nothing but a mere fishing expedition Rules of Court – Order 24 Rule 3 – Discovery and inspection of documents – Order 24 Rule 7 – Order for discovery of particular documents – Order 24 Rule 8 – Order to be entered only if necessary

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

John Lee Kien How @ Mohammad Johan Lee Delivered

Counsel (7)

Arulampalam & Co. Firm Shearne Delamore & Co. Firm A.M. Pillai Counsel Defendant Chong Ian Shin Counsel Defendant Lilien Wong Counsel Plaintiff Shanti Mogan Counsel Plaintiff Yiew De Quan Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (6)

HAYEL SAEED ANAM (SYARIKAT DIPERBADANKAN DI BAWAH UNDANG-UNDANG YAMEN) Plaintiff Abdulgabbar Hayel Saeed Plaintiff Abdullah Abdo Saeed Plaintiff Abdulwasa Hayel Saeed Plaintiff Marwan Ahmed Hael Saeed Defendant Mohamed Abdo Saeed Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (18)

UK (4)
[1963] 2 All ER 151 [1964] AC 234 [2006] UKHL 44 [2011] 1 AC 852
MY (14)
[1956] 1 MLJ 220 [1973] 2 MLJ 56 [1989] 1 MLJ 315 [2006] 1 MLJ 117 [2006] 5 MLJ 359 [2008] 8 CLJ 418 [2015] 6 MLJ 187 [2015] MLJU 2374 [2016] 8 CLJ 831 [2017] 4 MLJ 611 [2018] 1 MLJ 295 [2019] 3 CLJ 729 [2020] MLJU 260 [2021] 2 MLJ 577

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-23cy-38-07-2019)