ZECON ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v POSCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.

wa-24carb-19-03-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 20 October 2024 • WA-24C(ARB)-19-03/2024 • 39 min read
19 cases cited (0 SG, 19 foreign)

Outcome

Conclusion [113] Based on all the above said considerations, I allowed prayers 1, 4 and 5 of the Declaration & Permanent Injunction Application with costs of RM15,000.00, and the Interim Injunction Application with costs of RM5,000.00. The Stay Application was dismissed with costs of RM5,000.00. All order as to costs are subject to the payment of the standard allocator fees.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-24carb-19-03-2024). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Whether there is a breach of the Arbitration Agreement - Whether the Arbitration Agreement had been rendered inoperative - Whether the Defendant has abandoned and/ or waived any rights to proceed with arbitration against the Plaintiff - Whether the Defendant can exercise any right of arbitration that it claims under the Arbitration Agreement - Whether the Defendant must be restrained from proceeding with the arbitration

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (8)

Christopher Lee & Ong Firm Mohanadass Partnership Firm Avinash Pradhan Counsel Defendant Mohanadass Kanagasabai Counsel Plaintiff Rubini Murugesan Counsel Defendant Sivaram Prasad Counsel Defendant Syarihah Razman Counsel Plaintiff Thomas Shaun Mathews Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

POSCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD Respondent ZECON ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd Applicant

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)
s 10
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
s 47
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

Cases Cited (19)

UK (2)
[1981] 2 WLR 141 [2007] EWHC 1262
MY (17)
[1978] 1 MLJ 208 [1995] 1 CLJ 215 [1999] 1 MLJ 65 [2003] 7 CLJ 81 [2009] 1 CLJ 395 [2015] 11 MLJ 485 [2015] 4 CLJ 734 [2015] 8 MLJ 659 [2018] MLJU 630 [2020] MLJU 2426 [2021] 1 MLJ 693 [2021] 8 MLJ 214 [2021] MLJU 1914 [2022] MLJU 885 [2023] 1 CLJ 20 [2024] 1 MLJ 195 [2024] 6 MLJ 662

Judgment

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