NOR HASHIBA BINTI CHE LI @ CHE ISMAIL v 1. ) PINE HILLS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD 2. ) ISAAC WILSON LIM 3. ) MARY YAP LEY FOON 4. ) JONATHAN GOH SHYH YONG 5. ) YONG CHWEE CHING

wa-24ncvc-1581-04-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 September 2025 • WA-24NCvC-1581-04/2025

Catchwords

The plaintiff seeks the transfer of Civil Suit No. WA-A52-35-02/2025, filed in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, to the Kuala Lumpur High Court and for the case to be heard at the High Court. The plaintiff claims that the damages exceed the RM1,000,000.00 jurisdictional limit of the Sessions Court, thus requiring the transfer application. The defendants, however, argue that the plaintiff intentionally quantified the amount of general, exemplary and aggravated damages in excess of RM1,000,000.00 when filing amendments to the Writ and Statement of Claim at the Sessions Court in order to transfer the matter to the High Court. The Court finds that if it granted this transfer application to the High Court, the Court would accept the fact that it is perfectly alright and legally acceptable for parties in an action to quantify damages figures even though Order 18 rule 12(1A) of the Rules of Court 2012 explicitly says that no party shall quantify any claim or counterclaim for general damages.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Damages

Judges (1)

Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah bin Raja Mohzan Delivered

Parties (6)

PINE HILLS INTERNATIONAL Sdn Bhd Respondent Isaac Wilson Lim Respondent Jonathan Goh Shyh Yong Respondent Mary Yap Ley Foon Respondent Nor Hashiba binti Che Li @ Che Ismail Applicant Yong Chwee Ching Respondent

Judgment

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