Negligence

5 cases · July 2021 to November 2025

Case Volume by Year

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3

25

2021–2025

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Were the Defendants negligent in causing the death of the deceased — Held, there was a duty of care owed by the defendants to the deceased and that the defendants had breached that duty. 2 Standard of care — Failure to give advance signal before changing lane — Breach of basic road safety obligation — Dominant cause of collision — “Last opportunity” principle — Motorcyclist’s duty of heightened vigilance when riding on road shoulder — Contributory negligence. 1 medical negligence — It is not uncommon to see medical negligence cases involving private hospitals in Court and in the law reports and this Court will not take judicial notice that private hospitals are necessarily better given the huge volume of patients the Government hospitals serve. Without any empirical evidence that private medical institutions are necessarily better, to tar Government hospitals which serve hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people as a whole is unacceptable. 1 Duty of care — Whether landlords owe duty of care to neighbouring property — Whether failure to impose public liability insurance obligation constitutes breach — Whether structural defects contributed to fire 1

Were the Defendants negligent in causing the death of the deceased — Held, there was a duty of care owed by the defendants to the deceased and that the defendants had breached that duty. 2 cases

a-01ncvcw-463-09-2019 RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNIZAM BIN ISMAIL, SIMATI) v 1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/Insp Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Ma Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

a-01ncvcw-71-02-2020 1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/INSP Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Md Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara (Tan Sri Dato' Sri Khalid Bin Abu Bakar 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia v RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNI...

Standard of care — Failure to give advance signal before changing lane — Breach of basic road safety obligation — Dominant cause of collision — “Last opportunity” principle — Motorcyclist’s duty of heightened vigilance when riding on road shoulder — Contributory negligence. 1 case

ta-12b-15-12-2024 AZAHA BIN DERAMAN v Mohd Napi B Abdul Razak & Mohd Hanafi B Hasim

25 November 2025

medical negligence — It is not uncommon to see medical negligence cases involving private hospitals in Court and in the law reports and this Court will not take judicial notice that private hospitals are necessarily better given the huge volume of patients the Government hospitals serve. Without any empirical evidence that private medical institutions are necessarily better, to tar Government hospitals which serve hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people as a whole is unacceptable. 1 case

wa-21ncvc-123-12-2020 1. ) KRISHNASAMY A/L JAYARAMAN 2. ) XXXX v 1. ) KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA 2. ) HOSPITAL AMPANG, SELANGOR 3. ) XXXX 4. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

2 November 2025

Duty of care — Whether landlords owe duty of care to neighbouring property — Whether failure to impose public liability insurance obligation constitutes breach — Whether structural defects contributed to fire 1 case

wa-22ncvc-174-03-2025 1. ) GENERALI INSURANCE MALAYSIA BERHAD 2. ) TAKAFUL IKHLAS GENERAL BERHAD 3. ) SS MOTOR CENTURY SDN. BHD. v 1. ) WAWASAN SINAR GEMILANG SDN. BHD. 2. ) Kua Guan Chai 3. ) Phun Booi Mooi

Court Distribution

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Yaacob bin Haji Md. Sam 2 Wira Hj Ahmad Nasfy bin Hj Yasin 2 Gunalan a/l Muniandy 2 Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff 1 Su Tiang Joo 1

Cases

ta-12b-15-12-2024

AZAHA BIN DERAMAN v Mohd Napi B Abdul Razak & Mohd Hanafi B Hasim

25 November 2025

wa-21ncvc-123-12-2020

1. ) KRISHNASAMY A/L JAYARAMAN 2. ) XXXX v 1. ) KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA 2. ) HOSPITAL AMPANG, SELANGOR 3. ) XXXX 4. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

2 November 2025

wa-22ncvc-174-03-2025

1. ) GENERALI INSURANCE MALAYSIA BERHAD 2. ) TAKAFUL IKHLAS GENERAL BERHAD 3. ) SS MOTOR CENTURY SDN. BHD. v 1. ) WAWASAN SINAR GEMILANG SDN. BHD. 2. ) Kua Guan Chai 3. ) Phun Booi Mooi

a-01ncvcw-463-09-2019

RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNIZAM BIN ISMAIL, SIMATI) v 1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/Insp Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Ma Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

a-01ncvcw-71-02-2020

1. ) NIK MOHD GHAZALI B NIK ZUL AZHAR 2. ) EBBY SAIFUL BIN SULAIMAN 3. ) SARIHAN BIN HARUN 4. ) SASIBALEN A/L KARISIANAN 5. ) SJN SUHAIMI BIN ZAIDI 6. ) SJN AHMAD AZRUL BIN MOHD UJANG 7. ) Sjn Mohd Samsul Bin Saad 8. ) Abdullah Bin Haji Zaini 9. ) S/INSP Batumanathan a/l Murugesu 10. ) PKK Abdul Halim Bin Md Hassan 11. ) ACP Rosli Bin Md Noor 12. ) Ketua Polis Negara (Tan Sri Dato' Sri Khalid Bin Abu Bakar 13. ) Kerajaan Malaysia v RAHAYA BINTI SALLEH (PENTADBIR ESTET DAN TANGGUNGAN KAMARULNI...