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10 cases · February 2025 to November 2025

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Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Claim by bank against borrower (company) and guarantors (directors) — Whether material facts were not pleaded in the statement of claim — Whether the plaintiff concealed facts in the statement of claim — Whether the defendants have a defence on merit — Whether manifest error in the certificate of indebtedness. 2 Islamic financing — Defaulted in repayment of bank facilities — Company was wound up — Guarantee — Guarantors’ liability — Independent guarantee — Whether any of the Defendants’ grounds amount to a bona fide triable issue under Order 14 rule 3 Rules pf Court 2012 — Whether on the evidence the Plaintiff is entitled to judgment as a matter of law — Clause 4 of guarantee — No postponement of liability — No requirement to exhaust securities — Concurrent remedies — Winding-up of principal debtor -Pending appeal irrelevant — Temporary Measures Act 2020 — COVID-19 defence -Statutory protection inapplicable — No triable issue — Bare assertions -Speculative defences — Quantum dispute unsupported — Statement of Account unchallenged — Hypothetical arguments rejected -Commercial certainty — Contractual obligation to pay — Clear and unequivocal guarantee — Order 14 Rules Of Court 2012 1 Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Claim by plaintiff for repayment of a friendly loan — Whether breach of the loan agreement on the part of defendant — Whether admission by defendant that he has received the loan — Whether the loan agreement is a sham — Whether defendant executed the loan agreement under undue influence — Whether the loan agreement contravened the Moneylending Act 1951. 1 Application under O.14 r.1 ROC 2012 — Whether proceedings ought to be commenced under O.81 ROC 2012 for specific performance or rescission — Whether defendant raised any bona fide triable issue — Contract — Sale and purchase of property — Failure to complete construction and deliver vacant possession within stipulated period — Privity of contract — Effect of Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Act 2020 — Statutory exclusion of time — Progressive payments — Corporate restructuring and “new management” — Whether SPA lawfully terminated — Refund of purchase price and legal fees 1 Trademark Infringement — Order 14 ROC 2012 — Sections 54(1) and 54(2)(b) of the Trademarks Act 2019 (TMA 2019) 1 Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Joint and Several Guarantee — Defence of substitution of guarantor — Conditions precedent for substitution not fulfilled — Burden of proof on defendant — Bare assertions without documentary evidence insufficient — Afterthought defence — Certificate of Indebtedness — Conclusive evidence clause — Third party proceedings not a defence unless third party has discharged claim — Joint and several liability — Not discharged by death, bankruptcy or insolvency of co-guarantors — Freedom of contract — Parties bound by contractual terms. 1 Order 14 Rules of Court 1 Services agreement — Payment due for services provided — Alleged triable issue — Whether the agreement is illegal — Nature of the transaction — Whether it is a Syariah compliant factoring product 1 Borrower’s default — Admission of debt — Certificate of indebtedness as conclusive proof of debt — Pending foreclosure proceedings — Disputed charges — No notice on variation of interest rate — Estoppel — Amended Statement of Claim not filed within 14 days from the date of order granting leave to amend — Procedural irregularity — No miscarriage of justice — No bona fide triable issues — Order 14 Rule 1 and Order 20 Rule 9 of the Rules of Court 2012 1

Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Claim by bank against borrower (company) and guarantors (directors) — Whether material facts were not pleaded in the statement of claim — Whether the plaintiff concealed facts in the statement of claim — Whether the defendants have a defence on merit — Whether manifest error in the certificate of indebtedness. 2 cases

Islamic financing — Defaulted in repayment of bank facilities — Company was wound up — Guarantee — Guarantors’ liability — Independent guarantee — Whether any of the Defendants’ grounds amount to a bona fide triable issue under Order 14 rule 3 Rules pf Court 2012 — Whether on the evidence the Plaintiff is entitled to judgment as a matter of law — Clause 4 of guarantee — No postponement of liability — No requirement to exhaust securities — Concurrent remedies — Winding-up of principal debtor -Pending appeal irrelevant — Temporary Measures Act 2020 — COVID-19 defence -Statutory protection inapplicable — No triable issue — Bare assertions -Speculative defences — Quantum dispute unsupported — Statement of Account unchallenged — Hypothetical arguments rejected -Commercial certainty — Contractual obligation to pay — Clear and unequivocal guarantee — Order 14 Rules Of Court 2012 1 case

Order 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 — Claim by plaintiff for repayment of a friendly loan — Whether breach of the loan agreement on the part of defendant — Whether admission by defendant that he has received the loan — Whether the loan agreement is a sham — Whether defendant executed the loan agreement under undue influence — Whether the loan agreement contravened the Moneylending Act 1951. 1 case

Trademark Infringement — Order 14 ROC 2012 — Sections 54(1) and 54(2)(b) of the Trademarks Act 2019 (TMA 2019) 1 case

Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Joint and Several Guarantee — Defence of substitution of guarantor — Conditions precedent for substitution not fulfilled — Burden of proof on defendant — Bare assertions without documentary evidence insufficient — Afterthought defence — Certificate of Indebtedness — Conclusive evidence clause — Third party proceedings not a defence unless third party has discharged claim — Joint and several liability — Not discharged by death, bankruptcy or insolvency of co-guarantors — Freedom of contract — Parties bound by contractual terms. 1 case

Services agreement — Payment due for services provided — Alleged triable issue — Whether the agreement is illegal — Nature of the transaction — Whether it is a Syariah compliant factoring product 1 case

Borrower’s default — Admission of debt — Certificate of indebtedness as conclusive proof of debt — Pending foreclosure proceedings — Disputed charges — No notice on variation of interest rate — Estoppel — Amended Statement of Claim not filed within 14 days from the date of order granting leave to amend — Procedural irregularity — No miscarriage of justice — No bona fide triable issues — Order 14 Rule 1 and Order 20 Rule 9 of the Rules of Court 2012 1 case

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