Adeline Loh
About Adeline Loh
Adeline Loh appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (3).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on land law and the protection of proprietary interests through the law of caveats, grounded in High Court judgments.
Adeline Loh's reported matters are concentrated in land law, and in particular the law of caveats, argued in the High Court. A recurring pattern is the challenge to a private caveat lodged over land. In one matter the plaintiff applied to cancel a private caveat entered by the defendants and sought a declaration that the caveat had been lodged wrongfully and without reasonable cause; appearing for the plaintiff, the Court dismissed the originating summons with costs of RM4,000. In a further matter concerning a private caveat lodged on account of alleged unpaid management charges, the question was whether the underlying claim was a purely contractual claim on a debt that gave rise to no registrable interest capable of supporting a caveat; appearing for the plaintiff, the Court found the private caveat to have been entered wrongfully and without reasonable cause and directed that the plaintiff's loss be assessed.
The profile also reaches disputes over the authenticity of instruments affecting land. In a matter connected to a transfer, the issues included whether a signature said to be that of a party was genuine, in circumstances where the court observed that expert evidence was not always necessary to detect a forged signature; appearing for a defendant, the Court ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiff costs assessed at a global sum of RM40,000, with interest at five per cent per year on the judgment sum.
A thread across these decisions is the control of entries and dealings on the register, whether a caveat rests on a genuine caveatable interest or merely a contractual debt, and whether a dealing is supported by an authentic instrument. The reported work is thus concentrated in land law and the protection of proprietary interests, argued in the High Court, and grounded in the judgments rather than any ranking. It reflects a practice repeatedly concerned with when the register may, and may not, be encumbered.
How many cases has Adeline Loh appeared in?
Adeline Loh appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Adeline Loh appear in?
Adeline Loh appears before MYHC (3).
What is the focus of Adeline Loh's reported cases?
They are concentrated in land law, particularly the law of caveats, including applications to cancel private caveats said to have been lodged wrongfully and without reasonable cause, and a dispute over the authenticity of an instrument affecting land.
What did the Court decide about the caveat lodged for unpaid management charges?
Appearing for the plaintiff, the Court found that a purely contractual claim on a debt gave rise to no registrable interest capable of supporting a caveat, held the private caveat to have been entered wrongfully and without reasonable cause, and directed that the plaintiff's loss be assessed.
What point about signatures arose in the land-transfer matter?
Whether a signature said to be that of a party was genuine, the court observing that expert evidence is not always necessary to detect a forged signature; appearing for a defendant, the Court ordered costs assessed at a global sum of RM40,000 with interest.