Stephanie Lim Shu Jun
About Stephanie Lim Shu Jun
Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appears as counsel of record in 6 reported Malaysia judgments (2026). These were heard before MYCOA (6).
On the court record
Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appears in the reported corpus as appellant's counsel in a substantial housing-development dispute before the Court of Appeal, a matter that repays study as an example of how the protections given to house buyers are litigated. The proceedings engaged the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1976 and the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989, and the dispute ranged over the developer's obligations of good workmanship and quality materials, the standards expected of housing sold to a luxury standard, and the limits placed on contracting out by regulation 11(1B).
Acting for the appellant, her reported work engaged the specific mechanisms through which liability for defects is fixed or resisted. The court examined the scope of the defect liability period under the sale and purchase agreement and whether defects that are latent rather than patent are recoverable, the evidentiary weight to be attached to defect rectification forms and related records where forgery was alleged and the burden of proof was in play, and the interpretation of the sale and purchase agreement by reference to business common sense and implied terms. Causation was analysed on a "but for" footing where more than one cause was said to have contributed to the damage. The reported reasoning, taking in statutory duty, the contractual defect-liability regime and the reliability of the documentary record, illustrates how a party challenges findings on the quality of construction and the honesty of the rectification paperwork on appeal. The reported appearance places Stephanie Lim Shu Jun within the field of housing-development and construction-defect litigation at the appellate level, engaging the interaction of the 1976 Act, the Regulations and the sale and purchase agreement from the appellant's standpoint, where the outcome turns on how construction quality and the documentary record are assessed. The reported reasoning, ranging over statutory duty, the contractual defect-liability regime and the reliability of the documentary record, makes the matter a useful worked example of how the extent of a developer's liability for defects is contested on appeal, and places her within the specialist field of housing and construction-defect litigation.
How many cases has Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appeared in?
Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appears as counsel of record in 6 reported Malaysia judgments (2026).
Which courts does Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appear in?
Stephanie Lim Shu Jun appears before MYCOA (6).
What was the subject of Stephanie Lim Shu Jun's reported Court of Appeal matter?
A housing-development dispute under the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1976 and its 1989 Regulations — the developer's obligations of workmanship and quality, the defect liability period and contracting-out limits under regulation 11(1B), and the recoverability of latent defects — in which she appeared for the appellant.
What did the appeal turn on?
The scope of the defect liability period and the recoverability of latent as opposed to patent defects, the evidentiary weight of defect rectification forms against allegations of forgery, the construction of the sale and purchase agreement, and causation on a "but for" analysis where multiple causes were in play.