Lee Kah Wei

Person 1 case

Lee Kah Wei appeared as a party in the following Malaysia court case:

wa-22ncc-78-02-2025

KHOO YIK CHOU v 1. ) KOAY LIANG KHENG 2. ) LEE KAH WEI 3. ) SAW CHIA HUI 4. ) NICHOLAS FUNG WIN JUAN

MYHC 6 October 2025

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About Lee Kah Wei

Lee Kah Wei appears as a party in 1 judgment in the MY Case Law database, spanning October 2025 to October 2025. Lee Kah Wei appeared as defendant in 1 case. Cases span the High Court (1).

How many court cases involve Lee Kah Wei?

Lee Kah Wei appears in 1 published judgment from October 2025 to October 2025. Most commonly as defendant (1 cases).

Practice Areas

application for Interrogatories-a partner in a law firm-The information sought is privileged under section 1261 of the Evidence Act of 1950-fiduciary duties-The interrogatories amount to a fishing expedition-The interrogatories are not necessary for the fair disposal of this matter-deposit was released to third parties-acted as stakeholder-Interrogatories is governed by Order 26 rule 13 ROC 2012-Interrogatories are not confined to matters which are in issue. They can extend to facts the existence or non-existence of which is relevant to the existence or non-existence of the facts directly in issue-Interrogatories will be allowed if designed to obtain admissions of facts which will reduce the issues, shorten the length of trial and thus save costs-Section 1261 of the Evidence Act only protects: (i) communications passing between a solicitor and his client for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (ii) the contents or condition of any document which the solicitor became acquainted with in the course of his employment; and (iii) the advice given by the solicitor to his client-Legal professional privilege is of a limited character. It does not protect all confidential communications a man must necessarily make in order to obtain advice. The solicitor’s bank statements are not protected by section 1261 of the Evidence Act from disclosure-The address to which a solicitor’s letter was sent to is not protected by section 1261 of the Evidence Act from disclosure-The answers sought vide the Interrogatories are factual information relating to the release of the said Deposit. They are not legal advice or confidential information-Information such as the identity of recipients, payment dates, methods and bank details does not become privileged under section 1261 of the Evidence Act simply because they passed through a firm of solicitors-On stakeholders it is trite-The manner in which the money is to be disposed of depends on the terms on which it is held.-When solicitors hold funds as stakeholders, they hold those funds as trustees and not in a contractual or quasi-contractual capacity.-‘If an estate agent or solicitor, being duly authorised in that behalf, receives a deposit ‘as stakeholder’, he is under a duty to hold it in medio pending the outcome of a future event. He does not hold it as agent for the vendor, nor as agent for the purchaser. He holds it as trustee for both to await the evidence-Any wrongful disbursement of stakeholder monies will give rise to the right of the beneficiary/owner to trace the stakeholder monies into the hands of anyone who acquired it-Interrogatories will be allowed to trace the stakeholder monies into the hands of anyone who acquired it 1

Defendant (1)

wa-22ncc-78-02-2025 MYHC

KHOO YIK CHOU v 1. ) KOAY LIANG KHENG 2. ) LEE KAH WEI 3. ) SAW CHIA HUI 4. ) NICHOLAS FUNG WIN JUAN

6 October 2025