Transfer of Proceedings

3 cases · April 2025 to October 2025

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Order 57 Rules of Court 2012 — Section 23 Courts of Judicature Act 1964 — Application to transfer case filed by defendant Factors to be considered — forum non conveniens, financial position and hardship of the defendant, defendant’s ability to defend the action at the transferred court and plaintiff’s waiver of his right to sue in the transferred court — Decision: Temerloh High Court located at or nearest to the place where the cause of action arose. 2 cases

Application under O.57 r.1 ROC 2012 and para 12, Schedule to Courts of Judicature Act 1964 — Transfer from Johor Bahru High Court to Kuala Lumpur High Court — Whether actions arose from same transaction and factual matrix — Whether overlap of facts and quantum sufficient — Whether transfer “expedient for the ends of justice” — Discretion to transfer to be exercised sparingly 1 case

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