COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Gnanasekaran Krishnasamy v. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam, Malaysia & Ors
Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak); Hashim Yusoff, James Foong FCJJ
(Administrative Law - Dismissal - Right to mitigate) [2012] 2 CLJ 985 [FC]
Hari Bahadur Ghale v. PP
Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Ahmad Maarop JJCA
(Criminal Law; Evidence - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Agent provocateur - Corroboration - Failure of prosecution to call witness - Adverse inference) [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [CA]
Lim Hean Chong v. PP
Hasan Lah, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Prosecution - Gap in evidence) [2012] 2 CLJ 1046 [CA]
PP v. Kuna Segaran Muniandy
KN Segara, Sulong Matjeraie, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA
(Criminal Procedure - Appeal - Findings of fact by trial judge - Statements - Failure to administer caution) [2012] 2 CLJ 1064 [CA]
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC
(Contract; Tort - Breach - Conspiracy to injure) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]
PP v. Lim Siew Poh
Sofian Abd Razak J
(Criminal Procedure - Charge) [2012] 2 CLJ 1094 [HC]
SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Rules of natural justice - Dismissal - Whether there is a right to mitigate before the imposition of punishment for disciplinary offence under the General Order - Appellant asserting that decision in Lembaga Tatatertib Perkhidmatan Awam Hospital Besar Pulau Pinang & Anor v. Utra Badi K Perumal should not be sustained for failure to comply with rules of natural justice and against logic - Whether appellant's assertion justified - Appellant admitted to disciplinary offence and sought forgiveness - Appellant made his plea of mitigation - Whether Federal Court was right in its conclusion in Utra Badi case - Whether decision in Utra Badi should be reviewed
Gnanasekaran Krishnasamy v. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam, Malaysia & Ors
(Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak); Hashim Yusoff, James Foong FCJJ) [2012] 2 CLJ 985 [FC]
CONTRACT
Breach - Agreement - Civil Society to promote Malaysia in Europe - Memorandum of Understanding between defendant and second plaintiff to hold a summit - Whether cancellation of summit due to insufficient funding - Whether agreement became frustrated for fear of making losses - Whether second plaintiff entitled to claim
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]
Breach - Agreement - Civil Society to promote Malaysia in Europe - Whether there was an agreement to appoint first plaintiff as head of Brussels Secretariat - Whether there was a concluded contract - Decision of members to cancel setting up of Brussels Secretariat - Whether a breach of contract - Compensation - Assessment of
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]
Breach - Fiduciary duties - Whether first plaintiff breached obligations as trustee - Whether first defendant's counterclaim could not succeed
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Trafficking - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Whether there was direct evidence of trafficking - Whether prima facie case established against appellant
Hari Bahadur Ghale v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [CA]
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Trafficking - Proof of - Direct evidence - Whether evidence of agent provocateur alone sufficient - Whether evidence of agent provocateur supported by other evidence - Whether prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt - Whether evidence pointed to guilt of appellant
Hari Bahadur Ghale v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [CA]
Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Circumstantial evidence - Prosecution's case based solely on circumstantial evidence - Whether irresistibly pointed to guilt of appellant - Motive - Whether established - Whether there was possible involvement of third person in death of deceased - Whether prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt - Whether trial judge erred in not giving sufficient weight to evidence - Whether conviction to be quashed
Lim Hean Chong v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1046 [CA]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Findings of fact by trial judge - Accused convicted and sentenced on reduced charge of possession under s. 39A(2) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether trial judge misdirected on facts and law - Whether prima facie case of possession established - Whether prima facie case of mens rea possession proved
PP v. Kuna Segaran Muniandy
(KN Segara, Sulong Matjeraie, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1064 [CA]
Charge - Defective charge - Accused charged with trafficking in five kinds of drugs under s. 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Weights of four drugs below statutory limit of offence of trafficking - Whether charge wrong in law - Whether accused entitled to acquittal - Whether prosecution proved case of trafficking of remaining drug in charge beyond reasonable doubt - Evidence Act 1950, s. 134 - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 180(1), 182A(1)
PP v. Lim Siew Poh
(Sofian Abd Razak J) [2012] 2 CLJ 1094 [HC]
Prosecution - Gap in evidence - Failure of prosecution to address salient issues - Circumstantial evidence - Whether irresistibly pointed to guilt of appellant - Whether deceased's death caused by or in consequence of appellant's act - Motive - Whether established - Whether prosecution established evidence eliminating possibility of third party involvement - Whether prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt
Lim Hean Chong v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Mohamed Apandi Ali, Mohtarudin Baki JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1046 [CA]
Statements - Accused's statement to police - Failure to administer caution - Whether statements made to police rendered inadmissible - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 37A(1)
PP v. Kuna Segaran Muniandy
(KN Segara, Sulong Matjeraie, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1064 [CA]
EVIDENCE
Adverse inference - Failure of prosecution to call witness - Whether material witnesses - Whether witnesses essential to unfolding of narratives called by prosecution - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)
Hari Bahadur Ghale v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [CA]
Agent provocateur - Corroboration - Whether evidence of agent provocateur ought to be corroborated - Whether conviction based solely on evidence of agent provocateur safe
Hari Bahadur Ghale v. PP
(Hasan Lah, Abdul Malik Ishak, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [CA]
TORT
Conspiracy - Conspiracy to injure - Breach of agreement - Whether there were sinister motives in decisions and actions taken by defendants - Whether there was a predominant purpose of injuring plaintiffs - Whether claim clearly unsustainable
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]
Damages - Loss of reputation - Whether recoverable in action founded on breach of contract - Contracts Act 1950, s. 74
Milicent Rosalind Danker & Anor v. Malaysia-Europe Forum Bhd & Ors
(Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal JC) [2012] 2 CLJ 1076 [HC]