Does a Letter From 1985 Still Bind Malaysia’s Motor Insurers? [Sa’Amran 7/11]
Two informal sales, a register three years out of date, and an insurer hoping that a 1992 agreement had quietly erased a 1985 letter. The Federal Court’s memory proved longer than the insurer’s.
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When Is a Judgment Not Worth the Paper It Is Printed On? [Sa’Amran 6/11]
An insurer raced to the High Court for a declaration that it owed nothing — before the trial court had decided whether its rider was even in the accident. It won. The victim then won ...
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Even After Sambung Bayar, Must the Insurer Still Pay the Crash Victim? [Sa’Amran 2/11]
A car sold on a handshake in 2007. A register never told. A crash in 2014. The insurer said the policy died with the sale; the Federal Court read the statute and found the promise ...
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Can an Insurer Cry Fraud After the Victim Has Won? [Sa’Amran 10/11]
Two contradictory oaths, half the witnesses, the wrong court, and a declaration that came too late. Appeal No. 8 of Sa’Amran is a study in how an insurer loses a fraud case it never properly brought.
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Can a Malaysian court make a Doorstep Delivery Order? If so, upon what conditions?
Yes, Malaysian courts can compel delivery at your doorstep — but should the gentler name earn a gentler test?
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Who may remove the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan? [3/NS]
Who may lawfully remove Negeri Sembilan’s ruler — the grounds, the enquiry, and the signature the chiefs cannot skip.
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