The victim won his judgment; the insurer’s answer was to sue him for asking to be paid. Appeal No. 6 of Sa’Amran ended the myth of the second lawsuit — and Chen Boon Kwee has since nailed the lid down.
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Two informal sales, a register three years out of date, and an insurer hoping that a 1992 agreement had quietly erased a 1985 letter.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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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 his trial. Two judgments, one collision, and a paper judgment not worth the paper it is printed on. The Federal Court called it a serious error of law and fact — and a breach of ...
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Section 96(3) lets an insurer escape a victim’s judgment — but only if it gives notice, and gives it in time. In Appeals No. 2 and No. 3 of Sa’Amran, two insurers skipped that small step. The Federal Court showed them the price.
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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 still standing exactly where Parliament had left it.
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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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The State of Selangor capped non-Muslim houses of worship at 72 feet. The Constitution has a quiet question to ask: on planning, piety, and the gentle art of measuring devotion in feet
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I have always written here on the law. But today I wondered: “What is the law of life and death?” So I turned to a great sage. You might know him. Is this the answer? I merely repeat what he says. You decide what is right.
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Your car is clamped. RM100 is demanded for its release. You pay, in anger. Can they do it? Can you sue the car-park owner? How?
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For decades, one person in Putrajaya has worn two hats. He advises the government on how to stay in power. He decides who will be prosecuted and who will quietly walk away. Does the new “AG–PP split” Bill truly cut that cord, or simply dresses old political control in the language of 'reform'? Do you know what I think?
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