CIPAA 2012 : Setting Aside – Res Judicata & Excess of Jurisdiction. Can a new Adjudication be initiated and decided based on the same Adjudication papers?
Meridian Contracts Sdn Bhd v Bauer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
[WA-24C-137-07/2022]
View PDF 28th June 2023 ISSUES It is not uncommon for a claimant to initiate more than one adjudication under the Construction Industry Payment and
Liquidated Ascertained Damages : Can a Main Contractor impose LAD on a Nominated Subcontractor when the Employer did not impose any LAD?
Pantas Alam Sdn Bhd v Hau Wah Letrik Sdn Bhd [PA-22NCvC-18-01/2022]
View PDF 31st May 2023 ISSUES Often in a chain of construction contracts, when there is delay to the nominated subcontractor’s works, the delay may
CIPAA 2012 : Exceptional Circumstances for Conditional Stay of Adjudication Decision pending Litigation / Arbitration
Mudajaya Corporation Bhd v KWSL Builders Sdn Bhd and Anor Case [BA-24C-52-08/2022 & BA-24C-56-08/2022]
View PDF 19th April 2023 Issues The Federal Court in the case of View Esteem Sdn Bhd v Bina Puri Holdings Bhd [2019] 5 CLJ
Stay Pending Arbitration : Limitation stops when action commences in Civil Courts
SH Builder & Marketing Sdn Bhd v Bongsor Bina Sdn Bhd [2022] 1 LNS 2839
View PDF 29th March 2023 Issues When an action filed into court is stayed under Section 10 of the Arbitration Act 2005 for the disputes
Loss & Expense : “Within” and “Beyond” Reasonable Contemplation
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia & Kerajaan Malaysia v Sunissa Sdn Bhd [2022] 1 LNS 1119 [Court of Appeal]
View PDF 30th December 2022 Previously, the High Court in Sunissa Sdn Bhd v Kerajaan Malaysia & Anor [2020] MLJU 283 (see our update here)
CIPAA 2012: Direct Payment from Principal and the Retrospective Effect of Ireka and Jack-in-Pile cases
IT Max Engineering Sdn Bhd v Propel Synergy Sdn Bhd [2021] 1 LNS 105
View PDF 12th May 2021 Issues In Ireka Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd v. PWC Corporation Sdn Bhd [2020] 1 CLJ 193 and Jack-in Pile
CIPAA 2012 : Early Court Intervention and Definition of “Occupation” under Section 3
Liew Piang Voon v WLT Project Management Sdn bhd [2020] 1 LNS 1105
View PDF 23rd December 2020 Issues Section 3 of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA 2012”) provides that CIPAA 2012 does not
CIPAA 2012 : Winding Up based on CIPAA Adjudication Decision
Revisited Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd v Spring Energy Sdn Bhd
View PDF 16th December 2020 Issues In Likas Bay Precinct Sdn Bhd v Bina Puri Sdn Bhd [2019] 3 CLJ 499 (“Likas Bay”), the Court
Setting Aside of Arbitration Award: Timeline for Delivery of Award – Procedural or Jurisdictional?
RKT Nusantara Sdn. Bhd. v Ken Grouting Sdn. Bhd. & Another Appeal [W-02(C)(A)-1560-07/2018] [W-02(C)(A)-1562-07/2018]
View PDF 09th December 2020 Issues Where the agreed arbitration rules provide for a specific timeline for delivery of the arbitration award, will such provision