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
CIPAA 2012: Easing Contractors’ Cash Flow – “Pay Now, Argue Later”
Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012
View PDF Introduction Cashflow continuity is of paramount importance to the construction industry. However, contractors are often times faced with issues on payment, or lack