Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JCA:

[1] These two appeals, namely, Civil Appeal No: W-02-1022-05 and Civil Appeal No: W-02-1023-05 (hereafter referred to as the first and second appeals respectively) arose out of the same suit, ie, High Court Kuala Lumpur Civil Suit No: D3-22-4404-1998 and were heard together at the request of all parties.

[2] The plaintiffs in the Court below (the respondents in both appeals) are the children and also the administrators of the estate of Tunku Mansur bin Tunku Yaacob, deceased (hereafter referred to as "the deceased"). Tay Choo Foo @ Tay Chiew Foo, the 1st defendant in the Court below (the appellant in the first appeal) and the 3rd defendant in the Court below (the first appellant in the second appeal) are husband and wife respectively and the 4th and 5th defendants in the Court below (the second and third appellants in the second appeal) are their daughters.

[3] The 2nd defendant, ie, Harrisons Holding (Malaysia) Berhad (hereafter referred to as "HHMB") is a locally incorporated public company and was listed on the local bourse on 25 October 1999. HHMB is not a party to these appeals. HHMB was formerly known as Jantoco Trading Sdn Bhd, viz, a private li