PEMBINAAN SPK SDN BHD vs JALINAN WAJA SDN BHD

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2013 MarsdenLR 978

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PEMBINAAN SPK SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
JALINAN WAJA SDN BHD – Respondent

Table of Content
1. court's discretion in claims not explicitly pleaded. (Para 1 , 1 , 2)
2. unpleaded issues raised in the appeal. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court's ruling based on misapplication of pleadings. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
4. dependence on evidence and claims not stated in pleadings. (Para 8 , 10)
5. misapplication of fundamental rules of pleadings (Para 9)
6. background facts about the cooperation agreement. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
7. appellant's arguments on lack of damages. (Para 16 , 17 , 19)
8. respondent's defense of quantum meruit. (Para 18 , 20)
9. court's duty and strict adherence to the rules of pleadings. (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24)
10. implications of unpleaded claims and contractual obligations. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
11. conclusion allowing the appeal and costs (Para 29)

[1] This was an appeal by the defendant from the decision of the High Court after a full trial whereby the learned Judicial Commissioner dismissed the plaintiff's claim for special and general damages, but nonetheless ordered that damages be assessed by the registrar on a quantum meruit basis in what appeared to be an exercise of the Court's discretion "to do justice to the party that deserves it though the plead

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2013 MarsdenLR 978

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYAPEMBINAAN SPK SDN BHD – AppellantVersusJALINAN WAJA SDN BHD – Respondent

Cases Referred (3)

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PEMBINAAN SPK SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
JALINAN WAJA SDN BHD – Respondent