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2012 MarsdenLR 235

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
SUMATEC ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
MALAYSIAN REFINING COMPANY SDN BHD – Respondent


Table of Content
1. injunction against bank guarantee (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. court's view on unconscionability (Para 4 , 14 , 15 , 16)
3. arguments on unconscionable conduct (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
4. establishment of unconscionability as a distinct ground (Para 11 , 12 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 38 , 42)
5. principles regarding on-demand bank guarantees. (Para 17)
6. fraud exception to bank guarantees established. (Para 21 , 23)
7. legal precedents on unconscionability. (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
8. judicial discretion and unconscionability considerations. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34)
9. test for proving unconscionability. (Para 35 , 36 , 37)
10. acceptance of unconscionability as valid ground. (Para 39 , 40 , 41)

[1] In the High Court the appellant here (Sumatec) succeeded in obtaining an injunction to restrain the respondent here (MRC) from calling upon a bank guarantee issued by Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB). The High Court also dismissed MRCs application to set aside an earlier ex-parteinjunction order dated 4 June 2010 obtained by Sumatec to the same effect.

[2] The ex-parteinterlocutory application by Sumatec in the High Court was for the following prayers:

(a) to restrain the

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