PANNIR SELVAM SINNAIYAH & ANOR vs TAN CHIA FOO & ORS

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2019 MarsdenLR 484

HIGH COURT MALAYA JOHOR BAHRU
PANNIR SELVAM SINNAIYAH & ANOR – Appellant
Versus
TAN CHIA FOO & ORS – Respondent

Petitioner Advocates:John Fernandez ,Respondent Advocate: CS Lim

Table of Content
1. plaintiffs claim based on sham agreement. (Para 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 12)
2. concerning the application of the parol evidence rule. (Para 15 , 16 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 29)
3. transaction deemed a sham and unenforceable under the law. (Para 123 , 124)

Evrol Mariette Peters JC:

The Claim

[1] The plaintiffs' claim is for, inter alia, the following:

(a) A declaration that the 1st defendant is an unlicensed moneylender;

(b) A declaration that the Sale and Purchase Agreement dated 4 May 2016 between the plaintiffs and 1st defendant is a sham which masked an illegal moneylending agreement, and is therefore unlawful, against the law, and unenforceable;

(c) An Order that the transfer (81301/2017) of the Property (H.S.(D) 313850 PTD 89921 Mukim Pulai, Daerah Johor Bahru) ("the Property") to the 1st defendant dated 26 November 2017, and the subsequent transfer of the Property to the 2nd defendant dated 7 May 2018, be cancelled and set aside;

(d) An Order that the 2nd defendant surrender the document of title of the Property to the solicitors for the plaintiffs, for the purpose of cancelling and setting aside the transfer and to register the names of the plaintiffs as the owners of the Prop

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2019 MarsdenLR 484

HIGH COURT MALAYA JOHOR BAHRUPANNIR SELVAM SINNAIYAH & ANOR – AppellantVersusTAN CHIA FOO & ORS – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

HIGH COURT MALAYA JOHOR BAHRU
PANNIR SELVAM SINNAIYAH & ANOR – Appellant
Versus
TAN CHIA FOO & ORS – Respondent