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2003 MarsdenLR 2241

HIGH COURT (JOHOR BHARU)

AHMAD HELMY, JC


MISLIHA BINTI LAGIMAN
versus
LINGUAPHONE DISTRIBUTORS SDN BHD

GUAMAN SIVIL NO. (MT-1) 22-630-2001

Decided On : 09-16-03

Advocates:
Counsel
En. Gobind Singh Deo, (En. Zamri Idrus bersamanya) - Tt. Karpal Singh & Co., Johor Bahru, Peguambela & Peguamcara, Johor Bahru - bagi pihak Plaintiff.
En. Siva Shankar - Tt. Tay & Partners - Peguambela & Peguamcara Johor Bahru - bagi pihak Defendant.

GROUNDS OF JUDGMENT

The appeal herein is against the decision of the Learned Senior Assistant Registrar given on the 2nd September 2002 dismissing the Defendant's application to strike out the Plaintiff's Writ and Statement of Claim pursuant to Order 18 Rule 19(1) of the Rules of the High Court 1980.

Background Facts :-

The facts leading to this appeal are not in dispute.

The plaintiff used to work for the defendant. She was an Account Collector and her duties, in brief, involved, inter alia, collecting from clients of the defendant, payments for goods supplied to them by the defendant.

On 13.9.2001, the defendants terminated the contract of

employment of the plaintiff. A letter dated 14.9.2001 Exhibit PW1 in Enclosure 14 was issued to this effect and sent to all the clients of the defendants in which it was stated;

"Kepada Sesiapa yang berkenaan. Per: Misliha Lagiman (Liena)

Ini adalah dimaklumkan bahawa Bill Collector di atas

tidak lagi berkhidmat dengan Syarikat Linguaphone

Distributors Sdn Bhd berkuatkuasa daripada 01 hb

September 2001. Dengan ini beliau tidak lagi mempunyai kuasa

mengambil wang atau apa-apa bayaran atau barangan/

set Linguaphone daripada pelanggan dan Syarikat tidak akan

menanggung apa-apa risiko selepas ini.

Pelanggan yang mahu membuat bayaran bolehlah membayar terus ke dalam Akaun Maybank No: 5-1404832095-3 atau menghubungi terus ke Ibupejabat Kuala Lumpur Tel: 03-21440612.

Sekian. Harap Maklum.

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Yang benar,

Credit Control Executive "

Unfortunately the said letter was erroneous as it claimed that the service of the plaintiff was terminated with effect from 01.09.2001 instead of 14.9.2001, ie, two weeks earlier.

The plaintiff, who had been collecting monies from clients of the defendant between 1.9.2001 and 13.9.2001, claims she received many phone calls and threats from clients who, owing to the error in the said letter, were given to understand the plaintiff had, without authority, and knowingly, collected from them monies between 1.9.2001 and 14.9.2001.

Upset with this, the plaintiff approached her solicitors and instructed them to write to the defendant. The Plaintiffs solicitors then issued the letter dated 19th October 2001 to the Defendant and the letter which is exhibited as PW2 in Enclosure 14 is reproduced hereunder:-

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GSD/JB/MISC/OCT/4/2001/n 19 Oktober 2001

Messrs Linguaphone

Linguaphone Distributors Sdn Bhd

Suite 3.12, 3rd Floor, Pudu Plaza

55100 Kuala Lumpur FAX/POS

FAX NO. 03-21440611

Tuan,

Per: PN MISLIHA BINTI LAGIMAN

Kami mewakili penama tersebut diatas.

Kami difahamkan bahawa melalui satu notis bertarikh 14-9-2001 kamu telahpun memberi notis kepada semua yang berkenaan bahawa anakguam kami tidak lagi berkhidmat dengan kamu berkuatkuasa pada 01-09-2001, dan oleh yang sedemikian beliau tidak berhak menerima wang atau apa-apa bayaran Linguaphone daripada pelanggan.

Kami disini memberi NOTIS kepada pihak tuan bahawa surat pihak tuan berkenaan telahpun meletakkan anakguam kami dalam kedudukan yang amat sukar kerana anakguam kami telahpun masih menerima bayaran daripada pelanggan sebelum 14-9-01, iaitu tarikh notis tersebut keluar.

Akibat daripada kecuaian pihak tuan, anakguam kami telahpun dicederakan dari segi menerima ugutan-ugutan yang amat sangat dan watak beliau dicerca dikalangan orang ramai yang boleh berpendapat bahawa anakguam kami telahpun menerima bayaran-bayaran yang dinyatakan tanpa kuasa yang sah.

Kami disini menuntut bahawa pihak tuan mengeluarkan suatu NOTIS pembetulan dengan serta merta untuk menyekat masalah ini daripada terus berlanjutan.

Sekiranya pihak tuan tidak mengeluarkan pembetulan itu dengan secepat seboleh, kami ada arahan tegas untuk memulakan tindakan Mahkamah untuk menyelesaikan perkara ini, akibat dan kos yang mana akanlah pihak tuan terpaksa menanggung seterusnya.

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Sekian, terima kasih. Yang benar,

GOBIND SINGH DEO

s.k. Puan Misliha Binti Lagiman

No. 16, Jalan Denai 16

Taman Bukit Jaya

81800 Ulu Tiram, Johor POS."

Responding to this letter, the defendants

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