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2020 MarsdenLR 945

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
KUMPULAN PRASARANA RAKYAT JOHOR SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
EMERCON BINA SDN BHD & ANOTHER APPEAL – Respondent


Petitioner Advocates:Robert Lazar,Abdul Rashid Ismail,Lai Wai Fong,Siti Nurani Zahidi ,Respondent Advocate: Cyrus Das,K Thavanesan

JUDGMENT

Nor Bee Ariffin JCA:

The Appeals

[1] After a full trial, the learned Judicial Commissioner (JC) allowed the plaintiffs claim against the defendant for breach of a joint venture agreement and awarded general damages for loss of profits in the sum of RM25,107,560.00 with 5% interest per annum from the date of judgment until full settlement.

[2] Appeal No: J-02(NCVC)(W)-329-02-2018 (Appeal No 329) is the defendant/appellant's appeal against the whole decision of the learned JC.

[3] Appeal No J-02(NCVC)(W)-330-02-2018 (Appeal No 330) is the plaintiff/respondent's appeal against part of the decision of the learned JC that allowed only one-half of the damages claimed by the plaintiff based on the alternative claim of damages.

[4] We heard the two Appeals together. With regard to Appeal No 329, we found no appealable error in the finding of facts and law by the learned JC to warrant our appellate intervention. We unanimously affirmed the decision of the learned JC and dismissed the appeal with costs.

[5] As for Appeal No 330, we were unanimous in our finding that the learned JC fell into error when he deducted the award of RM50,215,120.00 by half. We set aside the decision of the learne

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