PRUDENTDEALS SDN BHD vs YM TENGKU ABDUL HALIM IBNI ALMARHUM SULTAN IBRAHIM

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2015 MarsdenLR 1558

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PRUDENTDEALS SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
YM TENGKU ABDUL HALIM IBNI ALMARHUM SULTAN IBRAHIM – Respondent

Petitioner Advocates:D Kalai ,Respondent Advocate: Mohd Syukran Mohd Noordin

Table of Content
1. establishment of the power of attorney. (Para 1 , 4)
2. revocation of power of attorney and its impact. (Para 8 , 10)
3. claims arising from contractual agreements. (Para 13 , 15)
4. court findings on the validity of agreements. (Para 17 , 19)
5. legal reasoning and final judgment decision-making. (Para 20 , 44)

JUDGMENT

Mah Weng Kwai JCA:

Brief Facts

[1] On 19 April 1979 the respondent granted a revocable and general Power of Attorney (the first PA) to one Hassan bin Othman (Hassan).

[2] Pursuant to cl 6 of the first PA, Hassan as an attorney could let, sell, lease, subdivide, surrender or amalgamate any of the respondent's lands; and pursuant to cl 13, Hassan could 'purchase and accept transfer of lands, mines, houses and movable and immovable properties and for that purpose to sign all necessary agreements, transfers and other documents' on behalf of the respondent.

[3] About nine years later, on 10 December 1988, on an application by Hassan, the State Director of Lands and Mines, Kelantan, granted a 10-year "Pajakan Melombong" (Mining Lease) to the respondent.

[4] On 30 November 1999 some 11 years after the Mining Lease had been granted to the respondent, Hassan granted

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2015 MarsdenLR 1558

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYAPRUDENTDEALS SDN BHD – AppellantVersusYM TENGKU ABDUL HALIM IBNI ALMARHUM SULTAN IBRAHIM – Respondent

Cases Referred (2)

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PRUDENTDEALS SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
YM TENGKU ABDUL HALIM IBNI ALMARHUM SULTAN IBRAHIM – Respondent