Arifin Zakaria Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

[1]There are five appeals before this court and they are:

(a) Civil Appeal No 02(f)-27–04 of 2012 (W) with CIMB Bank Bhdas the appellant and Maybank Trustees Bhd as therespondent;

(b) Civil Appeal No 02(f)-28–04 of 2012(W) with Datin Murnina bt Dato' Hj Sujak as the appellant and Maybank Trustees Bhdas the respondent;

(c) Civil Appeal No 02(f)-29–04 of 2012(W) with KAF InvestmentBank Bhd as the appellant and MIDF Amanah InvestmentBank Bhd and 11 others as the respondents;

(d) Civil Appeal No 02(f)-30–04 of 2012(W) with Maybank TrusteesBhd as the appellant and MIDF Amanah Investment BankBhd and 20 others as the respondents; and

(e) Civil Appeal No 02(f)-33–04 of 2012 (W) with Pesaka Astana (M)Sdn Bhd and eight others as the appellants and Maybank TrusteesBhd and another as the respondents.

For convenience, we will first deal with the third appeal.

[2]This court had on 5 April 2012 granted leave to appeal to KAF Investment Bank Bhd ('KAF') on the following questions of law:

(a) What liability in law is assumed by an issuer, lead arranger, facility agent and issue agent with respect to matters contained in an information memorandum?

(b) To whom