JUDGMENT

Abdul Aziz Mohamad JCA:

[1] Dato' Sharibun bin Wahab ("the deceased") died on 2 January 2000, leaving various properties, movable and immovable, as his assets. In his lifetime the deceased had married three women. The first was Puan Ramlah binti Haji Umar, who bore him a daughter, Zation, and whom he divorced in 1953. In 1956 he married Puan Buruk binti Abdullah, who bore him five daughters, Rosmawati, Roslinawati, Rosilawati, Roshayati and Rosnita. In 1981, while married to Puan Buruk, he married Puan Latifah binti Mat Zin, the appellant, who bore him a daughter, Noor Hafisah, and a son, Muhammad Hidayat, who was born on 21 March 1985 and was therefore a minor when the deceased died. Puan Buruk died on 17 March 1998. The beneficiaries of the deceased's estate are therefore the appellant, being his surviving spouse, and his eight children, one by Puan Ramlah, five by Puan Buruk and two by the appellant.

[2] During Puan Buruk's lifetime, the deceased maintained several accounts of various types jointly with her at the Standard Chartered Bank, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur ("the SCB"). Shortly after Puan Buruk's death, the deceased, on 29 March 1998, opened a joint current acco