COUNSEL & SOLICITOR:
For the defendant – KT Tan; M/s Lim Kian Leong & Co
High Court
LAND LAW: Charge – Chargee’s duty to chargor – Sale of Malay reservation land by public auction – Whether proclamation of sale and advertisement ought to state that non-Malays may purchase land also – Whether failure to do so amounts to a misdescription – Whether failure to do so amounts to breach of duty of care owed by chargee to chargor – Whether chargor must prove loss suffered – Failure by chargor to produce valuation report to show land sold at an undervalue – Whether sale by public auction ought to be set aside
LAND LAW: Sale of land – Auction – Setting aside sale by public auction – Undertaking by chargor to postpone auction dishonoured – Whether good grounds for setting aside public auction – Whether chargee should have checked if auction postponed – Whether sale by public auction ought to be set aside
LAND LAW: Sale of land – Auction – Sale of Malay reservation land by public auction – Whether proclamation of sale and advertisement ought to state that non-Malays may purchase land also – Whether failure to do so amounts to a misdescription – Whether failure to do so amounts to breach of duty of care owed by chargee to chargor – Whether sale by public auction ought to be set aside