COUNSEL & SOLICITOR:
Lim Kian Leong (Lim Fung Yin with him) (Lim Kian Leong & Co) for the appellant
Court Of Appeal
Statutory Interpretation – Duty of court – Hardship – Whether court could follow a construction of a statute that would cause great hardship to general public
Unincorporated Associations – Societies – Co-operative society – Assumption of control by order of Central Bank – Transfer of assets and liabilities of co-operative society to third party by order of Central Bank – Subsequent agreement between parties to exclude transfer of liability – Whether third party could be made liable to liability excluded by the agreement – Whether agreement had validly excluded such liability – Central Bank of Malaysia (Kewangan Usahasama Makmur Bhd Scheme) Order 1988