Sitrac Corp Sdn Bhd & Anor v Dato’ Syed Hamzah bin Syed Abu Bakar (deceased) (representative appointed, Syed Sazlee bin Syed Hamzah) & Ors [2022] 10 MLJ 900

HIGH COURT (KUALA LUMPUR)
LIZA CHAN JC
CIVIL SUIT NO WA-22NCC-623–11 OF 2019
23 December 2021

Civil Procedure — Unless order — Failure to comply — Defendant failed to comply with order for discovery of documents within given time frame — Court issued unless order giving defendant further seven days to comply — Whether defendant’s failure to obey unless order was deliberate, inexcusable and contumelious — Whether reason given by defendant for non-compliance was unacceptable to court — Whether court was compelled to strike out defendant’s defence and enter judgment for plaintiffs under O 24 r 16(1) of Rules of Court 2012