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Can Your Neighbour Damage Your Land? RM 3 Million Land Damage Claim

Can Your Neighbour Be Liable for Earthworks That Damage Your Land? Malaysian High Court Awards RM3.02 Million Repair Costs and RM5,000 Per Day Property owners often assume that they are free to carry out excavation, construction and earthworks within their own land. However, ownership of land does not necessarily give a person an unrestricted right

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Owed Money Does Not Mean You Can Caveat the Property

Successful Orders to Remove a Private Caveat and Restrain Further Caveats Over Our Client’s Property Today, we are pleased to share a significant outcome achieved for our client in a recent property dispute before the Kuala Lumpur High Court. The case concerned the use of a private caveat to secure payment of a disputed monetary

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Court of Appeal on Wrongful Private Caveats, Property Sale Agreements and Fiduciary Duties

When a Property Agent Acts Against His Client: Lessons from a Malaysian Court of Appeal Decision A recent decision of the our Court of Appeal provides an important reminder to landowners, property agents and purchasers about the consequences of a disputed property transaction — particularly where a private caveat is lodged over land and the

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Court Rejects Vendor’s Attempt to Remove Caveat in RM7.2 Million Sale Dispute

High Court Refuses to Remove Private Caveat Pending Full Trial Over RM7.2 Million Property Dispute In the case of Lian Hock Hardware Sdn Bhd v G-Mart Corporation Sdn Bhd, the High Court of Malaya in Johor Bahru dismissed an application to remove a private caveat lodged over a commercial property in Johor Bahru worth RM7.2

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