Revisiting the Highland Towers: Has the Judicial Tide Subsided?

Abdul Mu’iz Abdul Razak

2018

Abstract

This paper aims to look into the treatment of the Malaysian courts in cases of defective works in the construction industry with guidance from the Higland Towers tragedy, specifically the High Court case of Steven Phoa Cheng Loon v Highland Properties Sdn Bhd. Through the decisions of the Malaysian courts coupled with industry practice, the analysis might shed some light as to the direction of the Malaysian construction industry. A doctrinal analysis is employed to ascertain the attitude of Malaysian courts towards cases involving defective works. The purpose of this study is to analyse the current trend in Malaysian courts and industry practice in dealing with defective works in the construction industry. Further, the analysis will be utilised to provide guidelines to constrution industry players to ensure that possibility of defective works is minimized and how best to deal with defective works appearing in the construction project. This paper concludes with the recommendation for the construction industry players to adopt proper industry practice with guidance as provided by the Malaysian courts in order to reduce the risk of defective works in construction projects.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Razak A. (2018). Revisiting the Highland Towers: Has the Judicial Tide Subsided?.In Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC, ISBN 978-989-758-482-4, pages 208-211. DOI: 10.5220/0010053702080211

in Bibtex Style

@conference{i-nlac18,
author={Abdul Mu’iz Abdul Razak},
title={Revisiting the Highland Towers: Has the Judicial Tide Subsided?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC,},
year={2018},
pages={208-211},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010053702080211},
isbn={978-989-758-482-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC,
TI - Revisiting the Highland Towers: Has the Judicial Tide Subsided?
SN - 978-989-758-482-4
AU - Razak A.
PY - 2018
SP - 208
EP - 211
DO - 10.5220/0010053702080211