Negligence Cases In Malaysia
In any negligence action the essential ingredients that should be present are firstly a duty of care exists wherein there must be a wrongful and unauthorized act or omission by the defendant and secondly the act omission in question affected the interests or rights of others.
Negligence cases in malaysia. For the purpose of this study ten case law of negligence from united kingdom malaysia and singapore has been carefully chosen for the analysis. In any negligence action the essential ingredients that should be present are firstly a duty of care exists wherein there must be a wrongful and unauthorized act or omission by the defendant and secondly the act omission in question affected the interests or rights of others. Soo fook mun anor 2007 1 mlj 593 declared inter alia that the bolam test which has been the basis in determining the standard of care in medical negligence cases in malaysia since her independence in 1957 is no longer applicable. In a review of medical malpractice issues in malaysia under tort litigation system by siti naaishah hambali solmaz khodapanahandeh global journal of health science.
This is the first book to be written on medical negligence case law in malaysia comprising cases from the 1960 s to the present. The federal court in allowing the appeal and upholding. One of the better definitions defining tortious liability as liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by law where this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressable by an action for unliquidated. Negligence law emanates from the law of tort.
This has led to increasingly more medical negligence claims. Case law between 1980 to date was chosen to make sure that the principle of negligence use is up to date. The federal court the apex court in malaysia on 29 12 06 in its judgment in the case of foo fio na v dr. Negligence is a tort which determines legal liability for careless actions or inactions which cause injury.
Thus the tort of negligence spans the whole range of human activity since it is not concerned with the activity itself but with the manner in which the activity is carried out. It provides a useful compilation of local medical negligence decisions.