Oh Hiam and Others v Tham Kong
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1980 |
| Date | 1980 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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IB CAPITAL SDN. BHD vs IVORY INDAH SDN, BHD
...rules of equity apply to this country by the Civil Law Act 1956 and of the observation of Lord Russel of Killowen in Oh Hiam v Tham Kong [1980] 2 MLJ 159, PC that ‘the Torrens System is designed to provide simplicity and certitude in transfer of land which is amply achieved without deprivin......
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2 books & journal articles
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Land Law
...585, the modern locus classicus on the existence of personal equities in the Torrens system of land registration, and Oh Hiam v Tham Kong[1980] 2 MLJ 159, Chan CJ cautioned (at [78]) against applying them indiscriminately in the context of the 1994 LTA. Those decisions should be read and un......
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Land Law
...grant the equitable remedy of rectification where a mistake has occurred as can be seen in the Privy Council case of Oh Hiam v Tham Kong[1980] 2 MLJ 159, an appeal from Malaysia. These are instances where the registered proprietor cannot, on grounds of equity or conscience, set up the princ......