by kamaluddin.bakar | Jul 20, 2026 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Criminal law – House trespass with intent to commit theft – Multiple offences – Whether individual sentences appropriate – Individual sentences within established sentencing range – Offender of previous good character – Plea of guilty at first reasonable opportunity...
by kamaluddin.bakar | Jun 29, 2026 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Criminal law – Kidnapping – Outraging modesty – Serious sexual assaults involving two victims – Consecutive sentences appropriate – Sentence unduly lenient – Appeal allowed.] Public Prosecutor v Muhammad Firdaus bin Yunus COACM/1/2026 Judgment date: 29 June...
by kamaluddin.bakar | Jun 18, 2026 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Criminal Law Procedure-application granted: leave to file certificate with Court of Appeal, s. 291A(1)(b), Criminal Procedure Code, Cap.7; Judges decision in appeal by PP from Order of acquittal by Chief Magistrate involved point of law desirable in public interest...
by kamaluddin.bakar | Jun 16, 2026 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Criminal Law-sentence- section 377(2) of the Penal Code, Cap. 22, carnal knowledge of boy under 14 years. Appeal against total sentence of 33 years’ imprisonment and 20 strokes on conviction after trial of two Charges; Boy A aged 10 years and Boy B aged 11 years. ...
by hardy.ukit | May 19, 2026 | Allowed, Intermediate Court of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
Civil Procedure – Joinder of parties — Application for leave to add registered owner of motor vehicle as defendant — Whether conditions for joinder under Order 15 rule 4 satisfied — Whether common question of law or fact exists — Whether rights to relief arise out of...
by hardy.ukit | Apr 4, 2026 | Allowed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal Law — Sentence — Multiple offences — Unlicensed practice of medicine — Importation of unregistered medicinal products — Totality principle — Consecutive and concurrent sentences — Whether aggregate sentence manifestly excessive — Whether facilitative...
