by hardy.ukit | Jun 27, 2026 | High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Sentencing
[Criminal Law – Sentencing – 2 charges under section 3A Misuse of Drugs Act – Possession for the purpose of trafficking to 200 grammes & 84.17 grammes of cannabis, respectively – plea of guilty – delay – whether probation...
by hardy.ukit | Jun 22, 2026 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Arbitration – Foreign arbitral award – Recognition and enforcement – Whether prior registration required before reliance on award in insolvency proceedings – Insolvency – Winding-up – Statutory demand – Whether unregistered...
by hardy.ukit | Apr 21, 2026 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Civil Procedure — Order 18 rule 18 — Striking Out — Pleadings — Distinction between material facts and evidence — Alleged failure to maintain vehicle — No specific defect pleaded — Whether claim is plainly unsustainable — Triable issues present] Aisah v Haji Mohamad...
by hardy.ukit | Apr 13, 2026 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal Procedure — Leave to appeal out of time — Delay — No satisfactory explanation — Whether appeal has merit — Sentencing — Fine — Extension of time to pay — Financial hardship — No realistic ability to pay — No repayment plan — Whether extension justified held...
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...
by hardy.ukit | Mar 19, 2026 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Insolvency — Provable debts — LAD accruing post-liquidation — Cut-off at date of winding-up — Post-liquidation accrual excluded — Application dismissed] Ministry of Religious Affairs (On behalf of the Government of His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan of Brunei...
