by amir.amirudine | Oct 18, 2025 | High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Sentencing
[Sentencing – Rape – Section 376(2)(b) Penal Code – Conviction after trial – No remorse – Victim aged 8 – Tender years – Exemption from whipping, defendant over 50 years old – Section 258 Criminal Procedure Code – Additional imprisonment in lieu of whipping –...
by syahirah.suhaili | Oct 9, 2025 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Civil Procedure — Interlocutory applications — Payment into court — Whether defect in summons fatal or curable under O.2 r.1 and O.86 r.4 — Scope of O.29 r.2(3) — Application at post-judgment stage — Outstanding costs and pending appeal — Whether sufficient to...
by haziq.nordin | Oct 8, 2025 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
HAJI ABDUL AZIZ BIN HAJI ABDUL GHANI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HACM/16/2024 Ruling date: 8 Oct...
by hardy.ukit | Oct 2, 2025 | High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Sentencing
[Criminal Law – Sentencing – Human Trafficking – Section 4 of the Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Order 2004 – six Bangladeshi victims recruited by deception – plead guilty during trial after 4 out of 6 victims have given evidence – 1/3 discount in sentencing not...
by hardy.ukit | Oct 2, 2025 | Allowed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – Bail –Appeal against Magistrate Decision – Evidence in its entirety – Appeal Allowed – Magistrate Decision set aside] Wong Chung Hong v Public Prosecutor HACM/13/2025 Decision date: 2 Oct...
by syahirah.suhaili | Sep 30, 2025 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[ Arbitration – Stay of proceedings – International Arbitration Act, s 6 – Prima facie standard – Tomolugen three-stage test – Valid arbitration agreement – Dispute within scope – Agreement inoperative or incapable of being performed – Non-payment of deposit – Refund...
