Yap Kian @ Yap Sin Tian (suing as Chairman of the United Chinese School Committees’ Association Malaysia (Dong Zong), and also on behalf of other committee members except the name defendants) v Poh Chin Chuan (suing as Secretary General of United Chinese School Committees’ Association Malaysia (Dong Zong)) & Ors and another Appeal [2016] 6 MLJ 685 (Court of Appeal)
[Appeal struck out for being “academic”] Justin was the counsel for the respondents. In allowing the application filed by the respondents for an order of striking out of the appeals, the court held that it is trite that where there is no longer any “living issue” between the parties, there is no “appeal” that the court has any discretion or power to deal with. The appeal was struck out and removed from the cause list.