Recently, the High Court in Liziz Plantation v
Liew Ah Yong [2020] 10 CLJ 94 dismissed an
application to transfer a case from a High Court in one state to a
High Court in another state, holding inter alia that the
increasing acceptance of remote communication technology has made
the issue of having to physically travel to any court very much
less important when considering the transfer of a case.
Brief facts
The plaintiff had commenced an action against the defendant
pursuant to the National Land Code 1965, seeking, amongst others,
an order that the private caveats lodged by the defendant on
certain pieces of land be removed.
The defendant, pursuant to Order 57 of the Rules of Court 2012
("ROC 2012"), section 23 of the Courts
of Judicature Act 1964 and/or the inherent jurisdiction of the
court, sought an order that the action be transferred from the High
Court at Ipoh to the High Court at Kota Bahru on the grounds
that:
