A consideration of England’s House of Lord’s decision in Rush & Tompkins Ltd v Greater London Council and Another [1989] 1 AC 1280 and Malaysia’s High Court decisions of Oh Kuang Liang v Associated Wood Industries Sdn Bhd [1995] 2 CLJ 961 and Dusun Desaru Sdn Bhd & Anor v Wang Ah Yu & Anor [1999] 2 CLJ 749.