JUDGMENT

Mohd Sofian Abd Razak JCA:

Introduction

[1] This is the appellant/defendant's appeal against the decision of the High Court after a full trial in allowing the respondent/plaintiff's Claim as per prayer (1)(a), (b) and (c), prayer (ii) of para 15 of the Statement of Claim with costs of RM25,000.00 subject to allocatur.

[2] For ease of reference, parties will be referred to as they were in the proceedings before the High Court.

[3] Having considered the appeal records and the submissions of the parties in the appeal, it is our unanimous decision that the appeal is allowed with costs. We now give our reasons for the same.

Background Facts

[4] The plaintiff was the branch partner of the law firm M/s Paul Cheah & Associate ('the Firm') located at Port Klang from 14 July 2006 to 30 June 2008 ('Port Klang Branch'). The defendant, was also a partner in the Firm. Both plaintiff and defendant had entered into a branch Partnership Agreement dated 14 July 2006 ("the Agreement").