Cases
JUDGMENT
Azizah Nawawi JCA:
Introduction
[1] This is an appeal against the decision of the learned High Court Judge dated 10 March 2020 in allowing an appeal by the respondent against the decision of the Magistrate dated 17 October 2019 in dismissing the respondent's Notice of Application to set aside the leave granted under the s 16(1A) of the Hire-Purchase Act 1967 ("HPA 1967").
The Salient Facts
[2]Vide a Hire-Purchase Agreement dated 4 January 2008 ("the Agreement"), the appellant hired out a reconditioned used vehicle, namely a Mercedes Benz CLS 350 bearing registration number WQQ 2628 ("the vehicle"), to the respondent.
[3] The respondent had breached the Agreement by failing, refusing, and/or neglecting to make the instalment payments on time, and there were outstanding instalments for at least seven (7) months as of January 2017.