JUDGMENT

Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin JCA:

Introduction

[1] This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur (Commercial Division) in Civil Suit No: WA-22IP-58-09/2021.

[2] The learned Judicial Commissioner dismissed the appellants' (plaintiffs at the High Court) claim for unlawful interference with trade and allowed the respondent's (defendant at the High Court) counterclaim for abuse of legal process, ordering the Appellants to pay:

(i) General damages: RM200,000.00;

(ii) Exemplary damages: RM300,000.00;

(iii) Costs: RM100,000.00 (subject to allocatur); and

(iv) Interest at 5% per annum from 24 September 2021 until full settlement.

[3] We dismissed the appeal and the following are the reasons of our decision.

Background Facts

[4] The background facts are largely undisputed and have been agreed upon by both parties. They are comprehensively set out in the trial judgment and may be summarized as follows.