JUDGMENT

Introduction

[1] This judgment is prepared pursuant to s 78(1) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 as our learned sister Justice Aziah Ali had since retired.

[2] In this judgment, the parties will be referred to as they were in the High Court.

[3] This is an appeal by the plaintiff (appellant) against the decision of the Court of Appeal which dismissed the plaintiff's appeal against the decision of the High Court which had, on 26 April 2016, dismissed the plaintiff's claim against the 1st defendant and the 2nd defendant. The plaintiff's application for leave to appeal to this court was allowed on the following questions:

"1. Sama ada dengan s 9(1) Akta Had Masa 1953 tempoh yang berkenaan dengan tindakan untuk mendapatkan semula mana-mana tanah adalah dua belas (12) tahun dan sama ada tempoh ini boleh digunakan untuk semua tindakan untuk mendapatkan semula tanah tidak kira sama ada tindakan itu berasaskan kontrak atau sebaliknya?