Father fails to revive suit over doctor’s suspicious death
The Court of Appeal has ruled against the father of a medical doctor who died in his quarters in Langkawi under suspicious circumstances fifteen years ago, holding he was not entitled to sue as administrator of his late son’s estate.
Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who led a three-member bench, said Joseph Anthony should have filed the action in his personal capacity.
The judge said the suit was also time-barred as Section 2(a) of the Public Authorities and Protection Act 1948 required that it be filed within 36 months from the date the cause of action arose.
The government had argued that the lawsuit should have been filed by or before Nov 17, 2013, calculated from the date of Dr Sebastian Joseph’s death three years earlier.
His father, however, took the position that he was permitted to file it at any time before 2019 following the release…
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