Dalam kes Kp Kunchi Raman v Goh Brothers Sdn Bhd [1978] 1 MLJ 891, Mahkamah Tinggi telah memutuskan bahawa: “On entire and divisible contracts, Chitty on Contracts (23rd Ed.) Vol. states as follows in paragraph 1147: “Entire and divisible contracts. In an entire contract, complete performance by one party is a condition precedent to the liability of the other; in such a contract the consideration is usually a lump sum which is payable only upon complete performance by the other party. The opposite of an entire contract is a divisible contract, which is separable into parts, so that different parts of the consideration may be assigned to severable parts of the performance, e.g., an agreement for payment prorata. It is a question of construction of the contract whether it is entire or divisible, but in the reported cases (none of which is of recent date) the courts have tended to the view that in every lump-sum contract there is an implied term that no part of the price is to be recovered without complete performance. In most modern contracts of any size, however, payments by instalments are specified, so that the law on entire contracts is not often relevant to contracts nowadays.” There is also the following paragraph of the meaning of entire contracts in paragraph 1145 of Vol. 4 of Halsbury's Laws of England (Fourth Edition): — “An entire contract is one where the complete performance of one party is a condition precedent to his right to call for the performance of the JA-A52C-9-12/2022 Alasan Penghakiman 19 other party's obligation. Where the contractor undertakes to complete the works and the contract on its true construction is entire, the employer is entitled to insist on completion before his obligation to pay arises. If the building contractor leaves the work unfinished to a substantial degree he cannot claim a corresponding percentage of the contract sum or recover on a quantum meruit basis for that part of the work he has completed; moreover, he will be liable in damages to the employer for breach of contract. Nevertheless, if he can show that he has substantially completed the works (even though some minor items might remain unfinished) he will be entitled to claim payment.