Legal Updates

5 January 2026 Choosing the Right Path: How Foreign Arbitration Awards Are Enforced in Malaysia. I.    Introduction A recent Federal Court decision in ING Bank NV and OW Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Tumpuan Megah Development Sdn Bhd [2025] 8 CLJ 873 has settled a long-standing uncertainty on how foreign arbitral awards […]

3 December 2025 DEVELOPERS AND PURCHASERS BEWARE: Don’t Let Agents’ Representations Cost You Developers – Even if your contract says, “No party shall represent themselves as an agent of the other party”, it may not shield you from liability. Purchasers – Even if representations are made by agents on behalf of the developer, it may […]

24 November 2025 Landmark decision by the Federal Court on appointment of liquidator and the scope of Liquidator’s powers and liabilities The Federal Court has on 12.11.2025 delivered a landmark decision in four (4) conjoined appeals arising from the liquidation of one London Biscuit Berhad (“LBB”). The judgement provides authoritative guidance on the scope of […]

07 October 2025 DATA PROTECTION OFFICER Further to our previous alert titled “Action Required: New Guidelines on Data Protection Officer Appointment, Data Breach Notification, and Cross-Border Personal Data Transfers” which was published on 29 May 2025, the Personal Data Protection Commissioner (“Commissioner”) has released another two (2) important sets of guidelines and one (1) set […]

1 August 2025 STAMPING OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: COMPLIANCE WITH THE STAMP ACT 1949 In light of the Inland Revenue Board’s (“IRB”) Press Release dated 6 June 2025 (“Press Release”), employers are reminded of their legal obligations to duly stamp all employment contracts in accordance with the Stamp Act 1949. Part A: Employment contracts must be […]

31 July 2025 CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY BILL 2025 The Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2025, tabled and passed by the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) on 29th July 2025, contains provisions aimed at providing effective and global mechanism for cooperative border insolvency proceedings based on UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. We summarise in this Client Alert some […]

29th May 2025 Introduction In line with recent amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, Act 709 (“PDPA”), the Personal Data Protection Commissioner (“Commissioner”) has issued two important sets of guidelines on 25 February 2025, namely (a) the Guideline on Appointment of Data Protection Officer (“DPO Guideline”), and (b) the Guideline on Data Breach […]

23 November 2023 The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023, tabled in Parliament for first reading, contains provisions aimed at strengthening both the existing corporate rescue provisions to assist companies with financial difficulties post Covid 19-pandemic and the policy regarding beneficial ownership reporting framework. We set out in this Client Alert some of the proposed amendments to […]

02 November 2023 Since our Client Alert of 7.3.2023 highlighting the changes in the discharge from small scale debt bankruptcies, further changes to the bankruptcy regime have taken place.  The Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2023 was tabled and passed by Parliament.  Now known as the Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2023 (“the Act”), it came into force on […]

03 April 2023 INTRODUCTION Termination may relieve a party from future obligations. However, it does not relieve a party from obligations or liability accrued pre-termination, unless clear and unequivocal words are stipulated to that effect. In Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Limited [2021] UKSC 29 (“Triple Point v. PTT”), the UK Supreme […]