We are delighted to be named the winner of Intellectual Property Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation Awards Asia-Pacific 2022. Benchmark Litigation is a guide to leading litigation firms and lawyers which provide law firms and lawyers rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients; as well as an […]
READ MORE >7th April 2022 The concept of a civil suit being a collateral attack on a criminal action was considered by the Court of Appeal recently. The Appellant, the former Prime Minster of Malaysia, filed his claim in the High Court on 9.12.2019 against Ambank Islamic Bank Berhad, its holding company (AMMB Holdings Berhad) and the […]
READ MORE >18th March 2022 The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2022 introduces amendments to the Copyright Act 1987 (“Act”) which aims to strengthen provisions relating to the enforcement of copyright, especially in the digital environment, by introducing offences involving streaming technology in line with the development of online content streaming, and to comply with standards required by, amongst […]
READ MORE >18th March 2022 The Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 seeks ensure that our country’s patent laws are in line with current developments on patent protection on an international level. Recognition of Micro-biological Processes as Patentable Inventions Section 13(1)(b) of the Patents Act 1983 (“Act”) has been amended to clarify that inventions relating to products on microbiological […]
READ MORE >In the recently published text “Law and Practice of Employment Law in Malaysia”, by Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn. Bhd, Mehala Marimuthoo and Gavinesh Siva Dharma contributed a section relating to the “Contract of Employment”. Various aspects of the employment contract are considered in this section of the publication including the relevant legislation which governs and […]
READ MORE >We are delighted to announce that our Partner and the Head of our Building, Construction & Engineering Department, Lam Ko Luen, and Senior Associate, Nina Lai, together with Sr. Dr. Wan Maimun bt Wan Abdullah and Sr. Nik Hasbi Fathi co-authored Chapter 5: Design and Supervision Obligations in Construction in Law and Practice of Construction […]
READ MORE >22 November 2021 Judicial Management Application led by a creditor and the appointment of an Interim Judicial Manager Maybank Islamic Berhad v. Khee San Food Industries Sdn Bhd On 15.11.2021, an application was filed in the Kuala Lumpur High Court by Maybank Islamic Berhad, to place its debtor, KSFI, under judicial management pursuant to Section […]
READ MORE >Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause – A Rose by any other name… An exclusive jurisdiction clause sets out the parties’ agreement to submit their disputes to a particular forum or jurisdiction. This provides certainty to the parties as to the forum/jurisdiction in which their disputes may be determined, particularly where the parties are based in different jurisdictions. […]
READ MORE >CDR – Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative, Malaysia Chapter Our Partners, Lam Ko Luen and Victoria Loi, and Senior Associate, Nina Lai, contributed the Malaysia chapter of CDR – Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative, published on 21.9.2021 by Global Legal Group, London. The chapter illustrates Malaysia’s robust common law based dispute […]
READ MORE >What happens if a High Court recognises an arbitral award while another High Court sets aside the same arbitral award at the same time? This was the predicament before the Federal Court in Masenang Sdn Bhd v. Sabanilam Enterprise Sdn Bhd.[1] On 3.9.2021, the Federal Court rendered a unanimous decision in finding that even for […]
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