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14 April 2026 DIRECT PAYMENT FROM THE PRINCIPAL UNDER CIPAA: YOU SAY THERE’S NOTHING OWING? PROVE IT! I. INTRODUCTION The Court of Appeal decision in Kinu Sdn Bhd v Kerajaan Malaysia (Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia) [2025] 5 MLJ 162 (“Kinu”) provides important clarification on the operation of Section 30 of the Construction Industry Payment and […]

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 […]