A “right of first refusal” sounds simple enough. One party must first offer an opportunity to the other before dealing with outsiders. In...

A one-page visual guide to the Malaysian civil court process, from letter of demand to final judgment. (by Elisa Ng) Understanding how a...

The Court of Appeal recently clarified on discovery and instalment orders under the Debtors Act, including why bare claims of...

by Lim Ker Ming, with guidance from and editing by Tan Shang Neng It is an urban legend still believed by some that only “professionals”...

An intercompany agreement refers to a contract between two or more entities operating within the same group of companies. Intercompany...

On Thursday, 1 October 2020, I was led by my partner Conrad Young in the hearing of 2 related appeals in the Court of Appeal. After...

Tech companies / start-ups were instrumental in the economic rebounds post the last two global economic crisis. Smart money suggests that...

Licensing and franchising have been on the up and up in the last few decades. With the country in MCO recovery mode, there appears to be...

You may not be familiar with the term "investment interest schemes". But perhaps in a world post-SARS-Cov-2 where funding for businesses...

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic, which it defines as a global spread of a new disease. The...

Common law Courts have traditionally been reluctant to classify the relationship between a banker and its customer as fiduciary in...

Whilst the "manifest" test in Brandley v Deane was hailed as a hero and is quotably sexy, this article seeks to demonstrate that insofar...

In Brandley v Deane, the Irish Supreme Court examined the law on computation of limitation in the context of latent defects, and adopted...

An attempt to highlight 2 practical aspects on the issue of costs in civil proceedings which I think ought to be common knowledge, but is...

In a statement on 16.5.2018, the Ministry of Finance announced that goods and services within Malaysia and those imported from abroad,...