Andreas Dorn: Your Unconscious Mind on Change and Money

The Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA”) came into force on 15 April 2014. Can a contract entered before 15 April 2014 be referred for adjudication under CIPAA? Case: JACK-IN PILE (M) SDNRead more

An employee was downgraded after a Domestic Inquiry and she then claimed Constructive Dismissal. Can she? Case: SUNWAY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE V MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN MALAYSIA & ANOR [2019] 1 LNS 292 Brief Facts: Sherly George (“Employee”)Read more

Can a child born out of lawful wedlock in Malaysia to a Malaysian citizen father and a non-citizen mother, the marriage of which was subsequently legitimised by virtue of the parents’ marriage, be a MalaysianRead more

Does a slimming centre owe a duty of care towards its customers? Case: THENE ARULMANI CHELVI ARUMUGAM V LONDON WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SDN BHD [2019] 1 LNS 1185 Brief Facts: Thene Arulmani Chelvi a/p Arumugam (“Thene”)Read more

What is the power of the Tribunal for homebuyers’ claim and what is the date for calculating liquidated ascertained damages for late delivery of vacant possession of a property? Case: GJH AVENUE SDN BHD VRead more

Whether a will was invalidated on account of suspicious circumstances surrounding the making of the will? Case: TOB WENG KEONG & ANOR V TOB CHEE HOONG [2019] 1 LNS 545 Brief Facts: The testator [personRead more

Can a claim for payment be made after the termination of a construction contract? Case: MARTEGO SDN BHD V ARKITEK MEOR & CHEW SDN BHD & ANOTHER APPEAL [2019] 1 LNS 1067 Brief Facts: MartegoRead more

Can the Bar Council intervene and pursue a complaint against a lawyer if the complainant has withdrawn the complaint? Case: MAJLIS PEGUAM MALAYSIA V LIM YIN YIN [2019] 4 MLRA 39 Brief Facts: The DisciplinaryRead more