Professor Datuk Sundra Rajoo describes how The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) started the year on the “front foot”, as well as giving an account of what the KLRCA has done more recently and how and why he expects to see Malaysia become Asia’s premier arbitration hub. He also talks about the jurisdictions the KLRCA has and will work in tandem with.

Financial Ombudsman Schemes are not novel in countries such as Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. On October 29, 2015, the Central Bank of Malaysia...

Budget 2016 was first unveiled on October 23, 2015 by the Malaysian Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dato’ Sri Mohd ...

The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 (the Act) came into force on September 1, 2015. The Act, which aims to prevent the conduct or ...

Introduction The Strata Management Act 2013 (the Act) which came into force on June 1, 2015 repeals the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007. The implementation of the ...

The Malaysian Federal Court in the case of Unilever (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd v So Lai & Anor1 has issued a landmark ruling whereby it was held that an employee who had been wrongfully ...

Netting arrangements refer to the settlement of obligations between two parties that processes the combined value of transactions. It is designed to lower the number of transactions ...

Having made the leap from external to in-house, Choo Suit Mae, Group General Counsel of Sime Darby, knows from over 25 years working externally what it’s like to approach law from that point of view, and applies this constantly when working with external counsel. Giving her thoughts on life and law, she reveals what she believes to be the secrets of success in both, noting that courage in all aspects goes a long way.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the rate of 6 percent was introduced in Malaysia with effect from April 1, 2015. ...

With effect from April 4 2015, Trowers & Hamlins became the first foreign law firm to …

The Court of Appeal, in the recent decision of Airasia Bhd v Rafizah Shima Mohamed Aris,¹ ruled on the extent of which …

After the withdrawal of two controversial clauses relating to the national flag and vandalism, the amendments made to the Malaysian Penal Code finally took effect …

In October 2014, the Federal Court of Malaysia, in Harianto Effendy Zakaria & Ors v Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor, [2014] 6 MLJ 305, upheld the dismissal of nine former bank employees by …

The construction industry, which has always been one of the more productive sectors, is constantly contributing to Malaysia’s economy. However, its fluctuating growth rates …