Scope of Employment Act 1955
On 15 August 2022, the Employment (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2022 (“First Schedule Amendment Order”) was gazetted, and the following changes to the scope of the Employment [...]
Validity of an Extension of Time for Housing Projects
Buying a house is a huge investment. Will I get my house on time? What if the developer fails to deliver? Will I be [...]
Leap Market in Malaysia
Introduced in year 2017, the Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform (“LEAP”) Market is an alternative market offered by Bursa Malaysia for small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) which have [...]
Conveyancing : Highlights Of Cases in 2021 and 2022
There have been a number of key cases on conveyancing and real estate that have gone through the Courts in recent years. Here, we provide the highlights [...]
Effect of the Covid-19 Bill on Housing and Tenancies
On the 25th of August 2020, the Dewan Rakyat passed the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill 2020 (“Covid-19 Bill”). The Covid-19 Bill [...]
Life after MCO
The entire country has been living under the Movement Control Order (MCO) for more than a month now, and will continue to do so at least until 12th May. Most [...]
How the covid-19 pandemic affects your conveyancing transactions and tenancies?
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed by the Government have undeniably raised a slew of legal issues, and conveyancing transactions and tenancies have not been [...]
Top 10 legal developments of 2019
As we start off this brand new year of 2020, it would be an opportune time to look back at the legal developments that came out of the year just [...]
Lenders and Borrowers: What you need to know about the Companies Act 2016
In this article, we highlight certain aspects of the Companies Act 2016 (“CA 2016”) that have implications for Lenders and Borrowers. A) Execution of documents: common seal is optional Section [...]
Madrid Protocol: Multi-country trade mark applications are on the horizon
One application = trade mark protection in multiple countries. It is only a matter of time before business owners can avail themselves of the harmonized process under the Madrid Protocol. [...]
Legislation Update – Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016 passed by Dewan Rakyat
The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016 was passed by the lower house of Parliament in March 2017. The next step will be for it to be passed by the Dewan Negara before [...]
Update: Bursa Malaysia is Reviewing the Listing Requirements
In view of the coming into force of the Companies Act 2016, Bursa Malaysia had, in March 2017, issued a consultation paper to seek public feedback on its proposed review of [...]
Legislation Update – Amendments to the Solicitor’s Remuneration Order
The Solicitors’ Remuneration (Amendment) Order 2017 (“SRAO”) has been gazetted and came into effect on 15th March 2017. The SRAO increases the rate of the scale of fees to the First Schedule (fees for [...]
To franchise, or not to franchise?
Franchising has become the fastest growing way of doing business, but is this the only option? So, Loob Holding recently lost the lucrative Chatime master franchise. Up till now, Loob Holding [...]
Share and Capital Maintenance under the Companies Act 2016
This article is fifth in a series entitled A New Corporate Landscape: Key Changes under the Companies Bill 2015 that our clients should know about. In this article, we outline the [...]
Welcome, Companies Act 2016: 5 immediate things to take note of
While many of us were overdosing on mandarin oranges and pineapple tarts last week, the Companies Act 2016 (“the new Act”) came quietly into force. Although its debut may have been [...]
New Companies Act 2016: Legal Link Alert
The Companies Commission of Malaysia has announced that it will start enforcing the Companies Act 2016 in stages from 31st January 2017. Hence, in the midst of the coming week's Chinese [...]
Alternative Corporate Rescue Mechanisms under the Companies Act 2016
This article is fourth in a series entitled A New Corporate Landscape: Key Changes under the Companies Bill 2015 that our clients should know about. As indicated in our previous [...]
Upcoming Overhaul of Malaysia’s Bankruptcy Law
Malaysia’s Bankruptcy Act 1967 is the next piece of legislation in line for an overhaul. The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016 was tabled in Parliament on 21 November 2016. In addition to a [...]
No hiding in the shadows: Increased director’s accountability under Companies Act 2016
This article is third in a series entitled A New Corporate Landscape: Key Changes under the Companies Bill 2015 that our clients should know about. As alerted in our previous [...]
The 2017 Budget and the Housing Industry
Liew Siew Pen provides a brief roundup of the 2017 Budget features affecting the housing industry Malaysia Budget 2017 has successfully been tabled by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib [...]
Credit Sale vs Hire Purchase: A Comparison
Mira Syahida explains the difference between a hire purchase transaction and credit sale transaction Credit Sale Credit sale in general is defined as purchases made by a consumer that do not require [...]
Land Acquisition – Balancing the needs of two parties
In this two part series, Liew Siew Pen explains the legal framework and procedures governing compulsory land acquisition Introduction The law of land acquisition is principally concerned with the rules governing the [...]
An Easier Meeting of Minds: Meetings/ Resolutions under the Companies Act 2016
This article is second in a series entitled A New Corporate Landscape: Key Changes under the Companies Bill 2015 that our clients should know about. Since our first article in this A [...]
A New Take: 5 main highlights of the revised Takeover and Mergers Code and Rules 2016
As alerted in the last issue of The Legal Link, the Securities Commission (SC) had in August 2016 launched the revised Malaysian Code on Takeover and Mergers 2016 (“revised Takeover Code”), together [...]
More Strings Attached: Housing Development (Control & Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2012
Janice Gan provides an overview of the implications for housing developers from the recent amendments to the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Act 1966 The Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Act 1966 [...]
The Case of the Missing Debtor: Recovering against a missing/ unresponsive debtor
If the person who owes you money is not responding or you are unaware of their whereabouts, all hope need not be lost. We set out below the steps that you can [...]
Clear(er) Roads Ahead: Incorporation of companies under the Companies Act 2016
This article is first in a series entitled A New Corporate Landscape: Key Changes under the Companies Bill 2015 that our clients should know about. Background to the Companies Bill 2015 CCLC’s [...]
What’s in a name: The importance of protecting your brand
Joshinae Wong explains the benefits of taking the all-important step to register your brand as a trade mark Imagine that you have started a business selling water filters and have chosen to [...]
Setting the terms: Protecting the Landlord’s interest in Tenancy Agreements
Denise Chong points out the key areas that Landlords should take note and provide for in drafting Tenancy Agreements Under Malaysian Law, only a tenancy exceeding 3 years may be registered against [...]