On Saturday 27 January, Cheng Leong and I are giving a talk on Business Development for Lawyers. We focus on building your career beyond legal skills. The talk is from 10am to 1pm and with a registration fee of RM25.
You can sign up on the KL Bar website here.
The Federal Court issued its grounds of judgment in the Tengku Dato’ Ibrahim Petra bin Tengku Indra Petra v Petra Perdana Berhad case. This is a significant decision explaining the scope of directors’ duties. It gives guidance on when a director acts in the best interest of the company and the discretion afforded to a director when the director makes a business judgment.
This case update will set out the brief background facts of the case and the legal principles that were decided by the Federal Court. I also set out the key takeaways and points that directors should take note of. Continue reading
This post is taken from and expanded from a note I circulated to my team. This is a 12-step checklist I impose on my lawyers whenever they draft their court papers.
#1. Sample Precedent from the Firm / Colleagues
As a starting point, we may ask for a sample precedent from colleagues. That’s fine as an initial step but we must adopt all the other following steps.
#2. Read Atkin’s Forms and Bullen & Leake
Compare with the English Atkin’s Forms. The English civil procedure rules changed significantly post 1999 so if the application is based on civil procedure rules rather than a specific area of the law, go and look back at the older version of Atkin’s. Also read the English Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedent of Pleadings. Both Atkin’s and Bullen will have useful comments and notes, and references to cases.
#3. Read Malaysia Atkin’s Forms and Bullen & Leake Malaysia
Then read the Atkin’s Court Forms Malaysia and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings. Continue reading
On 16 January 2018, I will be speaking at the Forensic & Fraud Investigation Conference 2018 organised by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. I am looking forward to being able to share from a lot of practical case studies and from the cases I have been involved in. Fraud cases, internal investigations and asset recovery also make up a significant part of my practice.
Legal Logic Asia is holding its Bankruptcy Law Seminar: Impact and Compliance of the New Insolvency Act 1967 & Insolvency Rules 2017. This is on 19 December 2017 at Concorde Hotel. This will be a comprehensive one-day seminar covering all of the major changes now rolled out under the renamed Insolvency Act 1967.
Judging from the questions I have seen posted on this website, as well as uncertainties in practice, I recommend you to consider attending this seminar. Here is the brochure for the Bankruptcy Law Seminar: Impact and Compliance of the New Insolvency Act 1967 & Insolvency Rules 2017. Continue reading
An important skill for an advocate is to draft effective and persuasive written submissions. The written submissions will condense the essential facts and the legal arguments you will be advancing in a case.
This post is based on a note I circulated to my own team members. They contain my thoughts on what I feel make effective submissions. Some of the elements below may be a matter of personal or team style. Don’t take any of the suggestions below as the only way of crafting your submissions. See what may work for you, and adapt it to your style or your firm’s style. Continue reading
