Case Update: Court Protection for Judicial Managers, Being Officers of the Court

Pang Huey Lynn writes about this novel decision where a party filed a suit against a judicial manager.

The High Court in the case of Demeter O&G Supplies Sdn Bhd v Datuk Stephen Duar Tuan Kiat (as judicial manager of Scomi Oiltools Sdn Bhd and Scomi KMC Sdn Bhd) (grounds of judgment dated 30 November 2021) allowed the judicial manager’s application to strike out the civil suit filed against him.

One of the key issues was whether a party could file a suit against a judicial manager without first obtaining permission from the judicial management court.

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Webinar on Latest Developments in Company Law: 2021 Review and 2022 Forecast

On Tuesday 25 January 2022, I will be speaking at the CLJ Law webinar on ‘Latest Developments in Company Law: 2021 Review and 2022 Forecast‘.

This is a free webinar but with prior registration. You can register for the Zoom link here.

We will highlight and discuss leading cases and developments in the past year with regards to company law. We will touch on issues significant to directors’ duties, the conduct of meetings, shareholders’ disputes, and other corporate litigation trends.

We will discuss current trends, lessons learnt, and possible developments in company law for 2022.

Case Update: Disregard or Discount Related Creditors’ Vote in a Scheme of Arrangement

The High Court in Re Top Builders Capital Berhad and others (No. 2) [2022] MLJU 1 (grounds of judgment dated 5 January 2022) has set out several important points for the sanction of a scheme of arrangement. Some of these issues have been decided for the first time under Malaysia law.

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Top 5 Most-Read Articles on The Malaysian Lawyer 2021

We look back at the year 2021 and with a countdown of the top 5 most-read articles on The Malaysian Lawyer this year. We look forward to having our readers continue to frequent this blog in the year 2022.

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Top 5 Restructuring and Insolvency Cases in Malaysia 2021

Our guest writer, Nathalie Ker, writes on the top 5 restructuring and insolvency cases in 2021.

We continue the Top 5 cases series with the top five restructuring and insolvency cases in Malaysia for the year 2021. You can also read last year’s 2020 edition.

This year’s cases cover schemes of arrangement, judicial management and winding up.

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Top 5 Company Law Cases in Malaysia 2021

We start this year’s Top 5 cases series with a feature on the Top 5 Company Law Cases in Malaysia for 2021 (see the 2020 Company Law Cases edition and the 2019 Company Law Cases edition).

This list will cover decisions on shareholder’s oppression, the shadow director, indemnity for officers, pre-emptive right and adjourned general meetings.

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