judicial management

Inns of Court Malaysia Webinar: Judicial Management and Corporate Rescue

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The Inns of Court Malaysia will be holding another instalment of its flagship event, the ICM Legal Education Series. This webinar is on Friday 22 July 2022 at 4pm. Registration is required. The event is free for Inns of Court Malaysia members and RM50 for non-members.

This talk is titled Judicial Management and Corporate Rescue: Balancing the Rescue of Distressed Companies and the Rights of Creditors.

You may download the poster for email registration or sign up via the Google Forms link. Continue reading →

Case Update: Court of Appeal Rules Against Scomi Group Judicial Management Appeal

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Today, the Court of Appeal dismissed Scomi Group Bhd’s appeal against the High Court decision dismissing its judicial management application.

As set out earlier, the High Court had ruled on two points when dismissing the judicial management application of Scomi Group Bhd, being a listed company. Continue reading →

Case Update: Further Decision That Listed Companies Cannot Apply for Judicial Management

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This update is further to the earlier High Court decision in Re Scomi Group Bhd which held that public listed companies cannot apply for judicial management.

Another public listed company, Dolomite Corporation Berhad, has also failed in its judicial management application.

On 8 March 2022, Dolomite announced that the Shah Alam High Court had dismissed its judicial management application. Among others, the Court held that public listed companies are not allowed to apply for judicial management pursuant to section 403(b) of the Companies Act 2016 i.e. being a company subject to the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007. Continue reading →

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

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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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Top 5 Restructuring and Insolvency Cases in Malaysia 2021

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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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Scomi Group Berhad Revives Its Judicial Management Moratorium

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On 16 December 2021, Scomi Group Berhad (Scomi) made a stock exchange announcement that the Court of Appeal granted an interim preservation order to prevent legal proceedings against Scomi. In effect, Scomi seems to have obtained a moratorium against all legal proceedings despite the dismissal of its earlier judicial management application. There are some interesting issues that arise from this development. Continue reading →