The High Court in Re Rentak Arena Development Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation); Ex Parte Spanland Sdn Bhd and Another Case [2020] MLJU 2133 (see the grounds of judgment dated 18 November 2020) provided useful guidance on factors considered when there are competing nominees to be appointed as liquidator of a company.
This morning, I received the following email from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It carried the ominous subject title of ‘Misuse of Personal Details Without Consent‘. In essence, MCMC carried a complaint where I had referred to the grounds of judgment where the Court listed out the parties’ names. I also update below the reply I have received from MCMC.
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In summary, Malaysia’s winding up moratorium period came to an end on 31 December 2020. However, the RM50,000 minimum threshold is now maintained up to 31 March 2021. Continue reading
We end the year by looking back at the most-read articles on The Malaysian Lawyer in the year 2020. Thank you to the readers for all the support and for dropping by this site of ours.
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Featured below are our five most-read articles in 2020. Perhaps consistent with the challenging times of 2020, four out of the five articles deal with some form of closing down or retrenchment Continue reading
We end off our top 5 cases series for 2020 with the top 5 arbitration cases in Malaysia for 2020. I had written about last year’s top 5 arbitration cases for 2019.
This year’s cases range from anti-arbitration injunctions, what amounts to a breach of natural justice for setting aside an arbitral award, adhering to the time limit for the issuance of an award, to the arbitrability of a dispute on the register of transfer of shares. Continue reading
Malaysia’s Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Act 2020 (the COVID-19 Act) (I have written more about this here) will see an extension of its key relief on the inability to perform contractual obligations in terms of time period as well as two additional types of contracts.
Under the original COVID-19 Act, Part II provided for relief against the inability to perform contractual obligations for the seven types of contracts listed in its Schedule. Continue reading
