Written by Marlysa Razak and Wong Zi Ying This article is related to our previous article entitled “Should Short-Term Rental Accommodation be regulated?” published on Richard Wee Chambers’ website. “The passing of the house rules is not unlawful.” —Chief…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction A director can be an individual or member from a company that is elected to be in the company’s board of directors. The main responsibilities of the board of…
Reported by Saphna Ravichandran & Wong Zi Ying On 11th September 2020, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) hosted a workshop on Understanding Esports: Legal Rights and Implications as part of the on-going AIAC September Sports Month…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction Winding up of a company means ending the business of the company by dissolving all the assets to pay off the creditors and subsequently distribute the remaining assets to…
Written by Ashley Yip, Richard Wee & Indthu Selvamuthu This article is related to a previous article related to the Constitutional Right to legal representation if detained by authorities. Introduction It is often said that a citizen has…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong A brief comment about shareholders role and rights under the Company Act 2016 of Malaysia Introduction Shareholders are the backbone and somewhat, owners of a company. It is imperative for shareholders…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying & Jacob Wong I will continue to fight for the human rights of female athletes, both on and off the track, until we can all run free the way we…
Written by Richard Wee & Wong Zi Ying “It was a mistake to de-regulate agents in 2015” — Emilio García Silvero (Chief Legal Officer, FIFA) Football agent, who is known as a football intermediary, is a representative and intermediary…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim & Marcus Leong (FIRST PUBLISHED ON MAHWENGKWAI & ASSOCIATES’ WEBSITE HERE) In the words of Diego Maradona, the former Argentine professional footballer described Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as a “technology that brings transparency and quality…
By Richard Wee and Saphna Ravichandran (First published on MahWengKwai & Associates’ website here) The Sports Development Act was passed by Parliament and gazetted on 25 September 1997. It promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction From Konami Code in 1986 to the famous GTA code and today evolving into various types of different codes that could break the overall fairness of video games, distinctions…
Written by Richard Wee & Wong Zi Ying Introduction In the previous article, we introduced some of the legal disputes in esports and looked at a few examples of it. In this article, we continued to explore…
Reported by Ashley Yip On the 4th of September, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) held a workshop at their auditorium. The topic of the seminar was about the Introduction to Sports Dispute Resolution. It is part…
Written by Richard Wee, Low May Ping and Wong Zi Ying Introduction Esports has been rapidly growing in recent years and this has attracted many investors to enter into this industry. Due to the unorthodox and novel…
Written by Richard Wee and Low May Ping Introduction In this era, we depend heavily on the Internet and many other online applications. The daily activities of a typical Internet user include checking emails, dealing with banking transactions and…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Low May Ping Introduction Due to the advancement of technology, the idea of supply chain has been growing over time. Today, supply chains often exist between the businesses, as it is difficult…
RWC WEBREPORT : Reported by Ashley Yip On 24th August 2020, Marlysa Razak, RWC Partner, was invited to speak at the Malaysia Business Events Week 2020 (MBEW). Organized by the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC)…
Written by Richard Wee, Wendy Ho, Ian Phua, Low May Ping and Ashley Yip Legal impact of the proposed Covid-19 Bill of Malaysia Introduction The Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill…
The Asian Legal Business (ALB) annual Malaysia Law Awards was held on 14th August 2020. Due to the current Covid-19 concerns, the ceremony (for the first time) was held online. At the online ceremony, RWC was declared…
Written by Marlysa Razak and Ian Phua Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has become the main concern across the globe. As a result, the governments of respected countries have no choice but to declare lockdowns and border closures.…