Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Farra Natalea Introduction The Malaysia Competition Commission (”MyCC”) presented a summary of its proposed modifications to the Competition Act 2010 (”the Competition Act”) seeking public input dated 25 April 2022.…
Written by Yong Huey Leng The Minimum Wages Order 2022 (“the Order”) was gazetted on 27 April 2022. The national monthly minimum wage in Malaysia is now increased from RM 1,200.00 to RM 1,500.00 beginning 01.05.2022. The…
Written by Lim Chyi Ean Introduction In view of rapid technological development, the Metaverse has quickly grasped the attention of many. So, what exactly is the Metaverse, and how does the law come into play? On the…
Written by Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan In our previous chapters, we discussed the general process of initiating a suit and the rules on pleadings in Part 1, and Judgment in Default (“JID”) and the setting aside…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Fatimah Az-Zahra Introduction In 2018, the Sports Development Act 1997 (“the Act”) was amended by Parliament. Amongst its most prominent amendment, was the establishment of the Sports Dispute Committee (“SDC”) as per…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Fatimah Az-Zahra Introduction In Malaysia, the main legislation governing sports development and administration of sports is none other than the Sports Development Act 1997 (“the Act”) which was also recently amended in…
Written by Richard Wee and Fatimah Az-Zahra Introduction – What is AI? Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) at its core, is a form of technology used to digest large amounts of fed data and analyse them into output of patterns or…
Written by Fatin Ismail Introduction This article aims to list out the key changes made to the Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955 (“Principal Act”) through the Small Estates (Distributions) (Amendment) Act 2022 (“Amendment Act”). Amendments and Additions to…
Written by Fatin Mohammad Ismail Introduction This article aims to list out the key changes made to the Stamp Act 1949. Amendments and additions to the Stamp Act 1949 These amendments come into force on 1 January 2022.…
Written by Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan. Assisted by Ong Jing Xuan. In our previous chapters, we discussed the general process of initiating a suit and the rules on pleadings in Part 1, and Judgment in Default (“JID”) and…
Written By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Kimberly Chan. Assisted by Lim Chaw Zen Introduction This article is a summary attempt to understand the legal challenges of the new digital phenomenon, the Metaverse. The term “Metaverse” was first coined…
Written by Fatin Mohammad Ismail Introduction This article aims to list out the key changes made to the Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976. Amendments and additions to the Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 These amendments come…
Written by Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan Our last article discussed the general process of initiating a suit and the rules on pleadings. We also briefly mentioned Judgment in Default (“JID”). This article explains what a JID is and…
Written by Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan Introduction This 5-part series seeks to give an overview and outline of the civil litigation process in the courts of Malaysia. In this article, we will be focussing on the commencement and…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Kimberly Chan Introduction This article aims to list out the key changes made to the Employment Act 1955 (“the Act”) through the Employment (Amendment) Act 2021 (“the Bill”) that was tabled for its…
Written by Richard Wee, Saphna Ravichandran, Wong Zi Ying, Sophia Ismail. Introduction What is sports technology? Technology in sports ranges from body techniques, traditional sports equipment used by athletes within competition, to performance enhancing machines, substances as well…
Written by Richard Wee, Chew Zhen Tao and Kimberly Chan Introduction It’s 2021, and statistics show that the global esports market yearly revenue is valued at approximately 1.08 billion U.S. dollars and forecasted to exceed 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in…
Written by Richard Wee and Kimberly Chan In our previous article, we looked at the characteristics and the law on Probationary Employment. In this article, we will be taking a look at the rights of a probationary employee with…
Written by Richard Wee and Sophia Ismail Introduction What is a probationary employee? Odds are, you already know what it is. Many companies include a probationary period in their offer letters for employment. What this usually entails is a…
Written by Darren Lai, Sabrina Lee and Sophia Ismail Climate change is real. We can no longer brush it off as a myth. Apart from growing environmental activism, it is comforting that more corporations are taking the bull…