The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation (‘the Convention’) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2018, and subsequently came into force on the 12 September 2020. Malaysia being a signatory of the Convention, is desirous of ratifying the convention and thereby becoming a Party to the Convention.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has been around for many years and as the name suggests has often been used as an alternative to traditional litigation.
Written by Darren Lai and Fatin Ismail A dispute is a problem to be solved together, rather than a combat to be won — Woodrow Wilson Introduction Mediation is a non formal and wholly voluntary…
Written by Sophia Ismail What is mediation? Do you want more control over the outcome of your dispute? Avoid the stressors of going to court? Preserve the relationship with the other party? In a quick…
Written by Richard Wee & Ashley Yip Rights of a detained person under Laws of Malaysia. Introduction “I want to call my lawyer!” seems to be the key phrase uttered by detained persons and etched…
Written by Richard Wee and Daniel Introduction In June 2019, 7 telecommunications service providers – Celcom Axiata Bhd, Digi Telecommunication Sdn Bhd, Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd, Telekom Malaysia Bhd, TIME dotcom Bhd, U Mobile Sdn Bhd and…
Written by Richard Wee and Ian Phua Introduction The Covid 19 pandemic has become one of the largest obstacles in the history of mankind. It has disrupted the operation of businesses and it has had a devastating…
Written by Richard Wee. Assisted by Marlysa Razak. (First appeared on Richard Wee & Yip’s Blogspot and AIAC (the known as KLRCA) Newsletter in 2015.) What is Sports Law? Sports has evolved from a hobby…
Reported by Divagar Kaveri On 8 April 2020(Wednesday), Richard Wee Chambers(RWC) proudly hosted a webinar which is known as “ Impact of Covid19 on Employment Laws, Human Resource & Industrial Relation”. This is one of…
By Richard Wee, Janessa Kok & Bryan Boo (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) Photo Credit: “Employer” by Nick Youngson (AlphaStockImages) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 MALAYSIAN EMPLOYMENT LAW: TOP 5 QUESTIONS Is it true that every individual who has a 9am to…
