Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail WADA reports that the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (‘the List’) and the 2024 Monitoring Program have come into force on 1 January 2024. The List,…
In recent months, the Ministry of Investment Trade and Industry (“MITI”) introduced the National Industry Environmental, Social & Governance Framework (i-ESG). This is an active step taken by the government in embracing ESG. Between the years of 2024 to 2026, the ‘Just Transition’ phase aims to support industries to embark on the ESG journey by providing guidelines, capacity building and outreach programmes, mentoring and financing.
On the 9th of December 2023, the Parliament and Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act. In short, the regulation aims to sustain fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability are protected from high risk AI.
A bank is where customers deposit their money for safekeeping. As such, a bank, since its inception has always been regarded as a guardian of its customers’ monies. It therefore is quite natural that a bank owes a duty of care towards its customers. Accordingly, in performing its duties, a bank ought to exercise reasonable care and skill as such. However, recent developments in Malaysian jurisprudence have resulted in a limitation of this duty of care to customers only.
Reported by Wong Zi Ying and Tai Sher Lynn On 27 November 2023, the Managing Partner of Richard Wee Chambers, Mr Richard Wee was graciously invited as a keynote speaker at the annual International Conference…
Reported by Wong Zi Ying & Tai Sher Lynn On the 16th November of 2023, Mr Richard Wee of Richard Wee Chambers was graciously invited to speak as a panellist for the Sports Forum 2.0:…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Nurul Athirah Ja’afar and Tai Sher Lynn Introduction In 2020, The Royal Malaysia Police (“PDRM”) announced that the offence of using mobile phones whilst on the road is a…
Reported by Tai Sher Lynn The Asian Sports Arbitration Rules (“the Rules”) were cultivated in tandem with the spirit of the utilisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) mechanisms to resolve disputes within the realm of…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Ng Chin Yang and Lim Zhi Ying Introduction In Malaysia’s journey towards reforming the policies of mandatory death penalty and life imprisonment, two Acts, namely, the Abolition of Mandatory…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Lim Zhi Ying Introduction On 12 June 2023, the Ministry of Health (MOH) tabled The Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill 2023 in the Parliament. The…