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Covid-19 Movement Control Order: Handling of Contracts and...
19 Mar 2020 | CorporateThe recently announced movement control order by the government of Malaysia to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus will very likely affect businesses, already struggling and worried about...
Covid-19 Movement Control Order: Paid or Unpaid Leave?
17 Mar 2020 | Employment LawNB: This article is updated as of 20 March 2020. As this situation is novel and the government’s response to the outbreak is continuously developing, this article may not necessarily...
Case Spotlight: Backdoor Attempt to Set Aside a...
16 Mar 2020 | Dispute ResolutionThe Court of Appeal in Pembangunan Tanah dan Perumahan Sdn Bhd v Raja Qahaarruddin Raja Abdul Aziz [2020] 2 CLJ 519 recently considered whether a judgment in default can be...
An Introduction to Service Level Agreements
10 Mar 2020 | CorporateContrary to its name, service level agreements (“SLA”) are in fact, not standalone agreements. SLAs are typically an annexure, or a clause an outsourcing, technology vendor, cloud services or professional...
Case Spotlight – High Court Allows Exceptional Claims...
04 Mar 2020 | Dispute ResolutionIn a recent matter, our firm successfully represented a taxpayer in overturning the decision of the Customs Appeal Tribunal. In this case, the taxpayer was a GST registered effective 1...
Transfer of Shares in a Real Property Company
03 Mar 2020 | CorporateWhat does it entail? Although capital gains are generally not taxed in Malaysia, one exception to this is the gains arising from the disposal of either real property OR shares...
Initial Coin Offerings in Malaysia
25 Feb 2020 | Corporate*** This infographic was prepared by Shawn Ho (Partner) & Ian Liew (Associate) from the corporate practice group of Donovan & Ho. Shawn leads the corporate practice group of Donovan & Ho, and has been recognised as a Notable Practitioner,...
Moveable Properties Seized for Enforcement
18 Feb 2020 | Dispute ResolutionHow to claim against moveable properties seized for enforcement One of the most common methods to enforce a judgment is the writ of seizure and sale of moveable properties....
Case Spotlight: Mutual Separation in Redundancy Cases
10 Feb 2020 | Employment LawMutual separation is an agreement between the employer and the employee for the employment relationship to come to an end. Usually, the main feature of a mutual separation is that...
Employment Guidelines for Dealing with the Coronavirus
07 Feb 2020 | Employment LawThe Ministry of Human Resources has announced guidelines to employers for dealing with employment issues arising from the 2019 novel coronavirus infections (2019-nCoV) (“Guidelines”). We have summarised the Guidelines...
Case Spotlight: Incorporation of an Arbitration Agreement by...
04 Feb 2020 | Dispute ResolutionIn the construction industry, especially for smaller projects, it is common for parties to have a brief “letter of award” to record the agreement between parties to carry out construction...
Land Acquisition Withdrawal
28 Jan 2020 | Dispute ResolutionUntil a Notice That Possession Has Been Taken of Land (Form K) is issued – which is normally a few weeks after payment of compensation is made – the State...