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Reintroduction of Sales and Services Tax in Malaysia
18 Jul 2018 | TaxFollowing the zero-rating of Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) beginning 1 June 2018, our Finance Minister has announced that the government will reintroduce the Sales and Services Tax (“SST”) with...
Bubble Tea Wars: Federal Court Allows Tealive to...
17 Jul 2018 | Dispute ResolutionAre you having trouble keeping track of the Tealive-Chatime dispute? To recap, here’s what happened: On 27 June 2018, the Court of Appeal granted an injunction that ordered Tealive to...
Protecting Personal Data : What Should Your Business...
16 Jul 2018 | Personal Data ProtectionFrom Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news expose of local telco’s database of 46 million mobile phone...
FAQ about Construction Adjudication in Malaysia
12 Jul 2018 | Dispute ResolutionThe Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPA”) was enacted to provide a mechanism for speedy dispute resolution through adjudication, and to provide remedies for the recovery of payment...
What is Manual Labour?
11 Jul 2018 | Employment LawMost people may know that Malaysian employment law is governed by the Employment Act 1955 (“Act”), but many don’t realise that the Act doesn’t apply to all employees. The Act...
Software-As-A-Service: Things To Consider
09 Jul 2018 | CorporateSoftware-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is a delivery model in which software features, applications and services are made available to customers via the Internet, typically hosted on a cloud platform and where customers...
Bubble Tea Wars: Tealive Loses Again; Stay of...
05 Jul 2018 | Dispute ResolutionPreviously, on the Bubble Tea Wars: the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Chatime (La Kaffa) and ordered Tealive (Loob Holdings) to cease operations (Read our report here) Tealive...
GDPR and Malaysian Businesses
03 Jul 2018 | CorporateIf you are unsure of what the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are and how they affect you or your business, read on! In this article, we intend to cover...
Are Employee Stock Options Subject to EPF?
03 Jul 2018 | CorporateAn employee stock option is a stock option granted to employees of a company, offering them the right to buy a certain number of company shares at a predetermined price...
Bubble Tea Wars: Chatime wins at Court of...
28 Jun 2018 | Dispute ResolutionDo you remember your first cup of bubble tea? To the uninitiated, sometime back it looked like popular bubble tea brand Chatime had "changed" or "rebranded" itself into Tealive. This...
Can A Stay of Execution Prevent Winding-Up?
26 Jun 2018 | Dispute ResolutionYou sued Company X. After a lengthy trial, you won. The High Court ordered Company X to pay you the debt owed (the “Judgment Debt”). Dissatisfied with the decision, Company...
Layman’s Guide To Enforcement of Judgments
22 Jun 2018 | Dispute ResolutionWhen you obtain a judgment against an individual or company, they must obey the terms ordered against them. However, what happens if they fail to do so? Are you just...