News and Updates
ABC insurance company rejected B’s claim for cargo damage. Unhappy with the rejection, B sued ABC insurance company and the ship owner who carries its goods for negligence.
What is the significance of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to the maritime industry in Malaysia?
Parties who must adhere to International Conventions on Maritime
Labor and the method of enforcement practiced in Malaysia.
The Hague-Visby Rules were recently on 15.7.2021 incorporated to replace the Hague Rules used in Malaysia. However, not all the provisions in Hague-Visby Rules apply. The following table will set out the relevant changes made in the amended COGSA.
When will an arrested vessel become a wasting asset? An analysis of the condition on MV Yih Shen, one of the first few vessels sold by the court in a judicial sale pendente lite proceeding.
What is Admiralty Sheriff’s expenses? Who pays the Sheriff’s Expenses? The pitfall of Admiralty arrest.
What is maritime lien? What type of claim is classed as Maritime Lien? What is the significant of having a maritime lien?
What can a bank do if a mortgagor cease to pay his/her loan vested in a ship? Can I invoke an admiralty writ in rem in High Court of Malaya but serve and execute them in the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak?
What are demurrage and detention and whether they are charges valid under the shipping law in Malaysia?
A, a director and shareholder of the company, was denied access to inspect the company’s records. Although not involved in daily operations, A wants to determine the value of his shares for a separate lawsuit.
Can he file an application for inspection and appoint lawyers and auditors to do it on his behalf?
Often business owners find themselves vulnerable when dealing with employees who had turned rogue and took confidential information from the company. What are the legal protection against these employees?
Divorce can be petitioned on the ground marriage has irretrievably broken down. In deciding whether there is breakdown, the court will consider issues such as adultery, behaviour of the parties, desertion and living apart for more than 2 years.
I have a sale contract which does not set out terms which should have been there in the first place. For example, it is a contract to purchase electrical items. There is no term that says the electrical items should be in working condition.
What can I do?
Can I sue the directors personally for fraud?
This legal updates will set out whether there is a need for co-proprietor to first show there is a request for land to be partitioned before applying to court for termination of co-proprietorship for land to be sold.
A, a director and shareholder of the company, was denied access to inspect the company’s records. Although not involved in daily operations, A wants to determine the value of his shares for a separate lawsuit.
Can he file an application for inspection and appoint lawyers and auditors to do it on his behalf?
Often business owners find themselves vulnerable when dealing with employees who had turned rogue and took confidential information from the company. What are the legal protection against these employees?
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