LEGAL UPDATES – TORT – MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – HOSPITAL LIABILITY – HOME CARE TRAGEDY: HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS CLEARED OF LIABILITY AFTER DISCHARGE
In Yong Har Leng v Pantai Medical Centre Sdn Bhd & Ors [2026] 9...
LEGAL UPDATES – TORT – MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – QUANTUM OF DAMAGES – GRIEF IS NOT A GROUND FOR A HIGHER AWARD IN BIRTH INJURY CASES
Can damages be increased simply because the consequences of medical negligence are tragic? In...
LEGAL UPDATES – CONTRACT – BREACH – LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION – HOPE IS NOT A CONTRACT: COURT REJECTS CLAIM BASED ON LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION
Can a party recover millions based on an expectation that a business relationship would...
LEGAL UPDATES – TORT – PASSING OFF – INTERIM INJUNCTION – NO TRADEMARK? NO PROBLEM: COURT PROTECTS RESTAURANT’S GOODWILL FROM COPYCATS
Can a business protect its brand without a registered trademark? In Golden Damascus Diversifies...
LEGAL UPDATES – TORT – NEGLIGENCE – CAUSATION – CHEMICAL EXPOSURE PROVEN, BUT NO LIABILITY: WHY CAUSATION MATTERS
Can a negligence claim succeed simply because unsafe conditions are proven? In Dr Nurul...
LEGAL UPDATES – CONTRACT – PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE – APPELLATE REVIEW – ADDITIONAL WORK, YOU ASKED FOR IT, YOU PAY FOR IT: COURT ORDERS PAYMENT FOR ADDITIONAL WORKS
Can an employer refuse to pay for additional works after requesting and benefiting from...
LEGAL UPDATES – CIVIL PROCEDURE – MENTAL HEALTH – HIGH COURT FREEZES ASSETS BEFORE MENTAL CAPACITY IS DETERMINED
Can the High Court freeze a person's assets before deciding whether he or she...
CORPORATE LAW – PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL – PLAIN ERROR OF MIXED LAW AND FACTS – APPELLATE INTERVENTION WARRANTED
In Capital City Property Sdn Bhd v Teh Swee Neo & Anor [2026] MLJU...
ADMIRALTY IN REM – WRONGFUL ARREST – POSSESORY RIGHT – ARREST GONE WRONG: WHEN A SHIP ARREST BACKFIRES WITH DAMAGES
In Eletson Holdings Inc & Ors v The Vessel “Paros” [2026] 8 MLJ 80,...
GUARANTEE – PERSONAL GUARANTEE ≠ PAY ON DEMAND: COURT DRAWS THE LINE BETWEEN SURETYSHIP AND DEMAND GUARANTEES
In CE Energy DMCC v Bashar [2026] Lloyds’s Rep 267, the Commercial Court clarified...
MARITIME NEGLIGENCE – PLAINTIFF CLAIMED FOR DAMAGES CAUSED DURING ANCHOR DEPLOYMENT OPERATION – CALDERBANK OFFERS
In Tom Eastwind 365 Sdn Bhd v The Owners of the Vessel “Icon Sophia”...
JURISDICTION – BILLS OF LADING – BREACH OF HIMALAYA CLAUSE – BREACH OF EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION CLAUSE – ONEROUS OR UNUSUAL TERMS
In Maersk Guinéa-Bissau SARL v Almar-Hum Bubacar Baldé SARL [2026] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 215,...
DELIVERY WITHOUT PRESENTATION OF BILL OF LADING – LOI WON’T SAVE YOU: SHIPOWNER LIABLE FOR MISDELIVERY DESPITE INDEMNITY
In United Overseas Bank Ltd v The “Maersk Katalin” [2026] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 18,...
CONTRACT LAW – ‘UK COURTS’ MEANS ENGLAND: COURT UPHOLDS JURISDICTION DESPITE VAGUE CLAUSE
In SMT Global Logistics Ltd v Georgian Airlines LLC [2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 89,...
INCOMPETENT MASTER – TEST FOR UNSEAWORTHINESS – GENERAL AVERAGE CONTRIBUTIONS – CARRIER’S DUTIES
In Unity Ship Group SA v Euroins Insurance JSC (The “Happy Aras”) [2026] 1...
FEDERAL COURT CLARIFIES ‘COMMUNICATION’ UNDER NLC: INFORMAL NOTICE NOT ENOUGH TO TRIGGER TIME LIMIT
In Lee Kean Choon v Khoo San & Ors [2026] 1 MLJ 936, the...
MARINE INSURANCE – FRAUD DOESN’T DEFEAT COVER: COURT UPHOLDS MORTGAGEE’S CLAIM UNDER MII POLICY OF MORTGAGEE’S CLAIM
In Oceanus Capital Sarl v Lloyd’s Insurance Co SA (The “Vyssos”) [2026] 1 Lloyd’s...
MARITIME LAW – CLAUSES 28 AND 29 BARECON 2001 – OWNERS CAN’T PICK ANY PORT: COURT LIMITS ‘CONVENIENCE’ IN VESSEL REPOSSESSION CLAUSE
In Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC [2026]...
EMPLOYMENT – RETRENCHMENT – INDUSTRIAL COURT UPHOLDS GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING: REDUNDANCY VALID DESPITE ONGOING WORK OVERSEAS
In Sin Leong v BT Systems (M) Sdn Bhd [2025] 4 ILJ 221, the...
DECREE NISI – ADULTERY AND FRAUD – NOT CONCEAL REMARRIAGE – COLLUSION EVIDENCE
In Kanagasingam a/l Kandiah v Shireen a/p Chelliah Thiruchelvam & Anor [2026] 7 MLJ...
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