Yew Huoi, How & Associates Lawyer

Ng Yew Huoi (Leonard)

执行合伙人

Area of Expertise

  • 15 years of experience
  • Commercial Litigation
  • 公司综合法律事务
  • Real Estate and Commercial
  • 合伙
  • Criminal
  • Conveyancing, Corporate Drafting Work

Leonard Ng is the founder of Messrs. Yew Huoi & Associates. Graduated from one of the most prestigious university in Malaysia, he began his legal career in 2008 in Shook Lin & Bok specializing in the area of insurance, shipping and maritime litigation. He later joined as an associate at Joseph Tan Jude Benny’s Malaysian branch handling International Maritime Arbitration matters. Leonard Ng has gained its commercial experience working as in-house legal counsel in various large shipping companies in Singapore and Indonesia before returning home to set up in 2012.

LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Specializes in international trade, maritime and civil aviation litigation and arbitration.
  • Currently appears as Counsel for several conveyancing firms on real estate litigation in particular:
    • Securing specific performance of sale and purchase agreement;
    • Extension of the duration of caveat; and
    • Recently won the landmark decision requiring developer (a public listed company) who failed to effect transfer of condominium parcels to purchasers to pay contribution of management funds.
  • Extensive experience in Shipping/Maritime matters including but not limited to:-
    • ship arrest, cargo damage;
    • non-payment of freight;
    • time limitation;
    • negligence, death and personal injury;
    • seaworthiness of the vessel,
    • disputes relating to bill of lading,
    • seaway;
    • airway bill, charter party; and
    • general average etc.
  • Extensive experience in dealing with local and international clients including shipowners, managers, agents, charterers, Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, insurers, freight forwarders, banks, shipyards etc.
  • Had defended various shipowners on collision claim.
  • Also practices a wide spectrum of contentious litigation relating to construction, real estate, corporate and commercial litigation:

Commercial Litigation

  1. 有关国际贸易术语的纠纷与从卖家转移到买家的损失或损坏风险；
  2. 索赔已售出并交付的货物；
  3. Dispute relating to the contract of agency and contract for service; and
  4. Claim for debt due and owing

公司综合法律事务

  1. 有关董事和股东的纠纷；
  2. 违反受信责任；
  3. 公司的清盘；
  4. Dispute relating to meeting of the Board of Directors or shareholders; and
  5. Company restructuring and amalgamation.

Real Estate and Commercial

  1. Dispute relating to sale and purchase agreement; and
  2. Dispute relating to tenancies and leases of shopping and commercial complexes, residential buildings etc.

合伙

  1. Dispute between partner;
  2. Assessment of partnership shareholding; and
  3. Unlawful removal of partners.

Criminal

  1. Criminal breach of trust
  2. Robbery and theft

Also practices conveyancing, corporate drafting work including but not limited to:-

  1. Sale and purchase of movable properties and landed properties
  2. Engaged by multinational companies to carry out transfer of multi-million ringgit worth of industrial land in Kedah and Kuala Selangor;
  3. Tenancies and leases of shopping and commercial complexes, high rise office, residential buildings and other real estates;
  4. 代理商合约和许可协议；
  5. 雇佣合约和管理合同；
  6. Contracts for the sale and supply of goods; and
  7. Business joint ventures, land development, drafting and advice on Wills.

REPORTED CASES 

  • Trans Resources Corporation Sdn Bhd v Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd & 2 Ors (Shiniaga Sdn Bhd – Third Party) [2014] 8 MLJ 157, [2014] 4 AMR 631, [2014] 1 LNS 794
  • De Tropicana Management Corporation v South Malaysia Industries Bhd [2014]1 LNS 36
  • Hermehinder Singh v Lachman Singh v Dhatt Bros Plantation Sdn Bhd [2009] 1 LNS 1649
  • Hermehinder Singh v Lachman Singh v Dhatt Bros Plantation Sdn Bhd (No. 2) [2009] 1 LNS 1649
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法律资讯

ROAD TRAFFIC – DUTY OF DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ROAD TRANSPORT

22 4 月 ,2024

In a legal spotlight, X’s acquisition of a cloned vehicle unknowingly, due to lapses in the Road Transport Department’s record-keeping, raises questions about statutory duties and public trust. The case underscores the importance of stringent vehicle registry maintenance to prevent ownership of unlawfully modified vehicles.

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INDUSTRIAL LAW – NAVIGATING THE LEGALITIES OF RETRENCHMENT

26 3 月 ,2024

The dismissal of X by Company ABC, citing economic downturns, presents a compelling case on the complexities of employment termination and retrenchment legality. X contested his redundancy, claiming his role in property management and services was unaffected by the property development market’s challenges. This case probes into the legitimacy of retrenchment under economic duress and the employer’s duty to act in good faith, as guided by Section 20(3) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967. The burden rests on Company ABC to prove the necessity and genuineness of X’s redundancy, with failure to do so possibly leading to a verdict of unjustified termination. This scenario underscores the critical importance of evidence and intention in retrenchment cases, as reflected in precedents like Akilan a/l Subramanian v. Prima Awam (M) Sdn Bhd.

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