Notable Matters

Notable Matters

The firm has handled various litigation matters as well as drafting work for select clients. Notable among these are the following matters:

 

  • Obtained an interlocutory mandatory injunction for delivery of software licences (which is rarely granted by the High Court) for Asia's largest passenger cruise liner affiliated to a major public listed company
  • Handled the enforcement of a multi-million arbitration award for a major public listed company against Malaysia's largest telecommunications provider resulting in an out-of-court settlement in favour of the public listed company
  • Successfully resisted a habeas corpus application by a former Ruler of a Malaysian State in the Special Court of Malaysia against a university hospital
  • Successfully obtained compensation exceeding half a million ringgit for a senior employee unfairly dismissed by a public listed company
  • Drafted a share sale agreement for a Singapore Venture Capital company for sale of shares in a Malaysian private company
  • Successfully resisted a judicial review application filed by a management corporation against a water company
  • Successfully obtained security for costs against a private company in a multi-million ringgit suit
  • Drafting scholarship and fellowship agreements for Malaysia's apex University
  • Setting aside a judgment in default entered 5 years before the application and ultimately, successfully defending a claim for specific performance in a full trial
  • Successfully defended a public university against a constitutional challenge to the Medical Act 1971
  • Successfully defended an injunction and gag order against a White Knight in relation to a reverse takeover scheme
  • Successfully defended a public university against in a claim on occupiers liability
  • Successfully obtaining summary judgment on behalf of an individual for a sum of RM40,000,000.00 for breach of an investment agreement
  • Successfully resisted an injunction to restrain a call on bank guarantee pending parties referring the matter to arbitration
  • Successfully obtaining an increase in compensation of approximately 25% from that originally awarded by the Land Administrator in a land acquisition reference at the High Court
  • Successfully defended the application for summary judgment both at the High Court and the Court of Appeal in relation to a demand made by the Plaintiff for payment under a Performance Bond for a sum of RM29,845,400-00.
  • Successfully defended a suit commenced against a government owned company in respect of a Privatisation Agreement.