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Malaysia: Acceptance of evidence obtained through social media platform

08 April 2021 by Shearn Delamore & Co - Malaysia

In the recent Industrial Court Award of Azffanizam bin Abd v Prince Court Medical Centre Sdn Bhd [Award No.11 of 2021] dated 4 January 2021, the Industrial Court accepted evidence taken from social media in dismissing a claim of forced resignation.

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Malaysia: Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd v MT HE XIE HAO v Chem-Specialties Sdn Bhd (Suit No. WA-27NCC-77-10/2019)

08 April 2021 by Shearn Delamore & Co - Malaysia

In an admiralty action, can an intervener, not being the proper defendant, apply to set aside a warrant of arrest of a vessel on non-traditional grounds.

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Malaysia: Importance of Getting Your Employees to Acknowledge Receipt of Any Notice on Changes to the Company’s Policies

01 April 2021 by Shearn Delamore & Co

It is inevitable that throughout the operations of businesses, policies and rules within the established businesses would go through changes, either to implement a change in the applicable laws and regulations, or to improve the company’s internal policies in order to enhance its operations.

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Malaysia: Covid-19: Further Relief for Contractual Parties through an Extension of Part II of the Covid-19 Act

23 October 2020 by Shearn Delamore & Co; Denise Choo, Associate

On 23 October 2020, the Malaysian government gazetted the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid19) Act 2020 (“Covid-19 Act”). This Act, as evident from its name, is meant to provide temporary measures to ease the impact of Covid19 on various sectors and industries in Malaysia.