by Donovan & Ho | Jul 17, 2018 | Dispute Resolution
Are you having trouble keeping track of the Tealive-Chatime dispute? To recap, here’s what happened: On 27 June 2018, the Court of Appeal granted an injunction that ordered Tealive to cease operations (“Court of Appeal Order”) On 5 July 2018, the Court of Appeal...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 5, 2018 | Dispute Resolution
Previously, on the Bubble Tea Wars: the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Chatime (La Kaffa) and ordered Tealive (Loob Holdings) to cease operations (Read our report here) Tealive then filed an application to stay the Court of Appeal’s decision pending leave to...
by Donovan & Ho | Jun 28, 2018 | Dispute Resolution
Do you remember your first cup of bubble tea? To the uninitiated, sometime back it looked like popular bubble tea brand Chatime had “changed” or “rebranded” itself into Tealive. This is not entirely true. What is the Bubble Tea War about? To...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 30, 2018 | Employment Law
The latest in the legal drama involving Chatime and Tealive saw the Federal Court allowing Tealive to stay open pending their leave to appeal to the Federal Court (If you’re not caught up yet with the twists and turns in the Bubble Tea Wars, check out our earlier...
by Donovan & Ho | Sep 3, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
In the highly publicised Chatime-Tealive dispute, it was alleged that the Chatime franchisee used raw materials that were not approved by the franchisor under the franchising agreement. Franchising in Malaysia is heavily regulated by the Franchise Act 1998...