Articles | Donovan & Ho, Advocates & Solicitors

Bubble Tea Wars: Federal Court Allows Tealive to Stay Open (For Now)

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…...
Protecting Personal Data : What Should Your Business Do?

Jul 16, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

From Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news…...
FAQ about Construction Adjudication in Malaysia

Jul 12, 2018 | Dispute Resolution

The Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPA”) was enacted to provide a mechanism for speedy dispute resolution through…...
What is Manual Labour?

Jul 11, 2018 | Employment Law

Most people may know that Malaysian employment law is governed by the Employment Act 1955 (“Act”), but many don’t realise…...
Software-As-A-Service: Things To Consider

Jul 09, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is a delivery model in which software features, applications and services are made available to customers via the…...
Bubble Tea Wars: Tealive Loses Again; Stay of Execution Dismissed

Jul 05, 2018 | Dispute Resolution

Previously, on the Bubble Tea Wars: the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Chatime (La Kaffa) and ordered Tealive…...
GDPR and Malaysian Businesses

Jul 03, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial

If you are unsure of what the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are and how they affect you or your…...
Are Employee Stock Options Subject to EPF?

Jul 03, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law

An employee stock option is a stock option granted to employees of a company, offering them the right to buy…...
Bubble Tea Wars: Chatime wins at Court of Appeal

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…...
Can A Stay of Execution Prevent Winding-Up?

Jun 26, 2018 | Dispute Resolution

You sued Company X. After a lengthy trial, you won. The High Court ordered Company X to pay you the…...
Layman's Guide To Enforcement of Judgments

Jun 22, 2018 | Dispute Resolution

When you obtain a judgment against an individual or company, they must obey the terms ordered against them. However, what…...
Delays in Delivery of Vacant Posession

Jun 12, 2018 | Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

So you just bought your first home. You are excited and you cannot wait for handover of vacant possession to…...
Breach of Directors' Duties: What Is The Best Interest of the Company?

Jun 08, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution

Directors are conferred with wide powers of management. Although they are generally guided by the will of the majority shareholders,…...
Update: Employees may soon file unfair dismissal claims directly at the Industrial Court

Jun 06, 2018 | Employment Law

The Minister of Human Resources, M. Kulasegaran, has announced that the Minister will no longer screen an unfair dismissal complaint…...
Replacing a Management Committee by EGM

May 31, 2018 | Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

For those staying in a strata development, we have a love-hate relationship with our Management Corporation. On one hand they…...