by DNH (BD) | Sep 10, 2019 | Dispute Resolution, Real Estate
Condominiums and high-rise residential homes are the trend for modern living today. A glance through the KL skyline would show you just how developers today prefer to build condominiums instead of traditional townships. Owning a parcel in a residential building...
by DNH (BD) | Aug 26, 2019 | Dispute Resolution
Land acquisitions are common, particularly in developing countries as lands are often needed by the governing authorities to, for example, improve public infrastructure or national developments. When land is acquired by the government from private landowners for such...
by DNH (BD) | Aug 20, 2019 | Dispute Resolution
The UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, or best known as the Singapore Mediation Convention was signed on 7 August 2019 in Singapore by 46 UN members, including countries like Malaysia, United States and China. The Singapore...
by DNH (BD) | Aug 14, 2019 | Dispute Resolution
On 1 August 2019, the Federal Court in Martego Sdn Bhd v Arkitek Meor & Chew Sdn Bhd [Civil Appeals No. 02(f)-2-01/2018 and 02(f)-3-01/2018] conclusively determined the important issues of: Whether the statutory adjudication process under the Construction...
by DNH (BD) | Aug 7, 2019 | Dispute Resolution
Under the Arbitration Act 2005 (“Act”), an arbitration award is final and binding. However, under Section 37 of the Act, a dissatisfied party may apply to the High Court to set aside an arbitral award in certain circumstances. Among other things, an arbitration...
by DNH (BD) | Aug 1, 2019 | Dispute Resolution
One of the attractive features of arbitration has always been that it is a private method of settling disputes, as opposed to court litigation where hearings are made in open court and judgments are published for all to see. To this end, the Malaysian Arbitration Act...
