Mr Sagadaven Thangavelu > Shearn Delamore & Co > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Mr Sagadaven Thangavelu

+603 20272827 sagadaven@shearndelamore.com

Work Department

Dispute Resolution
Head, Insurance

Position

Partner since 2003

Career

Sagadaven is a Partner of Shearn Delamore & Co. He has an active practice in complex and contentious insurance litigation practice which include professional malpractice and general law of tort. He is regularly engaged to represent insurance companies to provide advisory work and also to represent them and/or their insureds in trials and appeals at all levels of the Courts in West Malaysia. His area of expertise also includes professional malpractice litigation defending medical practitioners in Court proceedings and also medical misconduct proceedings before the Malaysian Medical Council. Sagadaven headed the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of West Malaysia (Administrative Unit) which was set up to assist the Insurance Unit of the National Bank of Malaysia in resolving pending motor accident claims against Mercantile Insurance Sdn Bhd in liquidation.

Sagadaven is regularly engaged to assist Medical Associations and Hospital Administrators to deliver talks and presentations to medical practitioners and hospital’s support staff. He is also a panel solicitor for Medical Protection Society based in London, United Kingdom.

Languages

English, Malay, Tamil

Memberships

• Member, Malaysian Bar
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
• Arbitrator appointed on ad hoc basis by insurance companies and insureds
• Life member, Asean Law Association
• Life member, Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia

Education

• LL.B (Hons), University of London
• Certificate in Legal Practice
• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

Leisure

Publication:
Co-Author of Malaysian Personal Injury Service published by the Malayan Law Journal