Cecil Abraham And Partners

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Noor Muzalifah Binti Shabudin is a partner at Cecil Abraham & Partners. She specialises in Corporate and Commercial, Fraud Litigation, Media Law Disputes, Public & Administrative and Environmental Law disputes as well as Arbitration disputes. She has significant advocacy experience before the High Court and the appellate courts as well as before arbitral tribunals. She has appeared in a number of noteworthy cases before appellate courts including cases relating to the application and ambit of the defence of reportage in the context of libel claims in Malaysia in Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd & 5 Ors v Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd [2021] 5 MLJ 79, and the law pertaining to applications for planning permission and the construction to the be given to Order 53 of the Rules of Court in the context of the locus standi of a party to institute judicial review proceedings in Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors and other appeals [2023] 3 MLJ 829. She has also successfully represented Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd in high-profile environmental law disputes instituted by local residents involving the regulators and numerous developers in planning law disputes.

EXPERTISE

Construction and Infrastructure Disputes

Corporate and Commercial Disputes

Environmental Law

Fraud Litigation

Land & Property Law

Media Law Disputes

Public & Administrative Law

REPORTED CASES

Arbitration

BBW v TSS [2024] MLJU 2427

Kua Khai Shyuan & Ors v Equities First Holdings, LLC [2022] MLJU 859

Banking

I-Serve Online Mall Sdn Bhd & Ors v Bank Negara Malaysia & Ors [2022] MLJU 2952

Corporate & Commercial Law

Dato’ Dr Ng Meng Kee & Anor v Rightlink Capital Sdn Bhd and another appeal [2023] 6 MLJ 798

AmTrustee Bhd v The Store (M) Sdn Bhd [2019] 5 MLJ 253

Leisure Farm Corp Sdn Bhd v Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu (previously known as Dai-Ichi Shokai) & Ors [2019] 11 MLJ 71

CB Media Sdn Bhd & Ors v Kesas Sdn Bhd [2019] 4 CLJ 609

Lilian Chow Li Lan v BGS Trading Sdn Bhd [2016] 2 LNS 0016

Public & Administrative Law

Mohamed Aminudeen bin Abdul Hamid v Menteri Kewangan Malaysia & Ors [2025] MLJU 1050

Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors and other appeals [2023] 3 MLJ 829

Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors v Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur & Ors [2021] 3 MLJ 1

Tan Bun Teet & Ors v Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad & Ors [2021] 10 CLJ 799

Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors v Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur & Ors [2018] MLJU 2012

Media Law

Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd & 5 Ors v Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd [2021] 5 MLJ 79

Land Acquisition

Chen Yoke Kong & Ors v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Raub & Ors and another suit [2024] MLJU 3371

Sotella Fund Pte Ltd v Lextrend Sdn Bhd & Ors [2024] MLJU 2590

Sotella Fund Pte. Ltd v Lextrend Sdn Bhd & Ors [2024] MLJU 1493

Tegas Sejati Sdn Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Anor and another appeal [2023] 3 MLJ 795

English, Malay

LLB. Hons, University Teknologi MARA

BLS. Hons, University Teknologi MARA

Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya