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Recently, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah urged the Government to remain committed to the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Plan.

Facts As the relevant local authority, the Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur (‘Appellant') granted a development order (‘Impugned Development Order') for a proposed development which comprises...

Lim Keng Jit is an authorized officer of the Residents Association of Parkville Sunway Damansara. The Respondent is the Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya, the relevant local council under the Local Government Act 1976.

Providing a stimulus to the growth of a good public administration should in turn benefit the citizens as a whole in their dealings with public authorities.

Earlier this year, we celebrated the tabling of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill 2021 (the "Bill") for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on 15 December 2021. (Read our previous article here).

The Kuala Lumpur High Court on 10.2.2022 declared that a person, who was born in Malaysia to a Malaysian father and a non-Malaysian mother who were not married at the time of birth, is a citizen by operation of law.

The 2023 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific reviewed some of our more interesting work over the past year as reproduced below.

The interim Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahatir Mohamad, announced a RM20 Billion 2020 Economic Stimulus Package (‘Stimulus Package') yesterday to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19

A day that will be forever etched in the memories of Malaysians who witnessed the 14th General Elections ("GE14").

Facts Aminah binti Ahmad (the ‘Respondent'), is a pensioner who served the Government of Malaysia (the ‘1st Appellant') for more than 33 years.

The Malaysian Space Board Bill 2020 was presented for its first reading before the Dewan Rakyat on 3 November 2020 during the previous meeting of Parliament.

The issue of royal pardon has been a hot topic following the recent news of the Pardons Board granting pardon to Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak, the sixth Prime Minister who was convicted in August 2022...

Despite being one of the fast-growing countries in the Southeast Asian region, Malaysia falls behind from the 150 countries across the globe that have amended their legislations...

Article 24 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ("Constitution") states that any citizen who has acquired citizenship of another country may be deprived of Malaysian citizenship.

Containing six sections, the SBPO sets out the governing principles of the Sugar Tax.

About 23 years before Malaysia's political tsunami at the 12th General Election, its eastern state of Sabah experienced its own political tsunami.

In the recent decision of Yakin Tenggara Sdn Bhd v Gula Perak Berhad & 3 Ors and other appeals, our Apex Court had the opportunity to consider the effect of the appointment of both Tun Md Raus Sharif ("CJ") and ...