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24 Jan 2026
When Is Something the Thing Itself?
On Representation, Finality, and Gold in a Tokenised World I. Introduction — The Question Beneath the Technology In discussions about tokenisation, much attention is paid to speed, efficiency,…
16 Nov 2025
The Four Stages of Mastery: A Role-Based Framework for Capability Building
By Kevin Koo I began my career as a lawyer, and years later stepped into the world of HRDF training. These days I conduct PDPA, AML, IP, and…
11 Oct 2025
Belanjawan MADANI 2026 — A Practical Legal & Business Brief
Published after the tabling on 10 October 2025. Use this as a 12-month field guide; we flag effective dates and action items where possible.…
22 Sep 2025
Legal Co-location: Rethinking Counsel Secondment for Corporate Clients
In today’s business environment, legal departments are expected to do more with less. And to do it faster, better, and with full regulatory compliance. But not every business…
31 Jul 2025
The Land They Could Not Get Back (Compulsory Acquisition)
“How long must justice wait?” That was the unspoken question echoing through the courtroom in Putrajaya. The year was 2025. But the story began in 1956.…
31 Jul 2025
The Caveat That Wasn’t: Encumbrances in Property Transactions
The ink had barely dried on the contracts. It was a warm April day in 2008 when Version Buy Sdn Bhd shook hands with the sellers. Three sale…
16 Jul 2025
The Casino, the Taxman, and the Right to Privacy
A True Case of Data, Power, and the Limits of the Law It began not with a knock, but with a letter. On 23 November 2018, the Inland…
16 Jul 2025
Director’s Duty to Act as Sentinel Against Fraud
There is a saying in the world of governance: The boardroom is not a sanctuary. It is a place of duty — and sometimes, of judgment. In 2019,…
16 Jul 2025
An Uncle’s Letter about Squatters
My Dear Ah Boy, You come back, stand on your pa’s land, and what you see? Got people. Sometimes many, sometimes just their chickens. I know, you heart…
15 Jul 2025
Squatter Rights – An analysis of several cases
In Malaysian land law, the rights of registered proprietors under the Torrens system are firmly protected. But what happens when someone claims a right to remain on land…
15 Jul 2025
Res Judicata in a Loan: The case of Asia Commercial Finance v. Kawal Teliti
KUALA LUMPUR – September 22, 1995. The courtroom was quiet, the air thick with the scent of old paper and the weight of unfinished business. On one side sat…
15 Jul 2025
Indefeasibility: The Fight for the Vanishing Land Title
In the quiet mukim of Batu, a parcel of land once stood as a widow’s last remaining legacy. Wong Har was not a rich woman—just someone who had…
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