Key Points Research suggests abandoned babies in Malaysia are granted automatic citizenship under Section 19B, but challenges exist in documentation and legal processes. It seems likely that many face hurdles like lack of identity documents, affecting access to education, healthcare, and employment. The evidence leans toward success stories, like Hashimah’s, showing legal advocacy can secure […]

Introduction – The Foreign Divorce Recently, our firm had the privilege of assisting our clients, who were divorced in a foreign court. The ex-husband is a foreign national, while the ex-wife is a Malaysian. In the case of a foreign divorce, i.e. a divorce obtained in a court outside Malaysia, how should the parties go […]

Introduction Recently, on 10 October 2024, the Malay Mail reported that the family of the late Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow announced, they would sell down their shareholding in Public Bank from 23.4% to 10%, over a period of 5 years. This 23.4% shareholding is a mix of shares held personally by the late Tan […]

If you’re thinking of estate planning and the managing of your assets after death, legal instruments like wills and powers of attorney (POAs)  are important. However, what happens when these instruments clash with one another? We recently encountered this question with one of our clients. They had a situation where this exact issue came up […]

Introduction – Lord Roos Divorces His Wife In England, before 1857, there was no statute for a man to divorce his wife through a court order. After 1857, the Matrimonial Causes Act gave courts the power to pass judgments for divorce. But about 200 years before that, in 1666, a man known as Lord Roos, […]