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, […]

Introduction Recently, a murder-suicide incident in High Point, North Carolina, has highlighted the dangers of staying in an abusive marriage. Divorce may be difficult and painful, but it is preferable to staying in an abusive marriage. Abuse in abusive marriages can take many forms, including physical abuse, emotional and verbal abuse, sexual abuse, technological abuse, […]

Divorce is stressful for children You may already know this, but divorce can be very stressful for children. The divorce process requires children to try and understand the changes in their life and routine and, truth be told, they may not always respond to stress and change well. Children often bear the brunt of divorce, […]