Month: April 2021

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Can A Director/ Third Party Be Held Personally Liable In An Oppression Suit?

The Federal Court in Auspicious Journey Sdn Bhd v Ebony Ritz Sdn Bhd & Ors recently dealt with the issue of whether directors of a company and/ or third parties can be held personally liable for oppression action.  To cut the long story short, the Federal Court held in the positive. The long answer is…
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April 30, 2021 0

Reporting A Suspicious Transaction Under AMLA 2001

Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing And Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, or AMLA for short, is a piece of legislation created for the purpose of punishing those who commit money laundering activities and/ or those who commit the act of financing terrorist activities.  Money Laundering? Financing Terrorist Activities? What Is That All About? Money laundering is…
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April 30, 2021 0

Majority Oppression: Is It Even Possible?

We have been dealing with a lot of minority oppression cases/ issues in our previous articles. In this article, we will deal with the exact opposite, namely, whether the majority shareholders of a company can be oppressed/ bring an oppression suit.  What is oppression? Oppression is an act whereby the action of the company (against…
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April 12, 2021 0

Before Or After? Vesting A Company’s Land In The Hands Of A Liquidator

Can directors of a company and/ or third parties can be held personally liable for oppression action? This issue was dealt with recently in the Federal Court in Auspicious Journey Sdn Bhd v Ebony Ritz Sdn Bhd & Ors. We shall briefly discuss the question posed. (we have previously dealt with the issues of bringing…
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April 12, 2021 0