Malaysia opens legal services market
Malaysia is now allowing foreign firms to open within its jurisdiction and from join ventures with domestic firms. | 8yrs
Malaysia is now allowing foreign firms to open within its jurisdiction and from join ventures with domestic firms. | 8yrs
Legal experts are predicting that Malaysia Airlines will come under pressure to settle with the families of passengers on missing flight MH370 and that the cases will not reach court. | 8yrs
As lawyers from abroad seek to strike up relationships with families of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the Malaysia Bar Council is offering free legal help. | 8yrs
The Malaysian Bar has warned local families to be careful about using US law firms over the missing flight MH370 and has threatened the firms with legal action if they break a ban on foreign lawyers giving advice. | 8yrs
The Malaysian government is to examine the legal implications of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. | 8yrs
The first of many legal steps over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is believed to have been taken by Monica Kelly of Ribbeck Law when she asked for information from Boeing and the airline. | 8yrs
The UK-educated lawyer who is acting as Malaysia's lead spokesman over the missing 777 plane has expressed frustration over criticism from other countries. | 8yrs
The Malaysia Bar Association passed a resolution at its AGM, asking for retired judges to be barred from representing clients in court. | 9yrs
Doctors, engineers and lawyers rank amongst the unhappiest workers in Malaysia, feeling held back by a lack of prospects. | 9yrs
The Indian state of West Bengal is braced to see a fall in tax revenue this year after Tata Steel, Cadbury and other multinationals challenged one of its tax laws. | 9yrs
Human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) is calling for the introduction of transparency in the appointment and promotion of judges. | 9yrs
WongPartnership has linked up with Malaysian practice Foong & Partners to beef up its coverage in the region. | 9yrs
Foreign law firms are expected to be up and running in Malaysia following the announcements of new regulations and the passing of amendments to the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012. | 9yrs
The Judicial Appointments Commission in Malaysia appears to have appointed seven new judges without consulting the Bar Council. | 9yrs
A former Malaysian Indian lawyer was among four people sentenced to death by a Malaysian court yesterday for the murders of a Malaysian businesswoman and three others in 2010. | 9yrs
A Malaysian law society is to look into claims regarding a lawyer in an undercover video clip which implicated the Chief Minister in allegedly illegal land deals. | 10yrs
Malaysia is making moves to liberalise its legal marketplace, following in the footsteps of Singapore and South Korea. | 10yrs
English and US global law firms may be tripping over each other in a bid to exploit recently liberalised legal markets in East Asia, but the path to commercial success could be littered with human rights potholes, campaigners warned last week. | 10yrs
Malaysian lawyers have fired a direct challenge at the country's established bar council with the launch of an organisation they claim will protect the rights of all lawyers in the country. | 10yrs
The chairman of the Malaysian Bar Council has accused at least one London law firm of breaking the law, along with two practices from Singapore. | 10yrs