
CIPAA 2012 : Early Court Intervention and Definition of “Occupation” under Section 3
Liew Piang Voon v WLT Project Management Sdn bhd [2020] 1 LNS 1105
View PDF 23rd December 2020 Issues Section 3 of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA 2012”) provides that CIPAA 2012 does not

CIPAA 2012 : Winding Up based on CIPAA Adjudication Decision
Revisited Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd v Spring Energy Sdn Bhd
View PDF 16th December 2020 Issues In Likas Bay Precinct Sdn Bhd v Bina Puri Sdn Bhd [2019] 3 CLJ 499 (“Likas Bay”), the Court

Setting Aside of Arbitration Award: Timeline for Delivery of Award – Procedural or Jurisdictional?
RKT Nusantara Sdn. Bhd. v Ken Grouting Sdn. Bhd. & Another Appeal [W-02(C)(A)-1560-07/2018] [W-02(C)(A)-1562-07/2018]
View PDF 09th December 2020 Issues Where the agreed arbitration rules provide for a specific timeline for delivery of the arbitration award, will such provision

CIPAA 2012: Easing Contractors’ Cash Flow – “Pay Now, Argue Later”
Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012
View PDF Introduction Cashflow continuity is of paramount importance to the construction industry. However, contractors are often times faced with issues on payment, or lack

CIPAA Adjudication: Novation Agreement and Adjudication Decision (Computation of time and Corrections)
Encorp Iskandar Development Sdn Bhd v. Konsortium Ipmines Merz Sdn Bhd [2020] 1 LNS 1129
View PDF Issues As the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA 2012”) only have prospective effect, any payment dispute(s) arising from construction contracts

Setting Aside of Arbitral Award: Breach of Natural Justice and Prejudice
Master Mulia Sdn Bhd v Sigur Rus Sdn Bhd [2020] 9 CLJ 213
View PDF 19th November 2020 Issues Is the High Court bound to set aside an arbitral award under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act 2005

Arbitration: Set-off Across Multiple Contracts, Each With Its Own Arbitration Agreement
Pertama Ferroalloys Sdn Bhd v SAC TEC (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
WA-24NCC(ARB)-2-01/2020
View PDF 15th July 2020 Issues At times, a party may undertake several types of work under one project. This may result in multiple contracts

EMPLOYMENT LAW: If a Fixed Term Employment Contract is Renewed Successively, is it In Reality a Permanent Employment?
View PDF INTRODUCTION In Malaysia companies / employers generally use two types of employment contract, i.e. (1) permanent contract of employment and (2) fixed term

CIPAA 2012 : Supporting Documents in Notice of Adjudication – To Include or Not to Include?
Masterplan Consulting Sdn Bhd v Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd [2020] 1 LNS 219
View PDF 2nd July 2020 Issues Section 8(1) of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (“CIPAA 2012”) provides that- “A claimant may initiate