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My Signature Was Forged! What Can I Do? - Malaysia
Sree was served a summons last week for defaulting on a contractual obligation. Confused about the entire ordeal, she requested for a...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Feb 1, 20224 min read


What Constitutes a Binding Contract?
Prishanth and Valer recently made an agreement where Prishant, would sell his limited-edition book for a total of RM 2,000.00....
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Jan 18, 20213 min read


Separate Legal Personality: A Non-Human Person?
If a Company is liable for legal action, do the shareholders and directors automatically become liable as well? How can a Company be...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Jan 7, 20214 min read


Malaysian Contract Law: Is Past Consideration Good Consideration?
For a contract to make sense or be worthwhile, all parties to the contract must receive some sort of benefit from it. In legal sense,...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Dec 29, 20203 min read


Judgment In Default of Appearance - Malaysia
In 2014, when tennis ace Roger Federer pulled out of the World Finals, millions of tennis enthusiasts dubbed the act as a “disgrace”. Now...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 20, 20204 min read


Functus Officio: When Does A Court Lose Its Powers?
A) What is Functus Officio? The phrase “having discharged his duty” resonates with the term Functus Officio as it refers to an officer or...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 20, 20204 min read


Abuse of Process in the Court of Law - Malaysia
Abuse of Process (“AOP“) is where a person and/or a party uses the legal system in a way that does not serve the underlying goal of a...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 20, 20203 min read


Without Prejudice Letters: When & How Can They Be Admissible In Malaysian Court?
What is a Without Prejudice (“WP”) Letter you ask? Well, it is literally a letter with a small part somewhere on the document labelled...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 19, 20203 min read


Constructive Res Judicata - Malaysia
Constructive res judicata is a subset of the doctrine of res judicata. When a party tries to put forth various legal issues which could...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 9, 20203 min read


The Final Nail in the Coffin – Res Judicata - Malaysia
As humans, letting go of something or someone, that was once important can be difficult. Now, although courts in general, have never met...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Nov 6, 20203 min read


Received A Letter of Demand? Here’s What You Should Know - Malaysia
Say you receive a Letter of Demand from a law firm stating the following: TAKE NOTICE that our client has instructed us to demand, which...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Oct 15, 20204 min read


An Application for Further & Better Particulars - Malaysia
Pleadings are important in every civil action as they lay down the bricks that make up one’s case. Sometimes however, the Pleadings may...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Oct 15, 20203 min read


Who can be a Director of a Company? - Malaysia
Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay and the Russo Brothers are some of the greatest directors of our time. Everyone wants to be just like them....
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Oct 13, 20203 min read


Sexual Harassment at the Workplace: Bossku Panggilku ‘Sayang’? - Malaysia
Status Quo Sexual harassment at workplace is a serious and commonly under-reported problem in Malaysia. The leading “guide” (so to speak)...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Sep 14, 20204 min read


Park At Your Own Risk! Who is Liable for Losses to Your Car? - Malaysia
Raju parked his car at a paid parking space in a Mall. A couple of hours later when he returned to his car, he found his car broken into...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Sep 8, 20203 min read


Unfairly Dismissed by Your Employer? What Happens Next?
Salmah was served a notice of termination by her employer due to bad performance. The reasons provided by her employer are vague and...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Sep 1, 20203 min read


Coerced to Sign an Agreement? Here’s What You Should Know.- Malaysia
Ali and Fatimah are married for 3 years now. One day, Ali forces Fatimah to sign a document. Fatimah insists on reading the document...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Aug 20, 20204 min read


Concurrent Sentencing vs Consecutive Sentencing - Malaysia
“Walao why he guilty for all 6 charges but Court give him 10 years jail only not 60 years leh? Law also got combo package liddis meh?”...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Aug 13, 20205 min read


Protection of Foreign Workers under Malaysian Law
Over the past few months, there have been a rise in cases involving mistreatment of foreign workers in Malaysia. During the recent...
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Aug 10, 20203 min read


Can You Call In Sick On Work And Go Cuti-Cuti? - Malaysia
Your bestie, Samantha is getting hitched soon so your girls plan a three-day bachelorette party at Boracay, Philippines in December 2020....
Vinodhan Kuppusamy
Jul 21, 20203 min read