Introduction The Allied Health Professions Act 2016 (“AHPA”) which was gazetted in the year 2016 came into force on 1st July 2020. The AHPA aims to regulate certain allied health professions which were previously largely unregulated. The AHPA establishes the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (“Council”) whose main functions include the registration of allied health … Read more
On 5 June 2020, the Prime Minister unveiled the Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara (PENJANA) amounting to RM35 billion, aimed at restoring the country’s economy in the short term following the Covid-19 outbreak. The Government proposes to address the Covid-19 challenges through 6 main approaches: Resolve; Resilience; Starting Over; Restart; Recovery; Revitalise; and Reorder. PENJANA … Read more
The first part of this series dealt with the Corporate Voluntary Arrangement(“CVA”), one of two corporate rescue mechanisms under the Companies Act 2016 (“Act”). The second rescue mechanism for which the relevant provisions are set out in Part III Division 8 Subdivision 2 of the Act (“Subdivision 2”) and the Companies (Corporate Rescue Mechanism) Rules … Read more
The new Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 will come into force on 1st June 2020 (see PU(B) 247/2020 dated 27th May 2020). In essence, Section 17A makes a commercial organisation liable for the corrupt act of any person associated with it in seeking to obtain or retain business for the commercial … Read more
*This article was published by Media Law International. Read more here. The social media scene has been replete with health misinformation. The remedies run from the almost believable to the comical and to the downright bizarre. Comic relief aside, health misinformation may lead to serious consequences, if left unchecked. An article in the British Medical … Read more
In an environment where cash flow and liquidity challenges will likely threaten most enterprises, it seems almost inevitable that some will seek the protections afforded by the corporate rescue mechanisms under the Companies Act 2016 (“Act”) namely, corporate voluntary arrangement and judicial management. CORPORATE VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT (“CVA”) Introduction The provisions concerning CVA are set out … Read more
The global pandemic as well as the imposition of a nationwide Movement Control Order, now extended to 12 May 2020, has seen various ministries and industry regulators scrambling to unveil measures which purport to address the economic impact of Covid-19. A raft of such measures was announced by the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs … Read more
The basic medico-legal principals are well worn and well entrenched in the legal vernacular. But how well do these principles and known comforts fare in the middle of a pandemic? In this session, we explore whether these principles, which for so long formed part of the bulwark of the medico-legal structure, are rigid and unmovable … Read more
The emergence of the novel coronavirus has forced many to embrace online technology in order to continue operating in these times. To this end, there has been an understandable call for the practice of medicine to operate in different modalities; telehealth advancement, there are also risks and potential pitfalls when embracing technology. In this session, … Read more
