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We take pleasure in announcing that Leong Ooi Ling and William Wong have joined the ranks of partners with effect from 1st January 2020.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year! Happy 2020! From all of us at Raja, Darryl & Loh.

On 26th November 2019, the Federal Court in the case of Ang Min Lee v Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan & 5 other appeals, issued a decision that will have an important bearing on the relationship between a housing developer and its purchasers of housing accommodation where the sale and purchase agreement is regulated … Read more

In the 2020 Budget Speech, Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng, announced the plan to merge the Special Commissioners of Income Tax (“SCIT”) and the Customs Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) into the Tax Appeal Tribunal (“TAT”). This is being done with the aim to “improve efficiency of taxpayer appeals” and is targeted to come into effect in … Read more

At present, where a loan is a foreign currency loan, the stamp duty payable on the loan agreement is RM 5.00 for every RM 1,000.00 or part thereof but the total duty payable shall not exceed RM 500.00. It is proposed that this be increased to RM 2,000.00. This amendment is expected to come into … Read more

Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng, in tabling Budget 2020 in Parliament, said that to “enhance the RPGT treatment”, the base year for real property gains tax will be revised to 1 January, 2013. When the 0% real property gains tax for disposal in the sixth year or thereafter was removed earlier this year, provisions were … Read more

Malaysia joined the Madrid System as its 106th member on 27th September 2019, when the Government of Malaysia deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).  The Madrid Protocol will come into force in Malaysia on 27th December 2019, if the new Trademarks … Read more

For the 6th year running, Chong Kok Seng has written the Malaysian chapter on Aviation law in The Aviation Law Review, with Chew Phye Keat contributing the segment on Malaysian Competition law in regard to Aviation.  Click here for the latest edition.

In the 2020 edition of AsiaLaw Profiles, we have been ranked in 13 industry sectors/practice areas.

We are proud to announce that our partners have once again been recognised by Asialaw