Article Index
Articles by Practice Area: Wills, Probate and Estate
09 December 2022
, by Jeremy M Joseph, Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and Daniel Tan Zheng Wen, Pupil-in-Chambers
Introduction
Globally, around 1,200 seagoing vessels are sold and purchased yearly.[1] In terms of bulk carriers and tanker ships, approximately 1100 or so were sold during the first three quarters of 2022.[2] From Janu...
21 December 2021
, by Raymond Thurston David, Advocate & Solicitor
People shy away from certain areas but the truth is no matter how much you research on the internet, there is really no substitute for experience when it comes to dealing with clients. And without them, who can we bill eh!
Kipling alway...
15 July 2021
, by Dennis Goh, Manager, Echelon Claims Consultants Sdn Bhd – Claims Administrator for the Malaysian Bar Mandatory PII Scheme
The word “stake” is in common parlance used to apply to any money to be disposed of, in accordance with what may happen in future, and whoever is in possession of the money is often described as a stakeholder.
Lawyers are frequen...
09 February 2021
, by John Kunzler, Marsh Insurance Broker
Sadly, we are all exposed to frauds and scams in our business and personal lives. On a UK website, ActionFraud, lists a large number of types of frauds and scams which have afflicted businesses of every type, including the following:
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09 February 2021
, by Loong Sheng Li
Keywords: "legal fee"
First and foremost, let’s get something straight – claims against your legal practice over a dispute solely on legal fees (in most general situations) are excluded under the Malaysian Bar Professional Indemnity Insurance ("PII")...
25 May 2015
, by LOONG SHENG LI, RISK MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, JARDINE LLOYD THOMPSON SDN BHD
Keywords: in, litigant, person, representation, self, self-representation
“A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client” [1] – Does this apply when a lawyer is representing himself?
Undeniably, majority of lawyers would assert that self-representation in their personal capacity is justified as t...
05 December 2014
, by Loong Sheng Li, Risk Management Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: failure, know, law, practice, to
Karpal Singh. Preet Bharara. Fatou Bensouda. When these names are mentioned, we instantly recognise them for their work done in a precise area of law.
There are numerous arguments as to why being a "Jack of all tr...
17 September 2014
, by Loong Sheng Li, Risk Management Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Client Handling", "client management", "email scam", Fraud, "identity fraud", "lawyer client", "Practice Management"
Fraud lies hid in general expressions
The general rule of the internet is to never believe everything you read; however, in the context of fraud on a law firm or lawyer, there are many plausible ways of this occurring. Zooming in...
01 March 2014
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Case Study", Communication, "Firm Management", "Practice Management", "Stakeholder Duty"
The Call Of Duty
A stakeholder is one who holds documents, money or any form of property pending the outcome of a future event. For example, in sale and purchase transactions involving land, a stakeholder holds the purchase price monies ...
01 December 2013
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Firm Management", Notification, "Office Management", PII, "Sole Proprietors", "Succession Planning", Top-Up
For lawyers, it is trite law that a deceased can be sued via the administrators of the estate. For a lawyer practising as a sole proprietor (“SP”), this has even greater implications. The case study below demonstrates how f...