Has the Federal Court ended the ‘Recovery Action’ and the ‘insurable interest defence’ in Malaysian Motor Insurance Law?
Should innocent accident victims be forced into costly legal battles twice—once against the driver and again, [by what has come to be known as a ‘Recovery Action’] against the insurer? How did Malaysia’s Federal Court ...
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Can Malaysia’s Federal Government give away Sabah’s Territory?
The Ambalat dispute exposes Malaysia's constitutional fault lines: can the federal government negotiate away Sabah's territory without state consent or parliamentary approval?
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Did the Malaysian Federal Court in AmGeneral v Sa’Amran revolutionise motor insurance law? [Saamran: 1/11]
There are more private cars on Malaysia’s roads than there are Malaysians to drive them. In one consolidated judgment of eight appeals, the Federal Court in Sa’Amran rebuilt the law that governs what happens when ...
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Nine judges, two years, one crisis: Malaysia’s path between Judicial collapse and Constitutional Renewal
Malaysia's judiciary teeters on the brink. An institutional crisis looms—potentially as devastating as 1988's judicial catastrophe—threatening constitutional governance and the rule of law itself. Nine Federal Court judges departing within two years represents far more than ...
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What Happened During the Malaysian Judicial Crisis in 1988?
In 1988, a tremor rent Malaysia’s halls of justice: an institutional earthquake that cleaved its very bedrock. Constitutional pillars crumbled; and the Beacon that once burned bright for Justice flickered, and then, died. Sacred robes, ...
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Could Malaysia’s Judiciary Rise Again?
Within marble chambers where the scales of justice have trembled through tempest and calm, where in silent corridors, darkness once consumed light, where the sacred spirit of law endured its darkest winter— here lives a story of ...
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