The Best Statute Nobody Uses [Part 4/5]
Thirty ringgit turns five mortal trustees into a body corporate that never dies — and escapes the Companies Act entirely.
Read MoreThirty ringgit turns five mortal trustees into a body corporate that never dies — and escapes the Companies Act entirely.
Read MoreThe title names five men. It does not name the trust. And the five are mortal.
Read MoreThe company may not hold the land. So let it not hold the land. Four hundred years ago the law worked out how.
Read MoreA man wants to give land to the temple he has worshipped at for forty years. One sentence stops him.
Read MoreThe State of Selangor capped non-Muslim houses of worship at 72 feet. The Constitution has a quiet question to ask: on planning, piety, and the gentle art of measuring devotion in feet
Read MoreWill you resign on a point of principle? Someone asked whether a person must resign from a post, on grounds of principle. It created a debate. It went like this: One said she would not, for' it was better to stay on, and fight'. Another said 'a good man must leave'. He would not consort with those who acted outside the norms of integrity and propriety. A third said: - ‘It depends on who ‘me’ was’. And ...
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