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Your Trust Is Invisible, and Your Trustee Is Mortal [Part 3/5]
The title names five men. It does not name the trust. And the five are mortal.
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Can Your Seller Mortgage the House You Have Already Paid For? [Part 4 – Land Scams]
A bank searched the title, gave a loan against what it saw, and lost the lot. There was no forger anywhere in this story.
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Why Should a Trustee Fear a Beddoe Order?
Before using trust money for a lawsuit, a careful trustee asks the court first.
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CAN A COURT ORDER A ROAD VICTIM’S COMPENSATION BE PAID TO THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE (ARB)?
There is a new trend in Malaysian vehicular accident cases. Recently, lawyers acting for insurance companies have fallen into the habit of asking courts to pay a victim’s compensation, not directly to the victim but to the Public Trustee (or ‘Amanah Raya Bhd’, or ‘ARB’ as it is called).
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Between elections, how many times can the King appoint a prime minister – or a State Ruler, a Chief Minister?
How many times can the monarch 'exercise' his constitutional, 'appointing discretion'? My view is: 'Once'. Why is that?
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Was the King wrong in refusing to proclaim an Emergency?
Can the King act against the Cabinet’s advice?
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Was the Speaker right to refer the Motion of No Confidence to a Minister of the Crown?
Last week, the Speaker of the Malaysian Parliament declared that to table, in Parliament, a Motion of No Confidence against the PM, the motion needed the 'permission' of the Law Minister. Since when has any Speaker abdicated his duties to a minister? Is the Speaker's role subordinate to that of a minister?
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Adakah MP hilang kelayakan (‘disqualified’?) dari menjadi seorang MP hanya kerana beliau menerima saraan atau pendapatan dari pihak ketiga? Saya berpendapat bahawa soalan ini merupakan suatu soalan yang tidak betul. Mengapa?
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Is a Member of Parliament Your Trustee?
Is an MP disqualified from being an MP because he accepts wages from a third party? This is the wrong question to ask. Why?
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