In this alert, our pupil, Tan Jia Hua from the firm’s Tax, SST and Customs Practice, discusses the deductibility of various expenses...

29 September 2022 PUTRAJAYA (Sept 29): Barakah Offshore Petroleum Bhd and its subsidiary have withdrawn their appeal against the High Court decision dismissing their RM1.02 billion claim against Petronas Nasional Bhd (Petronas). “The appellants (Barakah Offshore and PBJV Group Sdn Bhd) have withdrawn the whole appeal with no order as to costs,” read the the notice of discontinuance sighted by The Edge . The notice was filed by their legal firm Messrs Fairuz Ali on Thursday (S

29 September 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Barakah Offshore Petroleum Bhd (Barakah) and its subsidiary PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV) today withdrew...

23 September 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain on Friday (Sept 23) recused herself from hearing another lawsuit involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) at the High Court. She withdrew from hearing 1MDB's suit against PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), PSI chief executive officer Tarek Obaid, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan, when it was called up for case management, on the grounds that she may be privy to matters pertaining to 1MDB when she w

This 7th edition of RDS Legal Insight magazine features 5 articles written by our colleagues: 1. Production Of Bankers’ Books Under The...

Seeking to protect seats, Penang assemblymen argue in court that anti-hopping law violates constitutional freedom 14 September 2022 GEORGE TOWN, Sept 14 — The counsel for four Penang assemblymen who are facing the prospect of losing their seats after switching political parties told the High Court here today that the state’s anti-hopping law is unconstitutional. Their lawyer Datuk DP Naban  said they were challenging the state law because it violated their right to freedom of

14 September 2022 GEORGE TOWN: The High Court has set Oct 6 for its decision on amending the originating summons (OS) for four Penang assemblymen who are facing the prospect of losing their seats under the state's anti-hopping law. The four had told the court that the law is in violation of their freedom of speech under Article 10(1) A of the Federal Constitution. Datuk DP Naban , who is representing the four assemblyman, namely Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh), Dr Afif Bahard

14 September 2022 KLANG (Sept 14): Property tycoon Tan Sri Lim Soon Peng has apparently settled a RM330,800 suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and two others against him last year, for receiving money from the companies via instructions from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. This is the first settlement out of 16 suits filed by SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), along with two other SRC's subsidiaries Gandingan Mentari

RDS is pleased to publish RDS Legal Insight Q2 of 2022.This quarterly magazine features the following articles by our colleagues: 1)...

The Director General of Inland Revenue has the authority to appoint a person to pay taxes on behalf of another taxpayer. This alert...

5 September 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): Jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Monday (Sept 5) withdrew his discovery application in the US$1.18 billion civil suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd. This came after his lawyers from Messrs Shafee & Co received the bundle of documents that are needed for the hearing from SRC’s solicitors from Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership . The former premier had filed the discovery application in the High Court on June 9,

Recently, the High Court allowed the application for judicial review by BHP (a company) to quash the Minister of Finance’s (Minister)...

26 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR – The Shah Alam High Court today allowed the leave application by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to commence judicial review proceedings against the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) for revoking its tax exemption status. Judge Shahnaz Sulaiman ruled that NKF’s leave application was not frivolous and that judicial review is the appropriate forum to determine whether its tax exemption status under Section 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967 (ITA) can be

25 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The High Court today allowed the judicial review application by Petronas to quash a bill of demand...

25 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini membenarkan permohonan semakan kehakiman oleh PETRONAS untuk membatalkan Bil...

Judge rules Customs Dept erred in seeking tax payment over goods already exported 25 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR – The high court here today...

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan , along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing , Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa  and Khairul Izzat Azmi, while senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly appeared for the Attorney General's Chambers. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has allowed Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah’s bid to commence a legal challenge against a show cause order issued by the shariah court for contempt over her statement that “i

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan , along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing , Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa  and Khairul Izzat Azmi, while senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly appeared for the Attorney General's Chambers. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): The High Court here on Monday (Aug 22) granted leave (permission) to Petaling Jaya Member of Parliament Maria Chin Abdullah to initiate judicial review proceedings to challenge the shar

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan, along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing, Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa and Khairul Izzat Azmi. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah has obtained leave to initiate legal proceedings to challenge the Syariah High Court's decision to allow committal proceedings against her for criticising the court's decision in sentencing a businessman’s former wife to jail. High Court Judge Datuk Wan A

Recently, the High Court ruled that the Collector of Stamp Duties has no basis to subject an agreement for the installation of a gas...