Diploma in Enforcement & Compliance

Corporate Liability in Malaysia

Corporate liability outlines the extent to which a corporation as a legal body can be made liable for the wrongdoings of the natural persons it employs. Corporate liability rules had emerged from the English   case of Lennard’s Carrying Co. Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd. The facts of the case stated that a corporate ship-owner …

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When someone’s opinion actually matters

In Malaysia, the general rule is that a witness is only allowed to testify facts and not give his opinion. To have a better understanding, ‘fact’ is a thing known or proved to be true. Meanwhile, ‘opinion’ is a person’s judgment or belief on something. Even when the courts did not accept opinion evidence, there’s …

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What’s better than jail for misdemeanors?

As we all know, the Court will pass the sentence according to law.  A sentence may include either one or more of the following: 1.imprisonment, 2.fine, 3.Whipping, and 4.Death punishment. In Sabah, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum said that sentencing a serial offender of minor offences to community service has proven to be a more effective …

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Mary Shim v Public Prosecutor [1962] MLJ 132

A Hearsay evidence is an evidence in which a witness testifies in court about what he heard from a third party who is not himself called a witness. Hearsay evidence was usually rejected by the court. But there’s certain situation in which Hearsay evidence was admitted in court. One of the situation in which hearsay …

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