HAZEL LIM PEY TSYR

LL.B (HONS), UNIVERSITY OF READING, THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE LINCOLN’S INN
ADVOCATE & SOLICITOR OF THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA

Hazel Lim was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya in April 2016.

She commenced her pupillage at Messrs Shook Lin & Bok under the tutelage of Mr. Lau Kee Sern. Upon completion of her pupillage, she continued her legal career at Messrs Shook Lin & Bok as a legal associate of the Banking and Finance Litigation department. She joined Messrs Kee Sern, Siu & Huey as a legal associate in 2018 and was made a partner of Messrs Kee Sern, Siu & Huey in 2022.

Hazel practises in the field of civil and commercial litigation, with particular focus on banking and finance litigation. She advises and acts for major banking and financial institutions in complex court proceedings, garnishee proceedings, discovery actions, applying for and resisting an injunction, debt recovery actions including high stakes debt recovery actions involving civil, foreclosure, execution, bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings.

She also has experience in dealing with employment disputes, construction-related disputes, company and shareholders disputes as well as matters involving corporate restructuring and insolvency, and receivership.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

  1. Acted for a Bank in an action brought by a contributory and an unsecured creditor of a company in liquidation, to set aside a consent judgment entered under s.236(1)(c) Companies Act between, inter alia, the Bank, the liquidator and a third party.
  2. Acted for a financial institution in resisting a discovery application brought by an individual who claimed to be a customer of the financial institution more than 20 years ago and successfully struck out his said application.
  3. Acted for a Bank in defending an action brought by a customer of the Bank seeking for, inter alia, damages in relation to purported negligence in performing a telegraphic transfer transaction. 
  4. Acted for a Bank in defending an action brought by a third-party involving allegation of negligence in opening of bank account and cashing of cheques by an imposter. 
  5. Acted for various financial institutions in setting aside ex-parte restraining order obtained by a creditor of a company in liquidation.
  6. Acted for local and international corporations in winding-up proceedings against local and international company.
  7. Acted for a financial institution in resisting an application brought by a creditor of a company in liquidation to remove the liquidator of the said company.
  8. Acted for a Bank in defending an action brought by a customer of the Bank involving allegations of negligence in the redemption of property.

REPORTED CASES
Reported cases where Hazel Lim has appeared as counsel or co-counsel are as follows:

  1. Leong Quee Meng v Cimb Bank Bhd (Genting Perkasa Sdn Bhd, third party) [2024] MLJU 1539
  2. MBSB Bank Bhd v Erakemas Sdn Bhd [2024] 9 CLJ 245
  3. Teoh Seng Kian v CIMB Bank Berhad & 2 Ors [2023] 1 LNS 659  
  4. Leong Quee Meng v Genting Perkasa Sdn Bhd & Ors [2023] 1 LNS 248
  5. BGMC Corporation Sdn Bhd v MRCB Builders Sdn Bhd & Ors [2022] 1 LNS 2322
  6. Ong Mei Lean v Loh Sim Seng [2021] MLJU 2082
  7. Mega First Marketing Sdn Bhd & Anor v OCBC Al-Amin Bank Bhd [2021] 11 MLJ 124
  8. OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad v Adventure Driven Sdn Bhd & Ors [2021] 1 LNS 794
  9. He-Con Sdn Bhd v Bulyah Ishak & Anor and Another Appeal [2020] 7 CLJ 271; [2020] MLJU 916, Federal Court
  10. Tidy Non-Woven Sdn Bhd v Law Chen Huat & Ors [2020] 1 LNS 398; [2020] MLJU 494, High Court
  11. Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation) v RHB Bank Berhad and 789 Others [2019] 5 AMR 342, High Court
  12. Wong Kim Yoon v Cheong Kim Hong & Ors (2019) 1 LNS 1004; (2019) MLJU 1589; (2020) 1 AMR 418, High Court
  13. Nowelldas Sathasivam v PPG Coatings (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [2019] 2 LNS 3010
  14. Jasmair Singh A/L Pajan Singh v Bir Singh A/L Teja Singh & Ors [2017] MLJU 1678
  15. Yakin Tenggara Sdn Bhd v RHB Bank Bhd & Ors And Other Appeals [2017] 4 CLJ 738 (Court of Appeal)
  16. Micro Nutrition Specialties Sdn Bhd v RHB Bank Bhd [2017] 10 MLJ 309
  17. Global B2B Safety Sdn Bhd v Public Bank Bhd [2017] MLJU 360
  18. RHB Bank Bhd v Gula Perak Berhad [2015] 1 LNS 1441 (High Court)

TALKS AND WEBINARS

Talks and webinars which Hazel has delivered or appeared as co-speaker are as follows: 

  1. Understanding Garnishee Proceedings – Practice & Procedures, and General Overview of Laws of Injunction in Malaysia
  2. Introduction to Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy Proceedings and Foreclosure Proceedings