LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Family

• Acted for both husbands and wives in contentious and non-contentious divorce cases, including matters involving adultery, child abduction, custody, maintenance, division of matrimonial assets, domestic violence.
• Advised on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
• Acted in challenges against adoption orders.
• Advised foreigners wishing to marry Malaysian citizens on the processes to register their marriage in Malaysia.
• Registering/recognising foreign divorce orders locally.

Probate, trusts and inheritance 

• Acted in contentious inheritance disputes. 
• Applied for probate / letters of administration 
• Acted in proceedings to remove trustees.
• Assisted beneficiaries to prepare agreements regarding changes in distribution of the estates. 
• Applied for accounts of estate from executors/administrators.
• Drafted wills. 

Collaborative Law and Mediation 

• Acted in Collaborative Law and Mediation Processes. 
• Worked with family and mental health professionals to support parties during the process. 
• Incorporated collaborative and mediation skills in litigation where possible to explore and/or achieve amicable outcomes for parties. 

Other matters

• Acted in contractual disputes, including breach of promises to marry, etc.
• Advised on sexual harassment and defamation.
• Provided watching brief and victim support in sexual offences against children. 
• Advised on matters concerning nuisance and trespass.
• Acted in debt recovery actions.
• Acted in judicial review and civil proceedings against authorities.
• Acted as amicus curiae and watching brief in matters in the Federal Court regarding citizenship.