Qualifications:

• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2016)
• Bachelor of Law (Hons), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

Profile:

Malynda Tan was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016. Prior to co-founding the firm, Malynda Tan was an associate in a firm recommended by The Legal 500, Asialaw Profiles and IFLR 1000.

Her primary areas of practice are general litigation, employment disputes, family law and matrimonial matters, contractual disputes, defamation, land acquisition, tort of negligence, debt recovery, corporate and commercial litigation.

Throughout her practice, she has been exposed to a wide range and spectrum of areas including estate planning, probate and assets administration matters, resealing of grant of probate together with Will and Estate Disputes.

 

Experience

Litigation

• Judicial review regarding the acquisition of commercial land, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.
• Disputes arising from land acquisitions, High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.
• Disputes between the Executors and the Beneficiaries of the Will, High Court and Court of Appeal.
• Claim by Joint Management Body to recover common property from Developer, High Court and Court of Appeal.
• Claim by a landowner as the beneficiary trustee to recover rightful ownership of her land, High Court.
• Defending an employee from his employer’s judicial review application against Industrial Court Award, High Court.
• Divorce proceeding, High Court.
• Defending a non-governmental organisation from a defamation claim, Session Court.
• Recovery of outstanding debts, Magistrate’s Court, Sessions Court and High Court.

 

Employment Law & Industrial Relationship

• Advised and represented employees against unfair and wrongful dismissal at Industrial Court.
• Advised and represented employees who claim constructive dismissal.
• Advised and assisted an employee to achieve voluntary/mutual separation scheme with her company.
• Drafting and reviewing employment contract and contract for freelancer.