This article attempts to identify the conditions necessary for the rational assessment of the causes of insolvency and the formulation and implementation of rescue plans. This framework of discussion facilitates a comparative study of existing insolvency practices and a contextual evaluation of the statutory scheme of judicial management.

The recent cases on the Official Secrets Act have, to a certain extent, clarified and limited the scope of criminal liability under section 5 of the Act. This article examines the local decisions and contrasts them with Malaysian and English developments on the subject. Some suggestions for further improvement in this area of the law are made.

This article examines the terminology used in defining the offences created by the Computer Misuse Act 1993. Comparison is made with similar legislation from other jurisdictions which influenced its drafting, particularly in the United Kingdom Computer Misuse Act 1990. It appears that the guiding principle behind the drafting of this Act is comprehensiveness - the offences are framed so as to cover every conceivable misuse of computers but this has been achieved only at the cost of ease of interpretation.

This article examines whether in Singapore an employee has a general right of privacy in the employment context and if there is no such right, whether privacy can nonetheless be enforced through indirect means.

Agency costs have become one of the significant issues in the protection of minority shareholders particularly in controlled companies. The obvious advantage of a controlling shareholder lies in the fact that the controlling shareholder's interest is aligned to that of the non-controlling shareholder. However the concern with controlled companies is that there may be "private benefits of control" which is usually taken to mean as including everything controlling shareholders are able to get out of their position without minority shareholders receiving a proportionate share. There is persistent danger that controlling shareholders will transfer company's resources to themselves. This article will deliberate the reasons why we need to extend protection to minority shareholders. The article will then examine the nature and extent of the agency problems faced by minority shareholders in controlled public companies in Malaysia. The article will achieve this objective by discussing the various strategies available to overcome agency costs arising from the relationship of controlling shareholders and minority shareholders. The article will also discuss the application of the strategies to overcome agency problems in Malaysia. The article will conclude that to entrench a culture of sound corporate governance in Malaysia requires more than just changes to laws and regulations, it requires the introduction of a self-enforcing model.

Although the Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the land, the dual legal system in Malaysia basically means Muslims in the country are governed under the Islamic or Syariah law. The matter relating to conversion to and renouncement of Islam is not specifically stated in the State List under the Federal Constitution. There has been considerable controversy on this matter in recent times. Challenges and difficulties faced by individuals in the predicament of conversion and/or renouncement seemed insurmountable with the civil courts refusing to hear such matters on the ground that they lack jurisdiction. This article will assess the viability and feasibility of legislating on faith in multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysia by analyzing the applicable constitutional provisions and the relevant cases, including the controversial Lina Joy case.

The utility of invoking international law to inform the crafting of public law arguments depends_x000D_ on the receptivity of a domestic legal system towards international law. There is in Singapore case law a discernible shift in the judicial approach towards handling international legal arguments, from a clumsy dismissal to a more sophisticated handling of how, in particular, human rights law may influence domestic rights adjudication. This article uses the 2008 case of Re Gavin Millar Q.C. as a springboard to consider how and if the approach of Singapore courts towards receiving and applying human rights norms in public law cases has changed. It discusses the creeping influence of international human rights norms, such as those embodied in the UDHR, in national courts and what this signifies in terms of developing a human rights culture in the thinking and operation of legal actors, such as the bench and bar.