Construction Adjudication in Malaysia examines legal principles which govern the application of the CIPA Act 2012. It examines and analyses most of the important judicial decisions on construction adjudication made by the courts in Malaysia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. Since the publication of the second edition, there have been more than 200 reported judicial decisions from the courts in Malaysia.

The law of equity and trusts is fascinating just as it is complex. A necessary subject in the study of law, it has to be mastered by students just as it is often applied by practitioners. This book comprehensively covers this very wide subject through 27 instructive chapters. Authored by writers drawn from academia and legal practice, the book seeks to provide a clear exposition of the law of equity and trusts as it applies in Malaysia. 

The Annotated Singapore Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act provides section by section annotations of a popular and consistently moving body of law. 

Since its passing, the Act has undergone a comprehensive review that started in 2012 and resulted in the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Amendment) Act 2017. Key amendments made are those that deal with the definition of “common property”, installation of safety equipment by subsidiary proprietors, representation in council, procedures in relation to general meetings and resolutions required for certain decisions, all of which are concerns and matters frequently encountered by subsidiary proprietors, occupiers, council members and managing agents.

The objective of this annotated guide to the Act is to provide laypersons and industry practitioners with information and insights into the legislative intent and interpretation of the provisions of the Act. Each provision of the Act provides a background with explanation and guidance on its interpretation. References have been made to landmark decisions of the Courts or Strata Titles Boards, and for some provisions, answers to frequently asked questions and illustrations have been provided.

Law of Evidence in Singapore provides you with a holistic view on Evidence Law in the Singapore jurisdiction. 

Criminal Appeals in Singapore is a comprehensive, practical and authoritative guide to the law and practice of criminal appeals in Singapore. This book provides a step-by-step account of criminal appeals for all the criminal courts in Singapore and includes flow charts for improved usability.  

Produced by the who''s who of the arbitral fraternity

The general editorial team, comprising Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Mr Francis Xavier, SC, Mr Chong Yee Leong and Prof Lucy Reed, hail from Singapore - the third-most preferred venue for international arbitration in the world. 

Intellectual Property Rights in China explains the structure and role of the intellectual property rights system in the modern Chinese economy. The content conveys the expertise of leading Chinese practitioners with straightforward and practical guidance.

In April 2010, a year after the implementation of the Civil Justice Reform, the University of Hong Kong and University College London hosted a joint conference entitled “Civil Justice Reform - What Has It Achieved?”.This publication seeks to answer that vitally important question and makes essential reading for practitioners seeking to understand the new procedures of civil justice reform.

Hong Kong Civil Justice Reform Practice Manual, Second Edition focuses on the practical steps to ensure practitioners do not get caught out by the sweeping new provisions, and are able to provide their clients with specific advice as to how their cases should be conducted in this new era of dispute resolution.

The Practical Guide to the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance as authored by Linklaters provides a highly practical yet comprehensive overview of the new competition regime from both substantive and procedural aspects.

Clerk Lindsell on Torts, one of our flagship titles and part of the Common Law Library series, is an essential reference tool which is widely referred to by practitioners and cited by the judiciary throughout the UK and the Commonwealth, and also forms the point of reference worldwide for those wishing to research the English law of torts. It offers the most comprehensive coverage of the subject, providing the end user with indispensable access to current, frequent and unrivalled authoritative information on all aspects of tort law.

Key Features:

• Provides unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage on all areas of tort law
• Sets out both general principles and the detailed rules of liability affecting specific torts
• Explains in detail general matters, such as defences, joint liability and vicarious liability, and capacity and parties
• Covers all the important heads of tortious liability: negligence, breach of statutory duty, professional liability, product liability and occupiers liability, malicious prosecution and abuse of process, wrongful interference with goods, deceit, to trespass to land and to the person. Other chapters range from liability for animals to nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher, and from malicious falsehood to the economic torts, defamation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information
• Deals extensively with the vital topic of damages and other remedies, including injunctions
• Covers limitation in detail
• Takes full account of the effects of Brexit

New material in the Twenty-Fourth Edition:

• Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust and Stoffel Co v Grondona on the extent of the illegality defence in tort.
• FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd on the subject of adequate causation.
• Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc on the duty of care owed by a holding company for the acts of its subsidiaries abroad.
• Toombes v Mitchell on the boundaries of wrongful birth and wrongful life.
• Bell v Tavistock Portman NHS Foundation Trust on older childrens ability to consent to medical procedures.
• Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd on solicitors negligence claims and abuse of process.
• Rihan v Ernst Young Global Ltd on employers duties to look after employees interests.
• Leeds City Council v Barclays Bank Plc on the requirement for a representation in the tort of deceit.
• Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd on misuse of private information and breach of copyright.
• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd v James Kemball Ltd on how far the deliberate defunding of a company can amount to an economic tort.
• Swift v Carpenter on damages for serious injury and funding the purchase of a suitable property for a seriously disabled claimant.
• Canada Goose UK Retail Ltd v Persons Unknown and Boyd v Ineos Upstream Ltd on property, injunctions, protests and human rights.

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• The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime;
• Foreign investment approval requirements;
• Rules for approving anti-competitive takeovers;
• Factors relevant to deciding whether to use a scheme of arrangement or a takeover bid;
• The financial assistance prohibition;
• Conflicts of interests;
• Disclosure of equity derivatives;
• Shareholder intention statements;
• Takeover bid implementation agreements;
• Takeover bid conditions;
• Truth in takeovers;
• Exclusivity granted during pre-bid discussions;
• Shareholder applications to the Takeovers Panel; and
• Delisting post-takeover despite minority shareholdings.