The pursuit of justice does not always end with a verdict being handed down by one judge. Along with the right to a speedy trial, a litigant has the right to challenge an unfavourable verdict and to appeal to a higher court. This book will essentially equip a lawyer who is embarking on an appeal with a procedural guide in preparing the appeal from the lower courts to the highest court.

Written for the busy practitioner, this book is presented in a manner which allows a lawyer wishing to focus on a specific type of appeal to find everything he needs in one chapter i.e. information on what he needs to draft, how to draft, when to file the appeal and all the consequential steps involved.

The relevant rules of courts, practice direction and legislation are provided for each stage of an appeal, and are supplemented with selected cases to interpret and explain the applications of the procedural provisions.

For each stage of appeal, prescribed court forms and sample court documents including sample affidavits to be drafted are provided in both English and Bahasa Malaysia as a guide to the user.

Designed for quick and easy reference, it is a portable guide to the practice and procedure of civil appeals in Malaysia.

The Federal Constitution provides that 'no person shall be deprived of property save in accordance with law'; and 'no law shall provide for the compulsory acquisition or use of property without adequate compensation'. It is therefore imperative for landowners to understand their rights to ensure that these rights are protected and adequately compensated in the event of compulsory acquisition. 'The Law on Land Acquisition' comprehensively sets out the underlying legal jurisprudence of compulsory land acquisition in Malaysia and the procedural pre-requisites based on the Land Acquisition Act 1960, including the recent amendments vide the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2016. The book also highlights both reported and unreported case authorities up to 1 January 2018 that had seen law in this subject developed. The key chapters included in this book, amongst others, cover Commencement of Acquisition, Statutory Notices, Enquiry, Reference to Court, Court Proceedings, Principles for Determination of Compensation, Challenging A Land Acquisition Exercise, etc.

A book that addresses developments in labour and employment law across 24 countries worldwide. The objective of the book is to provide general counsel, human resource practitioners, lawyers, advisers, and managers with an overview of the developments in employment and labour law across a variety of jurisdictions across the world. Authors were asked to provide their personal perspectives on current and forthcoming changes to the labour and employment law regime in their respective jurisdictions which they considered to be particularly important in practice. Eng Lay contributed the chapter on Malaysia.