Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience

Mareva injunction generally results from a successful application to freeze the assets of the defendant prior to trial. In Malaysia, the application for the Mareva injunction did not get a good start, on the ground that the Malaysian court had no jurisdiction to grant such relief. The legal remedy u...

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Main Author: Ali, Zuraidah
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Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2009
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spelling iium-89412011-12-13T08:26:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8941/ Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience Ali, Zuraidah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Mareva injunction generally results from a successful application to freeze the assets of the defendant prior to trial. In Malaysia, the application for the Mareva injunction did not get a good start, on the ground that the Malaysian court had no jurisdiction to grant such relief. The legal remedy under the Debtors Act 1957, by way of attachment of property before judgement was also an obstacle to the introduction of the Mareva injunction. It was only in 1984, in the case of Zainal Abidin v. Century Hotel Sdn Bhd, that such an application was granted when Raja Azlan CJ held that Mareva injunction shoud be available in Malaysia to fulfill modern commercial need. This paper examines the development of the Mareva injunction and its implementation in Malaysia. The research methodology which is adopted in this paper is mainly case law analysis. There will also be a brief appraisal of the application of Mareva injunction from the Shariah perspective. International Islamic University Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8941/1/2009_-_Mareva_injunction_as_a_preventive_relief-_the_Malaysian_experience.pdf Ali, Zuraidah (2009) Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience. IIUM Law Journal, 17 (2). pp. 225-245. ISSN 0128-2530
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Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
description Mareva injunction generally results from a successful application to freeze the assets of the defendant prior to trial. In Malaysia, the application for the Mareva injunction did not get a good start, on the ground that the Malaysian court had no jurisdiction to grant such relief. The legal remedy under the Debtors Act 1957, by way of attachment of property before judgement was also an obstacle to the introduction of the Mareva injunction. It was only in 1984, in the case of Zainal Abidin v. Century Hotel Sdn Bhd, that such an application was granted when Raja Azlan CJ held that Mareva injunction shoud be available in Malaysia to fulfill modern commercial need. This paper examines the development of the Mareva injunction and its implementation in Malaysia. The research methodology which is adopted in this paper is mainly case law analysis. There will also be a brief appraisal of the application of Mareva injunction from the Shariah perspective.
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author Ali, Zuraidah
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title Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
title_short Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
title_full Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
title_fullStr Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed Mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the Malaysian experience
title_sort mareva injunction as a preventive relief: the malaysian experience
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/8941/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8941/1/2009_-_Mareva_injunction_as_a_preventive_relief-_the_Malaysian_experience.pdf
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