Event

Event

 

CPD Fest | Application of Section 6A of the Limitation Act 1953 Dissected — Application, Ambiguities, New Cases, and Trends

25 Feb 2022 - Fri / 1 day / 10:30am - 12:00pm / Zoom Webinar

The session aims to cover the following topics:

  • History behind the introduction of section 6A of the Limitation Act 1953 — A wholesale United Kingdom
    import?;
  • Previous positions in the law before the introduction of section 6A;
  • Potential ambiguities in the application of section 6A; and
  • Recent cases involving section 6A.
This session has been postponed until further notice.
Organisers: Bar Council

CPD Points: 1
Event Code:
T5/25022022/BC/BC224045/1

Description

The session aims to cover the following topics:

  • History behind the introduction of section 6A of the Limitation Act 1953 — A wholesale United Kingdom
    import?;
  • Previous positions in the law before the introduction of section 6A;
  • Potential ambiguities in the application of section 6A; and
  • Recent cases involving section 6A.

Registration Fees
(1) Members of the Bar:

  • RM20 per webinar
  • RM50 any three webinars
  • RM100 any six webinars*
    *Pay for six and get one free webinar

(2) Pupils in chambers and law students

  • RM10 per webinar
  • RM25 any three webinars
  • RM50 any six webinars*
    *Pay for six and get one free webinar

(3) Non-Members: RM60 per webinar

Speaker

Idza Hajar Ahmad Idzam is a partner in the Dispute Resolution, Corporate Liability and Risk Management Practice
Group in Zul Rafique & Partners.

Idza’s main areas of practice are corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. She has been involved in some of the most complex shareholder, boardroom, and corporate insolvency, restructuring and fraud disputes in the country as well in a number of landmark decisions on novel principles of law in Malaysia.

Idza assists corporations from a multitude of sectors in complex pre-claims advisory, claims management, and pre-litigation strategy (locally and cross-border), which involves her advising on the issue of limitation of actions and the interpretation and applicability of section 6A of the Limitation Act 1953.

She has advised and continues to render assistance in the largest downstream greenfield project ever undertaken by Petronas, which is also the largest single construction project in Malaysia.

Idza is a “Recommended Lawyer” in the Legal500 2019 Asia Pacific for dispute resolution and was named “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Idza was also named as “Outstanding Lawyer 2020 for Client Service Excellence” by Asialaw for dispute resolution, where Idza has the distinction of being the only practitioner in dispute resolution ranked in Malaysia.

Terms and Conditions

Event Policy

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For events with registration fees, all payments must be made in advance, including bank charges. Registration will be confirmed once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full payment is received.

For events that are not organised by Bar Council, please note that you are subject to the relevant terms and conditions specified by the external providers.

Cancellation 

Cancellations must be made in writing.

If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.

Refunds 

Refunds will be processed after the event is completed. This may take up to 30 business days. The conditions for refunds are as follows:

  • Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled or postponed by the organiser due to some circumstances.
  • No refunds for this course. However substitution is allowed.

The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.

Transferral

You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.

Attendance 

CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.

Privacy 

The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.

Disclaimer

  • Materials will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
  • No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
  • No part of the event content may be used/reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Bar Council and speaker(s).

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