Description
Aviation law covers airports and aircraft operations, financing and licensing for airports and aircraft operations, accident investigation, as well as carriers’ liability and passenger rights. Changes can be expected in the Malaysian aviation law landscape in light of the anticipated dissolution of the Malaysian Aviation Commission (“MAVCOM”) to pave way for its functions to be absorbed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (“CAAM”). Join the speaker as she discusses this fascinating area of law to get an overview of the regulatory framework that regulates the industry and common issues for consideration.
Speaker
Lai Wai Fong is a partner of the dispute resolution department of Shearn Delamore & Co. She has experience in corporate and commercial disputes, insurance disputes, tort, aviation disputes and land litigation. She appears regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court as Counsel for trials and appeals and is involved regularly in complex and high profile matters.
Wai Fong graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B) from University of London in 1998 and obtained a Second Class Upper Honours. There, she was awarded the Book Prize for constitutional law and for outstanding performance. She completed the Certificate of Legal Practice (“CLP”) in 1999 and was awarded the Book Prize for the law of evidence.
She was admitted to the High Court of Malaya in 2000 as an advocate and solicitor. She is a member of the Bar Council Advocacy Training Committee, and has been an advocacy trainer since 2016.
She has been involved in complex and high profile matters, including aviation matters such as:
MH370 and MH17 litigation against Malaysia Airlines
She acted for the administrator of Malaysia Airlines in respect of certain claims arising from the MH370 incident and claims filed by the crew of Malaysia Airlines arising from the MH17 incident, respectively.
Landmark aviation decision in All Nippon Airways Co Ltd v Tokai Marine & Trading
This is the first judgment of the Malaysian Court of Appeal, sitting as an apex court, which affirmed the application of the Warsaw Convention in the Malaysian landscape for the first time. This remains the only reported judgment of an apex Court on the effect of the Warsaw Convention in a Malaysian context.
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