Description
This webinar will summarise the landmark Federal Court decisions of Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd vs Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd (2024) and Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd vs Vignesh Naidu (2024) and discuss how the decisions will impact and change the landscape of housing development, from both developers and home buyers’ perspectives. This webinar will further consider the Federal Court landmark decision of Ang Ming Lee and the prospective overruling as decided in Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd vs Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd (2024) and Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd vs Vignesh Naidu (2024). The webinar will also consider other issues such as Certificate of Completion and Compliance (“CCC”), vacant possession and strata title.
Speaker
Ranjan N Chandran graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1994 with a 2nd Class Upper Honours, and completed the Certificate of Legal Practice in 1995. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor to the High Court of Malaya in 1996 and has been in practice for 28 years.
Ranjan had his own practice under the name and style of Ranjan Chitravathy & Nik for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015. In 2016, he joined Hakem Arabi & Associates as a partner and is now a consultant with the firm.
He has a passion for writing articles and has had many of his articles published in law journals, namely:
- “Alternative Dispute Resolution the vision of tomorrow” (1998);
- “Mediation charting the right course for the new millennium” (1999);
- “Housing Development (Control And Licensing) Act 1966 (‘HDA’) Post Covid-19: Who Benefits-Developers of Purchasers?” (2020) 3 MLRA ix;
- ”Revisiting Faber Union Sdn Bhd V Chew Nyat Shong & Anor: The Pandora’s Box Of The Law On Liquidated Ascertained Damages” (2020) 3 MLRA i; and
- “Revisiting Selvakumar Murugiah V Thiagarajah Retnasamy: The Coming Of Age Of The Law On Proving Liquidated Ascertained Damages In Housing Development Contracts” (2020) 3 MLRA xxxvii.
Ranjan has been interviewed by The Edge Weekly on the following issues:
- “Turning to Judicial management to save ailing businesses” on 20 May 2020;
- “How a Malaysian Covid-19 Act could help mall tenants and landlords who are in a limbo” on 28 Apr 2020;
- “Getting around the apex court ruling on short term stays” on 19 Nov 2020;
- “Claims for Late Delivery of Homes likely to Spike” on 1 July 2020;
- “Date of Booking Fees deemed as start of delivery charges will force developers to review their sales plan” on 2 Feb 2021;
- “Ruling on Housing Tribunal’s scope raises more questions’” on 4 July 2021;
- “Developers defaulting on maintenance fee of unsold strata property seen to rise” on 13 July 2021;
- “Virtual prime land in KL selling fast” on 14 Sept 2021; and
- “Abandoned Empire Remix 1 project still in a limbo after six years” on 10 July 2023.
He is also the author of Quick Guide Series: Judicial Management Fundamental Principles and Analysis published by Current Law Journal (“CLJ”) in 2021.
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