‘Hibah’ or ‘ Gift’ is basically a Muslim Wills and it is encouraged in Islam especially if given to close family members (Surah Ali Imran : 92). Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: It is the duty of a Muslim who …
Although we all have an understanding of what law is, and generally why it’s appropriate that it should be in place to serve and regulate our conduct in society, we seldom think of what law actually means in an everyday context. What is law for the …
Do you know what will happen to your assets (whether it’s a million dollar savings or your stamp collection, etc) after you die? Who will use your assets (eg the car) and who will benefit from them (eg your Stephen King collection)? The careful writing of …
Service of process is the procedure employed to give legal notice to a person (such as a defendant) of a court or administrative body’s exercise of its jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, …
The plaintiff complained that the defendant had written in a telegram to accuse him of enticing away a servant. The House considered the process of deciding whether words were defamatory. Held: The telegram was incapable of bearing a defamatory meaning. Lord Atkin set out a test: The question, …
Case: O’Shea v MGN Limited EMLR 943 The claimant sued the owner of a pornographic website and the publisher of a newspaper for libel, over advertisements for the site. She alleged that a model who appeared in the advertisements closely resembled her and that, as a result, family and friends had …
It is a trite law that in order for a binding contract to be formed, there must be an ‘offer’ and an ‘acceptance’ of that offer. While this requirement seems to be straight forward, in practice it is not. In some cases, an invitation to treat …
There is a Malay saying about fire being a friend when it’s small and a foe when it’s big. Anger is like fire – easily sparked, stoked and spread in this world through instant communications, especially through Facebook and Twitter. And once that fire is out …
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