Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership

We are pleased to share that our Firm has been recognised by The Legal 500 in its Asia-Pacific rankings for 2024. Notably, our Dispute Resolution and Labour & Employment practice areas achieved commendable Tier 3 rankings.

We are pleased to announce that our Partner, Dawn Wong, has been elected as the Deputy President of The Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators for the 2023 - 2025 term at the 31st Annual General Meeting held on 10 August 2023.

We are pleased to announce that Adrienne Sena and Ng Yee Lin have been promoted as Senior Associates, effective 1 November 2023.

We are pleased to share that our Firm and Partners have been ranked in the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide for yet another year.

We are delighted to share that our Senior Partner, Mr. Sudhar Thillainathan, was recognised as the Malaysian Arbitration Lawyer of the Year 2023 in the Lawyer Monthly – ADR Awards 2023.

The Partners of Steven Thiru and Sudhar Partnership (STSP) are pleased to announce that Dato’ Sreesanthan Eliathamby has joined the firm as a Consultant with effect from 2nd January 2024.

Messrs Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership is pleased to announce that Ms Tania Kat-Lin Edward is admitted as a Partner of the Firm with effect from 1st July 2022.

The Federal Court in the recent case of Majlis Daerah Segamat v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad decided that the imposition of rates by a local authority under the Local Government Act 1976 (“LGA”) can be challenged by judicial review in circumstances where the objection to the imposition of rates does not fall under Section 142 LGA. This is despite the appeal procedure to the High Court provided under Section 145 LGA.

On 10th March 2022, the High Court allowed an appeal filed by a public utility against the decision of the Deputy Registrar which awarded RM60,000.00 in general damages against the Defendant in respect of defamatory postings published on his Facebook page.