Yee Seu Kai
Leong How Choo
Modeshanantham
Associate

 

   
           
  Date Of Birth : 02-10-1963    
  Sex : Male    
  Date of Call to Malaysian Bar : 10-10-1998    
  Previous working experience :

Chambered under Ms. Ong Geok Lan of Messrs A.S. Yeo & Co., Advocates & Solicitors Ipoh from 23-12-1997 to 23-09-1998

   
     

16-03-1984 to 15-09-1997 held positions in various legal firms with duties and responsibilities ranging from Chief Clerk and Administrator over seeing litigation and conveyancing departments

   
  Primary & Secondary Education   i) Anglo Chinese School Ipoh, Perak    
      ii) Private Studies A Level. Tertiary Education    
  Tertiary Education : i) LL.B (Hons)  University of London (External)    
      ii) Certificate of Legal Practice (C.L.P)    
 

Specialisation

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 i) Advocacy *(see below - Cases Argued)

   
           
     

ii) Building Contracts with special interest in Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Act 1966 and its subsidiary legislation and (Amendment) Act 2001.

   
           
      iii) Law of Contract vis-vis Commercial Contracts i.e. Joint-Venture Agreement, Outsourcing Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Marketing Assitance Agreement etc.    
           
      iv) Land Law with particular interest in Forced Sale and Removal of Private Caveat under the National Land Code 1965.    
           
      v) Law of Bankruptcy    
           
      vi) Banking Law with particular interest in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989; couple with.    
           
      vii) Vast experience gathered from various positions formerly held ranging from a Litigation Clerk to Chief Clerk and Office Administrator, have acquired good management and administrative skills coupled with vast exposure to the main types of civil litigation conveyancing and loan security works.    
  Lecturing Experience:   i) Conducted 10 weeks revision programme for CLP candidates for August 1998 examination providing lectures and tutorial for all CLP subjects    
      ii) Conducted 7 months full CLP programme for July 1999 & 2000, 2001 and 2003 examinations providing lectures and tutorial for all CLP subjects.
Bar Council must do more for CLP students
   
  Speaking Experience / Paper Presented:   13 th September 2005    
     

Perak Bar Continuing Legal Education Programme:

   
     

Globalisation & The Roles of Professionals When Malaysia Becomes A Maritime Hub

   
      ( Please click here for presentation )    
     

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      29 th -30 th August 2004    
      (Chongzuo-Guanxi-CHINA)    
     

The China-South East Asia Overland Economic Development Forum 

   
      An Economic & Business Perspective Of The Inter-State and Multimodal Transport System    
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      Continuing Legal Education    
      Member of Continuing Legal Education Sub- Committee for the term Year 2003 - 2005    
     

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  Seminars and Conferences Attended:  

N o n  L e g a l

   
     

26 th -28 th September 2005
European Union Malaysia
International Ecotourism Conference 2005
Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Ipoh

   
     

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8 th - 9 th March 2005
Perak & European Union jointly host
International Conference on chieving Innovation and Best
Practices in Urban Management
The Syuen Hotel, Ipoh
INNOBP-Urban: http://www.innobp-urban.org/main.asp

   
     

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23th October 2003
Perak State Conference [CPA Australia]
The Syuen Hotel, Ipoh .

   
     

L a w R e l a t e d

   
     

8th - 10th March 2007
National Maritime Conference
Malaysia As A Maritime Nation:
Meeting Expectations
(Jointly Organised by Bar Council & Attorney General's Chambers)

   
     

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16 th - 18 th November 2005
13 th Malaysian Law Conference
Globalising the Legal Profession
PWTC Kuala Lumpur

   
     

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9 th July 2003
Law on Strata Titles and The Torrens Land Law System with S Y Kok (Author of Law Governing the Housing Industry organized by Malayan Law Journal Sdn. Bhd.
(Lexis Nexis-Professional Education)

   
     

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26 th April 2003
Briefing on the Effect and Implementation of the Amendments to the Housing Developers (Control & Licensing) Act 1966 and related subsidiary legislation organized by REHDA

   
     

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25 th July 2002
Housing Development (Control & Licensing)
(Amendment) Act 2002 organized by Malayan Law Journal Sdn. Bhd. (Lexis Nexis-Professional Education)

   
     

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26 th & 27 th August 2000
Civil Trial Advocate by Professor Gurdial Singh Nijar organised by Legal Education Extention Programme Faculty of Malaya.

   
     

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13th-16th September 1999.
Attended the 12 th Commonwealth Law Conference
Theme: "Law and society in the 21st Century" held at the Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Petaling Jaya.

   
     

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Consulting Panel of Lawyers:

: A member of Council of Lawyers of REHDA Perak Branch  appointment for the term year 2003 to 2007    
 

Committee Member Perak Bar Committee for 2007/2008

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Portfolio: Conveyancing & Information Technology Expedite title transfers urges judge

   
           
  A HIGH Court in Ipoh has suggested that the Perak Bar Committee make recommendations to the state authorities to lift restrictions in the endorsement of land and property title transfers. read more...    

  *REPORTED CASES ARGUED BY YEE SEU KAI  
 
Case Name      
Citation  
Subject Matter
 

Malayan Banking Berhad
-v- Cheah Kwei Ying

(2001) MLJU 80 S.60 (1) of the  Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989
       
  Victoria A/P Arulsamy
-v- Jye Tai Precision
(2002) 4 MLJ 35
(2002) 4 CLJ 676
Labour Law
  http://www.ipsofactoj.com/highcourt/2003/Part1/hct2003(1)-011.htm
       
  Industrial (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Court of Appeal on 23-1-2007 set aside High Court Judgment  dated 16-7-2002 and affirm Industrial Court Award  dated 2-7-2001

 

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