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Dear valued clients, colleagues and friends,

Our TMT Partner, Janet Toh, and Associate, Boo Cheng Xuan, have co-edited Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia, Volume 9(1) on Betting, Gaming and Lotteries. This volume of the highly regarded legal encyclopedia consists of eight chapters encompassing the Betting Act 1953, Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, Pool Betting Act 1967, Racing (Totalizator Board) Act 1961, Lotteries Act 1952 and the Lotteries (Registration and Licensing of Gaming Machines) Regulations 1973.

Amongst others, the updated volume sees the introduction of new sections addressing online gaming, as well as recent cases such as Lei Meng v lnspektor Wayandiana Abdullah & others [2022] 3 MLJ 203 (FC); Resorts World At Sentosa Pte Ltd v Andrew Kam Tai Yeow & Another Case [2022] MLRHU 132; Li Shishun v Osman Affendi Mohd Shalleh & Ors [2021] MLJU 1292,  [2021] 9 CLJ 789; Hen De Wei v Lembaga Pencegahan Jenayah & Ors  [2021] MLJU 1912, [2021] 1 LNS 1490; Lan Limiao and 42 Ors v Inspector Mohd Hafizi Zailan & Ors [2020] MLJU 130, [2020] 1 LNS 2205, just to name a few.

Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia is published by LexisNexis and accessible to subscribers of Lexis Nexis online. Please click here.

WRITTEN BY

For further information, please contact:

Janet Toh Yoong San – Partner – Shearn Delamore & Co,
janet.toh@shearndelamore.com

Practice Areas 

  • Intellectual Property
  • Technology & Communications

Languages 

  • English,
  • Malay,
  • Chinese

PRACTICE 

Janet Toh has wide-ranging experience in intellectual property and technology transactional work. Janet advises clients on issues relating to intellectual property (IP) protection and ownership, advertising, consumer protection, personal data protection, domain names, e-commerce, franchise, gaming, regulatory approvals for food, cosmetics and drugs and telecommunications. Janet also carries out IP due diligence for licensing, mergers and acquisition projects and e-commerce related transactions.

QUALIFICATIONS 

  • LL.B (Hons), University of Bristol
  • LL.M, National University of Singapore
  • Certificate in Legal Practice
  • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya

ADMISSIONS 

  • Malaysia (2002)

POSITIONS HELD 

  • Former president of Licensing Executives Society Malaysian chapter
  • Committee member of Data Protection Committee, INTA
  • Committee member of Bar Council Cyber Law Committee

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

  • Malaysian Bar
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • ITechlaw Association

PUBLICATIONS 

  • Malaysian section of the World Trademark Review Anti-Counterfeiting Guide (2010-2017) [co-author]
  • Malaysian section of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Trade Marks 2018 [co-author]
  • Malaysian section of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Telecoms,  Media & Internet Law & Regulations 2019 [co-author]
  • Chambers Global Practice Guide 2019 Malaysia Trends and Developments: The Rise of the Machines – Artificial Intelligence & Copyright Law – the Malaysian Landscape [co-author]
  • Chambers Global Practice Guide 2019 Malaysia Pharmaceutical Advertising: Q&A [co-author]

AWARDS & RECOGNITION 

  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2019 and 2020) – “Recommended Lawyer” in TMT
  • World Trademark Review (2018 – 2020) – “Recommended Individual” in Prosecution and Strategy
  • World Trademark Review (2020) – “Recommended Individual” in Transaction
  • Who’s Who Legal (2015) – in Trademarks

 

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