Landlord & Tenant Law For Residential Tenancy

Speaker:

Mr. Ivan Chan, Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs. Amir Toh Francis & Partners

Ivan Chan, (LLM, UM) is an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He is a partner at the law firm of Messrs Amir Toh Francis & Partners, Kuala Lumpur. He is a member of the Malaysian Bar and has been in legal practice for a number of years.
The primary focus of his practice has been on real estate conveyancing both in the primary and secondary markets, including acquisitions and disposals and financing for real estate transactions (both consumer and commercial loans). His work also covers various areas of commercial law, tenancy agreement and probate & administration.

Talk Points:

1. Definition and meaning of a tenancy agreement
2. Laws regulating a tenancy agreement in Malaysia
3. Classification of tenancy: fixed-term tenancy, periodic tenancy, and tenancy at will
4. A general perusal of the provisions of a typical tenancy agreement
5. Salient terms and conditions of a tenancy agreement
6. Responsibilities of the Tenant and the Landlord
7. Landlord’s remedy upon default of a tenancy agreement – Distress action and order of eviction