Dhinesh Bhaskaran

Dhinesh Bhaskaran has been featured in a number of reported cases in various areas of the law, including the first decision of the Court of Appeal on the existence of a duty of care owed by one user of the environment to another, the first decision of the Federal Court on the recoverability of pure economic loss in negligence, the first decision of the Federal Court on the scope of statutory immunity for local authorities, the first decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal on the jurisdiction of Malaysian Courts under the Arbitration Act 2005 to grant interim relief for foreign-seat arbitrations, the first decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal on the effect of an arbitration clause on proceedings brought by minority shareholders for oppression under Section 181 of the Companies Act 1965, the first decision of the High Court on the powers and obligations of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and the first decision of the High Court awarding damages for defamation on Twitter.