Mak Hon Pan

Mak Hon Pan is a lawyer since December 9,2011 currently practicing in Azman Davidson & Co, Kuala Lumpur branch, Kuala Lumpur. You may reach Mak Hon Pan at 03-21640200.

Mak’s focus is in construction law. He was previously involved in a wide range of matters in banking litigation, general litigation and defamation law. His notable engagements are as follows:

• Acted as junior-counsel in a successful claim by a subcontractor against a main contractor notwithstanding the existence of a “pay when paid” clause in the subcontract.
• Acted as junior-counsel in defending a notable newspaper in a defamation claim for substantial damages.
• Acted as junior-counsel in the Court of Appeal in a matter where substantial damages of RM 81 million that was awarded against a Defendant by the High Court was successfully set aside in the Court of Appeal.
• Assisted in a matter where leave to appeal to the Federal Court was successfully obtained and the Federal Court is now invited to revisit the law relating to Co-Operative Societies that was laid down by the Supreme Court in Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd v Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Bhd [1985] 2 MLJ 359 and Chase Manhattan Bank NA v Mercantile Co-Operative Thrift & Loan Society Ltd [1992] 2 MLJ 168.