Nazri Aziz Masura Mak & Tan

On the court record

Nazri Aziz Masura Mak & Tan is a Malaysian firm whose reported matters before the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) and the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) combine serious criminal defence with defamation, contract and civil-procedure litigation. On the criminal side the firm has defended dangerous-drugs prosecutions under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, including a matter in which the second accused was discharged and acquitted at the end of the defence case after the prosecution failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt, and appeals engaging material gaps in the chain of custody of the exhibits and the relevance under sections 8 and 9 of the Evidence Act 1950 of custody, control and conduct at the time of arrest.

A notable civil strand is defamation and the protection of privacy in litigation. The firm has appeared in defamation claims founded on statements made during a meeting conducted over MS Teams and circulated by WhatsApp, addressing whether the words bore the pleaded defamatory imputations about a person's professional capability and moral character, and it has argued for protective and sealing orders and in-camera proceedings to preserve matrimonial privacy and confidentiality, invoking the court's inherent jurisdiction. Its contract work includes a full-trial claim on a letter of guarantee dismissed for want of privity between the plaintiff and defendant, and a civil appeal on whether a sum advanced was an investment or a personal loan, engaging the presumption of moneylending under section 10OA of the Moneylenders Act 1951.

The firm has also argued the consolidation of suits under Orders 4 and 34 of the Rules of Court 2012 where common representation and abuse of process were in issue. The reported profile is that of a broad litigation practice that pairs the defence of grave drug charges with reputation, privacy, contract and moneylending disputes.