Aida Haryani binti Salamon
About Aida Haryani binti Salamon
Aida Haryani binti Salamon appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (3).
On the court record
The reported matter documents appellate company-law work on minority oppression, grounded in the Court of Appeal judgment.
Aida Haryani binti Salamon appears in the reported corpus in a group of related Court of Appeal appeals concerning minority oppression in a company, a central area of company law that protects shareholders against conduct that unfairly disregards their interests. The appeals raised whether the removal of a shareholder from management, with that shareholder's shares locked in, was oppressive, whether a pending suit alleging misconduct against the minority barred an oppression action, and whether a sale of shares to a new investor bore on the relief available. Appearing for a respondent across the related appeals, the matters engaged the familiar tension in oppression cases between the majority's control of a company and the protection the law affords a minority who is shut out.
Minority-oppression litigation of this kind requires the court to look beyond the strict legal rights of the parties to the fairness of the conduct as a whole. Removal from management, the locking-in of shares so that a minority cannot exit on fair terms, and the introduction of a new investor are each capable of forming part of a course of conduct said to be oppressive, and the court must weigh them together in deciding whether the statutory threshold has been crossed and, if so, what remedy will do justice between the parties.
A thread running through the appeals is the balance between corporate control and minority protection, and the range of considerations, from management exclusion and share transfers to the significance of parallel proceedings, that bear on an oppression claim. The reported work is thus concentrated in company law and shareholder disputes, argued before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, and grounded in the judgment rather than any ranking. It illustrates how an oppression action is assessed on the substance of the parties' dealings rather than on form alone.
How many cases has Aida Haryani binti Salamon appeared in?
Aida Haryani binti Salamon appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Aida Haryani binti Salamon appear in?
Aida Haryani binti Salamon appears before MYCOA (3).
What area of law do Aida Haryani binti Salamon's reported cases concern?
They concern minority oppression in a company, a branch of company law that protects shareholders against conduct unfairly disregarding their interests, argued in related appeals before the Court of Appeal in which she appeared for a respondent.
What conduct was said to be oppressive in the appeals?
The removal of a shareholder from management with that shareholder's shares locked in, against the questions of whether a pending misconduct suit barred the oppression action and whether a sale of shares to a new investor affected the relief available.
How does a court approach an oppression claim?
It looks beyond the strict legal rights of the parties to the fairness of the conduct as a whole, weighing matters such as management exclusion, the locking-in of shares and the introduction of a new investor in deciding whether the statutory threshold is crossed and what remedy is just.