About Etty Eliany Tesno
Etty Eliany Tesno appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (5), MYFC (1) and MYCOA (1).
On the court record
A land and public-law litigation practice concentrated on compulsory acquisition, compensation and land fraud.
Etty Eliany Tesno practises in land and public-law litigation, appearing across the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), the Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) and the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan), with the reported decisions weighted toward the respondent side. Land is central: the reported matters engage land references and the compensation payable on the compulsory acquisition of land, together with allegations of land fraud and the acquisition process itself.
A recurring subject is the assessment of compensation on a land reference — the procedure by which a landowner dissatisfied with an award challenges the amount, and the intervention of interested parties in that process. Judicial review also features, including an application to quash a decision affecting land. Appearing largely as respondent, but also as defendant, the practice is instructed in defending acquisition decisions and compensation awards and in resisting challenges to dealings in land, in matters that turn on the land-acquisition statute and on the proof of fraud.
The work turns on the interpretation of the land-acquisition framework and on the principles governing compensation and fraud. In the land-reference matters the argument concerns the correct measure of compensation and the entitlement of interveners to participate; in the fraud matters the strict requirements for establishing fraud and setting aside a dealing; and in the judicial-review matters whether the decision affecting the land was lawfully made. Several matters reach the Federal Court on questions of law arising from the acquisition and compensation process.
The overall profile is a land and public-law litigation practice conducted at every tier up to the Federal Court, concentrated on compulsory acquisition, compensation and land fraud. The matters turn on the land-acquisition statute, the assessment of compensation, and the proof of fraud in land dealings, rather than on any criminal or commercial-only dimension, marking a focused land-law speciality. The land-reference and compensation matters are the recurring anchor, tying the practice closely to the compulsory-acquisition framework and the assessment of what a landowner is owed.
How many cases has Etty Eliany Tesno appeared in?
Etty Eliany Tesno appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Etty Eliany Tesno appear in?
Etty Eliany Tesno appears before MYHC (5), MYFC (1) and MYCOA (1).
What is the focus of Etty Eliany Tesno's practice?
The reported decisions are land and public-law matters — compulsory acquisition, compensation on land references, and land fraud — argued up to the Federal Court, mostly as respondent.
What is a land reference, as it arises in her work?
The procedure by which a landowner dissatisfied with a compensation award on compulsory acquisition challenges the amount, and in which interested parties may intervene.