Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun
About Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun
Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYCOA (2) and MYHC (1).
On the court record
Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appears in the corpus in public-law and administrative litigation, argued in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) and the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan), with a particular concentration on land acquisition and disciplinary review. One Court of Appeal matter, appearing for the respondent, concerned compensation on a land reference and an application by a utility acting as paymaster to intervene in land-reference proceedings initiated by a landowner; the questions were whether the paymaster had legal standing to participate without filing the prescribed Form N, whether it was a 'person interested' under section 37 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960, the right of the paymaster to safeguard its interests against claims for increased compensation, the impact of Article 13 of the Federal Constitution, and whether intervention under Order 15 rule 6(2)(b) of the Rules of Court 2012 was available where the Land Acquisition Act prescribes its own procedure. A second matter, appearing for the respondent, was a disciplinary appeal under the Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge) Act 2000 concerning a senior university officer who had been found guilty of insubordination and penalised by a reduction in rank; the appeal from a dismissed judicial review raised the legitimacy of the investigating committee, whether the disciplinary hearing had been fair, the right to cross-examine or respond, whether there had been a valid waiver, and whether natural justice had been violated. A third matter, in the High Court and appearing for the defendant, was an application for pre-action discovery under Order 24 rule 7A of the Rules of Court 2012, seeking documents relating to a faculty selection committee's deliberations on a promotion application, where the applicant said the documents were necessary to determine whether the decision was tainted by irregularity or bias. Across the appearances the practice combines compulsory-acquisition compensation with employment and disciplinary review in the public sector.
How many cases has Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appeared in?
Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appear in?
Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun appears before MYCOA (2) and MYHC (1).
What standing question did the land-reference matter raise?
Whether a utility acting as paymaster had legal standing to intervene in land-reference proceedings without filing Form N, whether it was a 'person interested' under section 37 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960, and whether intervention under Order 15 rule 6(2)(b) of the Rules of Court 2012 was available where the Land Acquisition Act prescribes its own procedure, with Article 13 of the Federal Constitution in the background.
What did the disciplinary appeal concern?
A disciplinary appeal under the Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge) Act 2000 concerning a senior university officer found guilty of insubordination and reduced in rank, raising the legitimacy of the investigating committee, the fairness of the hearing, the right to cross-examine, whether there was a valid waiver, and whether natural justice was violated.