Lim Zhi Jian
About Lim Zhi Jian
Lim Zhi Jian appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (3).
On the court record
Lim Zhi Jian appears in the corpus in intellectual property, contract and insolvency litigation, argued in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi). One matter, appearing for the plaintiff, was an assessment of damages consequent on a defendant's sale of infringing products in breach of copyright, engaging section 37 of the Copyright Act 1987 and the principles governing how loss is quantified once infringement has been established. A second matter, appearing for the defendant, was a contract dispute that turned on whether a valid and binding contract had been formed between the parties, applying the objective test to the parties' intention as gathered from their conduct, and on the role of an intermediary in facilitating payments: whether the intermediary assumed contractual obligations, and in particular whether it was liable to refund a deposit that had been paid to a third-party supplier, together with the characterisation of the sum as a deposit or part-payment and the agency question of whether the intermediary had acted on behalf of another without assuming personal liability, all against the burden of proof under section 101 of the Evidence Act 1950. A third matter, appearing for the applicant, arose in a winding-up: an application under section 486(2) of the Companies Act 2016 for leave to bring, continue and defend proceedings in the name of a company in liquidation, raising whether the applicant had locus standi as a shareholder, whether the liquidator had refused or declined to act, and whether the grant of leave was in the interests of the company — the company having pending appeals against a judgment exceeding several million ringgit, impeachment proceedings alleging fraud, and taxation and other proceedings, with leave granted subject to an undertaking to bear the legal costs. Across the appearances the practice combines the enforcement of intellectual-property rights and the assessment of damages with contract, agency and the control of litigation by companies in liquidation.
How many cases has Lim Zhi Jian appeared in?
Lim Zhi Jian appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Lim Zhi Jian appear in?
Lim Zhi Jian appears before MYHC (3).
What intellectual-property matter did Lim Zhi Jian appear in?
An assessment of damages following a defendant's sale of infringing products in breach of copyright, engaging section 37 of the Copyright Act 1987 and the principles for quantifying loss once infringement is established.
What did the winding-up application seek?
Leave under section 486(2) of the Companies Act 2016 for a shareholder to bring, continue and defend proceedings in the name of a company in liquidation, raising the applicant's locus standi, whether the liquidator had declined to act, and whether granting leave — for pending appeals, impeachment proceedings alleging fraud and other matters — was in the company's interests; leave was granted subject to an undertaking as to costs.