Ryan Ng Chin Wern
About Ryan Ng Chin Wern
Ryan Ng Chin Wern 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
Engages the procedural device of early determination on a point of law and the substantive law of unfair dismissal, including when the corporate veil may be disregarded to give effect to an employee's remedy.
Ryan Ng Chin Wern's appearances in this corpus engage civil procedure and industrial-relations judicial review. As counsel for defendants in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), he acted on an application to dispose of a case on a point of law under Order 14A and/or Order 33 of the Rules of Court 2012. The question was whether the plaintiffs were competent to proceed by way of a representative action — whether that question was suitable for determination without a full trial, whether its determination would finally dispose of the cause or matter, and whether the material facts were undisputed. Order 14A allows the court to decide a discrete legal question early where doing so will shorten the litigation, and the case shows the court testing whether the representative-action question met that threshold.
In the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) he appeared in linked judicial-review proceedings arising from a dismissal said to be without just cause or excuse, the representations having been referred to the Industrial Court under section 20(3) of the Industrial Relations Act. The questions were of some importance to employment law: whether section 29(a) could be used to substitute or join a non-employer entity; whether the Industrial Court could disregard separate legal personality in order to secure remedies for employees; whether corporate-group relationships justified joinder or substitution; and the limits of equitable intervention in that context. He acted on one appeal as counsel for the appellant and, in the connected matter, for the respondent.
Together the matters show a practice engaging both the procedural device of early determination on a point of law and the substantive law of unfair dismissal and the Industrial Court's jurisdiction — in particular the difficult question of when the corporate veil may be disregarded, or a non-employer entity joined, to give effect to an employee's remedy.
How many cases has Ryan Ng Chin Wern appeared in?
Ryan Ng Chin Wern appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Ryan Ng Chin Wern appear in?
Ryan Ng Chin Wern appears before MYCOA (2) and MYHC (1).
What was the Order 14A question?
Whether the plaintiffs were competent to proceed as a representative action — whether that was suitable for determination without a full trial, whether its determination would finally dispose of the matter, and whether the material facts were undisputed — under Order 14A and/or Order 33 of the Rules of Court 2012.
What industrial-relations questions arose on judicial review?
Whether section 29(a) of the Industrial Relations Act could be used to substitute or join a non-employer entity, whether the Industrial Court could disregard separate legal personality to secure employee remedies, and the limits of equitable intervention in a dismissal referred under section 20(3).