Shivdev Singh
About Shivdev Singh
Shivdev Singh appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (1).
On the court record
Engages company procedure and derivative actions, the professional discipline attaching to solicitors' undertakings, and road-traffic offences under the Road Transport Act 1987.
Shivdev Singh's appearances in this corpus span company procedure, the discipline of the legal profession and a road-traffic prosecution. As counsel for an intervener in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), he acted on an application to strike out a third-party notice in the context of a derivative action brought in the name of a company. The questions were whether the third-party notice was plainly and obviously unsustainable; whether the grant of leave for a derivative action barred the issuance of a third-party notice; whether a claim for contribution depended on the existence of a fiduciary duty between directors; and whether the pleaded involvement in financial management supported the claim. These are technical but consequential questions about how derivative and third-party proceedings interact.
He also acted as counsel for an applicant in a matter concerning the discipline of the legal profession, arising from a solicitor's undertaking. A conditional undertaking had been issued by a legal assistant, and the firm was discharged before it received the relevant funds, the cheque being returned undeposited. The court considered whether the undertaking had matured into a binding obligation; whether a legal assistant could be personally liable for an undertaking issued for the firm; whether the termination of the retainer extinguished the authority to give the undertaking; and whether the disciplinary proceedings were flawed. Solicitors' undertakings are treated seriously by the courts, and the case explores the limits of personal and professional liability for them.
In the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) he appeared as counsel for the respondent in a road-transport prosecution under section 45A(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 — driving a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit — engaging the breath-test provisions of sections 45B and 45C(1) and the Motor Vehicles (Breath, Blood and Urine Test) Rules 1995. Across these matters, Shivdev Singh's practice engages company procedure, professional discipline and road-traffic offences.
How many cases has Shivdev Singh appeared in?
Shivdev Singh appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Shivdev Singh appear in?
Shivdev Singh appears before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (1).
What questions arose on the third-party notice in the derivative action?
Whether the notice was plainly unsustainable, whether leave for a derivative action barred it, whether a claim for contribution depended on a fiduciary duty between directors, and whether pleaded involvement in financial management supported the claim.
What did the solicitor's-undertaking matter turn on?
Whether a conditional undertaking issued by a legal assistant matured into a binding obligation, whether the legal assistant was personally liable for a firm-issued undertaking, and whether termination of the retainer extinguished the authority to give it.