Sophia Au May San
About Sophia Au May San
Sophia Au May San appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (4).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on strata-management and estate-administration work, grounded in High Court judgments.
Sophia Au May San's reported matters are concentrated in strata-management and property disputes, with estate administration alongside, argued in the High Court. Several matters concern the machinery of the Strata Management Act 2013 and the tribunal that administers it. In one, she appeared for an applicant seeking an interim stay of an award of the Strata Management Tribunal pending a substantive judicial review, where the applicant had been ordered to pay arrears of maintenance charges and a contribution to the sinking fund; the Court held that the filing of the challenge should not preclude enforcement of the tribunal's award and dismissed the stay, with costs of RM3,000. In a further strata matter she appeared for defendants where the questions, under sections 21 and 27 of the Strata Management Act 2013, included whether committee members of a management body could hold office de facto and an allegation of misappropriation of funds, the Court treating the Act as social legislation that safeguards innocent proprietors.
Case management and procedure feature in a matter connected to a joint-management body, in which the writ and statement of claim were struck out under Order 34 rule 2(3) of the Rules of Court 2012 following directions given at a case-management stage; she appeared for the plaintiff.
Estate administration completes the profile. In a matter concerning an order for the sale of estate property under section 60(3) of the Probate and Administration Act 1959, the issues were the powers and fiduciary duties of the administrator and the operation of the majority rule among the heirs; she appeared for a respondent. A thread across these decisions is the governance of shared property and estates, from the enforcement of strata-management obligations and the conduct of a management body to the fiduciary duties of an estate administrator, argued in the High Court.
How many cases has Sophia Au May San appeared in?
Sophia Au May San appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Sophia Au May San appear in?
Sophia Au May San appears before MYHC (4).
What is the focus of Sophia Au May San's reported cases?
They are concentrated in strata-management and property disputes under the Strata Management Act 2013, together with case-management questions and an estate-administration matter on the sale of property under the Probate and Administration Act 1959.
What did the Court decide on the stay of the Strata Management Tribunal award?
Appearing for the applicant, the Court held that the filing of a judicial-review challenge should not preclude enforcement of the tribunal's award for maintenance arrears and the sinking fund, dismissed the stay and ordered costs of RM3,000.
What estate-administration question arose?
On an order for the sale of estate property under section 60(3) of the Probate and Administration Act 1959, the powers and fiduciary duties of the administrator and the operation of the majority rule among the heirs; she appeared for a respondent.