Teh Eng Lay
About Teh Eng Lay
Teh Eng Lay appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYHC (3), MYCOA (2) and MYFC (2).
On the court record
Teh Eng Lay appears in the reported corpus as counsel in land, judicial review and civil litigation, frequently for state land authorities and corporate parties, and across the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court. Two linked High Court matters concern land in Pahang: one was a rayuan keputusan pemberikan milik oleh Pihak Berkuasa Negeri di bawah seksyen 418 Kanun Tanah Negara (an appeal against the State Authority's decision to alienate land under section 418 of the National Land Code), which the court dismissed with costs, and the other a semakan kehakiman (judicial review) in which leave was granted but a limitation objection was dismissed and an amendment allowed. These place him in the machinery of land alienation and its review.
His reported work also reaches significant procedural and equitable questions. In a Court of Appeal contempt matter he was engaged where the court examined the implied undertaking known as the Riddick principle — whether an undertaking not to use compulsorily obtained documents survives once those documents are filed, marked and read in open court — together with the appealability of a leave order to commence committal proceedings and the scope of Harman v Secretary of State. He also appeared in a High Court dispute over an aborted sale and purchase of two lots of land, where the prospective purchasers and the vendor were at odds over the cause of the failed transaction, and as respondent's counsel in the Federal Court proceedings concerning the Asian International Arbitration Centre and the immunity conferred by the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 in judicial review touching the Centre's statutory functions. The reported decisions mark him as counsel at ease with land law, judicial review, the law of contempt and appellate advocacy. Across the Pahang land matters he acted for the state land and mapping authorities, and the reported reasons were in part delivered in Bahasa Malaysia, reflecting the administrative-law setting in which alienation decisions and their review are fought out between landowners, developers and the State Authority.
How many cases has Teh Eng Lay appeared in?
Teh Eng Lay appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Teh Eng Lay appear in?
Teh Eng Lay appears before MYHC (3), MYCOA (2) and MYFC (2).
What does Teh Eng Lay's reported practice concentrate on?
Land law and judicial review — including a rayuan (appeal) against a State Authority's alienation of land under section 418 of the Kanun Tanah Negara (National Land Code) — alongside civil litigation on a contested sale and purchase of land, a Court of Appeal contempt matter on the Riddick principle, and Federal Court proceedings on international-organisation immunity.
What was the contempt issue in his Court of Appeal matter?
Whether the implied undertaking under the Riddick principle — not to use documents obtained under compulsion for a collateral purpose — survives once those documents are filed, marked and read in open court, together with the appealability of the leave order to commence committal proceedings.