Tina Francis
About Tina Francis
Tina Francis appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYCOA (5) and MYHC (2).
On the court record
Tina Francis appears in the reported corpus as insolvency and commercial-litigation counsel, with a concentration in the law of preferences and winding-up. A cluster of Court of Appeal appeals arising from the liquidation of Megafest Sdn Bhd examined allegations of undue preference founded on voluntary settlements said to have been made without valuable consideration and not in good faith, and the related concept of fraudulent preference. The reported issues are of some doctrinal interest: the distinct statutory requirements governing undue preference as opposed to fraudulent preference, and whether proof of a dominant intention to prefer remains a necessary element — argued alongside an application for a validation order in respect of a payment said to be void because it was made after the presentation of the winding-up petition.
Her reported work also reaches trial-level civil disputes. In a High Court matter she was engaged where the court addressed misrepresentation in a purported representative action, holding that evidence of misrepresentation must be adduced by each plaintiff and that only the plaintiff who testified was entitled to judgment for general damages, while the claim advanced on behalf of many others who led no evidence failed. In a further High Court matter she appeared in a claim that reached the court on a submission of "no case to answer", where the judgment sets out the principles that apply when a defendant elects not to call evidence at the close of the plaintiff's case and must stand or fall on that submission. Across these reported decisions she emerges as counsel focused on corporate insolvency, preference and validation questions, and the evidential rigour of commercial trials. In the no-case-to-answer matter the reported principles include that the trial judge must put the defendant to an election — that, having elected not to call evidence, the defendant stands or falls on the submission — and should ordinarily decline to rule until that election is made. In the misrepresentation claim the court treated the act of deceit as requiring a representation made with knowledge that it could not be fulfilled.
How many cases has Tina Francis appeared in?
Tina Francis appears as counsel of record in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Tina Francis appear in?
Tina Francis appears before MYCOA (5) and MYHC (2).
What is the focus of Tina Francis's reported practice?
Insolvency and commercial litigation — undue and fraudulent preference and validation orders arising from a company liquidation, alongside trial-level disputes on misrepresentation in a representative action and the principles governing a submission of "no case to answer".
What preference issue recurs in her Court of Appeal matters?
The distinction between undue preference and fraudulent preference — their differing statutory requirements and whether proof of a dominant intention to prefer remains a necessary element — argued together with a validation order for a payment said to be void as made after presentation of the winding-up petition.