We are pleased to announce that the Corporate & Conveyancing together with Professional Development & Education Sub-Committees is organizing a seminar on “General Meetings in Strata Schemes: The Law, Procedures & Dispute Resolution.”
The Strata Management Laws & Regulations provide for notice of general meetings, the agendas to be included, types of resolutions, rights of proprietors and voting process. However, there are few lacunas in the law, for example: how the general meeting proceedings are to be conducted, contents of minutes of meetings, the type of minutes suitable for general meetings, whether proxies can participate in debates and whether the chairman of the meeting can be ousted. This seminar will provide essential guidelines on how to conduct general meetings by adhering to the intent and spirit of the Strata Management Act 2013 and the Regulations therein and explore ways in which disputes can be resolved amicably.
Details of the seminar are as follows:
| Date | 29th November 2024 (Friday) |
| Time | 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Venue | Level 1, Abdullah A. Rahman Auditorium Johore Bar Building No. 5 Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Susur 1/1 80000 Johor Bahru |
| Fees | RM60-00 For Members of the Malaysian Bar RM30-00 For Pupils in Chambers / Law Students RM80-00 For Non Member |
| CPD code | T3/29112024/JHB/JHB241450/2 [2 points] |
About the Speaker
SARASWATHY SHIRKE DEO started her career as principal lecturer in law in 1999. She has lectured law students in several local law colleges and university colleges in both the UK and Australian law programmes. After leaving academia, she pursued practice of law in 2013 and currently practices under her own boutique law firm Messrs Sara Deo & Co, focusing exclusively on Strata and Management laws, Law of Defamation, Injunctions, Civil Frauds Detection and Prevention, Professional Negligence, Administrative law and Commercial law.
Ms Sara Deo is also an advisor for many management bodies, companies and local authorities and has provided her legal advice and opinion on complex issues of issues on Local Government laws, Strata Management laws and Regulations and Administrative laws. She has been appointed to revamp, revise or draft afresh House Rules and additional by-laws for management bodies all over Malaysia.
Ms Sara Deo has a keen interest in law reform; she is the current Deputy Chairperson of the Civil Law and Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council and the Chairlady of the Defamation Law Reform Subcommittee of the Bar Council. She has also published several insightful articles in Malayan Law Journal over a decade and the most recent ones are on “Disclosing Personal Data of Covid19 Patients to Other Residents – A Discussion on Management Corporation’s Powers or the Lack of it” [2021] 1 MLJ cc and “An Essential Guide to the Recent Amendments Introduced to the Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers Act 1981” [2020] 1 MLJ xliii, to name a few. She also gives lectures and talks on Strata Management law, Defamation Law, Property Law and various other subjects of her interest with her characteristic engaging style of presentation.
Payment & Registration
The seminar is limited to 70 participants only. To guarantee your space, payment and registration are required on a first come first serve basis.
Payment can be made by direct deposit or internet banking to:
Account name: JOHORE BAR HOUSE & LIBRARY FUND
Bank: CIMB Bank Berhad
Account no.: 80-0933164-8
To register, please submit ALONG WITH PROOF OF PAYMENT, at this link – https://tinyurl.com/REG29112024 or email to the Secretariat (secretariat@johorebar.org.my) on or before 28th November 2024 (Thursday).
Participants will receive slides (if any – with the permission of the speaker) via email after the seminar.
We look forward to your participation.
| R ANUSHA A/P RAGVAN AND PREM SHOBANA A/P GANA DAS CO-CHAIRPERSONS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION SUB COMMITTEE | K. SARAVANAN CHAIRPERSON CORPORATE & CONVEYANCING SUB COMMITTEE |