Noor Muzalifah Binti Shabudin is a partner at Cecil Abraham & Partners. She specialises in Corporate and Commercial, Fraud Litigation, Media Law Disputes, Public & Administrative and Environmental Law disputes as well as Arbitration disputes. She has significant advocacy experience before the High Court and the appellate courts as well as before arbitral tribunals.

She has appeared in a number of noteworthy cases before appellate courts including cases relating to the application and ambit of the defence of reportage in the context of libel claims in Malaysia in Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd & 5 Ors v Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd [2021] 5 MLJ 79, and the law pertaining to applications for planning permission and the construction to the be given to Order 53 of the Rules of Court in the context of the locus standi of a party to institute judicial review proceedings in Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors and other appeals [2023] 3 MLJ 829.

She has also successfully represented Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd in high-profile environmental law disputes instituted by local residents involving the regulators and numerous developers in planning law disputes.

  • Construction and Infrastructure Disputes
  • Corporate and Commercial Disputes
  • Environmental Law
  • Fraud Litigation
  • Land & Property Law
  • Media Law Disputes
  • Public & Administrative Law

Arbitration

  • Kua Khai Shyuan & Ors v Equities First Holdings, LLC [2022] MLJU 859

Banking

  • I-Serve Online Mall Sdn Bhd & Ors v Bank Negara Malaysia & Ors [2022] MLJU 2952

Corporate & Commercial Law

  • Dato’ Dr Ng Meng Kee & Anor v Rightlink Capital Sdn Bhd and another appeal [2023] 6 MLJ 798
  • AmTrustee Bhd v The Store (M) Sdn Bhd [2019] 5 MLJ 253
  • Leisure Farm Corp Sdn Bhd v Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu (previously known as Dai-Ichi Shokai) & Ors [2019] 11 MLJ 71
  • CB Media Sdn Bhd & Ors v Kesas Sdn Bhd [2019] 4 CLJ 609
  • Lilian Chow Li Lan v BGS Trading Sdn Bhd [2016] 2 LNS 0016

Public & Administrative Law

  • Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur v Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors and other appeals [2023] 3 MLJ 829
  • Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors v Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur & Ors [2021] 3 MLJ 1
  • Tan Bun Teet & Ors v Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad & Ors [2021] 10 CLJ 799
  • Perbadanan Pengurusan Trellises & Ors v Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur & Ors [2018] MLJU 2012

Media Law

  • Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd & 5 Ors v Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd [2021] 5 MLJ 79

Land Acquisition

  • Tegas Sejati Sdn Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Anor and another appeal [2023] 3 MLJ 795
  • LLB. Hons, University Teknologi MARA
  • BLS. Hons, University Teknologi MARA
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya