Our Services and the Firm's Expertise

Medical Negligence and
Personal Injury

The firm is often engaged by insurers to act on behalf of hospitals, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Our team of lawyers regularly represent and advise clients in respect of disciplinary proceedings before the relevant disciplinary authorities including disciplinary proceedings before the Malaysian Medical Council and the Malaysian Dental Council (MDC).

In medical negligence, the breadth and diversity of the firm’s expertise includes cases involving obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedic injuries including scoliosis and spinal injuries, brain damage cases, anaesthesiology cardiac and cardiothoracic issues, plastic surgery, paediatric cases, dental cases, pharmaceutical cases , nursing cases and systemic failures.

Employment and Industrial Relations
 

Siva Dharma & Associates’ employment practice provides a whole host of services, both in advisory and litigation work.

The firm provides representation for claims of unfair dismissal at the Industrial Court including dismissals due to poor performance, misconduct, forced resignation and retrenchment.

The employment team has substantial experience in handling employee related contractual disputes relating to bonus, share options and other entitlements pursuant to the contract.

The firm further has the expertise of handling disputes arising from employee-related fraud and breach of employee duties including breach of fiduciary duties and breach of confidentiality.

The firm also provides advisory services to assist with the implementation of disciplinary proceedings (for misconduct and poor performance) particularly in respect of the preparation of the charges and requisite notices and the conduct of domestic inquiries.

General Insurance
 

The firm’s general insurance practice covers a wide range of insurance-related disputes in areas property damage, professional liability, personal injury, public liability, employer’s liability and health and safety disputes.

We further regularly advise on insurance coverage and avoidance issues relating to matters of misrepresentation, non-disclosure and fraud.