Background
Andrew is a barrister-at-law from Gray’s Inn, England and has been a member of the Malaysian Bar in since 1992. He was admitted as partner of Wong Lu Peen & Tunku Alina in 2000 and is currently the head of the dispute resolution team. Andrew’s principal practice area is in civil litigation, with an emphasis in insurance, property and banking law.
With 28 years at the Bar, Andrew has vast trial court as well as appellate court experience.
Andrew was Deputy Chairman of the influential Court Liaison Sub-Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee from 2007-2008 and prior to that, had served in the sub-committee for legal aid for several terms.
He was a moot judge for Malaysian Qualifying Rounds of the Jessup International Moot Court Competition 2009 and has served as a moot and memorial judge for the LAWASIA Moot Competitions from 2013 to 2020.
Andrew has been serving as a judge in the Strata Management Tribunal since July 2018, having been appointed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of London (External)
- Barrister-at-Law of Gray’s Inn, England
- Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya since 1992
Notable cases in law reports where he has appeared as lead counsel
- Mohd Alias Ibrahim v RHB Bank Berhad [2011] 3 MLJ 26
- AmBank (M) Berhad v Chidambara Nathan [2014] 2 MLJ 86
- Hicom Tan & Tan Sdn Bhd v Seri Hijauan JMB [2014] 6 MLJ 739
- RHB Bank Bhd v Travelsight (M) Sdn Bhd [2015] 1 CLJ 309
- Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Jajahan Tanah Merah [2015] 6 CLJ 1
- Selangor State Government v Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd [2017] 3 MLJ 205
- Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Bhd v Poobalan Rajah [2019] 10 MLJ 1
- Dubon Berhad (in liquidation) v Wisma Cosway Management Corporation [2020] 4 MLJ 288
- See Leong Chye v United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd [2021] 6 CJL 650
