Dhinesh Bhaskaran

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Environmental

Medico-Legal

Regulatory, Compliance, Enforcement & Investigations

Arbitration and Mediation

Career

Wide experience in civil, commercial, corporate litigation; arbitration; product liability; medical malpractice law; insurance law; environmental law. Represented clients at all levels of the Malaysian Courts and in arbitrations in Malaysia and Singapore under the ICC, SIAC, AIAC and KLRCA Rules. Featured in numerous reported cases in various areas of the law.

Barrister-at-Law, England & Wales (Gray’s Inn, 1990); Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1992); Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co. (2001); Managing Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co (2019/22); Advocacy Trainer, Bar Council of Malaysia (since 2012); President, Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia (2014/16); President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (2016/17); Member, Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee, Bar Council of Malaysia; Member, Task Force on Combined Rules and Rules of Court, Bar Council of Malaysia; Member, Taylor’s Law School Legal Profession Advisory Panel.

•Chambers Asia-Pacific (2018 - 2023) “Band 3” Lawyer in Dispute Resolution

Professional Memberships

• Past President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

• Past President, Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia (MLSM)

• Member, Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee and Task Force on Combined Rules and Rules of Court of the Bar Council of Malaysia

• Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy Trainer, Bar Council of Malaysia

• Member, Joint-Committee of the Research and Ethics Committee of the International Medical University, Malaysia

• Member, Taylor’s Law School Legal Profession Advisory Panel

Publications

• Co-authored the Malaysian Chapters on Law & Practice and Trends & Developments in Chambers Global Practice Guide: Litigation (2022)

• The Malaysian Chapter in International Product Liability published by Juris Publishing Inc., USA (2012)

• The section on Malaysia in Freezing and Search Orders, 4th Edition, published by Informa Publishing Group Ltd., England (2006)

• The Malaysian Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability published by the Global Legal Group Ltd., England (2004 to 2006)

• Advisory Editor for the section on Limitation of Actions in Volume 17 of Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia (2003)

Languages Spoken

English, Malay

Experience

• Acting for the Respondent in an Arbitration in a RM12 billion joint venture dispute involving the construction of a major public transportation system

• Acting for the Malaysian Highway Authority in judicial review proceedings involving a challenge to the construction of a major RM4 billion urban highway and the related regulatory framework.

• Defending proceedings for the enforcement of a RM140 million Indonesian judgment debt, involving novel issues of law regarding defences which can be raised to resist the common law recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

• Successfully represented a renowned international Spanish professional motorcycle racing team in a claim against their main sponsor for breach of contract and defamation.

• Successfully represented a prominent corporate figure in the first Malaysian case where damages were awarded for defamation on Twitter.

Education

Awards