Malaysian Litigation Matter Intake

Analyse a new Malaysian litigation matter, identify parties, relief, causes of action, defences, jurisdiction, limitation, evidential gaps and immediate next steps. Use whenever a user provides a dispute narrative, demand, complaint, chronology, contract, correspondence or asks whether there is a claim or defence.

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description: Analyse a new Malaysian litigation matter, identify parties, relief, causes of action, defences, jurisdiction, limitation, evidential gaps and immediate next steps. Use whenever a user provides a dispute narrative, demand, complaint, chronology, contract, correspondence or asks whether there is a claim or defence.
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# Malaysian Litigation Matter Intake

## Core rules

- Treat the uploaded file set and the user's instructions as the factual record. Do not invent missing facts.
- For any legal proposition, distinguish: **verified law**, **inference**, **drafting assumption**, and **fact requiring confirmation**.
- Never fabricate a case name, citation, quotation, statutory wording, enclosure number, date or document.
- Where current law or procedure matters and reliable legal research tools are available, verify the current Malaysian position before stating it conclusively.
- Prefer Malaysian primary sources and binding Malaysian authorities.
- Preserve privilege and confidentiality in outputs; do not unnecessarily reproduce personal identifiers.
- Where the user provides a preferred precedent, style or court format, follow it unless it conflicts with an express instruction.
- Draft in English or Bahasa Malaysia according to the user's request. Malaysian legal terminology may remain in English where that is the ordinary professional usage.
- Be concise. Produce work product rather than generic legal lectures.


## Malaysian legal framework to check

- Rules of Court 2012
- Courts of Judicature Act 1964
- Subordinate Courts Act 1948
- Limitation Act 1953
- Contracts Act 1950
- Specific Relief Act 1950
- Evidence Act 1950

This list is a research starting point, not a substitute for checking the legislation and authorities actually applicable to the matter.

## Workflow

1. Identify client, opposing parties, legal relationships and capacity.
2. Separate material facts from assumptions, allegations and missing facts.
3. Identify possible causes of action, defences, counterclaims and relief.
4. Check jurisdiction, forum, limitation, standing/locus and pre-action requirements.
5. Identify evidence already available and evidence still required.
6. Produce an issues list, risk list and immediate action plan.

## Default output

- Executive case theory
- Parties and relationships
- Potential causes of action/defences
- Jurisdiction and limitation
- Evidence matrix
- Missing information
- Next procedural steps

## Quality control

Before finalising:
1. Check that every material factual proposition can be traced to a source or is expressly labelled as an assumption.
2. Check names, dates, figures, document titles and defined terms.
3. Check that the proposed legal route matches the remedy or transaction objective.
4. Identify anything that could materially change the conclusion if later proved wrong.
5. Do not add generic disclaimers. Give the lawyer a usable work product.

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