Lai Chee Hoe

Litigation Partner

Area of Specialisation:

Litigation Strata Management F&B Corporate Advisory Others

Lawyer Profile

A Certificate of Legal Practice (“CLP”) Book-prize winner for General Paper, author of “Strata Management Practice & Procedure” published by CLJ Publication 2019 edition, admitted and enrolled as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2005.

In year 2019, he sat on the previous focus committee amending the Strata Management Act 2013 and the Strata Management (Maintenance & Management) Regulations 2015. In year 2024, he was appointed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government as one of the panel of advisor to assist in the amendments to the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 [Act 118] and Strata Management Act 2015. [Act 757]

He specialises in strata management and housing development disputes. He also advises developers on strata related pre-emptive actions and provide comprehensive advisory from the stage of SIFUS and drawing up the schedule of parcels.

He argues complicated strata management issues in court regularly and is constantly sought after to provide training and talks. He acts for joint management bodies (JMB), management corporations (MC) and developers. He is the main counsel for:

Obata Ambak v Prema Bonanza which the Federal Court (with a panel of 5 judges) delivered a landmark decision distinguishing Ang Ming Lee.
Pearl Suria case where the Court of Appeal (and leave was not allowed in the Federal Court) delivered a landmark decision in allowing a developer (during preliminary management period) and Management Corporation to apply different rates of charges;
Gas Malaysia case where the Court of Appeal (and later affirmed by the Federal Court) opined that the Management Corporation has no power to supply Gas to the development area.

He also acts for the Bar Council on various cases. He also regularly updates Strata related cases on https://www.burgielaw.com/blog/

He is empanelled with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (“AIAC”) as a Chartered Arbitrator (fellow of CIArb) and as a Certified Adjudicator. He is also an Associate of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrator.

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Reported Cases

BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA AVENUE K DAN K RESIDENCE v. CITY PROPERTIES SDN BHD & ORS [2025] 5 CLJ 825 (CA)
CITY PROPERTIES SDN BHD & ORS v BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA AVENUE K DAN K RESIDENCE [FC]
ICON CITY DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v. LEE KEAN HWA & ORS & OTHER APPEALS [2025] CLJU 1577 (CA)
PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN PD1 v. SCP ASSETS SDN BHD [2025] CLJU 1646 (CA)
AIKBEE TIMBERS SDN BHD & ANOR v. YII SING CHIU & ANOR AND ANOTHER APPEAL [2024] 3 CLJ 177 (CA)
YII SING CHIU v AIKBEE TIMBERS SDN BHD & PEARL SURIA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION [FC]
OBATA-AMBAK HOLDINGS SDN BHD v. PREMA BONANZA SDN BHD & OTHER APPEALS [2024] 8 CLJ 519 [FC]
TETAP TIARA SDN BHD V PENGURUSAN PERBADANAN JAYA ONE & ORS [2024] 2 MLJ 853 (CA)
AUM CAPITAL SDN BHD V MENARA UOA BANGSAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION [2024] 6 CLJ 335 (CA)
VIGNESH NAIDU KUPPUSAMY NAIDU v. PREMA BONANZA SDN BHD & ANOTHER APPEAL [2023] 4 CLJ 715 (CA)
OBATA-AMBAK HOLDINGS SDN BHD v. PREMA BONANZA SDN BHD & ANOTHER APPEAL [2022] 5 CLJ 251 (CA)
PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN SOLARIS DUTAMAS v. SURUHANJAYA TENAGA MALAYSIA & ANOR [2022] 6 CLJ 219 (CA)
SURUHANJAYA TENAGA MALAYSIA & ANOR v PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN SOLARIS DUTAMAS (FC)
CHIN MOY YEN & ORS V CHAI WENG SING & ORS [2019] MLJU 681 (CA)
MAJLIS PEGUAM MALAYSIA V AJMAIN BIN ABD RAHIM [2019] 8 CLJ 614 (CA)
MAJLIS PEGUAM V CECIL WILBERT MOHANARAJ ABRAHAM [2019] 5 CLJ 139 (FC)
MAJLIS PEGUAM V CECIL WILBERT MOHANARAJ ABRAHAM [2018] 9 CLJ 622 (CA)

Expertise & Contributions

Policy Influence - actively involved in amending the Strata Management Act and its Subsidiary Regulations.
Litigation Excellence - argued and led numerous landmark strata cases, shaping strata law practice.
Thought Leadership - authored the reference book (Strata Management Practice & Procedure).
Legal Updates - provides accessible summaries and analyses of landmark strata decisions.
Comprehensive Advisory - advises from the early stages of development (development order, building plan, SIFUS, schedule of Parcels, issuance of strata titles up to establishment of Subsidiary Management Corporation.
Public Education - frequently invited speaker at strata focused seminars and forums, often alongside regulators.
Trusted by Stakeholders - sought after by developers, fellow lawyers, JMBs / MCs and regulators for his expertise.

Timeline

2019 - Messrs Chee Hoe & Associates was nominated as “Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year 2019” for the Thomson Reuters, Asian Law Business.
2019 - Author of the Book “Strata Management Practice & Procedure” published by CLJ Publication.
2017, 2019 - Appointed as a visiting speaker to the School of International Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing China.
2015 - Certified Adjudicator (Panel of KLRCA)
2014-2015 - Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (Panel of AIAC)
2005-2007 - Chairman of Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers
2004-2006 - Associate of ICSA (Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators)
2003-2004 - Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) (Book Prize Winner)
1999-2002 - Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (London)