A Comprehensive Guide to Wills, Probate & Letters of Administration Law in Malaysia

A Comprehensive Guide to Wills, Probate & Letters of Administration Law in Malaysia

Book Details
  • Publication Date : Apr - 2024
  • Author : Cassandra Lee
  • ISBN : 9789674571894
  • Format : Softcover
  • Country : Malaysia

A Comprehensive Guide to Wills, Probate and Letters of Administration in Malaysia is intended to be a concise and practical guide on the procedural and substantive legislation which are central in the administration and distribution of non-Muslim estates in Malaysia. This book is intended to serve as a guide to a more in-depth study of the law on Wills, Probate and Letters of Administration in Malaysia.


This book contains an in-depth and more extensive discussion on the specific laws applicable in West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak in the context of Wills, Probate and Letters of Administration. Readers will not only learn of the different and specific laws which are presently applicable in West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak but also the complexity of the application of laws on inheritance laws in Malaysia given the different legislations which apply in West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.


As the author is a probate practitioner whose practice is predominantly focused on contentious probate, this book is not written purely as an academic presentation of the law, but it also gives insight to what happens in practice drawing on the author’s experience as a probate practitioner.