Cases
Current Law Journal (CLJ) and Supplement series (CLJSupp/MTC/BLJ) - judgments from the Court of Appeal and Federal Court of Malaysia reported in MCLJ printed publications from 1981 to date.
Industrial Law Reports (ILR) - Appellate decisions on Industrial Court awards from 1980 to date.
Laporan Syariah/Syariah Reports (CLJ(Sya)/SHR as at 2014) - decisions from the Appellate Syariah Courts in Malaysia from 2004 to date.
All case laws are printable in pdf format in an identical layout as appears in MCLJ publications. This allows subscribers to see and use page numbers and paragraph letterings as if they had a printed copy of the reported judgment. In addition, the page break feature in the pdf version enables printing of selected pages.
The Legal Network Series - a compilation of cases that have not been published by MCLJ from 1894 to date which are generally not head-noted though some have catchwords.
Our database contains the largest collection of Malaysian cases and new cases are added to the database on a regular basis. Significant and landmark cases sent in digital format by the court (i.e. on disk or by email) are usually uploaded within 24 hours of receipt. MyLawBox actively encourages all courts to send judgments in digital format.
The MyLawBox Series - a compilation of unreported cases from the superior courts of Commonwealth countries (except Malaysia) that have not been published by MCLJ from 1933 to date.
| MLB | Unreported cases from the superior courts of Commonwealth countries (except Malaysia) |
| CLJ | Reported cases from the Current Law Journal |
| CLJ Rep | Reported cases from the Current Law Journal Reprint Series. |
| CLJ Supp | Reported cases from the Current Law Journal Supplementary Series. |
| MTC | Reported cases from the Malaysian Tax Cases. |
| BLJ | Reported cases from the Business Law Journal. |
| ILR | Reported cases from the Industrial Law Reports. |
| LNS | All unreported cases. |
| LNS 2 | Unreported cases from the Malaysian Industrial Courts. |
| LNS 3 | Unreported cases from the Malaysian Syariah Courts. |
| CLJ Sya/CLJ ISL/SYA/SHR | Reported cases from the Malaysian Syariah Courts. |
Legislation
Malaysian Principal Legislation
This consists of all Federal Numbered Acts from Act 1 to present day. There are over 700 such Acts. Any new Acts are uploaded on-line as soon as we have them in electronic form. All legislation are consolidated - i.e. amendments are incorporated into the Acts soon after they are in force. Changes are noted on the Principal Acts. In 2002 we began working on versioning some of these acts so that subscribers may refer to the act as it was at a specified date.
Malaysian Subsidiary Legislation
This consists of selected Rules and Regulations from the PU series dating from 1966, PUAs from 1946 and PUBs from 1972 onwards. Amendments to subsidiary legislation are also available. MyLawBox will add more additional Rules and Regulations, as they become available in future.
Malaysian Amending Acts
Amending Acts A1 - A1400+ are available in full text and new amending Acts are uploaded as and when they are enacted.
Malaysian Bills
The current year's Bills of Parliament are available - these include Bills of Principal and Amending Acts given their first reading in the Malaysian Federal Parliament.
Articles
This is a searchable and browseable database of articles as appearing in MCLJ publications and the Legal Network Series (LNS(A)). The articles are arranged by year, title, subject, and author. The articles are of a high quality on contemporary legal topics.
Translator
Malaysian law uses either English or Bahasa Malaysian. There is an increasing use by the Courts of the Malaysian language. This is a database of Legal terms translated from Malaysian to English and from English to Malaysian. Over 4,000 terms are translated for use in legal research. Users are encouraged to add to the database or offer variations to the translations already present.
Basic Search
A common search page is permanently displayed at the top of each page to allow for searches to be easily made across all categories - case laws, legislation and articles, without the need to click into a new page. The Google-like search with intellisense prompts allows for quicker and easier retrieval of information.
Advanced Search
Various options are provided to refine a search to an exact phrase, within headnotes, within sentence, within paragraph, period of time etc.
Search Directory
Upon logging in, a subscriber may view and retrieve files/data previously researched, annotated and saved at a one-stop location. There’s no longer any need to take up shelf space in your office with your own virtual file cabinet available 24/7.
Case Citator
This feature is unique to MyLawBox. Quickly find all cases that subsequently refer to a particular case simply by clicking on the link "CASE CITATOR" on the case. This will save you time getting the latest information on a particular case. The cases found are all those cases that are linked to the original case. You can find more cases this way than currently available in any hard copy reference. Of course the citator is updated every time a new case is added to the database - you can be sure of finding the latest information.
Case History
Cross reference to an earlier or subsequent decision involving the same parties without having to conduct a separate search to trace the history of a particular case. Simply click on the link and you'll be able to access the relevant case.
Annotation
This features allows a subscriber to build his/her own database of personalized case notes while conducting his/her research which is searchable using MyLawBox's search engine. Annotations may be viewed and retrieved from the Search Directory.
Keyword
Build a precedent file by assigning a personal keyword to any document and saving it. Precedents can be safely stored and retrieved at any time by clicking on your keyword in the Search Directory.
MyPad
A notepad is available for you to transfer extracts from documents viewed, jot down general notes, comments or reminders and save it for future reference. This data may be forwarded to your personal computer, to a friend or colleague by email.
1) Select the text that you intend to share or copy then click “Sendto-Mypad”.
2) Click View-My Pad to see the text that you have selected. You may email the information or copy it to your word document.
Administration
Usage Monitor
All users may view their account usage at any time.
Subscribers’ Files
All users may change their contact information and see their account expiry date at any time.
Forget Password?
If a user forgets a password, they can have the password sent to them via email at any time.
Adding Data
Add a Judgment, Order or Article
Users may submit a case, order or article to us for publication. All such materials, if not published in a MCLJ Journal, are added to the LNS or MLB database.
