List of Malayan law firms

This is a list of law firms that were established prior to the independence of Malaya.

States

Penang

  • Adams and Alan, Penang (1900s)
  • Ong Huck Lim (later known as Huck Lim & Hock Soo), 16A, Ah Quee building, Beach Street, Penang, SS (1930s)
  • Hogan and Ivens, Penang and Malacca (founded by Claude Douglas Devereux Hogan and F. Burdett Ivens) (1930s)
  • T. Rowan, Penang (1940)
  • Cheng Ean and Soon Chee (founded by Lim Cheng Ean and Khoo Soon Chee), (1930s)
  • Hogan, Adams and Allen (formerly known as Adams and Allen (1900s)), Penang (1930s)
  • Logan & Ross, Penang (established 1874)
  • Chew Choon Poon, 5, Church Street, Penang (1940s)
  • GE Wright-Motion, Penang (1900s)
  • H. H Abdoolcader, Georgetown Chambers, 39 Beach Street, Penang (1910s)
  • Raghavan & Coy, Penang (1940s)
  • Samuel Fung, Penang and Batu Pahat (1910s to 1930s)
  • S. R Groom, 2, Church Street, Penang (circa 1890s)
  • Presgrave and Clutton (founded by Edward William Presgrave and Walter Clutton in 1894 and dissolved in 1898)
  • Presgrave & Matthews, Penang (established by Edward William Presgrave and W. Bromhead Matthews in 1898)
  • William McNight Young, Penang (1910)

Kuala Lumpur

  • Freeman & Madge, 54, Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur (circa 1908)
  • Shook Lin & Bok (also known as Shook Lin & Ramani in 1930), Kuala Lumpur (established 1918)
  • Peter Chong & Co, Kuala Lumpur (1930s)
  • Lovelace & Hastings (founded by W. G. Warren Hastings), Kuala Lumpur (established 1913)
  • Bannon & Bailey, Laidlaw Buildings, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur (founded by R. B. Bannon and Arnold Savage Bailey in 1920s and dissolved in 1963)
  • Shearn, Delamore & Co (merger between Pooley & Co (established 1905) and Ford & Delamore (established 1922)), Kuala Lumpur (established 1938)
  • Sanders And Co, Kuala Lumpur (1920s)

Malacca

  • Allen & Gledhill, Malacca (1930s)
  • Goh Tiow Wan, 20, Jonker Street, (Top floor), Malacca (1930s)
  • Rogers and Son, No. 40, First Cross Street, Malacca (1910s)
  • Sault & Co, Malacca (also once known as Sault, Keith Sellar & Co, 64, First Cross Street, Malacca) (1930s)
  • S. G Pillay, No. 15, First Cross Street, Malacca (circa 1920s)
  • Mark Stone, 7, Heeren Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)
  • Zehnder Bros, No. 27, Church Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)

Perak

  • Byrant & Taylor (founded by Francis John Byrant in 1896), Ipoh
  • Das & Co, Ipoh (1930s)
  • Cheang Lee & Ong, 13 Hale Street, Ipoh (1940s)
  • Gibb & Co (formerly known as Gibb & Hope), Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Penang (established 1892)
  • Maxwell Kenion Cowdy & Jones (merger between Maxwell & Kenion (established 1905), and Cowdy & Jones (established 1913)), Ipoh
  • Wreford and Thornton, Ipoh (circa 1910)
  • J Dunford-Wood, Ipoh (circa 1920)
  • Presgrave, Matthews and Maxwell, Ipoh (1900s)

Johor

  • M. Ismail, 38, Jalan Ibrahim, Johor Bahru (1930s)
  • S.C Goho, No. 8, Jalan Petrie, Muar (1920s)

Negeri Sembilan

  • Ernest Jeff, 5, Cameron Street, Seremban (1930s)

See also

  • Certificate in Legal Practice (Malaysia)
  • Malaysian Bar
  • Kuala Lumpur Bar

See Also

Factory and Machinery Act

The Factory and Machinery Act 1967 (Act 139) is a piece of Malaysian legislation which was enacted...