List of Malayan law firms explained

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^[1]) (1930s)
• T. Rowan, Penang (1940)
• Cheng Ean and Soon Chee (founded by Lim Cheng Ean and Khoo Soon Chee), (1930s)^[2]
• 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)^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 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)^[6]
• Presgrave & Matthews, Penang (established by Edward William Presgrave^[7] and W. Bromhead Matthews in 1898)
• William McNight Young, Penang (1910)^[8]

Kuala Lumpur

• Freeman & Madge, 54, Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur (founded by) (circa 1908)
• Shook Lin & Bok (also known as Shook Lin & Ramani in 1930), Kuala Lumpur (established 1918)
• Peter Chong & Co, Kuala Lumpur (circa 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)^[9]
• Shearn, Delamore & Co (merger between Pooley & Co (established 1905) and Ford & Delamore (established 1922)), Kuala Lumpur (established 1938)
• Sanders and Co, Kuala Lumpur (1920s)^[10]
• Hewgill & Day (circa 1900s)
• Joaquim Brothers (circa 1890s)

Malacca

• Allen & Gledhill, Malacca (1930s)
• Goh Tiow Wan, 20, Jonker Street, (Top floor), Malacca (1930s)^{[11] [12]}
• 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)^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}
• S. G Pillay, No. 15, First Cross Street, Malacca (circa 1920s)
• Mark Stone, 7, Heeren Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)^{[17] [18]}
• Zehnder Bros, No. 27, Church Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)^[19]

Perak

• Byrant & Taylor (founded by Francis John Byrant in 1896), Ipoh^{[20] [21]}
• 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)^[22]
• 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)^{[23] [24]}

Negeri Sembilan

• Ernest Jeff, 5, Cameron Street, Seremban (1930s)^{[25] [26]}

See also

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

External links

• Book: Norton-Kyshe, James William . https://archive.org/stream/cu31924080340304#page/n121/mode/2up . Cases heard and determined in Her Majesty's Supreme court of the Straits Settlements, 1808–1884 . Singapore and Straits printing office . 1885 . Singapore . Internet Archive . List of Law Agents – Special and General – and Advocates and Attorneys, admitted to the practice in the Straits Settlements, from the first Charter to the Prince of Wales' Island (Penang).
• Web site: Advocates and Solicitors Practising in the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements . 1931-03-13 . BraddellBrothers.com . Davies . W. A. N..

Notes and References

1. News: 2019-10-02 . Death of Mr. Ivens . 1929-04-08 . The Straits Times . 12 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
2. News: 2019-10-02 . Commissioners for Oaths . 1936-03-18 . The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942) . 3 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
3. News: 2019-10-02 . F.M.S Bar – A Chinese Member . 1916-05-13 . The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942) . 7 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
4. News: 2019-10-02 . Solicitor Suspended . 1928-08-11 . The Straits Times . 10 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
5. News: 2019-10-02 . Public Notices – In the State of Johor . 1937-03-11 . The Straits Times . 2 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
6. News: 2019-10-02 . Mr. E. W. Presgrave . 1930-02-25 . The Straits Times . 19 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
7. News: 2019-10-02 . A Great Barrister . 1930-02-27 . The Straits Times . 12 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
8. News: 2019-10-02 . Death of William McKnight Young . 1919-03-26 . The Straits Times . 9 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
9. News: 2019-10-02 . Notice . 1930-04-22 . The Straits Times . 6 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
10. News: 2019-10-02 . Untitled . 1925-04-28 . The Straits Times . 8 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
11. News: 2019-10-02 . Malacca News . 1931-11-27 . The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942) . 7 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
12. News: 2019-10-02 . Legal Notice . 1932-11-14 . The Straits Times . 5 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
13. News: 2019-10-02 . Fatal Crash Man ‘Had a Black-Out’ . 1957-02-28 . The Straits Times . 5 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
14. News: 2019-10-02 . Lawyer is cleared of deaths charge . 1957-03-19 . The Straits Times . 7 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
15. News: 2019-10-02 . $200 Fine for Assault on Lawyer . 1967-02-04 . The Straits Times . 16 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
16. News: 2019-10-02 . Estate of Tan Soo Chong Deceased . 1964-06-01 . The Straits Times . 16 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
17. News: 2019-10-02 . Untitled . 1912-08-08 . The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942) . 93 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
18. News: 2019-10-02 . Re Estate of Tan Tat Yan, Deceased, in Bankruptcy . 1915-09-03 . The Straits Times . 9 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
19. News: 2019-10-02 . Notice . 1924-03-28 . The Straits Times . 6 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
20. Book: Ho, Tak Ming . Ipoh: When Tin was King . PERAK ACADEMY . 2009 . 138 . 978-983-42500-2-7.
21. Book: Ho, Tak Ming . Generations: The Story of Batu Gajah . HO TAK MING . 2005 . 155 . 978-983-40556-5-3.
22. News: 2019-10-02 . Untitled . 1917-05-07 . The Straits Times . 8 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
23. News: 2019-10-02 . Dissolution of Partnership . 1931-09-03 . The Straits Times . 4 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
24. News: 2019-10-02 . Mr. S.C. Goho Dies in Calcutta . 1948-07-26 . The Straits Times . 5 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
25. News: 2019-10-02 . Seremban Europeans Marry . 1938-08-07 . The Straits Times . 3 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.
26. News: 2019-10-02 . His Photo Was Airdropped to Bandits During the Crisis . 1966-10-14 . The Straits Times . 11 . eResources.nlb.gov.sg.