As foreign enterprises continue flock to Myanmar, lured by a robust investment landscape and the recent easing of US sanctions, they must also contend with a new reality – more labor protection and a special labor disputes arbitration system. Highlights of this note Terminate after three warnings Profanity at workplace – is it a reason […]

A recently published Supreme Court case (Supreme Court decision dated 29 July 2015) delves deep into the rights of farmland users in Myanmar and challenges while securing the Form-7 land user certificates, especially for thousands of smallholder farmers across the country. Highlights of this note Background What was the lower court’s judgment and why? What […]

The legal system of the Union of Myanmar is a unique combination of customary law, codified English common law and recent Myanmar legislation. The principles of English common and statutory law were established in Myanmar through the British law codes as applied in the pre-independence India statutes.These statutory laws, based on and incorporating the English […]