In Tune Protect Malaysia v Mohd Rosli Bin Tawang, V.P. Nathan & Partners acted in a matter that tested whether a legislative amendment could void a motor policy in circumstances where the insured’s vehicle had been used on a public road.
The firm’s position — ultimately upheld — was that an insurer’s liability under a motor policy is fundamentally tied to the use of the vehicle on public roads, and that this connection was not severed by the amendment in question. The policy remained enforceable, and the protection it was written to provide was preserved.
This decision reinforced a foundational principle of Malaysian motor insurance law. V.P. Nathan & Partners has acted for most of Malaysia’s major insurers in motor policy disputes since 1968.