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Ms Vilmah Balakrishnan
LLB Hons (London), CLP, LLM (UKM )

Head of Department of Law / Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Law and Government


Personal Description
Upon obtaining her LLB (Hons) from the University of London and the Certificate of Legal Practice, Ms Vilmah started her career as a lecturer at MARA Institute of Technology (now Universiti Teknologi MARA) in 1992. She then joined HELP University College in 1997 and was promoted as a Senior Lecturer in 2001 upon completion of her LLM.

Ms Vilmah specialises in the areas of comparative Law of Contract, comparative Commercial Law and comparative Company Law, and International Trade Law which she has taught for the past 10 years. She has undertaken extensive studies in these areas. She has taught on the HELP-University of Queensland Master in Applied Law program in Singapore. She currently teaches on the internal and external undergraduate law programs at HELP. She completed her LLM in 2000 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia specialising in Cyberlaw. Her dissertation for the LLM was titled Telemedicine in Malaysia: A Study from the Legal and Ethical Point of View. Ms Vilmah scored distinctions for all her LLM papers, namely in Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Comparative Labour Law and Comparative International Law.

Ms Vilmah has also conducted numerous entrepreneurship seminars on meeting the legal challenges in the international trade of handicraft in collaboration with Karangkraf Malaysia. She has also delivered several guest lectures on international trade and e-contracting for local and foreign business persons and staff and students of HELP University College.

Research Interest
Commercial and International Trade Law

Presentations
Consumer Rights in Malaysia, National Consumerism Seminar, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Johor, Malaysia (1996)
E Commerce and the Law, Introduction to e-Commerce Seminar, HELP Institute, Malaysia (1999)
E-Contracting and the Legal Challenges, Case Studies of Cyberlaw Trends, HELP Institute, Malaysia (2000)
E-Contracting and the Legal Challenges, E-Commerce - Legal, Risk and Security, Issues, MACPA, Malaysia (2000)
International Trade and the Legal Challenges Faced by Small Entreprenuers, Pusat Karangkraf Malaysia (2001)
International Trade and Dealings and the Legal Challenges in Malaysia, AtWork (Finland), Malaysia (2004)
Key Issues To Consider in Handling Cross Border Contracts, Drafting & Negotiating Commercial Contracts, Asia Business Forum, Malaysia (2006)

Publications
Quality Standards in Sale of Goods Transactions in Malaysia: A Time for Reflection and Change (2006) 1 HELP LR
Passing of Goods in Undivided Bulk of Goods: The Best Way Forward For Malaysia (2007) 2 HELP LR

Subjects Taught / Teaching
Sale of Goods (Malaysian, Australian, UK)
Company Law (Malaysia, Australian And UK)
International Business Law
Law of Contract (Malaysian, Australian, UK)
Employment Law (Malaysian & Australian)
Business Organisation Law


Office Number:
+603-2711 2000
Ext:
2701
Email:
vilmahb@help.edu.my