Partner

Gordon Tang.

Over 20 years of litigation experience in commercial, employment, insurance, and banking disputes.

Profile

Gordon is a Partner at Tang Advocates, Kuching, with over 20 years of litigation experience. He has a broad litigation practice encompassing commercial, employment, insurance, banking, and general civil disputes, and regularly appears as counsel at all levels of the Malaysian courts, including the Industrial Court and Labour Court. He has acted as lead and co-counsel in a wide range of contentious matters involving complex factual and legal issues.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Bond University (QLD) (2004)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Queensland University of Technology (QLD) (2005)
  • Admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland (2005)
  • Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court in Sarawak (2005)

Experience

Partner — Tang Advocates (formerly Tang Legal Practice), Kuching

2009 – Present

Lead counsel in commercial, employment, insurance, banking and general civil disputes, including trial and appellate work.

Legal Associate — Chew, Jugah, Wan Ullok, Kuching

2005 – 2009

Notable Work

In 2018 (Case No. 8/2-522/16), Gordon represented Maswings Sdn. Bhd. (part of the Malaysian Aviation Group Berhad) in a trade dispute concerning the first collective agreement for its cabin crew in Sarawak.

Appointed by the Ministry of Human Resource, Malaysia as an assessor to the Social Security Appellate Board (1 April 2020 – 31 December 2022).

Reported Cases

  • Mohamad Hazlan Yacob v. Malaysian Airlines Berhad — [2011] ILRU 0003
  • Modipalm Engineering Sdn. Bhd. & Anor v. Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad — [2013] CLJU 1286 (Co-counsel)
  • Bohari Hamden v. Malaysia Airlines System Berhad — [2014] 2 LNS 0217
  • Teo Yong Cho v. Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn. Bhd. — [2015] 2 LNS 0639
  • Poh Teck Lim v. Sanofi-Aventis (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. — [2017] 2 LNS 0318
  • Nethiyananthar Balilingam v. Ground Team Red Sdn. Bhd. — [2019] ILRU 3116
  • Junaidi Kassim v. Malayan Banking Berhad — [2025] 2 ILR 46
  • Tiong Khung Hwa v. Malayan Banking Berhad — [2025] 3 ILR 151
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