Wong Kian Jun

Wong Kian Jun is a Partner in the Employment & Industrial Relations Practice at Shearn Delamore & Co., specialising in employment law, industrial relations, and administrative and constitutional law. He advises and acts on employment litigation at the Labour Court, Industrial Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal, and handles issues relating to dismissals, internal disciplinary proceedings, employee management, terms and conditions of employment, compliance with employment legislation, union recognition, and collective agreements.

Kian Jun has been involved in numerous landmark cases. He successfully defended the constitutionality of the Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015 in judicial review proceedings brought by former employees, establishing the validity of the Act. He also represented a client in a matter concerning the conversion of a permanent employee to a fixed-term contract, where the High Court ruled that such conversion is permissible if both parties agree. In another significant case, he successfully argued before the Industrial Court and Court of Appeal that illegally obtained documents should be excluded from proceedings, establishing a different standard for courts of equity. He also represented clients in challenging the Minister of Human Resources' decision to grant union recognition, successfully quashing the decision before the Court of Appeal.

Kian Jun holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Sheffield and is a Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2005 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2006.