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by GK Ganesan August 6, 2026
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What Happens to a Lion That Won’t Sit Under the Throne? (Justice George Seah)

Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. George Seah read the sentence and crossed out three words.

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by GK Ganesan August 5, 2026
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Who Was the Man in Brown? (Justice VC George)

He was mistaken for an interpreter, a hotel manager, an ugly judge, and a corpse. Then the scoreboard got it wrong too.

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by GK Ganesan August 3, 2026
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How Long Must a Judge Wait to Be Proved Right? (Justice Eusoffe Abdoolcader)

He lost the case three to two in 1988. The Federal Court handed it to him in 2024, long after he was gone.

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by GK Ganesan August 2, 2026
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What Do You Do When Your Own Judgment Rules Against You? (Salleh Abas LP)

He declared Malaysia's law secular, then spent the rest of his life obeying his own judgment — in pencil. Why the pencil, do you think?

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by GK Ganesan August 1, 2026
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Is There Any Point in Learning Things by Heart? (Justice Mahadev Shankar)

Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. Mahadev Shankar made them tigers, and meant it.

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by GK Ganesan August 1, 2026
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What Happens When the Judge Who Limited Power Is Handed a Crown?

He told a convicted Menteri Besar he had betrayed his Sovereign Ruler. Eight years later, he became one.

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by GK Ganesan July 31, 2026
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How Do You Turn Two Hours of Rambling Argument Into Forty Minutes of Justice? The Judging Genius of Edgar Joseph Jr

A two-hour submission, one raised hand, and forty minutes: how a Federal Court judge quietly rewrote Malaysian law.

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by GK Ganesan July 31, 2026
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The Dead Hand [Part 5/5]

Mortmain — the dead hand. England buried the last of it in 1960. Malaysia still carries a fragment, and nobody has explained why.

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by GK Ganesan July 31, 2026
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The Best Statute Nobody Uses [Part 4/5]

Thirty ringgit turns five mortal trustees into a body corporate that never dies — and escapes the Companies Act entirely.

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by GK Ganesan July 31, 2026
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Your Trust Is Invisible, and Your Trustee Is Mortal [Part 3/5]

The title names five men. It does not name the trust. And the five are mortal.

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GK is a senior advocate, international arbitrator, constitutionalist, author and littérateur. He lives in KL, Malaysia.

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