Krisis Negeri Sembilan: reda, atau sekadar berpindah bilik? [BM-22/NS]
Satu kes tamat pada 7 Oktober. Satu lagi bermula dua hari sebelumnya. Krisis ini berakhir, atau berpindah?
Read MoreSatu kes tamat pada 7 Oktober. Satu lagi bermula dua hari sebelumnya. Krisis ini berakhir, atau berpindah?
Read MoreSeorang hakim di Putrajaya tidak akan berkata siapa yang benar tentang penyingkiran seorang Undang. Pada 19 Oktober, beliau memutuskan sesuatu yang lebih kecil dan lebih ganjil: bolehkah beliau bertanya pun — dan satu abad kes, dari Lagos ke London, menunjukkan persoalan itu tidak pernah mempunyai satu jawapan yang tetap.
Read MoreThirty branches. Nobody had registered them. That was enough to kill the party that had governed Malaysia since independence. Not a coup. Not a scandal. Thirty forms nobody had filed.
Read MoreMortmain — the dead hand. England buried the last of it in 1960. Malaysia still carries a fragment, and nobody has explained why.
Read MoreHe touched his client money once; the law’s answer reveals what the profession fears most.
Read MoreThe insurer says the device is unregistered, so it need not pay. The law replies: notwithstanding any written law, it must.
Read MoreThe victim won his judgment; the insurer’s answer was to sue him for asking to be paid. Appeal No. 6 of Sa’Amran ended the myth of the second lawsuit — and Chen Boon Kwee has since nailed the lid down.
Read MoreCan a 1982 ouster clause still keep the courts out? Eighty years of common-law authority, laid before the bench.
Read MoreWill a ten‑year cap on Malaysia’s prime minister really prevent political ‘musical chairs’ or shadow rulers?
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The answer is, in my view, is ‘Yes’, subject to several conditions.
We shall deal with the conditions soon.
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