A businessman pays RM10 million and 26 charges vanish. When should the State take the money, and when should it explain itself?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Can Your Bank Simply Help Itself to Your Money? The Commonwealth’s Law on Banker’s Set-Off
A liquidator's letter, a frozen account, and a bank that helped itself to the money anyway — from London to Kuala Lumpur, the law draws a line
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Can One Word — “Allegedly” — Shield a Newspaper from Libel?
One dreadful word on a front page. One careful court. How “allegedly” failed to save a newspaper.
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