Will a ten‑year cap on Malaysia’s prime minister really prevent political ‘musical chairs’ or shadow rulers?
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It’s no longer if—but when—your next court ruling will be shaped by AI. Judges worldwide already lean on algorithms to sift through files, assess risks, and even draft early versions of judgments. This piece explores how deeply AI has entered courtrooms, where it can do the heavy lifting for overloaded court systems—but also why human judgment must stay at the heart of justice.
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The Anwar government is changing who controls the gate into the legal profession. A Minister will choose - and can remove - most of the people who decide who becomes a lawyer. When politicians control that gate, future lawyers may think twice before taking cases against the government. And when that happens, ordinary Malaysians may struggle to find truly independent help in court.
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In Malaysia, if a car is validly insured when an accident happens, the insurer must pay the victim. Compulsory-insurance legislation, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau Agreements, and consumer-protection reforms now make post‑accident cancellations and technical excuses very difficult. The whole scheme is designed to protect injured people, not insurers’ balance sheets.
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Step into the Court of Appeal on a busy day. Fifteen or more leave applications, each one dragging on—an hour gone with every hearing. Judges listen, counsel argue, yet somehow the essentials get lost in the shuffle. Is there a better way?
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Is Malaysia still a land where everyone stands equal before the law? Or have powerful hands quietly reshaped our justice system to favour the few?
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Should innocent accident victims be forced into costly legal battles twice—once against the driver and again, [by what has come to be known as a ‘Recover Action’] against the insurer? How did Malaysia’s Federal Court in the 2022 Sa' Amran decision demolish 70 years of established insurance practice? How did it revolutionise third-party victim compensation?
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Private cars on the road outnumber the entire population. Malaysia's Federal Court made a landmark decision in AmGeneral v Sa'Amran. That decision changed motor insurance law completely. The court ruled that protecting accident victims matters more than business interests. Millions of road users now have better protection. This is a manifestation that Malaysia's Federal Court has returned to the highest Commonwealth legal standards.
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Malaysia's judiciary teeters on the brink. An institutional crisis looms—potentially as devastating as 1988's judicial catastrophe—threatening constitutional governance and the rule of law itself. Nine Federal Court judges departing within two years represents far more than administrative upheaval: it's a catastrophic haemorrhaging of judicial wisdom, precisely when institutional memory matters most. We should never have come to this pass. Left unchecked, this depletion spells disaster for the nation. Which path will Malaysia ...
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“The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.” [Ted Perry, 1971]. Land scams multiply at the speed of a virus. It has many faces. It spreads silently. It strikes without warning. And by the time you realise it, it has destroyed lives. How can you protect yourself? What red flags point to scams?
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