In recent years I have appeared in several trial courts: Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Kota Bharu, Kuala Terengganu, and Johore Bharu. My work requires me to appear regularly before the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. I am happy to report that Malaysian judges are courteous, professional–and to use an old English word, "proper". It was not always this way: several times in my career, I have come across ...
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During pupillage, she may rise and argue before a magistrate. The moment pupillage ends, her voice falls silent — until Call. This is where the two lines fall, and why.
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She cannot drive. She did not buy the tyres. Yet an insurer says she should pay her father's ninety per cent. The law, and four jurisdictions, say otherwise.
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Are we asking the right questions about legal training? Malaysia wants to retire the CLP — but the exam, and the training, were never the real danger. It is what we fail to teach.
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Unendorsed by the highest court, the 'commonality' doctrine's crumbling bones still haunt Malaysian roads. Should they not be buried altogether?
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Malaysia has the laws to stop tariff-dodging — but one crucial piece is missing.
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Can a King’s mercy bypass constitutional procedure? In a landmark ruling, Justice Alice Loke says, “No”. She affirms that even royal prerogatives must give way to Constitutional 'due process'.
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When a professional is found guilty of multiple misconducts, should a disciplinary body impose separate punishments for each offence, and then add them up, or just impose a single punishment for all? What if the offences occurred during the same incident, or at different times? How should the appropriate punishment be decided?
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Some say that the power of the King to grant a royal pardon is ‘absolute,’; that ‘no one can question it’. Is this correct?
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Kisah ini menggambarkan keadaan negara sekarang.
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