Is the ex-Chief Justice right? Should the AG be appointed from the Judicial & Legal Services?
In an article entitled, ‘Is the new AG choosing his briefs like a private lawyer? [26 June 2018]’ the ex-Chief Justice, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamed, suggests that the current Attorney General is unsuited to his job. He says, ‘When Thomas accepted the post of Attorney General, like it or not, by law, [he] is also the public ...
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Long ago, Lat drew a cartoon. It compared a study on mosquitoes carried out by a foreign scholar and a Malaysian one. The foreign scholar is shown with a stack of books (volumes 1 to 5). The Malaysian scholar has a wafer-thin manuscript with an arrow that says: ‘Ini adalah nyamuk.’ Do you remember that? ...
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I was once asked to answer three questions at once. I think it was on Quora. Since then a lot of people have expressed interest in the questions and the answers I gave. I reproduce them here: Q-1: How difficult is it for a lawyer to set up his own firm? Q-2: How do lawyers advertise their services? Q-3: ...
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There is a gem of a case on Islamic probate law. It was decided in 1994. For some reason it has not been reported. It is a great mystery. This is the story of that case A Muslim man, Ainuddin, died in 1944. As a Muslim he did not leave a will. He had sons and a ...
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As most of these articles were written on an iPhone X, and in a great hurry, there were many grammatical errors. I needed second opinions. I needed someone to proof them. I had the help of many. They gave unselfishly of their time and energy. It is proper, therefore, that I record my thanks in writing. My ...
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When our forebears commenced building Malaysia 61 years ago, we were a plural nation. We comprised of many ethnic groups. We still do. Somewhere along the way, things changed. We have lost that Malaysian identity. Over the years, we have regressed into a form of forced cultural separation. We have withdrawn, for refuge, into our ...
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