Selected Judgments

The grounds of decision of Ariff Yusof J in upholding the ban on K. Arumugam's Tamil book, "March 8" regarding the violent clashes in Kampung Medan on 8th March 2001.
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On 9 February 2010 the Federal Court (Alauddin Mohd Sheriff PCA, Arifin Zakaria CJ (Malaya), Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Abdul Hamid Embong FCJJ) handed down a unanimous decision on Nizar v Zambry. The judgment of the court was read by Chief Judge, Malaya Arifin Zakaria.
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A consideration of whether a judge should be permitted to change his mind about a legal issue he decided previously to the contrary.
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(Note this post may contain mistakes as it is paraphrased. Full judgment will be posted soon and this post will be removed by the end of the day) 1109 no order as to costs by consent. Question 1 answered in affirmative, question 2 answered that extraneous means possible, question 3 if mb doesn’t resign, post...
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Pondering why the Attorney General Chambers of 1Malaysia (1AG) has not yet charged Datuk Nasir Safar under the Sedition Act 1948 and its relevance to the Federal Court decision of Lim Guan Eng v PP 2 CLJ 541.
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The Federal Court handed McDonald’s a loss in finding that the use of the "Mc" prefix by McCurry Restaurant did not amount to passing off of the McDonald's trade name and get-up.
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The grounds of decision of Ariff Yusof J in the SIS book banning case.
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The Malaysian High Court in Bakri Mohamad Ali v PP 1 CLJ 610 has finally judicially defined and explained a phrase that has vexed Malaysians for some time. Let us now rejoice and use it with new found confidence and variations.
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All eyes will be on the Federal Court this Thursday as it delivers a major decision whether to end nine years of gross injustice caused by the 2000 decision of the Federal Court in Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd v Boonsom Boonyanit ("Adorna Properties") or to follow and further entrench Adorna Properties in the laws...
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The High Court ground of judgment of the Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur v 1. Menteri Dalam Negeri 2. Kerajaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur High Court Judicial Review: R1 – 25 – 28 – 2009 is available here. Please click read more to obtain the link.
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