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You don’t have that power, Home Minister!
An opinion on why the High Court was correct in its application of the law in respect of the 'Allah' issue and the Court of Appeal should affirm that decision.
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Should a Judge be Allowed to Change His Mind?
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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A Turnover Overturned (Part 2)
A comprehensive consideration scintillatingly written of Dr. Munawar Anees’ legal battle to clear his name in the Malaysian courtrooms and is left with what passes off for Justice in Malaysia – Injustice. This is the concluding part.
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Ducking at the Court of Appeal?
Amer Hamzah Arshad (with Fahri Azzat in support) continues LoyarBurok's well-taken trademark tirade against the practice of Malaysian judges who duck writing judgments on important constitutional law issues.
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The Perak Crisis: Keep Focused on the Real Issues
On 11 May 2009, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled (per Dato’ Abdul Aziz J) that since there had been no formal vote of confidence on the floor of LA, Nizar remained the rightful MB of Perak. Zambry appealed. The Court of Appeal unanimously reversed the High Court decision but it was some time...
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HCt’s Decision in PP v DSAI (Pre-trial Discovery Issue)
Justice Zabidin Diah’s decision on July 16, 2009 allowing the defence pre-trial discovery of certain documents may be downloaded here. The order was on July 24, 2009 stayed pending disposal of the prosecution’s appeal to the Court of Appeal.
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The Court of Appeal’s “Outline of Reasons” in Anwar Ibrahim v PP – A Critique
UPDATED! (With link to Zainur Zakaria v PP)
I must apologize for the delay in giving this critique. The Court of Appeal gave its decision on July 2. I received the “Outline of Reasons” from Ngan Siong Hing only last Friday, July 17. Without him supplying me with a copy of the judgment of the...
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Gobbledegook and regurgitation galore in the 2 written judgments of the Court of Appeal in Zambry v Nizar
Prologue
I shall start with an aside on the dictionary definition of the two words which feature in the title of this article.
Gobbledegook means unintelligible language.
Regurgitate means repeat information without understanding it. Regurgitation is the noun.
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CoA’s Outline of Reasons in DSAI v PP (s418A Transfer Issue)
The Outline of Reasons delivered by the Court of Appeal on July 2, 2009 is here.
The Court held inter alia:
I. On the issue of legitimate expectation that the AG would not in any way partake in the prosecution of DSAI:
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