Dr. M and Biro Tata Negara. A reality check by Stephen Tan Ban Cheng
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Bar Council EGM 12/12/2009 @ 10:00 am @ Dewan San Choon, Jalan Ampang
The Malaysian Bar Council Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 12 December 2009 at 10:00am at Dewan San Choon, Level 2, Wisma MCA, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. Lawyers and Loyarburoks are encouraged to attend and participate. The proposed motions intended to be tabled before the EGM can be found here.
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Refugee Camps in the Basement of the Duta Complex
Richard Wee comments on the refugee camps springing up in the basement of the Duta court complex.
Posted inBolehland
Who is provoking whom?
Richard Wee considers the latest remarks of Ahmad Mahayuddin Abd Manaf of the cow head infamy and tries an experiment in empathy.
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Step on it if you dare!
Ahmad and Ah Boy would be standing face to face, about 2 feet apart. No one moved. Ahmad was waiting for Ah Boy to make the first move and vice versa. The crowd, which of course would include me, would wait and wait. When are you two brave guys gonna go at each other la dey…I want to go home and have my lunch la.
Posted inJudging the Judges, Stupid Me!, Talking about Lawyers
Kesilapan v Kebodohan
Tuan yang bijaksana, saya tak tahu apa yang mereka ajar di sistem kehakiman, tapi para peguam dah belajar semua ni masa jadi pelatih dalam kamar. Ooops pensyarah -pensyarah Civil Procedure dan Professional Practice saya pun pernah sebut perkara ni. Tuan tidoq dalam kelas kaa?
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The Importance of Reasons
Chen Mian Kuang considers the repercussions faced by litigants when a court does not give reasons for its decisions as well as the most common reasons offered for not giving reasons.
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Real Property Gain Tax: Flip-Flop Flux
Chee Kong Chi criticises the recent government announcement that there would be a 5% flat Real Property Gains Tax rate commencing in 2010 and cogently argues why it does not make any sense. s
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LB returneth rejuvenateth
Greetings thou fair and gentle readers, Alas! My absence from thy dimension in the service of her Ladyship Justice hath allowed great mischief to befallen. It would appear the forces of Kanakth Porai Insold have taken root and spread through this dimension. It is thus timely that I have now returneth to heal, to restoreth, […]
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Apabila Najib dan Anwar minum teh
Syahredzan Johan melihat amalan politik tanahair kita yang masih belum matang.
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Justice is an illusion
It’s really tough being a Judge. Really, I think it’s a thankless job. A Judge can never do any right. I think it was in 1996 that a soon-to-be-really-famous High Court Judge politely asked me and my opponent whether we would mind to remain in his chambers for some small talk after we had finished […]
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Love your Police more
We should love our Police more – then maybe, just maybe, your life would be safer.
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Of Judges, KPIs, Justice & Superficiality
Art Harun deconstructs Tun Zaki’s new KPI-inspired leadership and shows it for what it is.
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My People First, Performance for My People Now?
A few days after America’s Capitol Hill celebrated the historic passing of their Health Care Bill, we hear some shocking and illogical statements in our Capital Hill, the Parliament. The American People’s Representatives have been working hard to work out a deal for the American people, but in the Malaysian Parliament on November 9, 2009, […]
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Open Note to the ConstiLC re: the MyConstitution Campaign
Dear ConstiLC I totally believe in, and support, the MyConstitution Campaign. One of the most shocking things I learnt doing the Article 11 Campaign is the lack of awareness among lawyers (not just the public) about the Federal Constitution. It would be interesting to do a general poll amongst lawyers:
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Bar calls EGM on KPI/Court issues on 12.12.09
At the 9th meeting on November 7, 2009, the Bar Council, and after much discussion on the problems faced by lawyers with the current state of affairs, will be calling an EGM on December 12. The EGM will, among others, discuss issues on how cases are being handled by the Judiciary.
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Chua is still suspended, Dismissal of the 4 Central Committee MCA Members is unconstitutional
Roger Tan deftly analyzes the recent developments in the MCA debacle in light of the confirmation of Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Dr. Chua Soi Lek as the President and Deputy President.
Posted inPray For Me
Can Islamic issues be discussed without the permission of the religious authorities?
However, while the non-Muslim does not have to seek prior approval to organize talks or seminars with regards to his religion, the Muslim citizen appears to have this added hurdle to cross in order to exercise his rights under Article 10 and Article 11 (1). Is this constitutional? Is this legal? I will not ask the question if this hurdle is consistent with the Quran since it is not (my humble view – stand to be corrected). – www.LoyarBurok.com
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Pusing-Pusing MCA
After all that, MCA is now back to square one. We had the President sacking the Deputy. We then had the Deputy retaliating and demanding for an EGM. The President’s men also put in a few motions. It was narrowed down to 3 motions. They then fought it out on 10th October 2009. The President […]
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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 before the three judgments were released. Two of them, those of Dato’ Raus Sharif and Dato’ Ahmad Maarop JJCA were released towards the end of June while that of Dato’ Zainun Ali JCA was released in early July.
The three lengthy judgments come up to some 240 pages in all and a large number of issues were canvassed and discussed. Dr Kevin YL Tan SJD previously commented on the correctness of the High Court decision and having already discussed the contradictions that arose from the judgments of Raus and Maarop JJCA feels it is timely to revisit the most salient issues in this case.