Cross-examining a witness is a skill which is neither easy nor too difficult to embrace. To be a good criminal defence lawyer you have to learn the “curves” the hard way.
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Masam Manis Pemansuhan PPSMI
Originally published at CeritaOrangGilak. Hari ini merupakan hari yang masam. Semasam bagai nikah tak suka, bak kata orang tua bila aku kena menapak sejauh 1 kilometer ke Mahkamah Jalan Duta akibat jalan-jalan yang ditutup dan banyaknya kenderaan yang mencuri tempat parkir peguam demi menunjukkan sokongan pada Bapa Reformasi Malaysia (ada ke gelaran tu?). Oh ya… […]
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“Tikus-tikus ujian” PPSMI
Maka kerajaan membuat keputusan untuk memansuhkan pengajaran dan pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Dasar tersebut, yang dimulakan pada tahun 2003, telah mendapat bantahan dan kritikan dari banyak pihak.
Posted inJudging the Judges
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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Is the EAIC constitutional?
WHEN our Federal Constitution was promulgated in 1957, Part X was designed to deal with public services. Under Article 132, seven areas of public services were identified: the armed forces, the judicial and legal service, the general public service, the police force, the railway service, joint public services (between the federation and one or more […]
Posted inSelected Judgments
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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Zambry’s Illegal EXCO
Why is Zambry’s EXCO illegal? Let us examine the late Tun Suffian’s interpretation. First, the context. Did Nizar tender the resignation of his EXCO? 1. Thus far, we have been asking the question whether the Sultan (HRH) may dismiss the Menteri Besar (MB). The High Court has ruled that HRH does not have such power, […]
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Bar Council’s International Justice Day Debate on 15 July 2009
Announcement of Bar Council’s International Justice Day Debate on 15 July 2009
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Melayu tidak memerlukan perpaduan politik
Nampaknya isu kerajaan perpaduan, yang diwar-warkan oleh beberapa pemimpin PAS dan dijadikan bahan politik oleh pemimpin UMNO akan berakhir. Pemimpin tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat telah sebulat suara menolak cadangan kerajaan perpaduan. Ketika isu tersebut hangat dibincangkan, para pemimpin UMNO rata-rata begitu menyambut baik cadangan kerajaan perpaduan yang dicadangkan, dengan alasan bahawa sebuah kerajaan perpaduan dapat “memulihkan […]
Posted inSelected Exhortations
NH Chan, A Class Act: Gopal Sri Ram
The following are remarks of Mr Justice Gopal Sri Ram, Federal Court Judge, at the launch of the 2nd edition of retired Justice N H Chan’s book “How to Judge the Judges” on 26 June 2009. LoyarBurok is honoured that we have been, from time to time, allowed to publish his articles. We wish him […]
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Upholding Human Rights – Hear Raja Aziz Addruse this Friday
The Inaugural Annual Hakam Lecture by Raja Aziz Addruse, on Upholding Human Rights, is this Friday, 3rd July 2009 at 5 pm at Hotel Equatorial, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.
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2 Court of Appeal Grounds of Judgment by Raus and Maarop in Zambry v Nizar
Loyarburok makes available the written groudns of Dato’ Md. Raus bin Sharif JCA and Dato’ Ahmad bin Haji Maarop JCA
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“The Sultan has no explicit power to dismiss an MB under the Perak Constitution”, The Sultan’s Constitutional Powers: A Comment
LoyarBurok is privileged to have received this comment piece from Kevin YL Tan on the on-going Perak constitutional crisis. Kevin has taught constitutional law for over 20 years. He currently holds Adjunct Professorships at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He is […]
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Hak Asasi Golongan Homoseksual v Masyarakat Sedunia
“Homoseksual” bukanlah suatu istilah yang asing bagi masyarakat dunia pada masa kini. Di mana sahaja kita pergi, kita pasti akan bertembung orang dalam golongan ini. Anehnya, apabila kita terserempak dengan mereka, kita bertindak mengasingkan diri kita daripada mereka. Mengapakah kejadian seperti ini harus berlaku? Adakah mereka penjenayah atau pembawa penyakit yang berbahaya? Jika dikaji secara […]
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Law reforms when one spouse converts to Islam: some solutions?
Some solutions as to how to amend various laws in order to ensure that there is no injustice when one spouse in a non Muslim marriage converts to Islam, and attempts to force the other spouse to go to the Syariah Court and to be subjected to Islamic personal law regarding the breakup of their marriage.
Posted inOAsli & OAsal
Seeking respite from the invaders
This post is an edited version of the Ram’s post here. Kampung Sungei Genting is accessible either via Chenderiang in Tapah or Kuala Dipang in Kampar. However I was advised to take the Chenderiang route as the recent downpour had caused some landslides along the way. The talk on Orang Asli land rights was organized […]
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ConstiLC’s maiden meeting starts Bar’s initiative on constitutionalism, raises expectations
Friday, 19 June 2009 marked the beginning of the Bar’s move to entrench constitutional study and promote constitutionalism as part of its already wide-ranging initiatives in society. The first meeting of the newly-minted Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC) formed for the first time in the history of the Malaysian Bar saw a whopping 40 plus participants […]
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The regurgitation of not administering justice according to law in the written judgment of Nik Hashim FCJ in Jamaluddin & Ors v Sivakumar
Flashback To refresh your memory, I refer to the report in the New Straits Times of Friday, April 10, 2009: PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has declared that three assemblymen who quit their parties are still members of the Perak state legislature. This follows an unanimous ruling by a five-men bench yesterday which ruled that the […]