President of the Malaysian Bar, Lim Chee Wee and Senior Lawyer, Hasnal Rezua Merican talk about the Malaysian Bar's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on 11 May 2012. The EGM discussed issues concerning the BERSIH 3.0 rally on April 28, during which the Bar Council sent a monitoring team to observe the rally. It was reported that the demonstration left some 512 people arrested, 60 demonstrators and 20 police officials injured.
KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer has filed a suit against the Bar Council, Malaysian Bar and the council’s president Lim Chee Wee and secretary Tony Woon Yeow Thong, seeking a declaration that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held last Friday is null, void and against the Legal Profession Act 1976.
Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, who is a member of the Malaysian Bar, filed the suit at the High Court registry yesterday. Khairul is seeking a declaration that the motion which was passed at the EGM is null, void and against the Legal Profession Act and leads to an offence under the Sedition Act 1948.
He is seeking an injunction that the defendants or their employees be prohibited from writing or publishing any article in relation to the May 11 EGM on the Malaysian Bar website or in any media, or Internet for the purpose of publishing for the public.
Khairul is also seeking a declaration that a notice to call for EGM dated May 4 issued by the defendants is null, void and against the Legal Act.
PUTRAJAYA (May 15, 2012): The government will look into reviving the Malaysian Academy of Law Bill, which was dropped in 2002, as part of its plan to create an alternative to the Malaysian Bar.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz told theSun he will discuss with Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and raise the matter in the cabinet soon.
The bill, first tabled in 2002 to provide for the setting up of a legal academy with functions overlapping that of the Bar Council, was subsequently dropped "out of respect for the Bar".
However, Nazri who is de facto law minister said today that the bill will be revisited, albeit with some improvements.
"It (the Bar) is very partisan in its accusations, and I do not think it should be given the monopoly (to represent the legal community)," Nazri had said on Monday, when commenting on the Bar Council's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) last Friday where a resolution condemning the use of excessive force by the police during the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 was passed.
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PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has reaffirmed the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board's decision to bar a lawyer from practising after he released RM750,000 belonging to a client to "unauthorised" people.
Judge Tan Sri Raus Sharif , who led a five-man bench, said such professional misconduct by B. Kasturi Keseveren was serious.
"As such, the board's decision to strike his name off the rolls of the Advocates and Solicitors is correct," he said.
Kasturi, was appointed to act for Tai Nam Sim & Sons Realty, the owner of a nine-acre property in Kajang, in a land transaction .
Best Fair Promotion Sdn Bhd wanted to purchase the property valued at RM7.5 million. Its legal firm then transferred RM750,000 or 10 per cent of the purchase price to Kasturi upon the signing of the sale and purchase agreement.
Press Release: Reactionary attack on independence of the Bar is fundamentally flawed
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 05:10pm
The Malaysian Bar is flabbergasted at Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz’s reported announcement that a proposed law academy “can be an alternative” to the Bar, and that the Bar Council “should dissolve itself”.
The announcement lends itself to the perception that the proposal is revived from time to time when the Government feels threatened by an independent Bar that does not countenance the abuse of power by the institutions of the state (the police, in this case), and speaks up in defence of the public at large. The Bar, in doing so, is fulfilling its duty under section 42(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act 1976 (“LPA”), namely, “to uphold the cause of justice . . . uninfluenced by fear and favour”.
The forefathers of our Constitution had a vision and optimism of a shared destiny among the various peoples of the peninsula. ‘Out of Many, One’ was perhaps their creed.
THE last week has been a time of reflection for me about the significance of May 13, 1969, to the future of Malaysia as a nation.
The date has been variously described as “the darkest chapter in the country’s 54 years of independence”, as a “traumatic event” and as a “dark blot in the nation’s history”. Indeed it was all of these.
For a few days in 1969 our primordial instinct of distrust of “the other” held sway; subconscious prejudices, angers and jealousies found expression; desire for vengeance took hold; organised violence was used by a small section of the population to express dissatisfaction with the social order. Mob rule replaced the rule of law.
Fortunately, we have made many strides since then.
IPOH: The proposed law academy can be an alternative to the Malaysian Bar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.
Nazri, who recently proposed the setting up of the academy, said the Bar was not necessarily right at all times.
“It is very partisan in its accusations and so, I do not think it should be given the monopoly (to represent the legal community),” he said here yesterday after launching the e-Judiciary project.
Nazri was recently reported as saying that the time had come to establish a law academy, the membership of which would include non-practising law graduates as well as practising lawyers.
He had said there was an urgent need to establish the academy in view of the recent incidents during the Bersih 3.0 rally and also what transpired during the Bar’s extraordinary general meeting last Friday.
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International Malaysia Law Conference (26 to 28 Sept 2012) Hurry up! The countdown continues and the current promotion rate ends 30 June 2012. Don't miss what is going to be the best conference in the region! On top of that, if you sign up with 5 or more people from the same organisation, we will give you a 10% group discount. Click on the link above to register.
Workshop on Financial Planning (18 May 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this workshop will take place at 10:00 am, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 18 May 2012 (Friday). The workshop will be conducted by Chooi Kim Ying. Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on an Introduction to the Industrial Relations Act (23 May 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 23 May 2012 (Wednesday). The seminar will be conducted by Wong Keat Ching. Click on the link above for more details.
Conference on Competition Law (31 May 2012) Organised by Bar Council with the support of LexisNexis, this conference will take place at 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, on 31 May 2012 (Thursday). For more details or to register, please contact Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095; vila@malaysianbar.org.my). Click on the link above for more details.
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Circular No 102/2012: Mahkamah Sesyen/Majistret Kajang Moving to Kompleks Mahkamah Kajang
