Comments for Perak Speaker can appoint private lawyers at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:01:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/general_opinions/comments/perak_speaker_can_appoint_private_lawyers.html#pc_9094 Court's Jurisdictions: Bradlaugh v Gossett (1884) 21 QBD 271-Courts have no jurisdiction to pass upon any conduct that forms part of proceedings in Parliament. Lim Cho Hock v Speaker, Perak Legislative Assembly [1979] 2 MLJ 85 at page 88: "Under the lex et consuetudo parliament, the Assembly has control over its proceedings, procedure and members and may decide questions as to their qualifications and disqualification." In McDonald v Cain [1963] VLR 411: Gavan Duffy J observed: "There is no doubt that the courts will not interfere with the Council's management of its business within the four walls of Parliament even if it appears that some legal right has been interfered with." F.C. O'Bryan J. said: "a thing which is plainly outside their jurisdiction. It is ancient and well-established law that what is said and done within the walls of Parliament cannot be inquired into in a court of law." the Speaker's role: Fan Yew Teng v. Government of Malaysia [1976] 2 MLJ 262: "...Clifton Brown said on his re-election as Speaker in 1945, 'As Speaker, I am not the Government's man, nor the Opposition's man. I am the House of Commons' man and, I believe, above all, the back-benchers' man." My modification: "As a Speaker, one is not the Government's man, nor the Opposition's man. One is a man of conscience who believe above all, the spirit that this House represents". Tan Chun Ming - Tan Chun Ming Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:30:31 +0100