Comments for Malaysia to send delegation for Inner Temple's 400th anniversary at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:37:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/bar_news/berita_badan_peguam/malaysia_to_send_delegation_for_inner_temple_s_400th_anniversary.html#pc_6191 It is perhaps a sad reflection of the state of our Judicial system that such a comment can be made, and can be viewed seriously as a matter of concern by most of us. However, I disagree that there is anything sinister in this. Lawyers and Judges who go on an officially sanctioned, openly declared "delegation" to an official Legal event is as far removed from the notion of a lawyer and a judge "holidaying together" as is possible. What if in an era to come, a judge and a lawyer go as part of a delegation to an International Conference on Legal Aid, or on Migrant Rights? Would that be permissible? And would a local grad Judge be biased against a foreign grad lawyer? Would a Judge and a lawyer who have both served on a committee organising a conference or an event be considered as having too close of a relationship with each other? What about a Judge who was in the same university as a lawyer? Whilst we all hope that Judges do not look on lawyers purely from the rose tinted glasses of who are their friends and who are not, I think the reality is that human nature dictates that you exhibit a certain laxity to persons you are familiar with. Hence, the complaint of many junior lawyers that senior lawyers are treated better by the Bench! On a more serious note, however: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah was from Lincoln's Inn!!! ;) Shanmuga Kanesalingam - Shanmuga Kanesalingam Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:37:19 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/bar_news/berita_badan_peguam/malaysia_to_send_delegation_for_inner_temple_s_400th_anniversary.html#pc_6189 Lawyers and judges going for holiday...or together in an associations. When a lawyer member Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association appear before a sitting judge member - would the judge recuse himself? I wonder whether there would be fairness and justice to the other party represented by some CLP lawyer or local university graduate lawyer... A delegation is it? Judges and lawyers....mmmmm In solidarity, Charles Hector - Charles Hector Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:15:36 +0100