During the 2010/2011 term, the Court Liaison Committee is continuing with its primary objective of looking into the needs and problems encountered by Members of the Bar in matters relating to the administration of Courts.
The Committee has had three meetings at the time of writing this report. The activities planned for the 2010/2011 term included:
(1)
Meeting with President of Court of Appeal
Alex
de Silva and Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, Committee representatives, together
with Lim Chee Wee, Malaysian Bar Vice-President, met with Tan Sri Dato’
Seri Alauddin bin Dato’ Mohd Sheriff, President of the Court of Appeal,
on 13 May 2010 to discuss issues relating to Practice Direction No
1/2010 and No 2/2010 on the disposal of appeal cases pre-2008.
(2)
Meeting with Chief Justice of Malaysia
Ng
Kong Peng, the Committee Chairperson, together with the four Office
Bearers and Council members, met with the Chief Justice of Malaysia
(CJ), Federal Court Judges (YA Tan Sri Dato’ Zulkefli bin Ahmad
Makinudin, YA Tan Sri James Foong Cheng Yuen and YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus
bin Sharif) and Court of Appeal Judges (YA Datuk Suriyadi bin Halim Omar
and YA Datuk Ramly bin Hj Ali) on 3 June 2010. The meeting was held to
discuss several issues and problems faced in courts by Members of the
Bar, which include, among others, the direction from the CJ that courts
begin sitting at 8:30 am, the lack of written judgments by appellate
courts, and mediation. A set of specific complaints that had been
forwarded to the Secretariat by Members of the Bar was handed over to
the CJ during the meeting. The CJ said that he would revert after
looking into these specific complaints.
(3)
Meetings of Jawatankuasa Kerja Pentadbiran Keadilan
GK
Ganesan, the Committee Deputy Chairperson, attended the meetings on 3
June 2010 and 15 July 2010 as representative of Bar Council. During the
meetings, the proposed Combined Rules of Court, the proposed Mediation
Act and the National Legal Aid Foundation, among others, were discussed.
(4)
Memorandum on Use of Witness Statement
Among
the issues that have been discussed by the Committee is
non-standardisation of practice in court on the use of witness
statements. In view of this, the Committee has prepared a memorandum on
the use of witness statements and general guidelines with regard to
witness statements.
The Committee also looks into complaints received by Bar Council on
issues relating to administration of courts. Some of the complaints
received this year relating to state-level issues were referred to the
respective State Bars for more efficient and prompt resolution. Other
complaints were discussed at Bar Council level and where appropriate,
were conveyed to the Chief Justice during the regular meetings between
the Chief Justice and the Council/Office Bearers.
Ng Kong Peng Chairperson Court Liaison Committee
Dated 25 Aug 2010
(1) (2)
Ng Kong Peng (Chairperson) GK Ganesan (Deputy Chairperson)
Members: Asbir Kaur Sangha Alex de Silva Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi Ashok Vijay Sanghrajka (Selangor) Avinder Singh Gill Baljit Singh Sidhu Chin Yeow Chong Dahlia Lee Jayaperakash a/l Jayadevan (Johore) Mohamed Zaini Mazlan Mohd Nazrin bin Ibrahim (Negeri Sembilan) Mureli Navaratnam (Penang) Murthi a/l L Suppan SY Lee
2012 Hotel Corporate Rates Attending seminars? Going for a holiday? Click on the link above to check out the list of hotel corporate rates for Members of the Bar, which is updated regularly.
Talk on Intellectual Property Law (10 Feb 2012) Organised by the Selangor Bar Committee, the talk on “Intellectual Property Law” will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Selangor Bar Committee Auditorium, on 10 Feb 2012 (Friday). The talk will feature Bahari Yeow Tien Hong. Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings (21 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, the seminar on “The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings”, featuring Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah, will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 21 Feb 2012 (Tuesday). Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Conveyancing (24 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar featuring Jeremiah R Gurusamy will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 24 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Mediation Skills Training Course (29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012) Organised by Bar Council, the Mediation Skills Training Course will take place at 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, at Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Bar Council, on 29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012 (Wednesday to Sunday). Deadline for registration and payment is 17 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Talk on “Land Fraud: An Australian Perspective” (13 Mar 2012) Organised by IGIL, GSGSG and UUM COLGIS, this free talk featuring Quintin George Rozario of Delta Law, Brisbane, Australia, will take place at 9:00 am, at Dewan Seminar A, Pusat Konvensyen, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, on 13 Mar 2012 (Tuesday). To RSVP, contact Mr Abutt (04-928 4397; abutt@uum.edu.my).
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