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Chat programs were the rage when I started my legal career in 1998. I used them a fair bit until about 2010, when it was overtaken by mobile phone messengers. …
Chat programs were the rage when I started my legal career in 1998. I used them a fair bit until about 2010, when it was overtaken by mobile phone messengers. …
I submitted a proposal to a local publisher to publish a collection of my From the Bar Stool essays sometime last year. I was delightfully surprised when they replied with …
I recently had to battle against a witness for a criminal matter in the Selayang magistrates’ court.
Article 5 of the Federal Constitution (‘FC’) is said to be the most important of the fundamental liberties. (1) No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty …
They are not the munafiqun; the hypocrites that outwardly claim to be Muslim but inwardly conceal disbelief and seek to undermine the Muslim community. The hypocrites are considered worse than …
After a year or so of drawing a salary as a legal assistant in my father’s firm, my mother told me I was buying a house. That surprised me since …
When I studied law and started my legal practice in Malaysia, I thought being appointed a judge would be the crowning glory of my career. And by judge, I am …
The acceptance by an Advocate and Solicitor (“Introducer”) of any form of payment (such as commission) from any person merely for introducing clients to such person without the provision of …
Below are those who served as Lord President or Chief Justice, the highest legal position in the judiciary, in sequence with their duration in office.
Intelligence is the intellectual ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills systematically, coherently and logically. Once upon a time, intelligence was the primary quality I judged myself and others …
As a Muslim man, I have a clear advantage over a non-Muslim man when it comes to how many women I can marry. I can marry up to four wives …
According to the definition provision of the Malaysian Federal Constitution (FC), Article 160, a person who fulfils four conditions is considered a Malay: I have bracketed the categories and will …
A drip of bright yellow on a dark blue canvas. An irresistable turn of the head. Contrast. Everybody’s vibing cynical and pessimistic. You turn up honest and hopeful. That’s a …
It doesn’t matter who we are, what we have, how knowledgeable we are, or where we live; we struggle. The man with incredible wealth, the man garlanded with success, struggles. …