How to be a Witness
Note: This was a talk I delivered for a client that invited us to give a topic of our choice. The full talk was titled ‘How to create a paper …
Call Speech for Allyna Ng Ming Yi
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner hails from Malacca. She is one of two daughters of Datuk Ng Kong Peng and Datin Amy Yeo, the Petitioner’s father and mother, …
The Secret to Extrinsic Success
Extrinsic success is the acclaim, awards and accolades society bestows on us. Or discretely purchase, for the less scrupulous. It is the laudatory honours that commemorate our societal or communal …
Call Speech for Nabilah Aryssa bt Mohamad Askandar
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner, Nabilah Aryssa bt Mohamad Askandar, is the second of three daughters of Encik Mohamad Askandar bin Mat Noh and Puan Razlen binti Dahlan. …
Taking Time Out
These days I don’t like saying that I am taking a vacation or going on holiday. Two reasons. Firstly, these days, there is the expectation that if we go on …
Call Speech for Richard Haw @ Haw Chin Joo
My Lord, Not all of us are blessed with a destiny for our future employment. Not all of us hear the calling of law in our cradles. And from my …
Crafting Call to the Bar Speeches | Call Speech Series
I have moved pupils’ calls to the bar since 2006, which was when I crossed the seven-year threshold of being senior enough to take a pupil on and move their …
Standing for the Bar Council Elections 2022/23
Thank you for electing me as Bar Councillor for the term 2022/2023. It has been a privilege and a genuine pleasure to serve as a Bar Councillor for the term …
The Use and Uselessness of Statutory Declarations
On 1.11.2022, Vibes.com reported the following: Despite denials by party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin has affirmed the existence of statutory …
A Klang Valley Lawyer Outside the Klang Valley
I was a member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar from 1999 until 2008 when my father decided to move the firm from Bukit Damansara to Mutiara Damansara. Since mid-2008 I …
How Litigation Experience Helps Contract Drafting
My father stopped going to court in 1988. Save for moving or attending calls or giving evidence at trial, he avoided the courts. He became a ’corporate lawyer’. A corporate …
A Divorce Lawyer’s Suggestions on Sustaining a Relationship
As a practitioner of family law who oversees, manages and bears witness to the breakdown and failure of spousal and family relationships, as someone who has been through a divorce …
‘Let me tell you the facts of your case.’
I remember the first time I heard my boss say that. I was a young and impressionable lad back then, which means to say I was easily impressed. It was …
‘Are you a specialist in suing for tenancy issues?’
Every once in a while, I get the Are-You-A-Specialist-Question. And the question is always in relation to the common run of legal claims that require no special skill or knowledge …