Call Speech for Hambhika Nair a/p Sukumaran
May it please your Lordship, It is with great pleasure and some anxiety that I move a call in the presence of a great man and outstanding jurist, Datuk Mohd …
Those That Dislike Us
Throughout my career, there have been a handful of judges that took a special liking to me for reasons unknown to me. By special, I don’t mean the good kind …
Call Speech for Siti Aisyah bt Abdul Rahman
Note: This speech is a rare speech I wrote but did not deliver. The reason was that I was Siti Aisyah’s colleague and de facto Master. Her de jure Master …
In Someone Else’s Clothes
I recently went down for a hearing in Johor Bahru High Court for a criminal matter. It was to examine a witness. The examination was not expected to take long; …
Call Speech for Nur Amalina Che Ariffin
May it please your Lordship, Bapa Pempetisyen, Encik Che Ariffin bin Che Mahmood, dan emaknya, Puan Nik Hasimah binti Nik Yahya hadir hari ini. My Lord, I will take 4½ …
‘Boss, how come I say the same thing, but you get it and I don’t!’
My colleague said this to me the other day after we completed an online case management. Over the last few case managements he attended alone, he could not prevent applications …
Call Speech for Sophia Hoo
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner is the daughter of Mr Simon Hoo, a remisier, and Madam Ruth Ng, a Home Minister. She has an elder sister, Anne Hoo, …
‘I am more of the talking type of lawyer.’
While hanging about the Jalan Raja criminal magistrates in the afternoon in my second year of practice, a friend introduced me to a senior-looking lawyer. He was a Malay man …
Call Speech for Hoe Sue Lu
May it please your Lordship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Hoe Sue Lu. My distinguished learned friends for the Bar, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee and the Attorney General’s Chambers …
Why Legal Awards Don’t Interest Me
Don’t get me wrong. I think legal awards serve a purpose. To need an extrinsic indicator of success or recognition for their self-esteem is common. Legal awards serve this need. …
Call Speech for Ng Choo Yeow
May it please My Lady, Despite the legal profession’s glorious history, the strictness of ethics and nobility of purpose, the public often casts us in the role of the Devil, …
Decorating Our Atelier
Ever since setting up on my own in 2016, I came to discover that I enjoy and have a lot of fun with interior and exterior decoration. I decorated the …
Call Speech for Moganaraj Mithra s/o Nandi Mithra
My Lady, The Petitioner, Moganaraj Mithra s/o Nandi Mithra, is the only son of Mr Nandi Mithra s/o James and Madam Pongamal d/o Veeriah’s four children, both of whom are …
First Principles and Navigating the Law
As a lawyer, I am fortunate my father is a lawyer too. In terms of age, we’re a generation apart. That means he has thirty years of lived experience ahead …