To me lah-ha, A lawyer is someone that wants to earn a living only through the practice of law. They do this because they enjoy it, are fond of it, or at least don’t mind it so much. Whatever the case, they cannot imagine themselves doing anything else. They enjoy the practice of law and attending to the ministrations whatever they may be required of their legal practice. Others prefer contemplating legal issues that arise …
May it please Your Lordship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner. The Petitioner, Nureen Elysya binti Sakya, hails from Kuala Lumpur. She is the second daughter of Puan Norlaily Basir and Encik Sakya Hamid. Madam Norlaily is a banker and Encik Sakya is a chef. They will prove useful advisers to the Petitioner. Her father can teach her how to better cook and flavour her legal submission. Her mother can teach her how to make her …
When meeting a client for the first time, I tell my younger colleagues they need to be mindful that a new client almost always tells us only the favourable aspects of their case. They will leave out the awkward or unfavourable aspects of their case. It doesn’t matter what the dispute is – civil, criminal, estate inheritance, family, industrial – a new client always starts with their best foot forward. When I was younger, I …
Note: Many years ago, on 4.7.2019, I moved the Petitioner’s Master’s call, Encik Ahmad Danial bin Mohd Azlan. Encik Ahmad Danial’s master was Yang Arif Tuan Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad, a High Court Judge in Kuala Lumpur. Yang Arif Tuan Atan was my super senior from Bristol University. May it please your lordship, The Petitioner, Nazira binti Abd Salim, was born on 1.12.1997 and hails from Johor Bahru. The Petitioner and I share the same …
To be concise is to be brief. To be clear is to express something we have a thorough grasp of in an easily understood way. To be cogent is to be persuasive. These are the three qualities I constantly aspire to with my work. On the rarest occasions when I achieve all three qualities, I haven’t just produced a piece of legal work for the client, I have produced legal art. It’s art because the …