My Lord, The Petitioner hails from Puchong of Selangor and initially had no legal ambition. That is not to say her ambitions were the illegal sort. Rather, the Petitioner in her early life was more comfortable in the realm of science and numbers instead words. She naturally thought her destiny was to be in business or worse, banking. But then Lord Denning, one of the most famous judges graduated First Class in Mathematics from Oxford …
May it please My Lady, Not all of us who walk the court corridors knew that this is what we wanted to do for gainful employment. Many of us end up here by chance, because of our parents insistence, maybe ticked the wrong box or simply because we didn’t know what to do. For some reason, the law seems particularly attractive to two classes of people – those who know exactly what they want to …
May it please your Lordship Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Amos Tan Yu Tsen. The Petitioner is the younger son of Michael Tan Khen Choan and Madam Joyce Lim Gaik Tian and hails from Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya. He has an older brother, Able Tan Chun Tsen. My Lord, I suspect that many practicing lawyers – especially those that did not have childhood dreams of being a lawyer – harboured ambitions for a different kind …
May it please Your Ladyship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Iqbal Harith Liang bin Danial Liang. My Lady, the Petitioner’s parents Madam Umi Kalthum and Mr Danial Liang are present this morning. The Petitioner applied to me for a pupilage position in June last year. He submitted an impressive resume. The cover letter spoke of intellect, character and temperament that resonated with our firm’s values and qualities. I wanted very much to take him on …
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner, Amanda Alexandria Funk, hails from Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and is the eldest child of three of Mr Andre Alexander Funk and Madam Patricia Matanjun. They are regrettably not here today because they could not travel down from Sabah given the present conditions. The Petitioner’s cousin, Jessica, is here in their stead. The Petitioner is aware she had to skip an important presentation this morning to be here …