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 …
Call Speech for Joshua Teoh Beni Chris
May it please your Lordship, My Lord is no doubt aware, being a practitioner of repute before, that lawyers in general have a poor reputation. We are called all sorts …
Call Speech for Michelle Lim Sok Yen
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 …
Call Speech for Nur Ain binti Mohd Fauzi
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 …
Call Speech for Amos Tan Yu Tsen
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 …
Call Speech for Iqbal Harith Liang
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 …
Mentoring the Mediocre
For a long time now, I have not been discerning about whom I teach. The gifted, talented and brilliant naturally find equally competent teachers who wish to mentor, tutor and …
Call Speech for Amanda Alexandria Funk
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 …
Call Speech for Thiviya Sasidharan
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner, Thiviya Sasidharan is the eldest of three daughters of Madam Savitri Kannan and the late Mr Sasidharan. Her mother is present this morning. …
Call Speech for Low Kar Yeen
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner hails from Kuala Lumpur. She is the youngest daughter of Mr Low Han Seng and Madam Chan Mei Chan. The Petitioner, Low Kar …
Glamourizing Legal Practice
I see a lot of this on social media these days. Daily, we are treated to a surfeit of self-generated pictures, Tik-Tok Videos, Facebook Posts, Twitter Tweets, Instagram LinkedIn Posts …
Call Speech for Kuhan Manokaran
May it please my Lady, The Petitioner is the son of Mr Manokaran Nagaingam and Madam Poshpawathy Kanapthipillai. Both are present this morning. My Lady, it is not my custom …
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, …